Jumbo Tours

Garden Route: Activities

SOME SUGGESTED EXCURSIONS IN THE GARDEN ROUTE AREA


OUDTSHOORN
  • TRAVEL VIA THE OUTENIQUA PASS TO THE KLEIN KAROO, A NARROW SEMIDESERT BROKEN BY LUSH RIVER VALLEYS AND VISIT OUDTSHOORN, WORLD CAPITAL OF THE OSTRICH INDUSTRY 
  • VISIT THE CANGO WILDLIFE RANCH TO MEET ITS MANY INHABITANTS SUCH AS CHEETAHS, LIONS AND CROCODILES
  • ENJOY A GUIDED TOUR OF THE FAMOUS CANGO CAVES, A SERIES OF MAGNIFICENT, GLITTERING LIMESTONE CAVERNS FASHIONED OVER MILLENNIA BENEATH THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SWARTBERG RANGE
  • GUIDED TOUR OF AN OSTRICH FARM - TO LEARN ALL ABOUT THE WORLD’S BIGGEST BIRD.LUNCH CAN BE INCLUDED IF PRE-BOOKED
  • WINE-TASTING AT KARUSA WINE FARM


KNYSNA
  • TAKE THE FERRY AND CROSS THE KNYSNA LAGOON TO FEATHERBED NATURE RESERVE.  TAKE A TRAILER RIDE TO THE TOP OF THE WESTERN HEAD AND SAVOUR THE BREATHTAKING VIEWS.  DO THE OPTIONAL BUSHBUCK WALK AND ENJOY A BARBECUE FISH LUNCH UNDER THE MILKWOOD TREES
  • BOARD THE JOHN BENN FERRY AT THE KNYSNA WATERFRONT FOR A SUNSET CRUISE ON THE KNYSNA LAGOON AND MEET THE FAMOUS KNYSNA HEADS (WEATHER PERMITTING)
  • CATAMARAN CRUISE (WEATHER PERMITTING) EXCLUSIVE SAILING ON THE KNYSNA LAGOON, THROUGH THE WORLD-FAMOUS HEADS AND OUT INTO THE INDIAN OCEAN ON THE LUXURY CATAMARAN YACHT, 'HEADS EXPLORER'.WITH ONLY THE SOUND OF THE WIND IN HER SAILS AND WATER LAPPING AGAINST HER BOW, 'HEADS EXPLORER' AND HER EXPERIENCED SKIPPER WILL TAKE YOU ON A MAGICAL SAILING EXPERIENCE WHERE ESTUARY MEETS OPEN OCEAN, CREATING A LASTING MEMORY. SEE THE KNYSNA HEADS AS THE SAILORS OF YESTERYEAR DID AND, IN SEASON, SPOT WHALES AND DOLPHINS FROLICKING IN THE WATER. ON THE SUNDOWNER CRUISE SPECTACULAR SUNSETS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A SUNDOWNER / ANTI-PASTA PLATTER AND A CHOICE OF WINE; AS AN OPTIONAL EXTRA, OYSTERS ARE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.
  • VISIT & TOUR WITH TASTING AT THE KNYSNA OYSTER CATCHER – (LUNCH CAN BE INCLUDED IF REQUIRED)
  • VISIT & TOUR WITH TASTING AT MITCHELLS BREWERY
  • VISIT THE GARDEN OF EDEN
  • VISIT THE KNYSNA ELEPHANT PARK, AN OPPORTUNITY TO FEED, TOUCH AND INTERACT WITH THESE ELEPHANTS. ENJOY A PICNIC LUNCH AND WALK IN THE INDIGENOUS RAINFOREST.ELEPHANT WALKING SAFARIS AND ELEPHANT BACK RIDES ALSO OFFERED
  • KNYSNA CULTURAL TOWNSHIP TOUR – ½ DAY. Aafter breakfast, depart ON a cultural township tour, which offers you the opportunity to experience 1st hand life as it really is in Africa.  you will tour The informal settlement, visit the school, AND TRADITIONAL HEALER. THE TOUR includes a visit to the authentic “Roosterkoek Kaya Restaurant” for an african lunch. MawEnde turned his RDP home into a double storey mansion and useS the upper deck as the “Roosterkoek Kaya”. AN AFRICAN LUNCH coupled with township hospitality IS a winning combination.  


