After an overnight flight to Cape Town, your cricket holiday begins in South Africa’s ‘Mother City’. You will be greeted and transferred to your chosen Cape Town hotel. Enjoy four days exploring the city, and spend five days at the South Africa v England Cape Town Test.

Get settled into your chosen hotel before heading out for a relaxed afternoon. Perhaps enjoy a glass of wine at a waterfront restaurant, check out one of Cape Town’s many trendy cafés, or laze around on Camps Bay or Clifton Beach.

Pullman Cape Town City Centre or similar

Witness five days of world-class Test cricket at Newlands, arguably the most beautiful cricket ground in the world, where Table Mountain and Devil’s Peak provide a majestic backdrop for this iconic stage.

Staying in Cape Town, with transfers to Newlands each day, you can really immerse yourself in the atmosphere of international cricket at this breathtaking setting.

Pullman Cape Town City Centre or similar

Breakfast

You have two full days to enjoy Cape Town! If you can rise early after the cricket, why not begin your day by riding the cable car to the summit of Table Mountain, 1067 metres above the city? On a clear day, you will be able to take in the views of Cape Town, Table Bay and the Atlantic coast.

In the afternoon, you could head to Camps Bay, Cape Town’s premier summer destination. The white sand beach has a tidal pool for safe swimming, and is lined with trendy restaurants, cocktail bars, and beach cafés.

The next day, you could catch the ferry to Robben Island. Give yourself around 3 or 4 hours for the crossing and guided tour of this UNESCO World Heritage Site, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years. Many of the tours are accompanied by former political prisoners who can share their personal stories of resilience.

Returning to Cape Town, you could spend the afternoon exploring Bo-Kaap, the historic and colourful Cape Malay Quarter, and the Castle of Good Hope, before returning to the V&A Waterfront.

If you would like to pre-book a tour of Robben Island before your travel, just ask.

Pullman Cape Town City Centre or similar

Breakfast

This morning you will be collected for the drive into the Winelands area of the Western Cape. Boland Park in the town of Paarl is hosting the first of three One Day Internationals between South Africa and England, and you will have tickets allowing you to follow all the action.

This match marks the build up to the 2027 Cricket World Cup that will be hosted by South Africa so both teams will be anxious to make their mark in the 50 over format.

After the match you will be transferred back to your hotel in Cape Town, before your Garden Route tour tomorrow.

Pullman Cape Town City Centre or similar

Breakfast

This morning you will be met by your local tour guide for the start of your Garden Route tour.

Travel along Sir Lowry’s Pass, with its magnificent views, to Grabouw and Elgin, a lush landscape surrounded by majestic mountains, stopping en route at a farmstall packed with locally products.

Continues to Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of Africa, where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet, and the rugged coastline has been the graveyard for many a ship. After visiting the historic lighthouse, travel via historic Swellendam and the Tradouw Pass to Barrydale and the famous Route 62.

Continue to Oudtshoorn, the ‘ostrich feather capital’ for dinner at an ostrich farm dining on local specialities such as ostrich steak.

La Plume Guest House or similar

Breakfast, Dinner

After a leisurely breakfast take a tour of the spectacular limestone caverns of the Cango Caves, one of the world’s great natural wonders, sculpted by nature through the ages.

Later, join an interactive guided tractor tour at a working ostrich farm, followed by a wine tasting, sampling top quality wines of the region.

La Plume Guest House or similar

Breakfast

After breakfast, travel over the Outeniqua Pass to George, the sixth oldest town in South Africa, with many historical landmarks like the Slave Tree and King Edward VII Library building; said to be the best example of Edwardian architecture in the town. The tour travels via Wilderness, an attractive holiday resort, to Knysna, known as the oyster box of South Africa, nestling on the banks of a beautiful lagoon in the heart of the Garden Route.

Enjoy a delicious lunch en route of traditional cuisine and local treats. The remainder of the day is at leisure until you join an afternoon sunset cruise on the Knysna Lagoon.

Rex Hotel or similar

Breakfast, Lunch

Today you’ll have the opportunity to further explore the natural beauty of the Garden Route. Visit Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary, where you will be able to see a variety of primates, roaming free in the forest. The sanctuary is well known for its efforts to rehabilitate and free previously caged primates.

The tour continues to the famous Eastern Head, where you will enjoy spectacular views of the Knysna Heads, before travelling to the nature lovers paradise of Brenton on Sea with its unspoilt beaches. The remainder of the afternoon will be at leisure.

Rex Hotel or similar

Breakfast

After breakfast travel to the Plettenberg Bay area where you will visit Birds of Eden sanctuary, the biggest single free flight aviary in the world. The sanctuary provides a safe environment in which to release a large collection of free-flight African birds.

The journey continues to Bloukrans Bridge, the highest single span arch bridge in the world, currently offering the highest commercially operated bungy jump in the world (optional!).

Later, visit the Tsitsikamma National Park which contains the popular Storms River Mouth suspension bridge. The park incorporates 80 km of rocky coastline, secluded valleys covered in mountain Fynbos and temperate forests with deep river gorges leading down to the sea.

Tsitsikamma Village Inn or similar

Breakfast

After breakfast, travel eastwards by the Tsitsikamma Forest to Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha), where the tour ends.

From here, your Travel Consultant can arrange onward flights or an Eastern Cape safari.

Breakfast

From Port Elizabeth, the ‘Big 5’ wildlife reserves of the Eastern Cape are within easy reach. Why not add two or three nights at a safari lodge, and go in search of South Africa’s iconic wildlife?

Ask your Travel Consultant about the different options available. Food, drink and game drives will all be included.