A full-day Cape Winelands Tour with Safari Link SA offers a relaxed and scenic escape into South Africa’s most celebrated wine country.
Rolling vineyards, historic towns, and mountain-framed estates set the tone for a day filled with flavour, storytelling, and gentle exploration.
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From the elegance of Stellenbosch to the charm of Franschhoek and the heritage of Paarl, this journey blends fine wine, local culture, and breathtaking scenery into an experience that feels both indulgent and effortless.
What's included?
- 2 x Wine Estate tastings
- Collection from any address in Cape Town
- Transport in an air-conditioned Quantum tour vehicle
- Registered English-speaking guide
- Cellar tours and wine tasting with one cheese tasting
- Drakenstein Prison
- Entrance fees
- Wi-Fi on board tour vehicle
What's excluded?
- Personal purchases
- Entrance fees for optional activities
- Lunch & beverages on the tram
- Entrance fee for optional activities
- Tram fee
Highlights
- Stellenbosch town and wine estate tour
- Franschhoek town and wine estate
- Paarl town and wine estate tour
What to Bring & How to Prepare
Dress in smart casual, and bring sturdy but comfortable shoes. Some estates have gravel roads or grassy patches. Bring a sun hat, sunglasses and sunblock, especially in summer, as the Cape sun can be intense.
If you want to buy wine, many estates will help you pack and prepare bottles for travel or export.
Book lunch in advance (if you intend to eat on the farm), because the best restaurants fill up.
Itinerary
On this full-day adventure, you will travel through the three most iconic regions of the Cape Winelands: Paarl, Franschhoek, and Stellenbosch. Expect a curated mix of wine tastings, cellar tours, local pairings, and storytelling.
Day 1: Full Day Cape Winelands Tour
Starting in the Cape Winelands, you’ll spend a day visiting a wine estate in Paarl, Franschhoek and Stellenbosch. It includes cellar tours and wine tasting and cheese pairings.
The tour ends in the Paarl valley with a detour to Drakenstein Prison where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated. Your guide takes you on a tour of the historic town. We stop at a premier wine estate and enjoy a short cellar tour and time sampling the finest wines in their collection. Our next stop is Franschhoek.
It’s a world-renowned culinary destination for food and wine lovers. After a short tour of the town, we jump onto the Franschhoek Wine Tram. The open-air double-decker tram takes visitors on a variety of routes.
You can hop-on and hop-off the wine tram to visit the wine estates on that route. The tram guide tells you more about the history of the French town and its tropical fruit and wine-growing industry. You’ll sample a selection of some of the finest wines produced in the valley and can grab a bite to eat and drinks at one of the stops (not included in the rate).
Enroute to Paarl, we detour to Drakenstein Prison. In Paarl, there’s a short tour of the town then we go to the famous Spice Route. Spice Route is located on a wine farm and has a slot to offer.
Leaving Paarl late afternoon, we drop you back at your hotel or guest house between 17h30 and 18h00.