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Friday, 30 July 2010
The Wine Route Tour


Overview and Rates


Full Day Wine Route Tour


Daily Tours:    Depart        08h00 – 09h00
Return        17h30

Allow us to take a breathtaking journey through the winelands of the Cape. Witness the wine making process from the vineyard to the bottle & visit the historical towns of Stellenbosch, Franschoek & Paarl.

HIGHLIGHTS

Stellenbosch
  • City orientation
  • Dorp Street
  • De Braak
  • Free walk into historical town
  • Wine tasting on a Stellenbosch Estate
  • Cellar Tour
  • Cheese Tasting

Paarl

  • Drive through Paarl
  • Wine tasting on a wine estate
  • View Nelson Mandela’s former prison (Victor Vester)

Franschoek

  • Historical village
  • Huguenot memorial (optional)
  • Wine tasting at a Franschoek vineyard
  • Helshoogte pass
  • Minimum 3 wine tastings


Optional picnic on the wine farm
Optional cheetah viewing at Spier Wine Estate (time permitting)
Opportunity to purchase wine

PRICE: R680 per person

Pick up and drop off from your hotel or Guest House around Cape Town.

Includes: cellar tour, 3 wine tastings and 1 cheese tasting
Excludes: lunch and optional visits

PRIVATE TOURS:   1              2             3            4          5
(per person)           R2990    R1510    R1090    R895    R790

About the Tour

As part of a package tour to South Africa, my wife and I went on a guided wine tour. Not being a wine fundi or even particularly fond of wine, I embarked on this wine tour with great trepidation. My wife on the other hand was quite excited about venturing into wine country and exploring the Cape wine farms. I think the wine gift basket we received as part of the package tour was the catalyst for my wife’s enthusiasm for doing the wine tour. These operators just know how....

Our wine tour was conducted by a company called African Eagle Daytours. We set off with them on our mission to discover the wonders of South African wine. I must admit that my reticence already started waning before our first stop. The Cape Winelands is certainly a beautiful part of South Africa and I was so absorbed in taking in the magnificent scenery made up of towering mountains and endless vineyards, I had completely forgotten my reluctance to do this wine tour.

I must admit that my reticence suffered another blow at the wine tasting tour at our first wine estate. Here I was given my first taste of estate wine, and together with an explanation from our rather knowledgeable guide, I quite enjoyed it.

Before this day, I did not know the difference between sauvignon blanc wine and shiraz wine – yes I was as bad as that! Not wanting to show my ignorance, I kept my mouth firmly shut, only opening it to swallow this now delicious liquid on the wine tasting tour. As the day progressed, we visited a number of Cape wine estates and I learnt more about wine making and in truth, my appreciation of wine was growing with every wine tasting.

At the end of the wine tour, I must admit that my enthusiasm matched that of my wife. Needless to say, a wine tour in the Cape Winelands has become our firm favourite. (Nic Wylie – UK)

Testimonials



- Jacob & Liv. R: Knowledgeable and good winery selection. 10/08/09

- Confalonieri. J: Everything was very good and the wine was excellent, this tour will stay in my heart 11/08/09

- Deborah R: I don’t generally do tours but if I had to do it again , I would use African Eagle again.  15/08/09

- Hoyer: Well done with questions on apartheid

- Smith: Andrew’s knowledge was outstanding!......fantastic!

- Chan: It was a pleasure to be on this wine trip.

- King: The tour was better than expected, excellent guide.

- Mullan: Excellent day out.

- Avery: Great good value.

- Higgins: What a wonderful day out in the Winelands.

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