Felleng Tours - Cape Town - The Portswood Hotel

This stunning full day tour for the individual traveller and small private groups or families gives the visitor to the Mother City the opportunity to see the best of Cape Town in one day. From the top of Table Mountain your day will start with a birds-eye view of one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Thereafter a drive to numerous viewpoints, pristine beaches and a number of mountain drives will follow. A lunch stop will be arranged at a restaurant specializing in seafood. The tour concludes with a visit to one of the most beautiful vineyards in the Mother City to sample 5 of their best wines.

Pick up at your hotel at 9h00 and drive to the lower cable station of Table Mountain and take the revolving cable car to the top of the mountain where you will spend 1.5 hours. This will give you time to see the beauty of the Mother City from different viewpoints as you do a circular walk on the mountain.

At 11am drive to Maidon’s Cove viewpoint to capture Camps Bay from a distance. A coastal drive along the Atlantic Seaboard follows which will take you to Hout Bay, a fisherman’s village. Weather permitting, the tour will commence along the very beautiful Chapman’s Peak Drive to witness views too beautiful to be described in words. Out of nowhere the stunning pristine beach of Noordhoek will appear in front of you. Needless to say, a picture stop is inevitable.

Another stunning mountain drive will take you to Glencairn on the way to Kalk Bay where the tour will stop for lunch, a “seafood treat”.(Own account) After lunch the spectacular Boye’s Drive follows. On top, stop to take pictures of the indescribable Muizenberg Beach, a haven for those who prefer the warmer waters of False Bay. Then carry on to Steenberg where you will sample some of the best wines South Africa has to offer. Drop off thereafter at around 17h00.

Included: Guiding by accredited tourist driver-guide in luxury sedan or minibus, mineral water, Table Mountain cable car fees, toll fees & wine tasting.

Excluded: Lunch & Gratuities. Passengers: Minimum 2, Maximum 7.

Please Note: Persons under the age of 18 not allowed to taste wine.

This 8 hour private tour for the individual traveller or small groups is on Africa`s premier tour route along the beautiful Atlantic Coastline. It takes you to Cape of Good Hope (South Westernmost Point of the African Continent) and the mythical meeting place where the two oceans meet as well as to Cape Point, the Southern Most Point of the Cape Peninsula. A highlight on this tour is certainly to see the African Penguins at Boulders Beach, Simons Town and, time and weather permitting, even swim with the Penguins. The tour starts at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront where we join the Atlantic Ocean to start the circular tour (we do not backtrack as we want the tourists to see maximum viewpoints of Cape Town and surrounds).Pickup at any accommodation establishment in and the Cape Peninsula and the Cape Winelands.

– Granger Bay
– Clifton and Camps Bay
– Twelve Apostles
– Hout Bay (Optional 45m boat trip to Seal Island).
– Chapman’s Peak awesome drive (weather permitting).
– Noordhoek
– Ostrich Viewing outside Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve – drive by.
– Cape of Good Hope
– Cape Point (Optional Funicular Ride to the lighthouses).
– Penguin Colony at Boulders Beach.
– Old Cape Road or Boye’s Drive

Pickup at 09h00 and drive to Mouille Point to view the oldest lighthouse in South Africa as well as the remains of the “Athens,” one of the 18 vessels which landed on the rocks during the big storm of 1865. We carry on to Three Anchor Bay and Sea Point, Clifton with its beautiful beaches and we stop at “Maidon’s Cove for a stunning view of Camps Bay. We spend time for pictures and carry on via Bakoven and Llandudlo to Hout Bay where we stop at the harbour for craft Market shopping or do an optional ferry ride to Seal Island to view the hundreds of Cape Fur Seals.

Weather permitting, the tour continues via Chapman’s Peak Drive. The alternate route is via the Constantia Forest with a stop on top of Boye`s Drive with stunning views of the holiday village of Muizenberg down below. The sight of the pristine beaches is something never to forget. This panoramic tour continues along the False Bay coast to the lovely town of SimonsTown where you visit the rare African Penguins at Boulders Beach

Cape of Good Hope is the next stop. A 45minute scenic walk from Cape of Good Hope to Cape Point can be done, time permitting. There is also the possibility to take the funicular to the lighthouses (own expense). The return journey takes us to Scarborough with mind blowing waves at “Misty Cliffs”, a haven for the kite surfer. This is not all, the “Old Cape Road” takes you to a viewpoint where you have an outstanding view over Cape Town City. The drive back to the hotel is via the University of Cape Town and Grootte Schuur hospital. The latter known as the hospital where the first heart transplant was done in 1967 by Christiaan Barnard. Drop off at approximately 17h00.

Note: Lunch stop (own account) will be made en route at an excellent restaurant recommended by the guide or you may have a take-away- lunch at Cape Point.

