This itinerary was created exclusively for Polo players and their partners and includes four chukkas at two of the finest polo establishments in the world, as well as visits to great tourist attractions in and around Cape Town. This tour is designed for a total of two to four guests. The Polo Tournament season in the Western Cape runs from the beginning of December to the end of January and from the beginning of March to the end of April.

Day 1 Sunday: Arrive at Cape Town International Airport on Sunday morning (departure from Europe the previous night). Transfer to your guesthouse in Stellenbosch, either www.22dielaanguesthouse.co.za or www.beauclair.co.za . Light lunch after checking in. Afternoon at leisure. Evening guided walk through historic Stellenbosch finishing with a South African speciality dinner.

Day 2 Monday: Guided winelands tour, visiting five or six wine farms including wine tasting and lunch. Dinner in one of the fine restaurants in Stellenbosch.

Day 3 Tuesday: Guided tour of Cape Town including a visit of the old castle, coffee in the Colonial-Victorian Mount Nelson Hotel and a cable car ride up Table Mountain (weather depending) with a circular walk on the top and a light lunch. Have dinner in one of the finest fish restaurants in the Waterfront www.Quay4.co.za before returning to Stellenbosch.

Day 4 Wednesday: Great Cape Peninsula tour with a visit of the S.A. Navy harbour of Simon’s Town, a penguin colony and lunch at Cape Point. Afternoon visit to an ostrich ranch, returning to Stellenbosch for dinner.

Day 5 Thursday: Depart at 8:30am with light luggage for two nights, in a Jaguar XJ8 over Sir Lowry’s Pass towards the Garden Route. Lunch and a visit of the Knysna heads enroute. Late afternoon arrival in Plettenberg Bay (about 325 Miles) where you stay for two nights in either www.emilymoon.co.za or www.sa-venues.com/visit/duneshotel/

Day 6 Friday: In the morning either a sightseeing tour of this finest seaside resort in South Africa or as an optional extra, a Polo Clinic can be organized. Lunch in the clubhouse of the Kurland polo estate www.pletpolo.com followed by a game of 4 chukkas starting at 2 pm. Dinner in the clubhouse afterwards.

Day 7 Saturday: Depart at 8:30am on the famous ‘route 62’ through the ostrich centre of Oudtshoorn and the semi desert of the Small Karoo to Val de Vie www.valdevie.co.za (about 330 Miles). Arrive at 4pm and start playing four chukkas at 5pm. After dinner in the clubhouse of Val de Vie, return to your guesthouse in nearby Stellenbosch.

Day 8 Sunday: Today you finish off your week with the scenic four passes drive with a coffee break at the renowned wine farm www.boschendal.com and lunch at the fine www.lapetiteferme.co.za in Franschhoek. A relaxing farewell-drive via the Viljoen’s and the Sir Lowrys Pass takes you back to the airport for your flight home.

This trail starts about 150 km north of Cape Town on top of the remote Piketberg Mountain and takes riders down through magnificent wetlands with quiet lakes known as Rocher Pan and Verloreviei (lost estuary), as well as through the only area in the world where potatoes are grown in pure white sand, irrigated in large circles, and finally to the West coast of the South Atlantic, where the pristine and lonely beaches seem to stretch for ever. The area is called the West Coast Region and is famous for its profusion of wild flower carpets in August and September, the so-called Namaqualand daisies.

The last night is spent in a uniquely preserved, old, Cape Dutch Farm where since 1770 not too much has changed. This is a circular ride of some 225 km, during which there is no transfer by car and the support vehicle brings the guests' luggage forward.

Day 1:

Arrive at Cape Town International Airport in the morning. You will start with a fascinating tour of the Townships of Cape Town with a traditional African lunch in the smallest hotel in the Cape, Vicky's in Khayalitsha. Afterwards you will drive for two hours northwards through the so-called Swartland to the Excelsior Farm hidden in the Piketberg Mountains.

Day 2:

With the horses from the farm, you will ride along the mountain covered in Cape Mountain Fynbos - the indigenous flora - for a while, and then take a steep path down to the valley below ( walking and leading in places) where you dismount to view some Bushman rock art paintings. You will stay overnight at Kaptein's Kloof Farm in comfortable, restored, so called Sandveld cottages, having travelled about 20km and having spent approximately four hours riding.

