Cape Town Opulence: 5-Star Stay with Tailored Tour Experiences

Day 1: Cape Town
Upon arrival at Cape Town International Airport, you will be met by your driver-guide, who will be with you for the duration of your time in Cape Town and transferred to your hotel. Your driver will meet you in the arrival hall with a name board showing your name. Your hotel is located in the heart of Cape Town's vibrant city center within walking distance of the fashionable foodie district, Bree Street, which offers a variety of dining experiences

Day 2: Cape Town
Enjoy a morning or afternoon tour of the Mother City and venture through the streets crowded with history. This tour includes a visit to Table Mountain or in the event of inclement weather, Table View for the best views of Table Mountain.

HIGHLIGHTS

• South African Museum

• Company Gardens

• Malay Quarter/ Bo-Kaap

• Green Market Square

• Table Mountain *tickets included

• Short Diamond factory tour – optional

The rest of the afternoon will be at your leisure, you can choose from a wide range of optional activities and excursions that Cape Town has to offer.

Day 3: Cape Town
After breakfast, you will be met by your guide and embark on a full-day touring of the ruggedly beautiful Cape Peninsula. See all the top sights along South Africa’s Cape Peninsula on this full-day tour from Cape Town.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Drive along the Atlantic Sea Board passing the beautiful beaches of Clifton and Camps Bay

• Stop at Hout Bay Harbour, take an optional boat ride to Duiker Island to see the Cape Fur Seals

• Chapman’s Peak Drive – known as one of the World’s most beautiful drives

• Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve and Cape Point – the most South Western point of Africa and the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula, spectacular scenery

• False Bay Coastal Road – look out for whales between June and November

• African Penguins at Boulders Beach

• Simon’s Town – home to South Africa’s Naval Base

• Picturesque drive past Kalk Bay and Muizenberg

Day 4: Cape Town
Day at own leisure

Day 5: Cape Town
We start the morning off at the Stellenbosch Winelands, only 20 minutes out of Cape Town, which offers a majestic scenery that is entirely different to the Cape Peninsula. You will discover different grape varieties that grow in the area such as Chenin Blanc, Shiraz, and the uniquely South African Pinotage. You will also learn about the Méthode Cap Classique developed in the region, which emulates and rivals the very best French champagnes. Stellenbosch is a small but very lively town with a famous university and numerous activities such as wine cellar tours and tastings, museums, galleries and strawberry picking. You will have the opportunity to purchase wines to bring back home to enjoy the region's delightful vintages after your visit.

Franschhoek
We then head to Franschhoek - a wine-lovers dream destination - also known as "the French corner", an old Huguenot village. With its numerous streets and estates with French names, the town will make you feel completely bewildered, feeling like you were in France in another era. You will be completely enchanted by the town's charm and its peaceful environment. You will get the chance to taste the region's delicacies, cheeses and its best wines. Since the 1st of October, we are very proud to take you on an unique ride on the Franschhoek Tram, journeying through beautiful vineyards, breath-taking scenery and award-winning wine farms. Bonus - our guides are fluent in English and French!

Drakenstein Prison
Drakenstein, also known as Victor Verster Prison, is located between Franschhoek and Paarl. The prison is famous for being the one where Nelson Mandela spent the last fourteen months of his imprisonment for campaigning against Apartheid, afterwards leaving a free man in February 1990! Here you will get to see a recently unveiled, larger than life-size statue of Nelson Mandela raising his fist, not in anger, but as a well-known gesture of defiance, usually accompanied by the freedom slogan - 'amandla awethu' in isiZulu or 'power to the people' in English.

Paarl
We end off the tour at the town of Paarl, offering you a great perspective into Afrikaans culture and tradition. The district is specially well-known for its Pearl Mountain or "Paarl Rock". The huge granite rock is formed by three rounded outcrops that make up Paarl Mountain and has been compared in majesty to Uluru (formerly known as Ayers Rock) in Australia. Paarl offers you a diverse range of wine farms, the famous Spice Route, the Taal Monument (the Afrikaans language monument), coffee shops, breweries and plenty more. You will also be able to visit the town's vineyards where you will taste the region's finest wines.

Wine farm locations may differ depending on the day of the week or the time of the year.

This a full day tour of the Winelands and you will be picked up and dropped off from your hotel. -

Day 6-7: Cape Town
Day at own leisure

Day 8: End of Itinerary
This being your last morning, you will start with breakfast, depending on your departure flight time you might have a few hours of leisure time before being met in the hotel reception area and transferred to the Cape Town International Airport for your departure flight.