Included: Guiding by accredited tourist driver-guide in luxury sedan or minibus, mineral water, toll fees Chapman’s Peak, entrance fees – Cape of Good Hope National Park & Penguins at Boulders Beach.

Excluded: Lunch & Gratuities.

Please Note: Minimum 2, Maximum 7.

This full day tour takes you back in South African History. It starts with a visit to the oldest building in South Africa, the Castle of Good Hope but also shows you the buildings of Parliament, St Georges Cathedral associated with Bishop Tutu and the colourful Malay Quarters. The centre of the city is explored and a stop at Green Market Square will give you the opportunity to visit a number of craft markets.

An afternoon Table Mountain visit follows from where you will get an aerial view of the city bowl of the Mother City as well as of Robben Island (where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated). Lunch stop will be on the mountain where after a circular scenic circular walk follows. On our way back we stop at Jewel Africa to see the beautiful diamonds and Tanzanite Cape Town has to offer. Return to you hotel for drop off at 17h00.

Depart at 9:30am for a Mother City Tour. The drive takes us to the Main Street-Adderley Street and we relive the experiences of the Portuguese explorers Bartholomeus Diaz and Vasco da Gama when their discoveries led to the southern point of Africa. We carry on to the Castle of Good Hope, the oldest building in South Africa. A visit to the Castle will give you the opportunity to experience the “Key Ceremony” (weekdays) or the “Changing of the Guards” at noon. Visit the Military Museum and take a look at the William Fehr Collection of paintings and other beautiful masterpieces of furniture.

The next interesting experience is a visit to District Six and the District Six Museum (Open Mondays to Fridays) associated with the eviction of 60 000 people due to the Apartheid system. The museum displays a miniature reconstruction of the old District Six. We then drive along buildings of Parliament, St Georges Cathedral where Bishop Desmond Tutu had his parish, Greenmarket Square and the old Townhouse. The “Company Gardens” follows. This is the place where the Dutch East Company established a vegetable garden to address the high rate of casualties due to scurvy. A visit to Green Market Square follows to do craft market Shopping. We then head to Table Mountain where we take the revolving Cable Car to the top of the mountain. Lunch stop will be on the mountain (own expense).

After Table Mountain, the opportunity will be there to stop at a Jewel Factory or Diamond Works and see how diamonds, tanzanite and gold are moulded into fine pieces of jewellery. The very interesting Malay Quarter will not only give you an insight in the Malay Culture in the country, but would allow the keen photographer to take beautiful pictures. Hotel drop off follows around 17h00.

Included: Guiding by accredited tourist driver-guide in luxury sedan or minibus, guided circular walk on top of the mountain, mineral water, entrance fees Castle of Good Hope & District Six Museum (Mondays to Fridays): Table Mountain cable car Fee.

Excluded: Lunch & Gratuities.

Please Note: Minimum 2, Maximum 7.

Mother City Option: This full day tour takes you back in South African History. It starts with a visit to the oldest building in South Africa, the Castle of Good Hope but also shows you the buildings of Parliament, St Georges Cathedral associated with Bishop Tutu and the colourful Malay Quarters. The centre of the city is explored and a stop at Green Market Square will give you the opportunity to visit a number of craft markets. Lunch will be at the V & A Waterfront where after you board the ferry to Robben Island.

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens Option: The most beautiful garden in Africa. Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden lives up to its reputation as the most beautiful garden in Africa and one of the great botanic gardens of the world. Few gardens can match the sheer grandeur of the setting of Kirstenbosch, against the eastern slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain. It displays a wide variety of the unique plant life of the Cape Flora, also known as fynbos, Plants from all the diverse regions and biomes of southern Africa are also grown at Kirstenbosch. The tour starts with a 45 minute drive on a golf cart by specialist guide where after time is allowed to visit the craft shop and lunch. After lunch we drive to the V & A Waterfront to catch the ferry to Robben Island.

Depart at 9:30am for a Mother City- (See tour 3) OR Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens (tour 4) Tour.

Robben Island: You depart from the Nelson Mandela Gateway at the V & A Waterfront for the 3½-hour extreme excursion.

Disembark at Murray’s Bay Harbour situated on the east coast of the Island and take a short walk to buses that will transport you to all the historical sites around the Island. On the way to the buses, you will pass buildings and a high wall built by prisoners during the 1960s.The buildings were used for family and lawyer visits to prisoners.

You will meet your Tour Guide when you have boarded the busses. The Tour guides inside the prison are former political prisoners. They are fully conversant and knowledgeable about the Island’s multi-layered 500 year old history. The tour route includes the graveyard of people who died from leprosy, the Lime Quarry, Robert Sobukwe’s house, the Bluestone quarry, the army and navy bunkers and the Maximum Security Prison where thousands of South Africa’s freedom fighters were incarcerated for years. The tour culminates with a viewing of Nelson Mandela’s cell.

