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title: Garden Route Uncovered
date: 2024-06-08T01:00:38Z
modified: 2026-04-23T08:03:16Z
permalink: "https://www.thesafaripartners.com/tour/garden-route-uncovered/"
type: tour
status: publish
excerpt: ""
wpid: 289665
travel-style:
  - Group Travel
who:
  - Seasoned Travellers
  - Solo Traveller
when:
  - April
  - December
  - February
  - January
  - March
  - November
  - October
  - September
budget:
  - On a budget
tour-type:
  - Scheduled Tour
featured_image: /wp-content/uploads/2024/06/istock-181986163-1.jpg
---

The Garden Route Uncovered is a five-day guided tour travelling west from Gqeberha to Cape Town, taking in the most varied stretch of South Africa’s southern coastline. The route begins in the Tsitsikamma region before moving through Plettenberg Bay and on to Knysna, where a sunset cruise on the lagoon and dinner on the waterfront round out the first full day on the Garden Route. From Knysna the tour heads inland over the Outeniqua Pass to Oudtshoorn for a visit to the Cango Caves and a working ostrich farm, then turns west through the Klein Karoo via the Tradouw Pass to Hermanus, known for its land-based whale watching between August and November. The final day follows the coastal road through the Overberg and the Cape Winelands town of Stellenbosch before the tour ends in Cape Town.