The Garden Route

Join us on a tour to the diverse area of a combination of mountains, valleys, coasts, lakes and rivers making it uniquely lovely and coining the phrase of 'the garden route' approximately 50 years ago.

The contrast between the dense indigenous forests that cover most of the lower slopes of the Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma mountains, and the sparse succulent vegetation of the arid Little Karoo, not far away, could hardly be more extreme. The birds which live in the fynbos on the Swartberg are quite distinct from the water fowl which inhabit the Wilderness lakes.

Walking is the best (and in some cases the only) way of experiencing and enjoying the beauty and variety of these areas.

Join us on a number of different options of overnight tours to this area.

One of our magical walks takes the visitor to the Stinkhoutkloof Forest trail in the Tsitsikamma, a trip to the World Heritage site of Featherbed Nature Reserve and on to Grootvadersbos Nature Reserve in Heidelberg before returning to Cape Town

SAFARI TO THE EASTERN CAPE- Private game reserves and Addo Elephant park
ElainsCape Eco Tours will let you explore the diverse world of the Addo Elephant National Park....an exciting adventure of Wildlife and Nature in our self guided tour from the Matyholweni Camp entrance.

Home of the the 'Big 7', the Park's 164000 hectares stretches across 5 biomes. We stop off at the breathtaking Zuurberg Mountains situated in an ancient mountain range coated in pristine Wilderness. This wilderness had one of the most diverse vegetation types in the world and also home to the Cape Mountain Zebra,Red Hartebeest, Mountain Reedbuck and Eland. We take you on the one hour Cycad trail to see a few of our endemic Encephalartos sp. (Cycad sp.) in their natural habitat. For longer tours we will take you to the natural water pool. Here you get to view the Knysna Loeries, Forest Weavers and elusive Narina Trogons that sail through the forest canopy

Join us on a night time tour to a private game reserve where you enjoy an African experience from game viewing - including the viewing of Lions, Giraffe, Hippopotamus wallowing in the dams, Rhinocerus amongst a number of Antelope, to a typical African meal served in a Boma after been serenaded around a fire pit.