A diverse coastline from Namibia to Mozambique

The Garden Route is the coastal strip from the Cape Winelands eastwards to Port Elizabeth. A stay in Cape Town combined with the Garden Route and a malaria-free safari makes for an exciting and diverse family holiday. You can explore historic winelands, go whale watching, zipline through coastal forests and relax on the beach. To round off, your children will be amazed as they encounter elephant, rhino, lion and many more on an exclusive Big Five wildlife reserve.

If you take your family trip from June to September, the weather on the Garden Route is variable. But there are compensations because that is the best time to head out onto the ocean to see the annual southern right whale migration. If that isn’t exciting enough, test your nerve and try cage diving among great white sharks! The Garden Route also has one of the world’s top five surfing beaches at Jeffreys Bay — also at its best from June to September.

North of Durban, the coastline becomes warmer and wilder, with coral reefs and rich coastal forests. We can arrange for your family to stay at Thonga Lodge, where the marine adventures are especially suitable for teenagers. Launch through the surf as it breaks over the reef and snorkel above eagle rays and even whale sharks. Thonga is an outstanding scuba diving location with colourful reefs and pods of bottlenose dolphins. Try your hand at game fishing or spot a green coucal in the forests.