DAY TOURS, LIFESTYLE TOURS, PERSONALISED/PRIVATE DAY TRIPS, COMBINATION TOURS, A SATURDAY MARKET TOUR and a tour ‘Bringing Wine Tourism to the children of the Winelands’
A day trip can last the whole day, or just a morning or afternoon, with or without lunch. If you are really pressed for time, we can treat you to a short excursion in two or three hours – and your guide can drop you at the airport (if you wish). It’s your call. Simply contact us with your schedule and preferences and leave the rest to us. We are one of the few tour companies who only use wine specialist guides to guide our wine tours. All our scheduled day tours are small group tours ie no more than 8 pax per tour. We visit a minimum of 4 or 5 wineries per day (depending on the tour) and taste a minimum of 25 wines per tour. For these reasons you may see that our tours are priced a little higher than other operators offering wine tours, but we are obviously in a different category, and worth every cent!
DAY TOURS (full and half day available)
To make things a little easier, we have compiled 7 day trips – one for each day of the week – to introduce visitors to some of the Cape’s best loved and well-known wineries, and some hidden gems off the beaten path. Just pick the day that suits you. Tours start from around 8 am and return by 6 pm. Collection and drop off at your hotel or our guide will meet you anywhere in the Cape Town city bowl (as far as Camps Bay) or Winelands and drop you off at your next stop-over in the city or Winelands. You are welcome to choose two (or more) days, or, if you’d like to sleep over in the Winelands, have a look at the accommodation listed on the self-drive page. Each of these establishments come with our personal recommendation.
MONDAY
PAARL / FRANSCHHOEK / STELLENBOSCH
Cellar tour and tasting at KWV Emporium; Tasting at La Motte; Tasting and lunch stop at Somerbosch; Tasting at Uva Mira; Tasting at Avontuur
TUESDAY
CONSTANTIA / STELLENBOSCH
Cellar tour and tasting at Groot Constantia; Tasting at Avontuur; Tasting and lunch stop at Clos Malverne; Tasting at Knorhoek; Tasting at Hazendal
WEDNESDAY
PAARL / FRANSCHHOEK
Cellar tour and tasting at Seidelberg; Tasting at L'Ormarins; Tasting and lunch stop at Rickety Bridge; Tasting at Backsberg; Tasting at Peter Falke
THURSDAY
STELLENBOSCH
Cellar tour and tasting at Clos Malverne; Tasting at Blaauwklippen; Tasting and lunch stop at Dornier; Tasting at Uva Mira; Tasting at Somerbosch
FRIDAY
PAARL / FRANSCHHOEK / STELLENBOSCH
Cellar tour and tasting at Laborie; Tasting at La Motte; Tasting and lunch stop at Bilton; Tasting at Avontuur; Tasting at Peter Falke
SATURDAY
FRANSCHHOEK / PAARL / STELLENBOSCH
Tasting at Rickety Bridge; Cellar tour, tasting and lunch stop at Cabriere (tasting and sabrage with Von Arnims); Tasting at Backsberg; Tasting at Knorhoek; Tasting at Blaauwklippen
SUNDAY
STELLENBOSCH / PAARL / CONSTANTIA
Cellar tour and tasting at Dornier; Tasting at Somerbosch; Tasting and lunch stop at Laborie; Tasting at KWV Emporium; Tasting at Groot Constantia
Full Day: R850 pp (currency converter) until end Aug 10.
Included: collection and drop off at your hotel, a wine specialist guide with air-conditioned transport and all standard tastings.
Excluded: lunch
LIFESTYLE TOURS
For those of you who wish to spend part of your day visiting wine farms and tasting, and part of your day exploring one of the more well-known historic wine villages/towns, these tours are for you. Visit a minimum of 4 wineries and spend 2 hours free time in one of the towns of Stellenbosch or Franschhoek.
LIFESTYLE STELLENBOSCH (available Thursdays and Saturdays)
Free time in Stellenbosch
Chocolate and wine tasting at Bilton; Tasting at Uva Mira; 2 hours free time in historic centre of Stellenbosch; Tasting at Peter Falke; Tasting at Knorhoek
LIFESTYLE FRANSCHHOEK (available Mondays and Wednesdays)
Free time in Franschhoek
Tasting at La Motte; Tasting at Cabriere; 2 hours free time in historic centre of Franschhoek; Bottled delicacy and wine tasting at Rickety Bridge; Tasting at L'Ormarins
LIFESTYLE WINELANDS (Paarl / Franschhoek / Stellenbosch) (available Tuesdays and Fridays)
Free time in Franschhoek
Proudly South African Biltong, Nuts and Wine Experience at KWV Emporium; Tasting at Seidelberg; 2 hours free time in historic centre of Franschhoek; Tasting at L'Ormarins; Tasting at Hazendal
Full Day: R850 pp (currency converter) until end Aug 10.
