Note: Arrival and Departure Transfers are not included in package pricing and 30 days prior to departure Gutsy Women we will secure all air arrangements and advise cost of group transfer and times or women have option to secure a private transfer with Gutsy Women Travel or transfer on their own.

Imagine falling asleep with the sounds of the bush, the roar of the hungry lion, the high-pitched giggle of a hyena, echoing in your ears. Lazing by the azure blue waters of a tropical island paradise. Even better, exploring the hustle and bustle of a traditional market, where cultures long gone live on in the customs of today. Experiencing some of the wonders of the world or visiting some world heritage sites. Welcome to Southern Africa, one of the most beautiful, exotic and diverse destinations in the world, where you can do all this and more. Whether your interest lies in adventure, animals, culture or cuisine, the Southern African region, with its varied tapestry of landscapes, has something for every traveller.

DAY 1 / Arrival Cape Town

One of the world's most picturesque tourist destinations and most beautiful cities in the world. Cape Town is situated amidst majestic mountains and is surrounded by pristine white beaches. Often called the 'cosmopolitan hub of Africa', it is home to a rich cultural and historical heritage, vibrant restaurants and nightlife and a multitude of activities - from extreme sports to leisurely scenic cruises and world-class shopping

Arrival Cape Town International Airport:

Upon arrival at Cape Town International Airport guests will be met and greeted by our Gutsy Women Travel Representative who will assist you to the vehicle for their private transfer to their hotel.

Upon arrival at the hotel guests are assited with check in formalities and enjoy the remainder of the evening at leisure to rest or explore the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront.

Portswood Hotel:

Situated in the heart of Cape Town’s Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, The PortsWood offers superior accommodation and a relaxed environment from which to see all the Mother City has to offer. A uniquely personal approach and a commitment to service excellence ensure that both business and leisure travellers return again and again. Appropriately decorated in a nautical theme throughout, the hotel offers 103 rooms - 58 twin rooms, 1 wheelchair accessible room, 35 double rooms and 9 suites. All rooms are equipped with air conditioning, en-suit bathrooms and direct dial telephones. The Quarterdeck Restaurant is housed in the Old Convict Station. This beautifully restored National Monument, rich in history, is the perfect setting in which to savour breakfast or one of the Cape Malay dishes for which the restaurant has become famous. The PortsWood offers a small boardroom equipped with state-of-the-art equipment for meetings, seminars or private parties of up to 10. The hotel offers unlimited free internet access. There is also a swimming pool on the premises and a health centre at the adjacent Commodore Hotel. Undercover parking is available for all guests.
OVERNIGHT: Portswood Hotel
MEALS: Breakfast

DAY 2 / Cape Town

Breakfast

Guests enjoy a delicious breakfast & gettogether at the hotel where they will meet their local tour guide and be briefed upon their itinerary in Cape Town.

Morning Table Mountain & City Tour

After breakfast and getting acquainted with their guide guests depart on an informative city tour. Highlights of this tour included the SA Museum, Cape Castle and Table mountain (Weather permitting). Guests will also visit the Cape Town Diamond Works.

SA Museum - The South African Museum is a window on the world of natural history, showcasing the bounty of nature, both present and past. Exhibitions and dioramas display hundreds of different species – inhabitants of land, sea or air – enabling visitors to view, under a single roof, creatures as diverse as dinosaurs, mammals, coelacanths, bats or even the fossilized remains of species from 250 million years ago. In the popular Discovery Room, children can discover nature by touch, feel and interaction.

Cape Castle - Built by the Dutch in 1666 after arrival, the Castle was erected as a 5 pointed star on the foreshore of Cape Town. It is today surrounded by a variety of other monuments and places of historical interest. The Castle of Good Hope is the oldest surviving building in South Africa. Built between 1666 and 1679, this pentagonal fortification replaced a small clay and timber fort built by Commander Jan van Riebeeck in 1652 upon establishing a maritime replenishment station art the Cape of Good Hope for the Dutch East India Company, better known as the VOC (Verenigde Oos-Indische Compagnie). The Cape of Good Hope houses the regional headquarters of the South African Army in the Western Cape, the famous William Fehr Collection of historic artworks, the Castle Military Museum and ceremonial facilities for traditional Cape Regiments

