CAPE TOWN – All Holidays

• Cape Town City Tour – orientation tour of this beautiful city (half day)

• Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve – visit Cape Point, spectacularly situated where the two major oceans meet. Optional visits to penguin colony at Boulders Beach and boat ride to Seal Island (half day or full day)

• Stellenbosch Winelands – tour of the beautiful Cape Winelands, including a cellar visit and wine tasting (half day, or full day including Franshhoek & Paarl)

• Combination Tour (Cape Point + Winelands) – if your time is limited chose this tour, which combines the highlights of Cape Point and Stellenbosch (full day)

• Whale Watching – seasonal full day tour via Gordon’s Bay and False Bay to Hermanus, where Southern Right whales come to breed. See their lob tailing and spy hopping courtship displays, close to shore (August to November)

• Township Cultural Tour – soak up the multi-cultural life of Cape Town, as you meet and speak to the local community. Visit Bo-Kaap and the Malay Quarter; District Six Museum and Cape Flats. Also visit a traditional spaza shop & shebeen pub (half day)

• Robben Island – catch the ferry across Table Bay to the infamous prison home of Nelson Mandela & other political prisoners during the struggle years. A very poignant experience (half day, or full day if combined with the Township Cultural Tour – weather permitting).

• West Coast Flowers – seasonal full day tour to see the magnificent wild flowers in spring (August and September)

• Cage Diving – early morning departure to view the fearsome great white sharks of False Bay, whilst snorkelling or scuba diving in a cage. Alternatively view these surface-feeding predators from the relative safety of the boat. Bring your own towel. Includes lunch (full day – weather permitting)

• Deep Sea Game Fishing – seasonal pre-dawn departure for deep sea game fishing for tuna up to 220 lbs (100 kg) some 40 nautical miles out to sea. Also albacore, yellowfin tuna and fighting mako sharks (full day). Outside the tuna season, game fishing around Cape Peninsula (half day). Includes all tackle and a light lunch (weather permitting)

• Cape Town by Night – evening tour to Bloubergstrand to enjoy the sun setting over Table Mountain followed by dinner at a popular Cape Town restaurant and a night-cap on Signal Hill

• Nature Reserve Safari – view and photograph wildebeest, zebra, ostrich and other antelope, on a Nature Reserve just outside the city (half day)

• Aquila Game Reserve – travel for 2-hours through the beautiful Hex River Valley to this arid Game Reserve in the Karoo (full day)

DURBAN & ZULULAND – All Holidays

• Durban City Tour – orientation tour including the City Hall, Harbour, Indian Market, colourful Rickshaw pullers and Botanical Gardens (half day)

• uShaka Marine World – enjoy an afternoon of fun at this world-class aquarium and entertainment complex. Sea World contains the most comprehensive collection of sharks in Southern Africa & Wet n Wild water park offers fun for all ages. Interact with dolphins, penguins and seals; certified divers can scuba in main shark tank (half day)

• Drakensberg Mountains – travel through Pietermaritzburg and the Natal Midlands to Sani Pass, the highest in South Africa, with spectacular mountain crossing into the kingdom of Lesotho. Passport required (full day)

• Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game Reserve – drive 3-hours to South Africa’s oldest Big Five game reserve, for a full day of game viewing

• Shakaland Cultural Village – travel along the North Coast to Eshowe to visit this authentically reconstructed Zulu Kraal to experience Zulu life and culture

• Zulu War Battlefields – famous battlefields of Isandlwana & Rorkes Drift (full day)

• Township Cultural Tour – a fascinating glimpse into bustling life in Kwa-Mashu, including visit to a traditional spaza shop and herbalist

PORT ELIZABETH – All Holidays

• Port Elizabeth City Tour – historical and cultural highlights of this holiday city, situated on the sweeping shores of Algoa Bay (half day)

• Addo Elephant Park – unique conservation efforts to save the African Elephant (full day)

• Big Five Safari – afternoon tracking lion in malaria-free private game reserve, with boma dinner

JOHANNESBURG – All Holidays

• Johannesburg City – orientation tour of this fascinating gold mining city, including Nelson Mandela Bridge, guided tour of Constitution Hill & Museum Africa, time permitting (half day pm)

• Gold Reef City – reconstruction of early Johannesburg, including the opportunity to go underground; see a gold pour & watch mine gumboot dancing (half day pm – closed Mondays)

• Soweto – visit this sprawling township, including the original home of Nelson Mandela and other apartheid memorials. Visit a shebeen beer hall & traditional healer (half day am)

• Apartheid Museum – guided tour of this living memorial to racial segregation (full day, combined with Soweto tour)

• Pretoria – orientation tour of South Africa’s administrative capital, now called Tshokwane), covered in jacaranda trees that bloom from September to November. Also see the Union Buildings, Church Square and visit the impressive Voortrekker Monument (half day pm)

• Lesedi Cultural Village – authentically reconstructed village showing the culture, arts and crafts of South Africa’s five main tribes, including visit to sangoma traditional healer and dinner (evenings; or afternoon and evening if combined with Pretoria tour)

• Sun City Safari – game drive in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve, followed by guided tour of Sun City (full day)