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Cape Town Safari & Garden Route Private Tour - Wheelchair Accessible

South Africa Safari: Cape Town + Garden Route + East Cape
Cape Town Safari Garden Route Private Tour Wheelchair Accessible
12 NIGHTS FROM:
$6,074
Per person sharing
Scheduled flights quoted separately
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• Cape Town Safari
• Garden Route Private Tour
• Wheelchair Accessible
• Table Mountain
• Cape of Good Hope
• Boulders Beach Penguins
• Stellenbosch Winelands
• Hermanus (seasonal whales)
• Knysna
• Addo Elephant Park Safari

If you have upper body strength & can transfer into the front seat of a game viewing vehicle, on this Cape Town safari & Garden Route private tour you can travel with your own guide in a wheelchair accessible vehicle. Explore Cape Town, ascend Table Mountain by cable car, visit Cape Point & Boulders Beach penguins, Then travel to Stellenbosch, Hermanus & pretty Knysna, ending with a Big Five safari in the Eastern Cape.

Day 1
You will be met at Cape Town Airport and transferred to your hotel in this beautiful city, within sight of Table Mountain.
  
Check in and relax in your magnificent surroundings.
Day 2
Today enjoy a full day private tour of the beautiful city of Cape Town.
 
Weather permitting, we start by ascending Table Mountain by cable car to see one of the world's most famous views (alternatively we will drive up Signal Hill). We then drive around the city to see the key sights including the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, City Hall, Greenmarket Square, Houses of Parliament, Bo Kaap, Castle of Good Hope, District Six and Sea Point.
 
After lunch (own account) we continue to beautiful Kirstenbosch Gardens, nestled on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain and regarded as one the most beautiful botanic gardens in the world. Bequeathed to the nation by Cecil John Rhodes, the garden was established 1913. There is an avenue of camphor trees, a beautiful protea and fynbos garden, useful plants garden, sculpture garden and a dell garden as well as a world class collection of indigenous South African flora. Wonderful summer sunset concerts are held in the gardens on Sunday evenings from December to March.
 
Note: Table Mountain cable car is closed for annual maintenance from mid July to end August.
Day 3
At leisure to relax at your hotel or independently explore the vibrant Victoria & Alfred Waterfront.
 
You can also visit the Mandela Legacy Exhibition at the City Hall, but if you want an accessible transfer this needs to be booked in advance.
Day 4
Today your guide will collect you for a full day tour to the beautiful Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve.
  
Enjoy wonderful ocean views as we drive around the Cape Peninsula to naval Simonstown, where we visit the resident penguin colony at Boulders Beach.
 
We continue to Cape Point where we hope to see baboons, ostrich and perhaps even dolphins or whales in season (July to November). We take an accessible funicular ride up to the Old Lighthouse, before returning via spectacular Chapman’s Peak Drive to Hout Bay and Cape Town.
Day 5
Today your guide will transfer you 2-hours from the Cape Peninsula along the scenic coastal route through Gordon’s Bay and along the False Bay coast to the small seaside town of Hermanus.
 
Along the way we stop at Harold Porter Botanical Gardens, which is renowned for its fine collection of fynbos (meaning "fine bush"). Situated between the mountains and the sea, in the heart of the Cape Fynbos region, it lies in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve and comprises 10-hectares of cultivated fynbos garden and 190-hectares of natural fynbos shrubland vegetation.
 
We continue to Hermanus where, from July to November, southern right and humpback whales come to breed. This is considered one of the best location for land-based Whale Watching in the world. Once severely endangered, these magnificent creatures of the deep are now breeding successfully in the area due to a major international conservation effort.
 
On arrival check in to your hotel and enjoy the natural beauty of the coastline.
Day 6
This morning your guide will introduce you to more of the contrasting beauty of South Africa on your scenic 4-hour drive along spectacular Route 62 through the dramatic Little Karoo to Oudtshoorn.
 