Day 3:

You will ride south following the valley, a sandy agricultural area, and then turn west to the small town of Aurora where the characterful restaurant, belonging to a local Austrian, is full of memorabilia. On the way, you will picnic at a dam where you can swim. The day covers about 28 km of riding and you will spend approximately four and a half hours in the saddle. Tonight you stay in guesthouse which is full of character and charm.

Day 4:

Riding west, you will now head towards the coast of the South Atlantic across the sandy (Sandveld) potato growing area. (35 km riding). On arrival you can swim in the ocean and will spend the night in a modest farmhouse called Seefontein, situated above the beach, without electicity but with gas, hot water, bath and candle lighting. In the evening you will enjoy the Braai (barbeque).

Day 5:

In the morning you start the long beach ride north along the deserted shoreline, stretching ahead into the seemingly unending distance. The area is unpopulated and dolphins, seals and whales can often be observed playing in the waves. Over the dunes you cross into the Rocherpan Nature Reserve. This is a pan with wetlands, giving cover to many bird species, as well as small game, and is often visited by big flocks of pelicans and flamingos. After a 25 km ride you reach an oasis called Draaihoek Lodge, thatched and hidden behind high sand dunes, a very comfortable guest-house with an excellent seafood restaurant.

Day 6:

Continuing north along the beach towards Elands Bay (a small fishing village known for its crayfish packing factory), you stop for a trailside lunch and to view some other Bushman rock art paintings. At Elands Bay, after some total 50km riding along the shore, you leave the beach and turn eastwards towards Verloren Vlei (an estuary) to the guesthouse Vensterklip on the banks of the vlei, which has many different wetland birds. (Approximately 30 km).

Day 7:

You ride east along the south side of Verloren Vlei, first up along the crest of a long hill, running parallel to the estuary, on sandy tracks and with stunning panoramic views onto the vlei below and passing some wonderful sandstone outcrops. The path then leads down to the shore where you pass old farms that used to survive on the fish of the estuary. These farm buildings consist of Sandveld mud and thatched huts. You have a picnic lunch at one such farmhouse before continuing to a Sandveld hamlet called Redlighys, where you stay in a comfortable old fashioned guesthouse serving traditional Cape cuisine. (Approximately 28km).

Day 8:

Continuing around the Dreifontein Mountain you enter a valley below the Aurora Mountain, which is a lemon growing area. After only 20km you overnight in the Sandveld Country Cottage, which gives you an afternoon's rest before the last day's trek up the mountains.

Day 9:

You stop for lunch at a local Swiss farmer's house, after which you head back up the mountains towards the Excelsior farm where you will have your farewell dinner. (Approximately 40km).

Day 10:

After breakfast you leave the farm and drive down the mountain towards the Berg River where you arrive at the Guest Farm Kersefontein, a unique, Cape Dutch homestead in the hands of the Melck Family since 1770 and where not too much has changed since.

After lunch, in the late hours of the afternoon, as an optional extra (not included in the price) and weather permitting, the farmer Julian Melck takes you for an approximate one and a half hour spectacular flight in a Cessna, following the entire route you rode in the last eight days. This is followed by a Cape Dutch stylish traditional dinner.

Day 11

After breakfast you depart for Tulbagh in the Boland, where before lunch you visit the Old Drostdy - the old magistrates court - for a conducted tour and some wine tasting, followed by lunch at the Paddagang Restaurant. Church Street, in this village, boasts the largest number of buildings with historic monument plaques in South Africa. After lunch you continue the drive through the famous Bain's Kloof to Stellenbosch. Here you can pop into the unique bric-a-brac curio shop - Oom Samy se Winkle (Uncle Sam's Shop} - before continuing to the airport where you catch your return, overnight flight home.

The entire horse trail is about 225 km long, a distance covered in 8 days in the saddle. Every effort will be made to follow this itinerary, but the programme is subject to changes or substitutions to the same high criteria without prior notice, if, for example, inclement weather makes this necessary.

Ranking amongst the most beautiful and certainly one of the most varied horse trails in the world plus lots of game viewing! Especially suited for riders who want to be spoiled and are used to high standards in accommodation and catering. Most Guest Farms have a swimming pool and rooms with en-suite bathrooms. The programme is led by a THETA accredited guide and active member of the Cape Drag-Hunt Club, who specialises in Trail-Rides.

