HAPPY IN Cape Town
DURATION
6 NIGHTS / 7 DAYS
DEPOSIT $500
Per Person
Shared room : From $1800
or $2300 Private Room
Cape Town
Featuring safari’s, beaches, wine tasting, hiking, Kynsna township tour, optional sand boarding, and shark cage experince.
THE EXPERIENCE
This trip will match up with our Uganda trip, so you can do both together. This tour features some of our most luxurious hotels, so make sure you click on the hotel links below!
This tour is a perfect way to see the highlights of the South African Coastline, between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. It includes nature, culture, and adventure, so there is something for everyone to enjoy. This tour is private and fully guided, meaning you have access to a private tour vehicle appropriate to your group size, as well as a professional tour guide who drives the vehicle. The tour starts in Cape Town and ends in Port Elizabeth.
Cape Town
What’s Included:
- Services of a professional tour guide/driver
- Air-conditioned transport
- 6 nights’ accommodation (Guesthouse/hotel)
- Welcome drinks
- Daily breakfast
- Table Mountain Cable way tickets
- 3 x foodie tastings
- Entrance to Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve
- Entrance to penguin colony at Boulders Beach
- Wine tasting and cheese platters
- Sunset lagoon cruise
- Township Experience in Knysna
- Entrance to Tsitsikamma National Park
- Farewell Braai
Not Included:
- International Airfare
- Airport Transfers
- Airfare from Port Elizabeth (where the trip ends)
- Travel Insurance
Travel Insurance:
Trips booked after January 1, 2023 will be required to have medical travel insurance for all You Can’t Steal My Happy trips.
You Can’t Steal My Happy recommends that you purchase a travel protection plan to help protect you and your travel investment against the unexpected. For your convenience, we offer travel protection through Travelex Insurance Services. For more information on the available plans or to enroll, click on the link below or contact Travelex Insurance Services at 800-228-9792 and reference location number 43-0656 “Travel Insurance is underwritten by, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company, NAIC #22276. 55Y”
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Trip Itinerary
Day 1 :
Cape Town
Arrive in Cape Town and make your way to the hotel. Check in to your hotel and enjoy a day at leisure. Guide meet group for pre tour meet and greet.
Meals: Welcome drinks
Hotel: Winchester Boutique Hotel
Day 2 :
City centre, Cape Town foodie experience and Table Mountain Cable Way
We will start the day with a focus on history and food. While exploring the city centre with your guide, learn about the unique history while tasting some of the culinary delights that makes the city a must visit foody destination. Foodie tastings can include: Milk tart and rooibos tea, Cape Malay lunch and some of the best coffee & local rusks. Next stop, the cable way up Table Mountain, to take in the views before heading back to the hotel for the evening.
Meals: B, L, and 2 tastings of beverages and food on tour
Hotel: Winchester Boutique Hotel
Day 3 :
Cape Peninsula Tour
You won’t believe the beautiful scenery you will experience in one day on the Cape Peninsula. We will start by driving to the beautiful town of Simons town, via Fish Hoek and Muizenberg to view a Colony of endangered African penguins. We will then travel on to the Cape of Good Hope, the furthest southwestern point in Africa. We will have time for hiking to the Cape Point lighthouse. After a visit to the National Park guest will visit the famous Cape Point Vineyards for wine tasting and lunch with some spectacular views. We will then take the coastal road to the Hout Bay harbour to take in the beautiful harbour scenes. On our way back we will take the scenic route back to Cape Town via the Atlantic seaside suburbs of Clifton and Camps Bay, and see the Twelve Apostles.
Meals: B & cheese plater at Cape Point Vineyards
Hotel: Winchester Boutique Hotel
Day 4 :
Cape Town – Mossel bay
After breakfast, we will head to the famous Garden Route. Our first stop is Mossel Bay. In the afternoon guests have at leisure, You can spend time on the spectacular beaches, hike the Cape St. Blaize trail along the cliffs overlooking the Indian Ocean, or visit the famous Diaz Museum complex, commemorating the first known European exploration around the tip of Africa. The more adventurous can try optional sand boarding.
Meals: B
Hotel: Protea Hotel
Day 5 :
Mossel bay – Knysna
Guests have the morning at leisure in Mossel Bay. The more adventurous can try shark cage diving. Mid-day we will head to the famous town of Knysna via the lavish Lake District of the Garden Route. This up-market little town is filled with curios, restaurants and a waterfront, where you will be able to relax and do some shopping.
Hotel: Lofts Boutique Hotel
Day 6 :
Knysna
After breakfast, we will depart on a guided township experience through Emzini Township with local guides. In the afternoon guests will have time to explore Knysna. Late afternoons sees guests heading out to enjoy a sunset boat cruise on the Knysna Lagoon followed by a farewell braai dinner.
Meals: B, D
Hotel: Lofts Boutique Hotel
Day 7 :
Knysna – Port Elizabeth
After breakfast, we head off to Tsitsikamma National Park. En route we will stop at Bloukrans Bridge to view the world’s highest bungee jump bridge (216 meters). Next visit the Tsitsikamma National Park with its unique combination of indigenous forest and beautiful Indian Ocean coastline. The park has a wide choice of activities for all, including hiking, crossing a suspension bridge and swimming. After exploring the park, we will depart for Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) where your tour will end in the late afternoon.
Meals: B
Terms and Conditions
Group Trip Cancellations.
If YCSMH has to cancel a group trip because a country has closed its borders, everyone will have a choice of receiving a refund or being rolled over to another group trip. The decision to cancel a group trip will be determined by myself and our local guides.
DEPOSITS PAID- CANCEL WITH NO REPLACEMENT
If you cancel a booking and cannot find a replacement the FULL deposit amount will be lost from the original person making the reservation.
DEPOSITS PAID- CANCEL WITH A REPLACEMENT – $100 Penalty
If YOU cancel and find your own replacement that “helps” but it doesn’t alleviate the time and effort I must spend to get your replacement up to speed (answer questions and send previous emails). A $100 fee will be charged if you cancel and find your own replacement.
FULL PAYMENTS PAID- CANCEL WITH NO REPLACEMENT- 90 DAYS BEFORE TRIP DEPARTURE
Full payments for all Happy trips are due 90 days before departure. If you cancel the trip you will not be eligible to receive a refund. You will need to file a claim with your insurance provider. As a rule most tour vendors, charter companies and hotels require full payment 90 days before arrival. Once we have made reservations MOST resorts, Charter companies, rental shops, etc hold YCSMH financially responsible (i.e. we have to pay them, hence we expect YOU to pay us).
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FULL PAYMENTS PAID- CANCEL WITH A REPLACEMENT- 90 DAYS BEFORE TRIP DEPARTURE
In the event of a cancellation, YCSMH will gladly help find a replacement but the responsibility to find the replacement is that of the person canceling. If you find a replacement to fill your spot you will be eligible for a full refund minus a $100 fee.
If YCSMH finds you a replacement you will receive a refund minus the trip deposit. As I mentioned there is a considerable amount of time and effort spent to send out emails to your replacement to get them up to speed.
I hope this helps clarify our terms as we all navigate through this post pandemic world. For those of us who are passionate travelers the small inconveniences of testing, insurance and entry requirements are well worth it.
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