Stellenbosch Franschhoek Full-Day Tour with Cheese Tasting
Description
If you are a wine lover , you cannot visit Cape Town and leave without doing wine tasting. This tour is for taste buds and your total relaxation. You can taste and drink as much wine as you like coz we have your back.. We head north from Cape Town leaving Table Mountain behind but approaching a range of beautiful mountains in the Stellenbosch and Franschoek Winelands. We drive you through scenic vegetable and mostly grape fields. You be captivated also by the natural wild flowers and pine tree drive ways. You will want to stop and take pictures because of the rare views. We take you to three most famous vineyards of the about more than 53 vineyards in the region. Each vineyard has its own unique wines and pairing from cheese, dry meat (biltong)bread and chocolate. Each vineyard presents itself differently in its wine products. We will drive through the beautiful towns of Stellenbosch and Franschoek and enjoy wines of Spier,Delaiŕe Graff and Rickety bridge or Franschoek cellar.
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Itinerary
Take a walk in this beautiful town established after the arrival of the Dutch settlers. Look out for the canals lining the streets and the up market restaurants. Art and craft shops also form part of the attraction with art galleries all over. Explore this vibrant town full of international university students and a favorite for volunteers and interns. Take a walk in the local park where locals hang out for picnics. Visit the landmark buildings like the town hall and the municipal offices.Visit the village museum and learn how those who shaped the history used to live in this town.
Visit this popular winery which is one of the oldest in the country. Take an amazing 1 hour tour of the cellar which is the biggest in the country. Explore this cellar dug under a mountain while you taste some of the best wines South Africa have to offer. Visit the wine museum and see the old wine producing equipment. See the old packaging and the production methods used way back by the pioneers of wine producers in South Africa. This is a great photo opportunity in this museum. Choose the best of the wines on offer and buy direct from the winery.
Take a walk in this pretty town which is voted the Gourmet town of South Africa every year. Explore the streets lined with upmarket candle lit restaurants. Shop for art and craft in the several curio shops lining the main road. Take a walk on the art and craft market where there is a wide range of stalls to choose from.
Visit this picturesque winery nestled on the steep slopes of the Franschoek mountains. Perched in this attractive location this winery makes for wonderful summer picnics and lounging on the grass with a glass of wine and a cheese platter. The views from the top down the valley are simply jaw dropping and also makes for a tantalizing photo opportunity. Visit the restaurant which is cellar styled with amazing views of the valley. This is a heaven on earth with a charming landscape of dramatic mountains and rolling valleys. Take a selfie from the top with your back to the valley. Taste some of the award wining wines that includes cabernet sauvignon, shiraz, sauvignon blanc and chardonnay.
This is a top winery on the itinerary. A visit to this winery brings travelers to one of the best wineries in Cape Town. Take a walk in the vineyards and view the valley towards the city. Nestled at the foot of the iconic Paarl Rock - one of the 2 single largest rock outcrops in the world. Taste some of the best wines in South Africa. Learn how to pair wine and cheese. Learn how to order certain wines for specific functions from the wine masters. Go on cheese tasting ranging from goat cheese to cow cheese. Visit the bakery full of tasty products. The delicatessen section is full to the bream. Included in this winery is a wide range of dried meat - beef jerky being the most popular.
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Pickup Locations & Times
We pick up travelers from the hotel lobby
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(17)
This is the second time touring Capetown with Ordain and to be honest he is always pleasant, very engaging and accomodating. Goes above and beyond his scope..He focuses on ensuring that his guests totally enjoy their trip..What i will remember this time round is the local food from a restaurant he took us to where every bite was amazing...and he also took me paragliding which was an amazing experience...Book Ordain any day, he is such a gentleman..
Yes Feigh Thank you so much for coming to visit Cape Town again . What can I do if you not visiting. Thank also for bringing all your beautiful and excited friends. You were an amazing group. Come back again miss you already.
