Table Mountain to whale country via the winelands: Africa's gentlest introduction.
Per person
9 days · 3 cities · 4h 30m in transit
$364
Excludes international flights
Between cities
$85
3 buses
Beds
$279
8 nights across 3 cities
Estimated for a 1 Jan 2027 start. Pick your dates and it all 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
91 Loop
from $25/night
$120 · 4 nights
91 Loop represents all the modern traveller is looking for in a hostel.
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, so ask before you photograph them.
Day 5
$25 est.
Cape Town → Stellenbosch
Bus · Baz Bus / shuttle · 1h
Hostel-to-hostel shuttles beat the trains here.
Stay · 2 nights · Day 5–6
Stellenbosch
Your accommodation
Stumble Inn Backpackers Lodge
from $32/night
$72 · 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.
Day 9
$30 est.
Hermanus → Cape Town
Bus · Shuttle along Clarence Drive · 2h
Clarence Drive is one of the world's great coast roads, so take a left-side seat.
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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