Table Mountain to whale country via the winelands — Africa's gentlest introduction.
Before flights, per person
9 days · 3 cities · 4h 30m in transit
$334
Excludes international flights
Between cities
$85
3 buses
Every night's bed
$249
8 nights across 3 cities
Priced for a reference start of 1 Dec 2026, with the same model the booking checklist uses — estimated, per person. Pick your real dates and every number reprices.
Cape Town
🇿🇦 4 nights · Day 1–4 · CPT
4
Bus · Baz Bus / shuttle · 1h · $25
Stellenbosch
🇿🇦 2 nights · Day 5–6 · CPT
2
Bus · Shuttle via Sir Lowry's Pass · 1h 30m · $30
Hermanus
🇿🇦 2 nights · Day 7–8 · CPT
2
Bus · Shuttle along Clarence Drive · 2h · $30
Back in Cape Town
🇿🇦 the trip ends where it started
Full itinerary
Stay · 4 nights · Day 1–4
Cape Town
Your accommodation
Urban Hive Backpackers
from $24/night
$112 · 4 nights
Urban Hive Backpackers offers you good accommodation in Cape Town.
Free things to do in Cape Town
Free
Lion's Head at sunset
An hour up a spiral path, free unlike the cableway — take a torch for coming down.
Free
Sea Point promenade
Three kilometres of paved seafront, with free tidal pools along the way.
Free
Bo-Kaap's painted streets & Company's Garden
The old Cape Malay quarter, then the oak avenue the Dutch planted to feed passing ships. People live behind those doors — ask before you photograph them.
Journey
Bus
1h
Day 5
Baz Bus / shuttle
$25 est.
Cape Town → Stellenbosch
Hostel-to-hostel shuttles beat the trains here.
Stay · 2 nights · Day 5–6
Stellenbosch
Your accommodation
Stumble Inn Backpackers Lodge
from $33/night
$79 · 2 nights
Stumble Inn is an easy going hostel with lots of upbeat energy.
Blue-flag sand that runs for miles, with warmer lagoon water at the far end of it.
Journey
Bus
2h
Day 9
Shuttle along Clarence Drive
$30 est.
Hermanus → Cape Town
Clarence Drive is one of the world's great coast roads — left side seats.
Back in Cape Town
Fly out, or stay longer — the booking links stop, you don't have to.
Before you go
The gaps the itinerary above doesn't cover.
Data that works on landing
An eSIM activates before you fly, so maps and transport apps work the moment you land instead of after finding wifi.
Travel insurance
8 nights in South Africa. Policies differ on cancellation cover and on whether the activities on this itinerary are included.
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