Included: collection and drop off at your hotel, a wine specialist guide with air-conditioned transport and all standard tastings.
Excluded: lunch - you have time during your free 2 hours in the town
HALF DAY TOURS (mornings and afternoons)
(Not available Saturday afternoons and Sundays)
CONSTANTIA
Tastings at Groot Constantia; Klein Constantia and Steenberg
STELLENBOSCH
Tastings at Clos Malverne; Dornier and Somerbosch
FRANSCHHOEK
Tastings at La Motte; Cabriere and Rickety Bridge
Half Day: R590 pp (Franschhoek Tour only R650pp) (currency converter)
Included: collection and drop off at your hotel, a wine specialist guide with air-conditioned transport and all standard tastings.
There is no time allowance for lunch on half day tours.
Please note that itineraries may be changed in circumstances beyond our control.
PENINSULA AND WINE TOUR (available daily)
Clifton; Camps Bay; Hout Bay; Chapman's Peak Drive; Tasting at Cape Point Vineyards; Cape Point; Lunch stop at Cape Point; Boulder's Beach (penguins); Simon's Town and Tasting at Steenberg Vineyards
Price: R950 pp (currency converter) until end Aug 10.
Included: collection and drop off at your hotel, a wine specialist guide with air-conditioned transport, all standard tastings and entrance fees.
Excluded: lunch and funicular fees (optional)
PRIVATE / PERSONALISED DAY TRIPS
Please feel free to use our pre-designed day trips as a basis for compiling your own itinerary. Or forget about them completely and tell us what you’d like to experience. You may have been recommended a whole list of wineries from fellow travellers, or be drinking some superb South African wines at home and would like to visit those wineries? Perhaps the historic Cape wine farms where the local industry was born, or some of the latest award winners? Perhaps you are a restaurateur looking to add some South African flavour to your wine list? And it does not have to be all wine. We will gladly include interesting sites such at Robben Island, Table Mountain and Cape Point or a township tour. Contact us and let’s talk about it.
Price: Full day: R1500 for the first person and R700 for each additional person per day; Half day: R1000 for the first person and R450 for each additional person per day (currency converter); Single R1700; extra mileage to Hermanus, etc R450 (until end Aug 10).
Included: collection and drop off at your hotel, a wine specialist guide with air-conditioned transport and all standard tastings.
Excluded: lunch and all special tastings (check on enquiry)
Saturday Market Tour - Fresh goods, local food, local ingredients, wine, clothing, art, crafts and curios (available Saturdays only)
All aboard for our exciting guided market tour visiting some of Cape Town's popular markets. Fill up on delicious offerings along the way. A selection from the following markets: Triangle Square Market; Green Market Square; Old Biscuit Mill Neighbourgoods Market; Earth Fair Food Market; Porter Estate Produce Market (Tokai Forest).
Price: R540 pp (currency converter) until end Aug 10.
Included: collection and drop off at your hotel, a wine specialist guide with air-conditioned transport and all standard tastings.
Excluded: lunch
PEBBLES PROJECT/WINE DESK WINE TOUR - ‘Bringing Wine Tourism to the children of the Winelands’
A full day tour for the compassionate wine tourist who wants to experience more than just the fabulous wines of South Africa.
This tour introduces you to The Pebbles Project, a registered non-profit organisation that supports children living in the Winelands. Visit three wine farms and taste their delicious wines, but also spend quality time visiting the crèches and after-school clubs on each farm, and get involved with a range of fun activities with the children.
The Pebbles Project works with farm owners to develop their farm worker communities, focusing particularly on the education of the children. Services include: training for crèche and after-school club staff, supplying of all the educational resources and equipment, and taking the children out every month on an educational trip to local places of interest. Pebbles also offers workshops and support for parents living and working on the farms.
The Wine Desk actively supports The Pebbles Project and as with their other specialised wine tours, endeavours to offer the wine tourist the 'off-the-beaten-track' experience. Apart from tasting wines at the tasting rooms, the Wine Desk introduces visitors to the people behind the scenes - the winemaker, the cellar and vineyard workers, their families and children. Every attempt is also made to make the tour as personalised for each wine tourist as possible, taking into account 'who they are'. On the Pebbles Wine Tour, experience life on the farm, interact with the children, and of course, taste the magnificent wines produced.
Tours start at 09h00 from Cape Town and return to Cape Town by 17h00.
Tours are Monday to Thursday only.
Lunch is for your own account and will be at a restaurant on one of the wine farms.
Price: R740 pp (currency converter) until end Aug 10.
If you wish to bring along any gifts or donations for the children, please feel free, and thank you.
Included: collection and drop off at your hotel, a wine specialist guide with air-conditioned transport and all standard tastings.
Excluded: lunch