Six Day Historical Tours - Colonial Expansion - Cape Town to Port Elizabeth
Rate R2000 Per Person per Day - Min 2 Persons
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| Conducted Tours Day 1: - Cape Town. |
| After breakfast we depart for Table Mountain
(weather permitting) for a breathtaking view of Cape Town
and its beautiful surroundings and an historical overview
which will set the scene for the rest of the tour to Port
Elizabeth. |
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Should the weather not allow a visit to
Table Mountain, we will end the visit at Kirstenbosch
Botanical Gardens. |
| From the mountain we depart for Cape Town's
city centre and visit numerous historical sites such as the
Castle and the Grand Parade. |
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We pay a short visit to the Company Gardens
and South Africa's Parliamentary Buildings. |
| After a short trip through the Bo-Kaap
(Upper Cape), home to many of Cape Town's Malay families, we
pass numerous historical buildings such as the oldest
synagogue in South Africa. |
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Long Street and its attractively restored
Victorian shops and quaint old commercial buildings,
discovering hidden statues and sculptures adorning the older
facades. |
| Lunch will be enjoyed at the popular
Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. |
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| Conducted Tours Day 2: - Cape Peninsula. |
| We spend today viewing unfolding panoramas
of the Cape Peninsula, the "appendix of Africa". From our
accommodation we visit the Rhodes Memorial, close to the
impressive University of Cape Town. |
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On to the picturesque towns of Muizenberg
and Simonstown, through quaint villages on the western
shores of False Bay. |
| We enter the Cape Point Nature Reserve with
its breathtaking views of the flora and fauna of the Cape
Floral Kingdom and lunch at the spectacularly beautiful Cape
Point. |
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On along the Atlantic seaboard of the
Peninsula past Kommetjie and Noordhoek. |
| and over the spectacular Chapmans Peak ...
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to the fishing village of Hout Bay |
| On our return to Cape Town and a well
deserved rest, we pass the beautiful villages of Camps Bay,
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Clifton and ...
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Sea Point
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| Conducted Tours Day 3: - Cape Town to Swellendam. |
| After checking out and departing from Cape
Town on the Migration Route to the east, we cross the
breathtaking Hottentot Hollands Mountain Range and on to the
holiday town of Hermanus, whale watching capital of the
world. If in season (May to November) we will be directed by
the whale-crier to view Southern Right whales from the
shore, in Walker bay. |
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We continue via the towns of Napier and Bredasdorp to
the Southern Tip of Africa, Cape Agulhas. |
| After a traditional South African "Braai"
(barbeque) in the Bontebok National Park, we overnight at
Swellendam, second oldest town in South Africa with it's
fascinating history. |
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| Conducted Tours Day 4: - Swellendam to Oudtshoorn. |
| Today we cross over the Langeberg Mountains
into the semi-desert of the Little Karoo via towns such as
Barrydale, ... |
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Ladismith, the mission station of Zoar,
Calitzdorp and on to ... |
| Oudtshoorn for a visit to the famous Cango
Caves. |
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| Conducted Tours Day 5: - Oudtshoorn to Knysna. |
| We cross the Outeniqua mountains via the
Robertson Pass to the town of Mossel Bay, landing place of
Bartholomeu Diaz in 1488. |
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We visit the Bartholomeu Diaz Museum to view
the replica of a Portuguese Caravel, ... |
| the 500 years old Post Office Tree and
Postbox and a short visit to Cape St. Blaize. |
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We now join the Garden Route with its
spectacular views of flora of the Cape Floral Kingdom and
pristine lagoons and beaches, ... |
| via the town of George and on to the
Wilderness and stop at Dolphin Point to view one of the top
ten views in South Africa. We overnight at South Africa's
favourite town, Knysna |
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| Conducted Tours Day 6: - Knysna to Port Elizabeth. |
| Today we visit the famous Featherbed Nature
Reserve, home to the Blue Duiker and the quaint Knysna
Seahorse and colourful Knysna Loerie. After crossing the
lagoon we depart on a fascinating tour of the Western
Headlands of the Knysna Heads, culminating in a delicious
lunch in the Food Forest. |
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We continue along the Garden Route via Plettenberg
Bay to the forests of the Tsitsikamma |
| We finally pass the holiday resort villages
of Cape St. Francis and Jeffreys Bay and overnight at our
destination, Port Elizabeth. |
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