PLETTENBERG BAY AND TSITSIKAMMA
  • VISIT PLETTENBERG BAY GAME RESERVE FOR OPEN VEHICLE GAME DRIVEGAME DRIVE  
  • VISIT THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AT THE ROBBERG PENINSULA
  • WHALE & DOLPHIN ENCOUNTERS, OFF PLETTENBERG BAY. PRIME VIEWING MONTHS ARE MAY TO OCTOBER WHEN THE SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALES MIGRATE FROM THEIR SUB ANTARCTIC FEEDING GROUNDS TO SHELTERED BAYS OFF THE SOUTH CAPE COAST TO BIRTH, RAISE THEIR CALVES AND BREED
  • CULTURAL TOWNSHIP TOUR (from Ocean Blue Adventures) Experience an African way of life by exploring the everyday life of a real African; with a guided tour you are able to explore interesting facts about the Xhosa history and Tribal culture. Meet the local children at the crèche and be entertained by their beautiful voices in song, See where the locals buy their everyday essentials while understanding the life of the local rastars as you tour their homes.
  • VISIT MONKEYLAND, AND TAKE A GUIDED TOUR OF THE WORLDS FIRST FREE-ROAMING PRIMATE SANCTUARY., HOME TO MANY VARIED SPECIES OF MONKEY FROM SEVERAL CONTINENTS; FROM THE BLACK LEMURS OF MADAGASCAR TO THE SQUIRREL MONKEYS OF SOUTH AMERICA
  • AMBLE THROUGH THE WORLD’S LARGEST FREE-FLIGHT AVIARY AT BIRDS OF EDEN, WHICH INCORPORATES AN INDIGINOUS FOREST WITH WATERFALLS AND ELEVATED WALK-WAYS. PREVIOUSLY CAGED BIRDS FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE LIVE HERE IN FREE FLIGHT
  • TAKE A GUIDED WALKING TOUR TO VISIT THE WILD CATS AT TENIKWA, WHERE YOU ARE GUARANTEED TO SEE ALL THE LESSER CATS OF SOUTH AFRICA. FROM CHEETAH, SERVAL,CARACAL, AFRICAN WILD CATS AND THE RARE BLACK-FOOTED CAT, THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO GET CLOSE TO THESE AMAZING CREATURES
  • VISIT THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY AT THE CRAGS. VARIOUS EXPERIENCES ARE OFFERED SUCH AS WALKING SAFARIS AND ELEPHANT BACK RIDES
  • TSITSIKAMMA NATIONAL COASTAL PARK, 100KM OF COASTAL BEAUTY WHICH HAS INDIGENOUS FORESTS, FYNBOS AND MANY RIVERS, MAKING IT A PARADISE OF BIRD AND MARINE LIFE. IT IS THE ONLY COASTAL NATIONAL PARK IN SOUTH AFRICA. ENJOY A PLEASANT WALK THROUGH THE FOREST TO VIEW THE MAGNIFICENT YELLOWWOOD “BIG TREE”
  • THE OTTER TRAIL. UNDOUBTEDLY THE BEST KNOWN AND MOST POPULAR OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN HIKING TRAILS, THE OTTER TRAIL MUST RANK ALONGSIDE THE BEST TRAILS IN THE WORLD. THE TRAIL FOLLOWS THE SPECTACULAR EASTERN CAPE COASTLINE FROM STORMS RIVER MOUTH TO NATURES VALLEY IN THE TSITSIKAMMA NATIONAL PARK (THE TRAIL IS 42,5KMS LONG AND TAKES 4 1/2 DAYS TO COMPLETE. IT FOLLOWS THE RUGGED, ROCKY SHORELINE RANGING IN ELEVATION FROM SEA LEVEL TO A HEIGHT OF MORE THAN 150M. MOST OF THE TRAIL FOLLOWS CLIFF TOPS RETURNING TO SEA LEVEL TO CROSS RIVERS).
    ** THE TRAIL STARTS FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARK'S STORMS RIVER REST CAMP. 
  • STORMS RIVER ADVENTURE TOURS EG. BLACKWATER TUBING, TREE CANOPY TOURS.
