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Cape, Garden Route & Addo

Cape Town · Addo Elephant National Park
Duration
12 Days · 11 Nights
The route
Cape Town · Addo Elephant National Park
Style
Coast, wine & scenery
Best season
May–Sep · dry-season game
The route

11 nights, 4 stops — coast, wine & scenery.

From Cape Town to Addo, the route is built around Cape Town, the coast and the Garden Route.

Round trip · returns to Cape Town

Cape TownAddo Elephant
What you're tracking

What you'll see

African penguin
At Boulders Beach.
Southern right whale
Off the coast in season.
Cape fynbos
The floral kingdom.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Cape Town airport → Cape Town

Into Cape Town

Mountain and sea.

Arrive in Cape Town, met and transferred to your accommodation. A South African trip built only on bush misses half the country. <strong>Cape Town, the Peninsula and the Garden Route add scenery, sea, penguins, whales, fynbos and wine</strong> — a completely different register that turns a safari into a fuller, more varied journey. Pairing the two is the classic, and best, way to see the country.

02Cape Town

Mountain, ocean & wine

Out on the water.

Table Mountain, the Cape Peninsula, the Boulders penguins and the winelands of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. More of the Cape — Cape Point, the beaches, the marine life and the wine country.

03Cape Town

Mountain, ocean & wine

Slow coastal days.

More of the Cape — Cape Point, the beaches, the marine life and the wine country. Transfer to Cape Town and settle in, with time to get your bearings.

04Cape Town

Mountain, ocean & wine

Vines and views.

Table Mountain, the Cape Peninsula, the Boulders penguins and the winelands of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek.

05Cape Town → Knysna

On to Knysna

The Cape unfolds.

Transfer to Knysna and settle in, with time to get your bearings.

06Knysna

Garden Route lagoon

Mountain and sea.

The Knysna lagoon and Heads, the forests and the gentle heart of the Garden Route.

07Knysna → Plettenberg Bay

On to Plettenberg Bay

Out on the water.

Transfer to Plettenberg Bay and settle in, with time to get your bearings.

08Plettenberg Bay

Garden Route coast

Slow coastal days.

Beaches, coastal forest and marine life — dolphins, seals and seasonal whales off the bay.

09Plettenberg Bay → Addo

On to Addo

Vines and views.

Transfer to Addo and settle in, with time to get your bearings.

10Addo

Elephants, malaria-free

The Cape unfolds.

Game drives to the waterholes for Addo's great elephant herds, with the Big Five and no malaria risk.

11Addo

Elephants, malaria-free

Mountain and sea.

More of the park — elephants in number, plus the chance of lion, buffalo and the coast.

12Addo → onward

Departure

A last morning, then the road home.

A final morning in onward — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

May – Sep

Dry-season bush

Prime bushveld safari — sparse cover, game at water, cool and clear. The Cape is wetter, but the whales are in.

Nov – Mar

Green summer & the Cape

Lush bush with newborns and migrants; peak, dry, sunny season for Cape Town, the coast and the winelands.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Wildlife you may see
Elephants Lion Marine Mammals Penguin

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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