Road trip · 9 days · by car

South Africa, the Garden Route

From Cape Town to Port Elizabeth along the coast: vineyards, whales, forests and elephants.

The route, stop by stop

1. 1Le Cap · 3 nights
   Table Mountain, the Cape of Good Hope and the Stellenbosch vineyards
2. 2Hermanus · 1 night
   Whales from the cliff path (June to November)
3. 3Knysna · 2 nights
   The lagoon, the Heads and the yellowwood forests
4. 4Plettenberg Bay · 1 night
   Beaches, Robberg reserve and animal sanctuaries
5. 5Storms River · 1 night
   Tsitsikamma: the suspension bridge and the Bloukrans bungee
6. 6Addo · 1 night
   Self-drive safari in the Elephant National Park

When to go

Best months: January, February, March, April, October, November and December.

Photo: Der Berzerker from Washington, DC, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.