DAY 1

Arrival at Cape Town International Airport (departure from Europe the previous night). From the airport you drive across the Cape Peninsula over the breathtaking Chapman's Peak Drive to a gracious Lavenhof homestead, situated in Noordhoek, where you will be welcomed by a champagne buffet lunch. In the afternoon you will ride former race-horses along the magnificent, wide and empty Noodhoek beach, followed by a dinner at a restaurant with views over the South Atlantic.

DAY 2

You depart from Cape Town early in the morning for a scenic drive along the spectacular False Bay coastline and onto Kleinmond where at mid morning you start the ride along the pristine beach between the ocean of the South Coast and the Kleinmond Lagoon Nature reserve as well as the Botrivier “Vlei” (estuary). Here you can canter to your heart’s content. During the course of the day you are likely to see a herd of wild horses as well as flocks of flamingos and pelicans in the lagoon and sometimes fish eagles and seals. Lunch is served in a seaside restaurant.

After the afternoon ride, a short drive brings you to the stables at Botrivier where you lodge for two nights in a quaint historic wine farm. You will be welcomed to a wine tasting by the proprietor.

DAY 3

You start from the stables, with the same horses that you rode the previous day, on an ancient ox wagon trail that follows the old railway line as it winds itself up the historic pass to the Houw Hoek Inn. In open terrain you continue riding through pristine mountain “fynbos” (indigenous shrub land), up the Groenlandberge (Groenlandmountains). At an altitude of approximately 700-meters you take a break to enjoy the view and continue riding on a different path back to the Houw Hoek Inn for a late lunch. In the afternoon you return, riding through the old pass down to the stables.

DAY 4

Again you start the ride from the Botrivier stables. This time through the rolling hills of the Overberg wheat, wine, cattle and sheep farming region, with a lunch stop in the old olive shade of the wine farm Gabrielsvalley. Afterwards you ride back to the stables completing the circular route for the day. In the late afternoon you drive for 1½ hours eastwards, the latter part of which is on lonely dirt roads, past some big ostrich farms, to the remote 36000 ha De Hoop Nature reserve. Here you stay for the night in the Buchu Bush camp in truly comfortable rustic chalets; designed and built by an environmental conservationist right in the “fynbos” flora.

DAY 5

Starting your horse-safari from the 250-year old farmstead of the reserve you cross the De Hoop Vlei, riding among different species of antelope grazing in the lowland “fynbos” such as the bontebok, (endemic to this area), springbock, and the largest antelope of all- the eland,. Cape mountain zebras, baboons, wild ostriches, as well as different water-birds, to name but a few of the many different species in the reserve, can be seen at close range. You continue your ride over huge, bright, white, sand dunes (up to 85 meters in height), for which this national park is famous, down to a beach at the Indian Ocean.

This totally uninhabited, coastal stretch has, during the mating season from the end of May to the end of November, the highest concentration of whales sighted anywhere in the world. These can be viewed at close proximity from the high vantage point of the saddle! After some 8 kms riding along the shore you meet up with the support team at the far end of the beach for a picnic lunch. Afterwards you ride on different tracks back through the coastal “fynbos” to the old farmstead, viewing game all the way.

You first take a forlorn dirt road eastwards before crossing the Breede River on the only ferry in S.A. still pulled across by hand. Shortly after Riversdale you reach the Zoutpan Struishuis Guest Farm, a working ostrich farm, where the group stay for the night. An evening braai (a S.A. barbeque) is prepared on an open fire and the evening is spent chatting with the farmer and his family.

DAY 6

You have breakfast with boerewors (South African sausage) before you leave on the day’s ride on arab horses which the farmer's sons bred for export and they are sold to the middle east for endurance riding. There are plenty of opportunities for long canters on these horses which will keep going all day. A picnic lunch is served in the bush before you finish the trail back at the farm.

Before you leave you will have a tour of the ostrich farm seeing the entire cycle from breeding pair to the incubator and the chicks.

Less than an hour's drive through the Gracia's Pass later you arrive at the Aardvark Private Nature college situated in a semi-desert known as the Small Karoo where you stay the night in their brand new accommodation.

You will have a sundowner ride through the arid Arizona like terrain on their Boereperd Horses. This South African breed of horse is ideally suited for the the descent and climb of the steep hills which you will experience on the next day. Dinner tonight is a Potje served in the dining room adjoining your bedrooms.