Table Mountain - Since the first person laid eyes on Table Mountain, it has exerted its powerful and charismatic pull, enchanting and drawing any and all who fall under its spell. The best views of Cape Town are seen from the top of Table Mountain. The Cableway summit is under 10 minutes and the cable car’s rotating floor ensures that all passengers have an aerial view of the city. Table Mountain is a sandstone plateau rising up above the Cape Flats. The top is approximately 3km wide, and at its highest point, Maclears Beacon, rises to 1085m. Over the centuries it has become one of South Africa's most famous landmarks. The steep cliffs and rocky outcrops of the mountain play home to a number of plants and animals. The mountain is home to approximately 1470 species of plants; more than the entire British Isles! Complimenting this vast array of flora is a stunning range of fauna, some, like the Table Mountain Ghost Frog, being found in no other place in the world.

Diamond works The Diamond Works is Cape Town’s finest jewellery experience. Guests are greeted with a glass of bubbly and then offered an informative tour of The Diamond Works. Tanzanite boutique portrays a large selection of this exquisite but rare violet-blue precious gemstone. Showcases of beautifully crafted pieces of jewellery adorn the showroom along with loose stones should a personal design be preferred. Enjoy lunch en route and return back to the hotel in the early afternoon to enjoy the remainder of the day and evening at leisure.
OVERNIGHT: Portswood Hotel
MEALS: Breakfast

DAY 3 / Cape Town

Breakfast / Enjoy breakfast at the hotel.

Full Day Cape Point Tour / After breakfast guests depart on a full day Cape Point tour.

Travel via the 12 Apostles Mountains and Hout Bay, as well as Chapmans Peak– one of the region’s most dramatic mountain drives offering amazing panoramic views over the city and environs.

Chapmans Peak Drive

Chapman’s Peak Drive winds it way between Noordhoek and Hout Bay. Situated on the Atlantic Coast, at the south-western tip of South Africa, it is one of the most spectacular marine drives anywhere in the world. The 9km route, with its 114 curves, skirts the rocky coastline of Chapman's Peak, the 593m high southerly extension of Constantia Berg. The drive offers stunning 180° views over the ocean and mountains with Hout Bay in the distance. Cape Point

Continue to the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, established in 1939 to protect 7750 ha of indigenous flora and fauna. The reserve comes to an end at majestic Cape Point. Situated at the junction of two of earth's most contrasting water masses - the cold Benguela current on the West Coast and the warm Agulhas current on the East Coast, the Cape of Good Hope is popularly perceived as the meeting point of the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans. Guests will take the funicular to the vantage point from where they will be able to witness the “meeting of the two oceans”.

Boulders Beach

Thereafter travel through the historic naval base of Simon's Town where guests will be able to visit a colony of African Jackass Penguins in their natural environment at Boulders Beach.

Boulders Beach is a sheltered beach made up of inlets between granite boulders, from which the name originated. It is located in the Cape Peninsula near Simon's Town towards Cape Point near Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is also commonly known as Boulders Bay. It is a popular tourist stop because of a colony of African Penguins which settled there in 1982. Boulders Beach forms part of the Table Mountain National Park. Although set in the midst of a residential area, it is one of the few sites where this vulnerable bird can be observed at close range, wandering freely in a protected natural environment. From just two breeding pairs in 1982, the penguin colony has grown to about 3000 in recent years. This is partly due to the reduction in commercial pelagic trawling in False Bay, which has increased the supply of pilchards and anchovy, which form part of the penguins' diet.

Lunch will be enjoyed at Black Marlin. Return to Cape Town late afternoon.
OVERNIGHT: Portswood Hotel
MEALS: Breakfast

DAY 4 Cape Town

Full Day Winelands

After breakfast depart on a full day winelands tour.

Highlights of the day will include a visit to the Stellenbosch Museum followed by some time at leisure to browse around the streets of Stellenbosch town. Thereafter guests will be transferred to Zevenwacht Wine Estate where they will enjoy a cooking experience, join the Chef & participate in preparing a unique lunch together as well as a stroll of the vineyards and a tour of the wine cellar.

