Cape Winelands Guided Day Tour from Cape Town | La Vacanza Travel

Cape Winelands Guided Day Tour from Cape Town

Duration: 8 hours 30 minutes
Destination: South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town
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  • 8 hours 30 minutes
  • Cape Town
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

A full day experience sampling the world famous Cape Winelands where you'll visit beautiful locations such as the Helshoogte Mountain Pass, the unique Stellenbosch University and experience 2 wine tastings!

Itinerary
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Stop At: Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, Western Cape

Stellenbosch is a university town in South Africa's Western Cape province. It's surrounded by the vineyards of the Cape Winelands and the mountainous nature reserves of Jonkershoek and Simonsberg. The town's oak-shaded streets are lined with cafes, boutiques and art galleries. Cape Dutch architecture gives a sense of South Africa's Dutch colonial history, as do the Village Museum's period houses and gardens.

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Helshoogte, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa

Mauntain Pass, one of the most loved and travelled roads in the Western Cape, links Stellenbosch with the Drakenstein Valley, a scenic pass that transports one over the saddle that separates Simonsberg from the Jonkershoekberge and wends its way past fruit farms and vineyards en route.

Stop At: Franschhoek, Franschhoek, Western Cape

Founded in 1688 by French Huguenots, our scenic gem nestles in a rich and fertile valley, between glorious towering mountains, right in the beautiful Heart of the Cape Winelands.

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: The Huguenot Memorial Monument, Franschhoek South Africa

The Huguenot Monument is dedicated to the cultural influences that Huguenots have brought to the Cape Colony after their immigration during the 17th and 18th centuries. The French and Belgian Protestants were fleeing religious persecution, especially in Catholic France

Inclusions
  • Wine tasting
  • Driver/guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)

Exclusions
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities
  • Minimum numbers apply. 2 people are needed for the tour to run. If you are a single traveller, there is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund
  • Pickup and drop off from Central Cape Town Hotels only. Please enquire about the surcharge for pickup if you are not centrally located.
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Cullinan Holdings has introduced a compulsory vaccination policy with immediate effect, as follows. 'With rising global COVID-19 cases among the unvaccinated population, Cullinan Holdings have implemented a policy requiring all guests travelling either on a group or scheduled tour with Thompsons Africa, to be fully vaccinated. A group is defined as any guest travelling with one or more persons who are not family or friends. If however fellow guests are family or friends travelling in isolation of other guests (private bookings), no mandatory vaccination is required (to be reviewed based on the prevailing global circumstances). This requirement applies to groups (ad-hoc and series), Guided Journeys and all scheduled departure day tour experiences, and is done in the interest of creating a safe environment for everyone. It is the guests' responsibility to ensure that they always comply with these requirements. No refunds will be given if guests are unable to undertake some or all their holiday due to their failure to comply with these requirements. Guests will be responsible for any resulting additional costs including travel and accommodation. Proof of vaccinations may be requested, when necessary. We further strongly recommend that guests ensure they have adequate medical and travel insurance for the duration of their stay in Southern Africa.'
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

Traveler pickup is offered
Between 8am and 9am depending on your hotel location. Please be ready from 7:45am at the main entrance of your hotel.


Departure Time

08:00 AM

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

8 hours 30 minutes


User's Reviews

Cosh2

05 Apr, 2023

We had booked a tour from the U.K. with Premier Holidays who used Thomson’s Tours as their appointed agent in South Africa. We stayed in Cale Town / Rovos Rail / Ivory Manor in Pretoria / Victoria Falls Zimbabwe. Sad to say that Thomson’s failed miserably on 2 of our pre paid tours ! The first tour was a full day Winelands tasting tour. The driver arrived 75 minutes late for the pick up - a bad omen - and then whilst driving towards Stellenbosch, he was actually on the phone, driving one handed, trying to arrange vineyards for our visits. This should have been booked and confirmed many month previously when we actually booked the complete package. At times whilst driving, he was holding up a large paper map with both hands showing us the Cape area ! We did not feel safe whatsoever and when we actually arrived at Lanzerac estate it was clear to see they were not expecting us and merely sat us at a table and placed 2 bottles of red wine on the table with very little expalanation as to its origins etc. We never got to taste any other wines as the server did not return to our table ! Our driver then took us to Franscheok where he dropped us for lunch. As a group we decided that the tour was already a disaster and would return to Cape Town. The driver refused and told us he would be taking us to Paarl, we insisted he take us back to CT and finally he agreed. He was downright rude, drove very badly and the whole tour was basically a complete waste of a day. Thompson apologised and arranged for an upgrade on a Zambezi River cruise tour later that week, but surprise surprise when we arrived at the boat, they knew nothing of any upgrade, very embarrassing for our group to say the least. It appears that Thomson’s got the date wrong which is incredible as they had compiled our itinerary for the complete tour. A case of the right hand not knowing what the left was doing. We are waiting to hear further from Thompsons to resolve this matter !

Jayne_M

15 Feb, 2023

Lovely day out. Our guide was very informative and friendly. Worth checking pick up time as we were waiting for our pick up at 8a.m but were told by another driver that it was at 8.30.!!

Barbara_R

01 Jun, 2019

The tour delivered what was advertised and was thoroughly enjoyable. The guide was very professional: friendly, well informed, a good communicator and efficient.

Sarah_S

22 Mar, 2017

Had a brilliant day travelling in a small group of 5 people to 3 vineyards varying from a large company to a small family business. Our guide, Dave, was very helpful and informative and ensured a good day was had by all. I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone wants to get out into the beautiful countryside and sample a range of the local wines.

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