DAY 7

You have your final ride of 4 hours in the morning in the undulating scrubland and dried up river beds of the veldt (indigenous field) stopping for a picnic breakfast en route. The trail leads through the unspoiled vegetation of this remote and quiet corner of the Cape Province. You return to the College for lunch. Thereafter you drive for 1½ hours to the upmarket, big five, Wildlife Reserve of Sanbona situated in a 54 000 hectare private reserve in the most remote part of the Small Karoo, at the foot of the Warmwaterberg. Here you stay for the last night in the luxurious Tilney Manor hunting lodge. On arrival you will have the thrill of your first big five game drive in an open Land cruiser, followed by a sumptuous dinner.

DAY 8

The next morning, after breakfast, you have your second game drive, returning to Tilney Manor in time for a substantial lunch. Afterwards you drive for 2 ½ hours, via the spectacular Du Toits Kloof, back to Cape Town or to the airport, (where you can have a shower in the airport building).

The entire eight days trip covers approximately 900 km driving through beautiful countryside and approximately 200 km on eight different rides, using four different stables. The rider must be proficient in rising trot and canter and must have some outride experience.

Riders will always have the choice to retire after lunch, making their way back with the support vehicle, while their horse is ridden back by one of the grooms. This ensures riders who are slightly less fit than others can also enjoy this horse trail. Accommodation for this trip is in six totally different, carefully selected, up-market locations.

Safety standards are high and every effort will be made to follow this itinerary, however, this program is subject to change or substitution for rides and accommodation to the same high standard without prior notice.

Shorter trails as well as longer (max. 11 days) can be arranged. At ½ price guests can take part in the first 4 days of this tour. They will be transferred on day 4, in the evening in 1¼ hours from Botrivier to the international Airport or Cape Town.

Your hosts will gladly advise or assist guests who wish to extend their stay in Cape Town to visit some of the other, truly unique, tourist attractions the Cape has to offer. Suitable Accommodation can be pre-arranged on request, as can guiding, if required

From the beginning of May to the end of September the Cape Hunt And Polo Club (Est.1822) organises drag-hunts on every Sunday at a different location. Your hosts can arrange for competent riders to ride in the Hunt - a truly unforgettable experience!

The Cape Hunt has followed a tradition of riding to hounds for over 180 years It holds the distinction of being the oldest of the “New World” Hunts, dating back to 1822, when the Governor to the Cape, Lord Charles Somerset first imported foxhounds from the famous Beaufort Hunt. Until around the Second World War the usual quarry was wild jackal, once a prolific scourge in the Western Cape.

Today the jackals around Cape Town are almost extinct and the Hunts, as organised by the Cape Hunt And Polo Club, have therefore reverted to Drag- or Trail Hunting. The Hounds hunt a pre-laid scent over six to seven “lines” of up to two miles each interspersed with checks for refreshment. The riders have a choice to ride in the first or second Field each led by a Field Master. The second Field rides slower and jumps are not compulsory. At each check a change of Fields is permitted. The dress code is similar to the U.K. and you are therefore invited to hunt in your club’s hunting attire. The Hunt Season stretches from beginning of May to mid September, which is the Green-Season with some occasional rains (in most areas below 200mm per annum) and day temperatures ranging around 20 Centigrade. The hunts are held on different farms, on which we are very welcome, in one of the most beautiful and varied landscapes in the world. The spaciousness of the countryside and the large size of the farms make crossing of public roads of any kind an absolute exception.

The proposed tour as per itinerary below is especially suited for riders who want to be spoiled and are used to high standards in accommodation and culinary experiences. Led by a THETA (Tourism Hospitality and Sport Education and Training Authority) tourist guide and long standing active member of the Cape Hunt (honorary life member) Carl Schwinges, who specialises in organising up market Trail-Rides. Carl spends his spare time helping the huntsman exercising the hounds of the club, who presently number approximately 15 couples.

DAY 1 (Saturday): Arrival at Cape Town International Airport in the morning on a direct flight from Heathrow (departure the previous night). Transfer to the accommodations close to the country base of the Cape Hunt, Orchard Country House situated in Malmesbury , which was designed by the famous Victorian architect Sir Herbert Baker. After lunch you get acquainted with our hunting horses on a two-hour outride starting from the Stables on the country base of the Hunt where the Hounds are kennelled which includes some optional practise jumping. Weather permitting an evening braai (barbeque) is served at the stables or a dinner at Orchards Country House

DAY 2 (Sunday): After breakfast the group drive again to our country base “Hunters Valley” where you partake in the Drag Hunt. followed by a hunt breakfast or Braai. In the late afternoon you depart on a scenic drive through the famous Huguenot settlement Franschhoek to the historic Houw Hoek Inn ) or the charming Wine Farm Goedvertouw, where you will stay for the next three nights.