I use to do several tours with Ordain. He is a great guide, the bus is new and very condortable. This time we did in 2 days a peninsula tour and wine testing in an other way and always in a safe environment. I strongly recomend Ordain for a family, friends tour, even professional as the bus has enough seat for a small group. Thanks again Ordain,
Thank you so much for coming along and also for your trust in me . I also enjoyed your company which is as natural as observed between members of the same family. Continue to be a blessing to all tour guides and leave them with sweet memorable life lessons.
Had an amazing wine experience.. Ordain is professional, very reliable and keeps time. The excursions were well planned out..
Thank you s much for noticing and appreciating the nature in the motherland . It takes eyes like yours for us to see again the beauty around us . Thank so much for coming along that day .
Nicely planned out tour arwas including Cape town penninsular and Vape pf Good Hope/Storms. Enthusiatic, punctual, organized, knowledgeable, respectful and flexible team.
It was such a wonderful day to be in your company and experience the smiles and laughs . I was so so glad that you were also participant visitors . See you again .
Fantastic tour guide - ordain helped us get into all of the wineries on my list with reservations, and enlightened us to the history of cape town and stellenbosch. Friendly and accommodating - would recommend !!
Hello Michelle It was a great privilege to meet you and your friends. You are a very interesting and amicable group . It was really nice to see how you interact and manage time in such a big group . I really enjoyed to see how close you both were to each other despite group size . I am sure the 💑 wedding was memorable and many thanks to all of you .
Ordain is very professional. It was well organized. It was great to not follow up on activities. I enjoy my trips when I know I will have peace of mind.
Hello Lindaa4 It was indeed wonderful to take your around and to see your face lit with relaxation and holiday mood . You have to come back again and explore the remaining corners you left untouched. Have a wonderful season and many thanks for being our guest
Ordain set out a fabulous tour around the wine country. The perfect guide for the day picking great wineries
Thank you so much Robert for taking the wine tour with me . I was privileged to show your around and to see you enjoying tasting wines . Thank you always and wish you could be here again .
Ordain planned our one week stay. He’s knowledgeable & recommends the best. friendly and funny 😊 we had some good laughs
Thank you many times for visiting and being part of such a wonderful group of friends ❤️. I wish I could be a member of your group. The way you planned your trip to Cape Town was excellent. Keep it up.
Ordain is very patient, knowledgeable and an expert. He was on time to pick us up. He was flexible with re arranging the tours. He would offer suggestions and ideas depending on your needs and we’d welcome them as they were great.
You definitely have to come back again because when you came the weather changed for the better till you left . It was very nice to have you here and learn how close friends from other nations interact 😊. You are such a wonderful set of friends. I took many lessons and many thanks
Ordain picked us up at our hotel for a private tour of the Winelands. He has a very nice van, which was a comfortable ride for the day. On the way, he shared a lot of the history of Cape Town and South Africa which was very interesting. He took us on a detour through some of the townships, so we could see how the people in those neighborhoods of Cape Town lived, it was much different than what most of the tourists see in their visits to Cape Town and actually a very good to experience. In the Winelands, South Africa’s wine country, the wineries were just beautiful. We visited 3 wineries, Neethlingshof Estate, one of the largest producers in South Africa, Delaire Graff Estate, the most beautiful of wineries, and Rickety Bridge Winery in Franschoek, where we had a delicious late lunch. We also had about 30 minutes to walk around Franschoek’s central area, which was pretty quaint. All the wineries had very different personalities but were all very scenic with delicious wine tastings. I would recommend Ordain highly. He was personable. Picked a great variety of wineries for us to visit. He also shared his view of the history of Cape Town and South Africa, the challenges they face as a county and the history of the Winelands. It was a very enjoyable day.
It was so nice to meet the four of you . I enjoyed the easiness by which you went about the tour . It made me comfortable in being simple and organic .I was very pleased that you had a good time in both the vineyards
