Malgas

Getaway from the crowds, somewhere very special

A selection of tours carefully chosen to meet everyone's sweet spot

A Special kind of Tour for the traveler who needs to GET AWAY from the rest

Your Off the Beaten Track adventure stars HERE !

Western Cape / Ex Cape Town

1. Luxury / scenic

2. Rustic /

Karoo / Ex Knysna / George

1. Luxury scenic /

West Coast & Cederburg Mountains / Ex Cape Town

1. Rustic / scenic / Malgas Breede River /

                                                                                            Eastern Cape / Ex Port Elizabeth

                                                                                                    1. Luxury rustic scenic

Mpumalanga / Ex Johannesburg

1. Luxury rustic scenic

Kwa Zulu Natal Ex Pietermaritzburg

1. Rustic / scenic / Extreme

Kruger / Ex Johannesburg

1. Luxury rustic scenic

For Singles + Single Suplement, Couples and groups not exceeding 6 passengers per group

MALGAS 5 DAY

Day 1:

Depart Knysna/George via N2 for Mossel Bay, Riversdale for Malagas.

In Malgas (formerly Malagas) the last manually operated pontoon in South Africa

still carries traffic over the Breede River from dawn to sunset.

The Pontoon connecting Witsand with Malgas has been motorised and is operational between 06h00 and 18h00 daily.

This Pontoon is a regular feature for travellers wanting to travel between the Overberg and Garden Route

In Malgas (formerly Malagas) the last manually operated pontoon in South Africa still carries

traffic over the Breede River from dawn to sunset.

The name of Moxie Dunn, who drove the pontoon for years, has become a legend.

During the 19th century

Malgas was a busy cargo port and important inland harbor. The 158-ton vessel Kadie called here

for six years, until being wrecked in 1865. Malgas is situated near the De Hoop/Potberg Reserves.

From Malagas we travel to Aghullas via Bredarsdorp.

This town was founded in 1838 and was named after Michiel van Breda. The town is an important center

for the wheat and sheep farmers in the area. The town offers the tourist a shipwreck museum, agricultural museum

and many fine examples of Cape Gothic style architecture dating from the 19th century. The town has recently seen

growth as a result of the South African Air Force Missile Testing Range, which was established in 1986. The testing range is

located near Arniston.

From Waenhuiskrans to L' Agullahas, the most Southern tip of Africa, with its famous Lighthouse Museum; March 1847

Set against and built at the turn of the last century this is a hide away that you will never forget.

Accommodation : Breede Lodge

Lunch : En - Route

Supper : Excl

Day 2:

After a home cooked breakfast we sample the last of this forgotten retreat and depart for Hermanus.

Known as the heart of the whale coast, this coastal resort offers the best land based whale watching in the world.

Southern Right Whales visit Walker Bay from July until December every year. About 60 to 100 of these magnificent

animals come here from Antarctica to calf. Tourists are often treated with close up displays as these creatures

often come to within 10 meters of the coast. The cliff tops in Hermanus offer the tourist great views and the ability to watch the whales close up.

Hermanus also offers great beaches, mountain walks and the craft market is famous for its art. Hermanus

also has many fine restaurants and is a wine lover's paradise with nearby wine farms offering wine tasting.

Accommodation : Misty BB

Lunch : En - Route

Supper : Exc

Day 3:

After breakfast and more whales we amble along this beautiful coastline with Protea lining the road

and shrouded in the shadow of the Overberg Mountains. We pass Betty's Bay to Stellenbosch via Clarence Drive over Somerset

East and Knorhoek Wine Estate at the foot of the old Simonsberg.

The Farm

Knorhoek has 70 ha under vines. Cultivars are Merlot, Cabernet, Pinotage, Weisser Riesling, Shiraz, Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc.

After traditionally belonging to a wine co-operative for generations, the first estate wines under our own label were produced in 1997, namely

Knorhoek Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinotage and Sauvignon Blanc; with the maiden Cabernet Sauvignon being awarded double gold at it's first entry in the national Veritas Awards.

SIMONSBERG, acknowledged as a viticultural blue chip, covers most of the south, south-western and north-western

foothills of the Simonsberg Mountain up to the R44 road linking Stellenbosch town and Paarl. Respected properties

arrayed on the scenic slopes include Delheim, Kanonkop, Morgenhof, Muratie, Remhoogte and Rustenberg.

Some top-rated properties on the 'wrong' side (to the west) of the divide are also included in the appellation –

such as Laibach, Le Bonheur, and portions of Slaley, Warwick and 'newcomer' Vera Cruz. Whereas high-flying Thelema,

still a fruit farm when Simonsberg was gazetted, up-and-coming Delaire and the new cellar of financial services colossus GT Ferreira lie outside the boundary.

Veritas Awards 2000

The South African wine industry's 10th annual Veritas Awards - established by the South African National Wine Show Association (SANW) in

1991 and now the country's largest competition for market-ready wines - drew a record 1 480 wines entered by 233 producers. After the adjudication

from 11 to 14 September 2000, Double Gold, Gold, Silver and Bronze medals were awarded during a gala dinner at Nederburg in Paarl on 6 October 2000.

Accommodation : Knorhoek Wine Estate

Lunch : Hermanus

Supper : Knorhoek Wine Estate

Day 4:

Day at leisure on the farm swimming, walking and horse riding.

Accommodation : Knorhoek Wine Estate

Lunch : Picnic - Spier Wine Estate [Excl.]

Day 5:

We depart after a lavish breakfast for Cape Town via Franshoek & Stellenbosch.

Accommodation :

Lunch : At your leisure

Transfer for Airport

Included : All entrance fees except where it is excluded. All transfers; guides' fees; transport;

accommodation bed, breakfast & suppers, portage.

Transport.

Excluded is : lunches, alcoholic drinks, tips and items of personal nature.

Tariff per person sharing :

Single Supplement

Bookings :

Last revised: Feb 2026