DAY 3 (Monday): You depart for a drive of about 30 km towards Kleinmond where you start a full day ride along the pristine beach between the ocean of the South Coast and the Kleinmond Lagoon Nature reserve as well as the Botrivier “Vlei” (estuary). Here you can canter to our heart’s content. During the course of the day you are likely to see a herd of wild horses as well as flocks of flamingos and pelicans in the lagoon and sometimes fish eagles and seals. Lunch is served in a seaside restaurant. After the afternoon ride the group return to our lodging where a wine tasting is planned.

DAY 4 (Tuesday): You start from the stables in Botriver, with the same horses that you rode the previous day, on an ancient ox wagon trail that follows the old railway line as it winds itself up the historic pass to the Houw Hoek Inn. In open terrain you continue riding through pristine mountain “fynbos” (indigenous shrub land), up the Groenlandberge (Groenlandmountains). At an altitude of approximately 700-metres you take a break to enjoy the view and continue riding on a different path back to the Houw Hoek Inn for a late lunch. In the afternoon you return riding through the old pass down to the stables.

DAY 5 (Wednesday): Again you start the ride from the Botrivier stables. This time through the rolling hills of the Overberg wheat, wine, cattle and sheep farming region, with a lunch stop in the old olive shade of the wine farm Gabriels valley. Thereafter you ride back to the stables completing our circular route for the day. In the late afternoon a drive for 1½ hour eastwards, the latter part of which is on lonely dirt roads, past some big ostrich farms, to the remote 36,000 ha De Hoop Nature reserve. This region, situated adjacent to the most Southern point of Africa, is favoured by European storks during the S.A. summer, when large flocks can be viewed on the fields. You stay for the night in the Buchu Bush camp. These are truly comfortable rustic chalets; designed and built by an environmental conservationist right in the “fynbos” flora.

DAY 6 (Thursday): Starting our horse-safari from the 250-year old farmstead of the reserve you first ride alongside the De Hoop Vlei among different species of antelope grazing in the lowland “fynbos” such as the bontebok, (endemic to this area), springbock, and the largest antelope of all - the eland, Cape mountain zebras, baboons, wild ostriches, as well as different water-birds, to name but a few of the many different species in the reserve, can be seen at close range. The ride continues over huge, bright, white, sand dunes (up to 85 metres in height), for which this national park is famous, down to a beach at the Indian Ocean. This totally uninhabited, coastal stretch has, during the mating season from end May to end November, the highest concentration of whales sighted anywhere in the world. These can be viewed at close proximity from the high vantage point of the saddle! After some 8 kms riding along the shore the group meet up with the support team at the far end of the beach for a picnic lunch. Afterwards you ride on different tracks back through the coastal “fynbos” to the old farmstead, viewing game all the way.

You first take a forlorn dirt road eastwards before crossing the Breede River on the only ferry in S.A. still pulled across by hand. Shortly after Riversdale you reach the Zoutpan Struishuis Guest Farm, a working ostrich farm, where you stay for the night. An evening braai (a S.A. barbeque) is prepared on an open fire and the evening is spent chatting with the farmer and his family.

DAY 7 (Friday): Breakfast with boerewors (S.A. sausage) before you leave on the day’s ride on Arab horses, which the farmer’s son’s breed for export sale to the Middle East for endurance riding. The ride is through areas of indigenous fauna where reeds are harvested for roof thatching and exported to Britain and on sandy tracks through bush land. There are plenty of opportunities for long canters on these horses, which will keep going all day. A picnic is served in the bush before you finish the trail back at the farm. In the afternoon you have a tour of their ostrich farm.

DAY 8 (Saturday): After breakfast you start the long sight seeing drive back to the Orchard Country House in Malmesbury. This will lead over some breath taking passes and through the Klein Karoo one of the arid regions of South Africa. Dinner at the Orchard Country House.

DAY 9 (Sunday): You leave after breakfast dressed in our hunting attire and drive to the hunt starting at 10 am. You use the same horses as on previous Sunday. Happy Hunting is followed by a braai or a hunt breakfast. In the late afternoon you drive to Cape Town International Airport where you book in and have a shower and change after boarding your direct flight home.

The entire nine day trip covers approximately 1200 km by car through beautiful countryside and approximately 180 km on eight different rides, using three different stables. An alternative programme for non-riding partners can be organised.