Included: Guiding by accredited tourist driver-guide in luxury sedan or minibus, mineral water, entrance fees Kirstenbosch, Golf Cart tour in the gardens by specialist guide Robben Island ferry fee.

Excluded: Lunch & Gratuities.

Please Note: Minimum 2, Maximum 7.

Experience the superb wines of the biggest wine region of South Africa, Stellenbosch, but also the wines of the beautiful Franschhoek and Paarl Valleys. This journey takes you through the old colonial towns of Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Paarl, exploring the history of these towns. Many a time this tour has be compared with the tour of Napa Valley but the beauty of this circular tour is unsurpassed. We are very flexible and clients may even visit the vineyards of their choice on recommendation. You will you see the beautiful vineyards and taste the exceptional wines of 3 vineyards in the 3 different regions– minimum 15 different wines and your guide will make numerous photo-stops en route. This is not all. Lunch booking (own account) will be made on a wine estate offering spectacular views of picturesque landscapes. Note: We determine your wine palate at pickup then we decide on the vineyards to visit.

– Stellenbosch – City Orientation.
– University of Stellenbosch – Campus Drive.
– Helshoogte stunning mountain pass.
– Tasting 15 exceptional wines
– “Oom Samie se winkel”
– Opportunity to purchase wines.
– Franschhoek Main Street drive
– Huguenot Memorial
– View Nelson Mandela’s Statue at the Prison Gate where he was set free.
– Paarl Main Street Drive with numerous architectural “gems”

Pick up at 09h30 and drive to Stellenbosch for a “city” and “Campus” drive where after we stop at the vineyard of Beyerskloof, the estate of a chairperson of the Pinotage Society in South Africa. Beyers Truter raised the cultivar of Pinotage to International recognition.

We then carry on to Franschhoek where we visit another vineyard with excellent wines. Here 5 more wines will be sampled.Lunch stop is at Roca Restaurant at Dieu Donne Vineyards OR Le Petite Ferme OR “Bread & Wine” Restaurant – all three award-winning restaurants with spectacular views of the local surrounds, two of the restaurants situated on top of the mountains surrounding the area.

After lunch we drive to Paarl for a Main Street Drive and the last tasting – 5 more wines. Paarl has an eleven kilometre Main Street pictured with an excellent display of various buildings from different periods. The road now takes us back to Cape Town for drop off at around 17h30/18h00.

Included: Guiding by accredited tourist driver-guide in luxury sedan or minibus, entrance fees, mineral water, all standard tasting fees.

Excluded: Lunch & Gratuities.

Please Note: Minimum 2, Maximum 7. Persons under the age of 18 not allowed to taste wine.

The Southern Right Whales migrate from the Antarctic to the coastal waters of South Africa to calve and nurse their young. These mammals, metres from the shore, provide an unsurpassed whale watching opportunity. Walker Bay, with Hermanus as the major town (Our Whale Capital), is known as the best place in South Africa for whale watching. This 10 hour full day tour includes a panoramic drive along three stunning mountain passes as well as along the coast of False bay, one of the most beautiful drives in South Africa. On the way back a Penguin Colony is visited. Time permitting we stop in Gordon’s Bay to wet our feet in the ocean or for a short beach walk.

– Sir Lowry’s Pass
– Houwhoek Pass
– Overberg with possibility of spotting the Blue Crane, National Bird.
– Rock/Land whale watching
– Optional boat trip to the whales (own account)
– Hermanus, the “whale Capital.”
– Walker Bay
– Craft Market Shopping
– Penguin Viewing at “Stoney Point”
– Pringle Bay and Rooi-els, holiday villages pass by.
– Clarence Drive along the False Bay Coast.
– Gordon’s Bay holiday town.
– Possible Beach Walk

Pick up at 08h00 and drive via the N2 towards the towns of Somerset West and Gordon’s Bay. The awesome Sir Lowry’s Pass takes us through one of our major apple growing areas where after the Houwhoek Pass leads us to the “Overberg” where we could spot our National Bird, the Blue Crane. From top of the mountain the beautiful Canola and wheat fields will be visible.

We pass the fishing village of Hawston before we enter Hermanus. An orientation tour is done. We drive to the Waterfront to find the best spot to do “rock whale watching”. Should you prefer whale watching by boat we proceed to the harbour. Time will be allowed for “craft market shopping” Lunchtime (own account) will be given.

After lunchtime we return and take on the beautiful coastal drive. We stop in Betty’s Bay and Stoney Point for a walk to the breeding place of the African Penguin (also called the Jack-Ass Penguin). Clarence Drive follows next as we pass the holiday towns of Pringle Bay and Rooi-Els. Gordon’s Bay, our Naval Base, is next. Time permitting, we wet our feet on the beach and do a short beach walk. Drop off in Cape Town around 17h30/18h00.