Stellenbosch Museum

Guests will visit the Stellenbosch Museum upon arrival in Stellenbosch. The Stellenbosch Museum currently comprises of four houses of historical interest and their gardens. Each of these beautiful homes represents a different period in the architectural development of Stellenbosch. The houses, their interiors and their gardens have been wonderfully restored, furnished, planted and decorated to illustrate the particular style and taste of the time. Below is some more information on each of the houses in the Stellenbosch Museum complex.

Zevenwacht Wine Estate

Leave Stellenbosch and make you way to the Zevenwacht Wine Estate. Situated on the Stellenbosch Wine Route, Zevenwacht has viticultural roots, which penetrate deep into the historic past of South Africa. While literally meaning Seven Expectations, the name Zevenwacht exemplifies the abundant delights, which await visitors to the Farm.

Cooking Experience and Lunch

Upon arrival at the estate the ladies will be split into teams and be given a basket of goodies to work with. With guidance and advice from the chef guests will prepare a lunch, which they will enjoy afterwards along with the estate wines and cheeses which are produced on the farm.

Zevenwacht Vineyards

After lunch guests will have the opportunity to take a leisurely stroll through the vineyards and enjoy their unique beauty, changing yet inviting at all times of the year. Guests can feast you senses on the breathtaking panorama of Table Bay and False Bay that unfurls before them. Covering 200 hectares of the 500-hectare property, the vineyards of Zevenwacht are ideally situated for the growing of quality grapes. Extending up the slopes of the Ribbokrant, the south and south-west facing vineyards are protected from the intense heat of summer afternoons by the Bottelary Hills and cooled by the sea breezes "blowing off" nearby Table Bay and False Bay. Characterized by good quality, varied soils, the vineyards have been selectively planted with red and white noble varietals.

Cellar Tour

Guests will get to experience at first hand the artistry and technical skill that transform grapes into fine wine as they are guided on a tour of the wine cellar. The wines of Zevenwacht Estate are distinguished by their finely crafted elegance and classic style. Our winemaker, Jacques Viljoen, honors the centuries-old wine-making traditions, yet is boldly innovative, welcoming the contribution that modern technology makes to the vinification of premier wines.

Wine and Chocolate Paring

After strolling through the vineyards and enjoying a guided tour through cellar guests will enjoy a chocolate and wine paring experience before departing the estate.

Return to the hotel in the late afternoon where your have time to freshen up before dinner.

Hosted Dinner by a Local South African Family – Meet the South Africans

Guests will enjoy a South African braai (Bar-B-Q) with a local South African hosts. A unique evening to share experiences & learn more about this fasinating city & Country
OVERNIGHT: Portswood Hotel
MEALS: Breakfast

DAY 5 Depart Cape Town – Hoedspruit (Greater Kruger national Park)

Enjoy an early breakfast at the hotel, then transfer the guests to Cape Town International Airport for their flight via Johannesburg to Hoedspruit.

Arrival Hoedspruit

Upon arrival at Hoedspruit (Eastgate) Airport guests will be meet and greeted by our Gutsy Women Travel Representative who will assist guests to the vehicle and transfer them to their lodge and enjoy some time at leisure before your afternoon game drive.

Kapama Main Lodge

Sweeping views across a tranquil lake create a sentiment of feel-good as soon as you arrive at 5-star Kapama Lodge. Rambling natural growth at the water's edge contrasts with tended gardens and lawns nibbled by wandering nyala antelope. Thatched viewing decks overlooking the water ensure instant relaxation here at Kapama Lodge. Set along stone pathways among leopard orchids, aloes, and fever trees are Kapama Lodge's twenty thatched chalets. The two honeymoon suites at the water's edge offer a few extras, but all bedrooms have the ability to make you gasp as you walk in; fresh white bedding plump with cushions is surrounded by four great swathes of mosquito netting creating a fairy-tale four-poster effect. The rooms are spacious, air-conditioned and decorated to reflect the rich textures and colours of Africa.

Afternoon Game Drive

Guests depart on the afternoon game drive with their knowledgeable rangers in open safari vehicles, enjoy sundowner drinks and canapés, returnafter dark, which gives you the opportunity to spot our nocturnal animals with a spotlight.

