4 Day Garden Route Adventure & Safari: Experience the Highlights of East Coast South Africa

The Garden Route, a serene paradise situated on the Eastern Coast of South Africa, is the focus of our 4-day tour that covers the region’s attractions and exquisite landscapes. It’s the ideal choice for those tight on time but eager to revel in the renowned Garden Route and its numerous activities!

Duration: 4 days
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • The Cango Caves - Depart Cape Town at 6am and head up to Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo semi desert area, which also is the ostrich capital of the World. This drive follows the world-famous Route 62 which is the longest wine route in the world! We’ll visit the Cango Caves for a tour through this magnificent cave system and also visit an ostrich farm for a closer look at this enormous bird. Tonight, we’ll stay in Oudtshoorn and have a delicious ostrich for dinner. (Dinner)
What's Included
  • 3 nights accommodation
  • Breakfast - Day 2, 3 & 4
  • Dinner - Day 1, 2 & 3
  • Round-trip shared transfer
  • Driver/guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (if option selected)
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
  • Cango Caves - Heritage Tour
  • Cango Ostrich Farm
  • Hermanus: Land-based whale watching (Seasonal)
  • Tsitsikamma National Park entry fees
  • 2 x Game Drives at Garden Route Game Lodge
  • Betty’s Bay Penguin Colony entry Fees
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Gratuities
  • Breakfast- Day 1
  • Optional Extra Activities, EG Bungy Jumping
Location
The Cango Caves
328 Approximately 30km (19 miles) from town on the R
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Renatagalvanig
Jul 29, 2024
Tour in garden rout and Safari South Africa - The tour was very pleasant, starting with a very nice, courteous and respectful, driver/guide, the Vaughan (thank you for your attention since from the pickup till our drop off. Also, the bus was very clean and comfortable, providing a safe tour. The events suggested were very pleasant. Our family, with 2 teenagers) loved it! 🙏🏻😍
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Maribeth_e
Jul 2, 2024
Excellent guide/trip - Vaughan was an excellent guide. He had a nice balance of providing information and letting g us observe on our own. He was willing to answer our questions and was very knowledgeable. I appreciated that he provided us with options since we were a small group; we were able to enjoy more additional activities that really enriched our trip. Overall, the trip was the perfect amount of time and gave me a good impression on the southern part of the country.
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T6422lcjamese
Jun 25, 2024
Excellent and great value - Our guide Muwande was amazing ! He was Very Informed and a pleasure to spend 4 days with . We recommend the garden route in the winter - great weather and fewer passengers ! Our van only had 5 people so it was very comfortable and a balanced group. The stops on the garden route were short but just enuf to get the feel and views . The accommodations were CLEAN and most were really cute and authentic . Bok Bus communicated well throughout the entire booking and scheduling Would recommend for people who are looking for a great value .
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M3338kyjamesm
Jun 17, 2024
Awesome garden route experience with Mawande - The tour was awesome, made particularly special by the tour guide Mawande, who had so much knowledge about the history, politics and geography of the beautiful garden route. The nature on the route was absolutely stunning and the experiences involved were extraordinary, particularly the garden route safari. All of the accomodation and meals were amazing and couldn’t more highly recommend this tour. It exceeded my expectations greatly and is well and truly worth the money.
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Compass14425082800
Jun 17, 2024
Incredible scenery, great knowledge and communication, very well organised - The tour was very well put together and ticks off the essential parts of the Garden Route along the way. Our guide Mawande was extremely well informed and provided valuable information about different places as we passed through or arrived at them. His knowledge was incredibly vast and was able to answer any questions we had about where we were going and also South Africa as a whole which was extremely handy so early in our stay. The Garden Route Game Lodge was a real highlight, the lodge is brilliant and meals are all provided - and this is only one of the stops. Overall communication before and during the tour was excellent and I can’t thank Mawande enough for providing such an amazing experience for the start of my first visit to the area!
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Dcnetworks227
Jun 14, 2024
Wonderful Fast Amazing Adventure - A truly amazing Garden Route Adventure & Safari experience. We saw so many fascinating interesting things and met some incredible people along the way. Visiting Cape Town has always been on our to do list and then we came across BokBus Garden Route Adventure Tour on TripAdvisor, they have so many fantastic reviews so we decided to give it a try to coincide with our visit to Cape Town. Mawande was our solo guide & driver for 4 days, he made everything awesome. We learned so much about SA from him all thanks to his knowledge and planning. Hint, expect to see everything listed on the TripAdvisor itinerary and more. All the restaurants & meals we ate were really good and exceeded our expectations. Here are some of the highlights from the tour, Cango Cave was actually really cool, the Garden Route drive was beautiful, the penguins, the Safari experience, plus Mawande took us to places that only local people know. Needless to say, we took some really great photosand had the best memories on this trip. All the accommodations we stayed at were clean and functional, we felt 100% safe the entire time. All in all, Mawande is a fantastic host and guide, he is a true Ambassador for South Africa. We 100% recommend BokBus.
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Silvia_p
May 4, 2024
Quick preview of the Garden Route - Good accomodation; beautiful sights and roads; good company; beautiful coastline. Confortable car. xx
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Navigate440070
Apr 23, 2024
Awesome solo trip 👌 - I had such a good time - so glad I booked this trip! Mawande was an amazing guide and host, articulate and informed and I learnt so much about SA and its history thanks to him. He really went above and beyond trying to spot giraffes and so on for us on the road side and stopping when we asked. And patiently explaining SA politics and history. It was a small group of 8 and we gelled pretty well. I felt comfortable as a solo traveller and safe at all times. The itinerary was pretty non stop but I feel like it was worth it as I got a good insight into the different areas of the two cape regions we visited - I'd booked the single room option in hostels, we got upgraded to the guest house the first night which was gorgeous and the hostel the second night was fun and set in amongst amazing greenery. The Lodge on the final night was just beautiful. If anything I wish the trip had been longer - it really warrants a week so you can properly explore, but if you have limited time like I did then go for it!
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Z7486qimatthewt
Apr 16, 2024
Fantastic way to do the Garden Route - This is a fantastic way to see the garden route. Benjamin was a super driver and guide. He is extremely knowledgeable and made the whole tour. The garden route game lodge was superb.
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Ibubi
Apr 7, 2024
True professionals, be on the safe side - 4 unforgettable days from Capetown to Knysna, passing through the safari in the Game Lodge reserve. Perfect organization especially thanks to our exceptional guide Mawande who left nothing to chance and every day explained a bit of South Africa's history to us in detail. Extraordinary country inhabited by exceptional people. Thanks also to the supervision of Mr Ntsiko who I contacted from Italy 6 months ago and who has always assisted me via watsapp, also organizing for us at the last minute a visit to the Township Langa (with the excellent Sandy) and to Cape of Good Hope (with the unmissable John).
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