Luxury camping - Namaqualand Flower tour itinerary

Day 1: Depart from Cape Town airport to Darling and Yzerfontein where we will have lunch. Then we travel to Malmesbury, Moorreesburg and Piketberg stopping for refreshments at Piekenierskloof after which we move to Clanwilliam Dam where we encamp for the night. Supper in the form of a fish braai.

Day 2: After coffee and rusks we drive to Lambert Bay. We will have breakfast on the harbour at Isabella's restaurant. You can visit bird island at your own cost or taste some wine at Rooidop restaurant. After lunch we travel to Strandfontein and visit the wine cellar at Vredendal before returning to Clanwilliam dam via Klawer where our tent camp awaits us with some potjiekos for supper.

Day 3: After breakfast we leave Klawer and travel through Vanrhynsdorp to cross to Niewoudtville via the Vanrhyns pass. We visit the Doringrivier waterfall and Quiver Tree forest as well as the architecturally beautiful church that is wrapped in some interesting history. We enjoy some pancakes and coffee served by the sisters of the Nieuwoudtville parish. Directly after this we visit the Matjiesfontein Nature Reserve which is described as  having flowers ins all colours of the rainbow.

Day 4: With breakfast over we depart for the Cedar mountains, Soldaatkop, the grave of Louis Leipoldt and sample the natural beauty of the area with a visit to the extraordinary rock formations at Pakhuis pass. We then go to see a Rooibos Tea factory and velskoen factory as well as the Ramskop Nature reserve at Clanwilliam. A curry potjie awaits us when we return to our tented base camp.

Day 5: We conclude an unforgettable experience amongst the flowers with tea and cakes at Piekenierskloof in Citrusdal after which we return to Cape Town Airport.