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This relaxing family tour is similar in scope to Relaxing Rascals but uses Comfortable to Premier accommodation and also includes more time in the Little Karoo as well as Cape Town, the Garden Route and the game-rich Eastern Cape. As the area is malaria-free, this holiday is ideal for babies upwards.

Meals As text
Accommodation Mix of Comfortable to Premier
Departure Dates On request
Transport Group B rental car with unlimited kilometres. Upgrades to larger vehicles easily arranged.
Price Includes Meals and accommodation as shown in text, (we are assuming 2 children under 12, years sharing with parents), Group B car rental
Price Excludes International & domestic flights, visas, items of a personal nature, meals not specified
Minimum Number 2
Climate Mediterranean in the Cape (winter rains, hot dry summers), summer showers on Garden Route
Best time to go Suitable all year round, especially October to May
Health Requirements None - sunblock essential
Other Ideas Ideal for all ages of children including the under-sixes. The price below is a SAMPLE price based on a family of 4 with 2 adults and 2 children under 12 years.
Notes Please note that children over 12 years are usually treated as adults by South African hotels and have their own room.

Days 1 to 3 - Arrive in Cape Town, 3 nights V&A Waterfront
On arrival in Cape Town , you collect your Group O rental car and drive to the Waterfront Village in the vibrant V&A Waterfront. Spend 4 nights enjoying the sights of Cape Town. Child-friendly pursuits include heading up Table Mountain by cable car, enjoying the Waterfront, visiting Cape Peninsula include a visit to the African Penguin colony, enjoying a boat cruise out into Table Bay harbour amongst other activities. Please click here for more on Cape Town

The Waterfront Village has an unrivalled collection of 60 stylish and serviced apartments in the V&A Waterfront yacht marina offering the comfort of a luxury hotel with all the space, freedom and flexibility of home. Choose between one, two and three bedroom apartments to suit your family’s size. Room Only. Accommodation: Waterfront Village, Cape Town

Days 4 & 5 - Stellenbosch, 2 nights
Today you leave the city and drive only a short distance to the Spier Estate close to Stellenbosch to stay for 2 nights.

The Spier Hotel on the historic Spier Estate offers plenty for you to do without needing to venture off the estate. The gracious Cape Dutch buildings of the Spier Estate, built in 1692, have been restored to their former glory to create the Spier Hotel. 32 Cape-style cottages are clustered around six courtyards each with its own swimming pool and garden.
The surrounding estate offer horse riding through the vineyards, tennis at one of the three courts (one of which is floodlit), hiking and mountain biking on the estate, swimming, golf at the De Zalze estate, or children love visiting the Cheetah Outreach project and Bird of Prey rehabilitation centre. The Cheetah Outreach and Eagle Encounter projects are both part of South Africa's conservation effort to assist with reintroducing wild animals and birds to their natural habitat. Accommodation: The Spier Hotel, Stellenbosch

Days 6 & 7 - Travel to Hermanus, 2 nights
Today you leave the city and drive to Hermanus (approx 1½ hours) to stay for 2 nights at Blue Gum Country House near Hermanus. The Hermanus area is a bountiful area of gentle rolling green pastures, vineyards, forests and unspoilt coastline. It boasts some of the finest land-based whale-watching in the world between July and early December, when the Southern Right Whales come right into the bays to give birth.

Blue Gum Country House lies in a picturesque valley close to Hermanus. Here you can relax amid the tranquillity of the 130-acre estate, explore the private mountain reserve or stroll through the vineyards. A game of tennis or a refreshing swim in the pool are attractive alternatives. Two family suites offer a second small room for children. Ideal for families with active children.
Bed & Breakfast. Accommodation: Blue Gum Country House, near Hermanus

Day 8 to 10 - Continue to Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route, 3 nights
Today you have a fairly longish journey to Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route. The Garden Route thoroughly deserves its reputation for enchanting beauty. The 'garden' refers not to cultivated gardens, but to its captivating Elysian charm. This region, between Mossel Bay and the Storms River, offers a spectacular coastline of dramatic headlands giving way to white sandy beaches. There is simply loads for families to do in this area. Please click here for more on the Garden Route…

Periwinkle Lodge is a stylish guesthouse overlooking Robberg Beach, a long sandy beach in Pletternberg Bay. It’s decorated in a relaxed and comfortable way as would typify your own beach house, if you had one, with lots of beach references, and a provencal style with colourful fabrics. Accommodation: Periwinkle Lodge

Day 11 to 13 - Head to Addo Elephant National Park, 3 nights
Continue to the Eastern Cape for 3 nights in the Addo area staying at Woodall Country House. Addo is a notable success story. The elephants were being shot in the early 20th century as they were destroying the crops of local farmers. Only 11 remained when a national outcry stopped the hunt. The elephants' survival was assured when a National Park was proclaimed and now Addo has the densest concentration of elephant in Africa. Alongside the thrill of close-up elephant encounters, Addo is now home to black rhino, lion, hippo, unique Cape buffalo, many species of antelope. Other activities in the Greater Addo Park include hiking trails, horse-riding and also elephant-back safaris in the Zuurberg Mountains. Please click here for more on Addo…

Woodall Country House is an idyllic escape, offering you peace and tranquillity. The four Cape-style luxury cottages and seven suites all have private patios as well as air-conditioning, ceiling fan, separate bath and shower, outside shower, minibar, telephone, bathrobes and tea/coffee facilities. Indeed this five star country house lodge has recently added a wide range of health and beauty treatments, as well as daily game drives in Woodall's luxury open top game-viewing vehicle. Accommodation: Woodall Country House

Day 14 - Depart from Port Elizabeth
Drive to Port Elizabeth to drop off your rental car prior to your onward flight.

.Price Per family of 4 (children aged 12 years or younger)