  • THE TSITSIKAMMA CANOPY TOUR IS A UNIQUE ECO-WILDERNESS ADVENTURE THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE MAGNIFICENT TSITSIKAMMA INDIGENOUS RAINFOREST. THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN AFRICA, THE CANOPY TOUR INVOLVES TRAVERSING FROM ONE PLATFORM TO ANOTHER ALONG A STEEL CABLE SUSPENDED UP TO 30 METERS ABOVE THE FOREST FLOOR...THE TSISTIKAMMA CANOPY TOUR CONSISTS OF EIGHT PLATFORMS AND NINE 'FUFI' SLIDES, THE LONGEST OF WHICH IS OVER 80M! ABOUT THREE HOURS LATER YOU EXIT THE FOREST, HAVING UNDERTAKEN THE JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME.
  • THE TSITSIKAMMA FALLS TOUR. ZIP-LINE 50M ABOVE THE WATER DOWN THE KRUIS RIVER. EIGHT SPECTACULAR SLIDES – THE LONGEST BEING 211M, ZIG-ZAGGING ACROSS A PICTURESQUE GORGE WITH MAGNIFICENT VIEWS
  • BUNGEE JUMP. THE HISTORIC BLOUKRANS RIVER BRIDGE AT STORMS RIVER, IS THE SETTING FOR THE HIGHEST COMMERCIAL BUNGEE JUMP IN THE WORLD, AT 525FT (160M). THE ACTUAL BRIDGE IS HIGHER, BUT JUMPERS GAIN ACCESS TO THE ARCH SUPPORT BELOW THE ROAD BY WAY OF A SPECIALLY DESIGNED WALKWAY, WHICH IS A BREATHTAKING EXPERIENCE IN ITSELF. THE JUMP IS OPERATED BY KIWI EXTREME WHO HAVE MORE THAN 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN BUNGEE JUMPING. JUST 40KM EAST OF PLETTENBERG BAY ALONG THE N2 HIGHWAY YOU WILL FIND THE HIGHEST SINGLE SPAN ARCH BRIDGE IN THE WORLD. YOU CAN EXPERIENCE THE THRILL FOR YOURSELF IN ONE OF THREE WAYS, DESIGNED TO SUIT ANYONES NEEDS.
  1.  BUNGY JUMPING: THIS IS THE ULTIMATE THRILL! THIS IS THE HIGHEST COMMERCIALLY OPERATED BUNGY JUMP IN THE WORLD. WE SECURE YOU IN A FULL BODY HARNESS AND PROCEED TO WALK ALONG A SPECIALLY DESIGNED CATWALK (216M LONG), WHICH IS SUSPENDED BENEATH THE ROAD SURFACE, WHICH WILL THEN LEAD YOU TO THE TOP OF THE ARCH - 216 METERS ABOVE THE BLOUKRANS RIVER. HERE YOU WILL BE GIVEN FINAL INSTRUCTIONS BY HIGHLY EXPERIENCED STAFF, A COUNTDOWN AND OFF YOU GO! BLOUKRANS UTILIZES PENDULUM BUNGY TECHNOLOGY ENSURING YOU THE SMOOTHEST, MOST COMFORTABLE BUNGY JUMP POSSIBLE.
  2. FLYING FOX THIS IS OUR NEWEST ADVENTURE AT BLOUKRANS! A 200 M CABLE SLIDE (FOOFIE SLIDE FOR OUR SOUTH AFRICANS!) OUT ONTO THE ARCHWAY OF THE BRIDGE! THE QUICKEST WAY TO GET TO YOUR BUNGY JUMP DESTINATION. BUT IF THE BUNGY IS NOT FOR YOU THIS IS A GREAT ALTERNATIVE ADRENALIN RUSH ALL ON ITS OWN. THIS IS A GREAT OPTION FOR GROUPS AND FAMILIES. 
  3. BRIDGE WALKING TOURS BLOUKRANS IS THE HIGHEST AND LARGEST BRIDGE IN AFRICA; THE THIRD HIGHEST IN THE WORLD AND THE LARGEST SINGLE SPAN CONCRETE ARCH BRIDGE IN THE WORLD. IT IS ALSO THE HIGHEST BUNGEE JUMP BRIDGE IN THE WORLD. COME AND LEARN ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE ENGINEERING FEATS THAT WENT INTO BUILDING THIS AMAZING BRIDGE. WALK ALONG A SPECTACULAR AND SPECIALLY DESIGNED CATWALK TO THE TOP OF THE ARCH FROM WHERE YOU LOOK OUT OVER THE GORGE TO THE MOUNTAINS AND THE SEA IN THE DISTANCE. INFORMATIVE GUIDES WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO THE ENCHANTMENT OF THIS SPECIAL PLACE. THIS IS THE PERFECT WAY TO WATCH THE LIVE BUNGY SHOW UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL AND IS AN IDEAL ALTERNATIVE TO JUMPING OFF! 


  • GEORGE & MOSSEL BAY
  • VISIT THE TRANSNET RAILWAY MUSEUM IN GEORGE
  • VISIT MOSSEL BAY, WHERE THE PORTUGUESE NAVIGATOR, BARTHOLOMEW DIAZ FIRST SET FOOT ON THE SOUTHERN TIP OF SOUTH AFRICA
  • VISIT THE POST OFFICE TREE AND MUSEUM COMPLEX
  • VISIT BOTLIERSKOP GAME FARM FOR OPEN VEHICLE GAME DRIVE (LUNCH CAN BE INCLUDED IF REQUIRED)