South Africa Grand Tour — 14 days

Cape Town, the Winelands, the Garden Route and a Kruger safari. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival in Cape Town; Table Mountain; Cape Peninsula; Winelands.

Day-by-day itinerary

Day 1 — Arrival in Cape Town

08:00 — Arrival at Cape Town CPT
12:00 — Hotel at the V&A Waterfront or in the Gardens
14:00 — V&A Waterfront & Robben Island ferry — V&A Waterfront
20:00 — Braai (South African BBQ) — V&A Waterfront

Day 2 — Table Mountain

08:00 — Table Mountain — cable car — Table Mountain
Head to Signal Hill — Table Mountain → Signal Hill
11:00 — Signal Hill & Lion's Head — Signal Hill
Taxi to Camps Bay — Signal Hill → Camps Bay
13:30 — Lunch in Camps Bay — Camps Bay
Head to Bo-Kaap — Camps Bay → Bo-Kaap
16:00 — Bo-Kaap — the colourful Cape Malay quarter — Bo-Kaap
Taxi to Long Street — Bo-Kaap → Long Street
20:00 — Dinner on Long Street — Long Street

Day 3 — Cape Peninsula

08:00 — Cape Peninsula tour by car
10:00 — Penguin beach — Boulders Beach — Simon's Town
Drive to Cape Point — Simon's Town → Cape Point
13:00 — Cape of Good Hope — Cape Point
15:00 — Lunch at Cape Point Vineyards
17:30 — Constantia wine route — Constantia

Day 4 — Winelands

09:00 — Drive to Stellenbosch (45 min)
10:00 — Stellenbosch wine tasting — Stellenbosch
Drive to Franschhoek — Stellenbosch → Franschhoek
13:00 — Lunch at a wine estate — Franschhoek
15:30 — Franschhoek Wine Tram — Franschhoek
19:00 — Back to the hotel in Cape Town

Day 5 — Garden Route (day 1)

08:00 — Car hire, leaving for Hermanus (2h)
11:00 — Southern right whale watching — Hermanus
13:30 — Seafront lunch in Hermanus
18:00 — Hotel in Mossel Bay or Wilderness

Day 6 — Garden Route (day 2)

09:00 — Drive to Knysna (2h)
11:00 — Boat to the Featherbed Nature Reserve — Knysna Lagoon
Walk to lunch — Knysna Lagoon → Knysna
14:00 — Knysna oyster lunch — Knysna
18:00 — Hotel in Knysna or Plettenberg Bay

Day 7 — Tsitsikamma

09:00 — Tsitsikamma National Park — Storms River Mouth — Tsitsikamma
Drive to Bloukrans — Tsitsikamma → Bloukrans
12:00 — Bloukrans Bridge bungee (optional, 216m) — Bloukrans
15:00 — Lunch in Tsitsikamma
18:00 — Hotel in Plettenberg Bay

Day 8 — Flight to Johannesburg

08:00 — Drive to George airport (1h)
11:00 — Flight George → Johannesburg (2h)
14:30 — Transfer airport → Kruger lodge
19:00 — Kruger bush lodge — Parc Kruger

Day 9 — Kruger safari (day 1)

05:30 — Sunrise game drive (3h) — Kruger NP
09:00 — Bush breakfast
12:00 — Bush walk with a ranger — Kruger
16:00 — Sunset game drive (3h) — Kruger
20:00 — Boma dinner under the stars

Day 10 — Kruger safari (day 2)

05:30 — Morning game drive — looking for the Big Five — Kruger NP
09:00 — Bush breakfast
14:00 — Siesta or lodge pool — Kruger
16:00 — Game drive & sundowners — Kruger
20:00 — Game dinner (springbok, kudu)

Day 11 — Kruger safari (day 3)

05:30 — Last morning game drive — Kruger NP
09:00 — Bush breakfast
11:00 — Drive to the Panorama Route (2h)
14:00 — Blyde River Canyon & Bourke's Luck Potholes — Panorama Route
19:00 — Hotel in Graskop

Day 12 — Panorama Route → Johannesburg

08:30 — God's Window — panorama over the lowveld — Panorama Route
10:30 — Lisbon Falls — Panorama Route
13:00 — Drive back to Johannesburg (4h30)
19:00 — Hotel in Johannesburg

Day 13 — Johannesburg

09:00 — Soweto township tour — Soweto
Drive to Johannesburg — Soweto → Johannesburg
13:00 — Apartheid Museum — Johannesburg
Taxi to Maboneng — Johannesburg → Maboneng
16:00 — Late lunch in Maboneng — Maboneng
Taxi to Sandton — Maboneng → Sandton
20:00 — Last dinner in Sandton — Sandton

Day 14 — Departure

08:00 — Last South African breakfast — Sandton
09:00 — Nelson Mandela Square — last souvenirs — Sandton
11:00 — Transfer to OR Tambo International
14:00 — Return flight from Johannesburg JNB