Guests enjoy dinner at the lodge.
OVERNIGHT: Kapama Lodge / Full board basis with game activities

DAY 6-7 / Bush

Early Morning Game Drive

After an early morning wake up call guests depart on their morning game drive with their knowledgeable rangers in open vehicles. You will be served tea, coffee and biscuits on your morning game drive.

Breakfast / Enjoy breakfast at the lodge after returning back from their morning game drive and enjoy some time at leisure and later a delicious lunch at the lodge.

Afternoon Game Drive

Enjoy another afternoon game drive with their knowledgeable rangers in open safari vehicles. Guests enjoy dinner at the lodge.
OVERNIGHT: Kapama Lodge / Full board basis with game activities

DAY 8 / Depart Bush – Johannesburg

Early Morning Game Drive

After an early morning wake up call guests depart on their morning game drive with their knowledgeable rangers in open vehicles. You will be served tea, coffee and biscuits on your morning game drive.

Enjoy breakfast at the lodge after the final game drive and bid the lodge staff farewell and be transferred to Hoedspruit (Eastgate) Airport for the short flight to Johannesburg.

Upon arrival at OR Tambo International Airport guests will be met and greeted again, assisted with luggage to the transfer vehicle for the drive to the reserved hotel, after check in formalities enjoy the remainder of the day at leisure.

Crowne Plaza – Crowne Plaza Johannesburg – The Rosebank is a modern and stylish Johannesburg hotel and is only 30 minutes from O.R.Tambo International Airport. The Rosebank Hotel, Crown Plaza Johannesburg, is chic and stylish. Service is slick and personal; the vibe “smart casual”. A hotel that is glamorous, but at the same time shows a sense of humour and does not typify the ordinary has guided the thinking behind the design. There has to be a ‘wow’ factor and a place where people will want to be seen. Individual seating pods, linking the bar and lounge that can rotate behind soft, shimmering metal curtaining, where guests can decide the colour of each pod and also in which direction to face. All 318 elegantly furnished bedrooms come standard with i-Pod docking station, wireless connectivity and Sony Bravia “S” series LCD televisions with 28 dedicated DSTV channels. All rooms have a fully stocked mini bar and tea/coffee facilities. Each bathroom is fitted with Hans Grohe rain dance showers complimented by the finest guest amenities.
OVERNIGHT: Crowne Plaza
MEALS: Breakfast

DAY 9 Johannesburg

Breakfast

Enjoy a delicious breakfast at the hotel.

Full Day Touring

Soweto Tour

Soweto (SOuth WEstern TOwnship), is the largest black residential area in South Africa, guests will see a fascinating contrast to Sandton and Rosebank in the north east. This “city within a city” consists of 50 suburbs, or sections and our tour route takes us to all the major points of interest. Highlights of this tour included: a fascinating glimpse of bustling neighbourhood life; two Nobel Prize winners previous residences; the Hector Peterson Memorial & Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. Guests will also go an a guided tour of the Hector Pieterson museum where they will embark on a journey of discovery of the racial segregation experienced by millions of South Africans just over a decade ago. The Soweto uprising, the history of the ANC, solitary confinement of political prisoners and the birth of a new democratic country are detailed. Guests will enjoy lunch at Wandies Restaurant after their informative Soweto Tour.

At Wandies, notes of foreign currency, business cards of eminent personalities and signatures of tourists adorn the walls. As you walk through the door, the inviting smell of mutton curry fills your nostrils, and provokes your taste buds. The building is an ordinary Soweto house, extended and converted into a restaurant. Inside, three long tables, decorated with bright red, green and blue tablecloths, are set up with chairs upholstered in matching colours. A fish tank and a wine rack complete the décor. The tranquil atmosphere of the restaurant offers a retreat from the din outside. For those who seek a touch of the exotic, the establishment serves indigenous cuisine in the form of dumplings, mogodu, ting (soft porridge), pap and umqushu (samp).

Afternoon Guided Shopping Tour

This afternoon guests will be taken to Sandton City Shopping Centre where they will have some time to shop up a storm. Guests will meet two local Johannesburg Shopping experts in the Nelson Mandela Square who will give them shopping advice and show them in the right direction, depending on what they are looking for. After some great shopping guests will meet back in the Nelson Mandela Square from where they will be taken to Bryllianta Jewel Boutique.