Accommodation for this trip is in four totally different carefully selected locations. Our safety standards are high and every effort will be made to follow this itinerary. However this programme is subject to change or substitution for rides and accommodation to the same high standard without prior notice.

We will gladly advise or assist guests who wish to extend their stay in Cape Town to visit some of the other truly unique tourist attractions the Cape has to offer, like for example Stellenbosch. Suitable accommodation for an extended stay can be arranged on prior notice.

As far as the dress code is concerned the club is liberal with guests and as long as a hard hat is worn, a tweed, black or blue jacket and good riding boots will suffice.

One of the most varied tours of South Africa imaginable, which includes a three-day horse safari in the De Hoop Nature Reserve where from mid May to the end of November Whales can be seen in the Indian Ocean, at close range, out of the saddle. Especially suited for riders who want to be spoiled and are used to high standards of accommodation and catering. The two guest lodges used have swimming pools and ensuite bathrooms.

Day 1 Sunday: Arrive at Cape Town International Airport on Sunday morning (departure from Europe the previous night). Transfer to your guesthouse in Stellenbosch, either www.22dielaanguesthouse.co.za or www.beauclair.co.za . Light lunch after checking in and afternoon at leisure. Evening guided walk through historic Stellenbosch finishing with a South African speciality dinner.

Day 2 Monday: Guided winelands tour, visiting five or six wine farms including wine tasting and lunch. Dinner in one of the fine restaurants in Stellenbosch.

Day 3 Tuesday: Taking only light luggage for two nights, you will be collected by your Safari Guide at 8:30 am and driven over Sir Lowry’s pass and through the Overberg region in 3 hours, to the De Hoop Nature reserve www.dehoopcollection.co.za . We stay in their lovely, recently renovated cottages. After an early lunch, we mount our horses and ride along the western shore of the De Hoop estuary, where usually an abundance of water-birds such as pelicans or flamingos can be seen. We dismount for refreshments and a visit of the Manor House. We ride back on different tracks to our starting point. Dinner in the fine restaurant of the reserve.

Day 4 Wednesday: With the horses of yesterday, we start our full day ride, starting at the 250-year-old farmstead of the reserve. First along the eastern edge of the estuary among; Cape mountain zebras; baboons; wild ostriches and different species of antelope grazing in the lowland “fynbos” (the Cape Floral Kingdom) such as the bontebok, (endemic to this area), springbok, and the largest antelope of all – the eland, to name but a few of the many different species in the reserve. Then, we cross the spectacular sand dunes (up to 85 metres high) which this reserve is renowned for, down to the beach of the Indian Ocean. This totally uninhabited, coastal stretch has, during the mating season from mid May to end November, the highest concentration of whales sighted anywhere in the world. These can be viewed at close range from the high vantage point of the saddle! After some 9 km riding along the shore, we meet up with the support team, at the far end of the beach, for a picnic lunch. Afterwards we ride on different tracks, back through the coastal fynbos to the old farmstead, viewing game all the way. Tonight the support team will serve us a Braai (SA barbeque) in front of our cottages.

Day 5 Thursday: After Breakfast, we depart at 9 am to another part of the reserve, where the horses are waiting for us. During the morning ride, in this section of the park, we may even spot some bontebok. At 12 noon, we depart for lunch to Swellendam, followed by a visit of the historic Drostdy. Drive through the Breede River Valley and over the spectacular Du Toitskloof Pass (820 Metres high) back to your guesthouse in Stellenbosch for dinner.

Day 6 Friday: Guided tour of Cape Town, including a visit of the old castle, coffee in the Colonial-Victorian Mount Nelson Hotel and a cable car ride up Table Mountain (weather permitting) with a circular walk on the top and a light lunch. Have dinner in one of the finest fish restaurants in the Waterfront www.Quay4.co.za before returning to Stellenbosch.

Day 7 Saturday: Great Cape Peninsula tour with a visit of the SA Navy harbour of Simon’s Town, a penguin colony and lunch at Cape Point. Afternoon visit to an ostrich ranch, returning to Stellenbosch for dinner.

Day 8 Sunday: Today you finish off your week with the scenic four-passes drive, with a coffee break at the renowned wine farm www.boschendal.com and lunch at the fine www.lapetiteferme.co.za in Franschhoek. A relaxing farewell-drive via the Viljoen’s and the Sir Lowry’s passes, takes you back to the airport for your flight home