Included: Guiding by accredited tourist driver-guide in luxury sedan or minibus, entrance fees, use of binoculars for better viewing, mineral water, entrance fees at Stoney Point – African Penguins.

Excluded: Lunch & Gratuities, optional boat trip of R900.00 per adult.

Please Note: Minimum 2, Maximum 7. Persons under the age of 18 not allowed to taste wine.

This 10 hour tour will take you to the place where “the Two Oceans “meet – Cape Agulhas. You will have the opportunity to put your one foot in the Indian Ocean side and the other in the Atlantic Ocean side. On the way we take on a spectacular mountain pass and drive along the beautiful “apple country.” Another mountain pass leads you into the area where you will see from afar the barley-, wheat-, canola fields and the Grass Lands where we farm with sheep. This is also the area where we spot our national bird, the Blue Crane. On arrival at Cape Agulhas – the “Southern Tip” experience follows and we visit the light house and stop for lunch. The drive back will take us to the Penguin Colony and via the spectacular Clarence Drive we approach the Mother City. Drop off at approximately 17h00.

Pick up at 08h00 and we leave the Mother City. We head for Sir Lowry’s Pass from where you will have a stunning view of the towns of Gordon’s Bay, Strand, Somerset West and even Cape Town and Table Mountain in the distance. Stop on the mountain to capture the fantastic scenery down below.

After doing the beautiful Houwhoek Pass, we descend into an area from where we will have the never-ending wheat fields in view. Seasonal time the yellow Canola fields makes an awesome picture. The town of Caledon follows, one of the main centres in the Western Cape for the production of wheat.

On the way to Bredasdorp we keep our eyes peeled for a sight of our National bird, the Blue Crane. Should you wish we can stop in Napier for a welcome cup of coffee. On arrival at Cape Agulhas we drive to the exact spot where the Indian- and the Atlantic Oceans meet. Right in front of the signboard you can put your one foot on the Indian Ocean side and the other on the Atlantis Ocean side – we will take the pictures.

Lighthouse visit follows where after we enjoy lunch. After lunch we return via the coastal towns of Kleinmond, Pringle Bay, Betty’s Bay, Rooiels and Gordon’s Bay. However, we stop on the way at Danger point to view the hundreds of African Penguins. Should we have time we stop at the Harold Porter Botanical garden for a 30-minute hike and coffee. The awesome Clarence drive is next as we meander our way all along the coast of False Bay to Gordon’s Bay. Drop off in Cape Town around 17h00.

Included: Guiding by accredited tourist driver-guide in luxury sedan or minibus, mineral water, entrance fees – Stoney Point Penguins.

Excluded: Lunch & Gratuities.

Please Note: Minimum 2, Maximum 7. Persons under the age of 18 not allowed to taste wine.

What is great White Shark Diving? Although Great White Sharks are seen throughout the year, May to October are considered to be the best time for white shark diving. The actual shark cage diving takes place around Dyer Island, situated off the Gansbaai coast. This is due to the Cape Fur seal colony that inhabit Dyer Island, the primary source of nutrition for the sharks.

Things to know about Great White Shark Diving:
– No need for any diving certification to do the cage dive.
– Limited number of tourists per trip to ensure each diver receives maximum cage time.
– The ride to the dive sight takes15 – 20 minutes where we anchor for about three and a half to four hours.
– For the first dive you are in the cage for about thirty minutes. Divers then have subsequent dives.
– We use a 5 person shark cage so there is plenty of time to cage dive.

04h00 – 05h00: Pick up at hotel/guesthouse, Cruise Liner in Cape Town, the Cape Winelands or close surroundings.

07h00 – 07h50: Arrival, meet, greet and welcoming for breakfast and the briefing.

07h50 – 08h00: Two minute escorted walk to and onto the boat and introduction to the sea crew.

07h55 – 08h05: Welcome on board and 15 – 20 minute boat drive to the dive site. The on board videographer records the day’s trip including footage of each of the guests.

08h15 – 08h25: Cage is dropped at diving site and chumming commences (attracting the Great Whites) and guests put on the wetsuits provided.

08h30 – 10h30: Shark cage diving in the 5-6 man floating cage and close sightings of the Great Whites. When not in the cage, guests enjoy on board refreshments and sightings of the Great Whites and other sea life from the viewing deck of the boat.

10h30 – 11h30: Anchor is lifted and the skipper heads back to dock (or when all clients are happy with their sightings).

11h00 – 11h45: The DVD of the day’s trip is shown with an option to buy.

12h30: Return to Cape Town to arrive in the Mother City at 14h30.

Included: Diving excursion conducted by specialist guides, land guiding by accredited tourist driver-guide in luxury sedan or minibus, mineral water.

Excluded: Lunch & Gratuities.

Please Note: Minimum 2, Maximum 7. Persons under the age of 18 not allowed to taste wine.

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