This 12N Lesotho,Garden Route,Cape Town camping safari takes you into the not often visited, however incredibly scenic Lesoho.
Some trip facts about the Lesotho,Garden Route,Cape Town camping tour:
Accommodation: Twin Share Camping
Max Passengers: 18
Number of Crew: 3
Vehicle Type: Adventure Truck
Days: 13 Nights: 12
Breakfast: 12
Lunch: 10
Dinner: 12
Departure Point:Durban
End Point: Cape Town
Activities available on this tour:
Lesotho junior school visit
Tsitsikamma National Park Entrance
Cango Caves basic tour
Wine tasting andCheetah Breeding Project
Day 1/2 UKhahlamba Drakensberg Park
After meeting your guides and group, we leave behind the beautiful beaches of KwaZulu Natal and travel inland to the UKhahlamba Drakensberg or Royal Natal National Park, part of the huge and incredibly scenic Drakensberg Escarpment. The Drakensberg is South Africa’s highest mountain range with peaks at over 3000 metres.
Hiking is the most popular activity here and your guides will take you on a lovely hike if you are not already busy with optional activities.
Meals: Breakfast (Day 2 only), Lunch x 2, Dinner x 2
Included Highlight: Hike with your guide in Royal Natal National park
Day 3/4 Lesotho – Malealea
It’s a visually impressive drive up to the Lesotho border, where the popular pony trekking excursion (optional) requires an early morning start.
On the optional overnight trek Lesotho villagers will guide you along remote trails where there are spectacular views. You can also remain at the lodge and relax, or experience an optional shorter ride.
Before we depart we visit the local village and primary school.
Optional Activities: Pony Trekking Excursion, Hiking.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Activity package: Local junior school and village visit (except during school holidays)
Day 5/6 South Africa – Cintsa
Leaving the ‘Kingdom in the Skies’ behind us we travel south to Cintsa. You can choose to relax, or participate in one of the optional activities available! Optional Activities: Xhosa village visit
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 7 Addo Elephant National Park
This unique Eastern Cape park is home to one of the densest concentrations of African elephants on earth as well as boasting the ‘Big Seven’(elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo, leopard, southern right whale and great white shark) as Addo is a land and marine park.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Highlight: Afternoon game drive in Nomad Truck
Day 8/9 Tsitsikamma National Park
This morning we take a quick stop at Port Elizabeth’s airport and arrive in the afternoon at Tsitsikamma. The name means ‘place of abundant water’ and it does not disappoint, with its indigenous forests and dramatic coastline.
This area is home to the famous multi-day Otter Trail hike and the first few hours of this hike is included in your Activity Package.
Optional Activities: Bungee jumping (highest in the world), treetop canopy tours, blackwater tubing (min 4 clients)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch (Day 8 only), Dinner
Activity package: Tsitsikamma National Park Entrance Fee
Day 10 Knysna / Plettenberg Bay
It is a short distance to Plettenberg Bay. In the afternoon you can choose between remaining to relax at the resort or taking a short excursion into nearby Knysna to explore.
Optional Activities: Elephant Encounter, Township Tour, Monkey town, Birds of Eden, lagoon cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 11 Oudtshoorn
Today we travel through the magnificent Outeniqua Mountains towards Oudtshoorn where we visit the world-famous Cango Caves. The caves contain spectacular halls and grand limestone formations, and a local guide will tell you all about the cave system, which extends for over 4km.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Activity package: Cango Caves Standard Tour
Day 12 Stellenbosch Wine Route
We take a scenic drive to Stellenbosch taking in some of Route 62 and a possible stop at Ronnie’s Sex Shop, not a sex shop at all, but a rather interesting country pub…
We will have the opportunity to explore Stellenbosch which forms the heart of the Western Cape’s wine region and second oldest European settlement in the Western Cape. As this is the last night on tour we head to a local restaurant for dinner.
Optional Activity: Ostrich Farm Visit, Dinner Out.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Included highlight: Possible stop at Ronnie’s sex shop
Day 13 Cape Town
After a leisurely breakfast, we visit the Cheetah Breeding Project to meet these beautiful animals up close. Afterwards, we head to the Spier Wine Estate to taste some of South Africa’s finest wines and finally, the tour ends in Cape Town.
Meals: Breakfast
Activity package: Wine tasting, Cheetah Breeding Project entrance fee