Sandton City Shopping Centre is an unparalleled shopping phenomenon - with over 300 leading retailers this iconic destination reflects sophisticated, Afro-cosmopolitan style at its finest. Located in Sandton's prestigious Central Business District, Sandton City offers exhilarating shopping and leisure options in splendid surroundings. This energetic hub showcases the very best South Africa has to offer, alongside established international premium brands - from one-of-a-kind South African artworks to the latest in shoes from Milan. Its restaurants and food stores reflect the gourmet melting pot of cultures and countries that Sandton City is, adeptly hosting international and local shoppers alike.

Jewellery and Cocktail Function

Late this afternoon guests will be hosted for an exclusive jewellery and cocktail function at Bryllianta contemporary jewel boutique, situated in the heart of the Sandton business district. Bryna Zasman, who established Bryllianta, has been in the diamond industry for sixteen years and will be your host for the evening. During the course of the evening Bryna Zasman will be educating the ladies on diamond and tanzanite grading which will allow them to make informed purchase decisions. Bryllianta takes pride in offering a professional and personalised service and offers both diamonds and tanzanite stones to the discerning customer.

Johannesburg is known as the 'City of Gold and Diamonds' and forms an integral part of a visitor's African experience.

Farewell Dinner

Lekgotla, which translates as 'meeting place' in Tswana, is a melting pot of cuisines from the four corners of Africa. This upper class restaurant which showcases distinguished African decor is located on Nelson Mandela Square and offers a wide selection of exquisitely prepared African food fit for a king. “Lekgotla” –The Meeting Place offers you a unique opportunity to experience a fusion of exotic flavours and foods from the African continent. Rhythmic drumming draws the crowds to two “gotla’s” or huts created by Trevor Julius of DSGN Design, one of South Africa’s top designers. Inguni hides pave the way through Trevor’s masterpiece blending Moroccan style walls with stone ruins to create a chic African setting. Mood lighting, candles and majestic leather strip chandelier set the mood for a tranquil evening under African skies. The “piece de resistance” is the unisex outhouse; small rondavels surround a hand-carved Botswana mokoro basin with sensored taps. The attention to detail makes this a never-to-be-forgotten dining experience. Return to the hotel

Guests will be transferred back to the hotel after dinner. (Crowne Plaza)
OVERNIGHT: Crowne Plaza
MEALS: Breakfast

DAY 10 / Breakfast at the hotel, followed by a full day of touring and depart Johannesburg in the evening

Liliesleaf

First stop will be a visit to Liliesleaf, which will give guests the opportunity to gain an understanding of the Apartheid era.

Situated in residential Rivonia, the insightful and interactive museum experience Liliesleaf honours South Africa’s remarkable heritage and the impressive trajectory of South Africa’s socio-political past. Once the headquarters of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the ANC and the Congress Alliance, Liliesleaf holds a position of esteem among struggle landmarks in South Africa. Visitors to Liliesleaf will experience a first-hand account of the events and circumstances leading up to the infamous raid of the Rivonia farm, as well as insights into some of the revolutionary personalities who helped to shape South Africa’s democracy.

Rosebank African Craft Market

After guests tour at Liliesleaf they will be transferred to Rosebank Mall where they will have some time to do shopping at the African Craft Market as well as the wide variety of upmarket shops, which the mall has to offer. Rosebank Mall is also home to a selection of boutique shops showcasing the works of local South African designers where guests can purchase some local designed and produced garments. These are shops such as Stone Cherry, Sowearto, Big Blue and The Space to name but a few.

The Rosebank African Craft Market offers a fine selection of quality African arts & craft, including wooden masks and carvings, indigenous beadwork, dolls, and baskets at very reasonable prices. The adjacent Rosebank Rooftop Market also has lots of fashionable clothing, quality ceramics, antiques, second-hand books and other collectibles.

Transfer to OR Tambo International Airport

Finaly the Gutsy Women ladies will be transferred back to OR Tambo International Airport for their flight back home.

Portswood Hotel

Kapama Lodge

Crowne Plaza - The Rosebank