Along the way we stop at the historic town of Swellendam - the third oldest town in South Africa, with some wonderful examples of Cape Dutch architecture. We also enjoy tastings at two Wine Estates, one renowned for its port.
 
On arrival in Oudtshoorn, check into your hotel in this ostrich-farming town.
Day 7
This morning we visit an Ostrich Farm to learn more about these huge flightless birds and their magnificent plumage.
 
Afterwards we drive 2-hours through the magnificent Outeniqua Pass to the oyster capital of Knysna in the heart of the scenic Garden Route. Enjoy the beaches of Wilderness and the lakes of Sedgefield, before continuing to Knysna and checking in to your hotel in this area of outstanding natural beauty.
 
Note: In season we recommend booking Knysna restaurants online in advance of your visit, to avoid disappointment.
Day 8
This morning we visit the Birds of Eden sanctuary outside Plettenberg Bay. This is the largest free flight bird aviary in the world, with an accessible boardwalk. Located within a two-hectare dome that spans a gorge of indigenous forest, you can see beautiful local birds in their natural habitat.
 
After lunch (own account) we continue to Jukani Wildlife Sanctuary, which supports rescued 'Big Cats'.
 
We end our day at Knysna Elephant Park where you will have the opportunity to interact with and feed one of these gentle giants for 45-minutes.
Day 9
Today we drive 5-hours from Knysna along the scenic Garden Route to your malaria-free private game reserve near Addo in the beautiful Eastern Cape.
 
We travel through Plettenberg Bay, South Africa’s playground for the rich and famous, where schools of dolphins are sometimes seen in the warm Indian Ocean and whales in season (July to November).
 
Continuing northwards, we travel past the Tsitsikamma Forest and across the dramatic Storms River Gorge to your safari lodge, where you will be dropped off by your guide.
 
After checking in, enjoy an afternoon game drive where game viewing opportunities should present themselves almost immediately. You can hope to see several species of antelope, zebra, wildebeest and maybe even giraffe - as well as some of the Big Five - before dining in your warm African surroundings.
 
Note: You need upper body strength for this safari, as you will need to be lifted into the front seat of the game viewing vehicle. If you do not have upper body strength, please enquire about other more suitable safari destinations, where an accessible vehicle is allowed.
Day 10
Rise at dawn to take advantage of the best game viewing conditions of the day and enjoy a thrilling open-top game viewing safari with a lodge ranger in your East Cape Game Reserve which is home to all the Big 5 - Lion, Elephant, Buffalo, Leopard and Rhino. Hope to see many interesting species before returning to your lodge for breakfast.
   
The rest of the morning is free to relax by the lodge swimming pool, before setting out again in the late afternoon for another game drive. Hope to see giraffe, hippo, kudu, antelope, waterbuck, warthogs, baboons and many other interesting animals. With hundreds of different bird species, outstanding bird watching is also guaranteed!
  
After a beautiful African sunset, enjoy the balmy evening and pristine stars of the Milky Way as you have never seen them before – as well as the spectacular Southern Cross.
 
Note: You need upper body strength for this safari, as you will need to be lifted into the front seat of the game viewing vehicle. Other safari alternatives are available, using an accessible vehicle, if you do not have upper body strength. Note: If travelling with a child < 6 please request a family lodge that allows young children on open top game drives.
Day 11
Enjoy some final early morning game viewing, before your 2-hour transfer to Port Elizabeth Airport for your onward flight.

You will be met at Cape Town Airport and transferred 1-hour to Stellenbosch in the beautiful Cape Winelands.
 
Check into your hotel, relax under the giant oak trees and savour the food and wine of this famous region.
Day 12
Enjoy a full day tour through the renowned Stellenbosch Winelands, travelling through the scenic Franschhoek Valley where a handful of French Huguenot refugees started South Africa’s now famous wine industry. Visit several different wine estates of your choice – sampling as you go.
 
Enjoy lunch at a restaurant or wine estate (own account), with the opportunity for more optional wine tastings in the afternoon.
Day 13
Transfer 1-hour to Cape Town Airport for your flight home.