Alan Tours

KOUGA - A DAY IN THE WILDERNESS (OV11)

At a Glance

• Tour duration: 2 days / 1 night
• Group size: Minimum of 2 people per tour
• Tour departs from: Port Elizabeth
• Price: From R3900 to R7500 per person

Tour Highlights

• Picturesque Wild side coastal route
• A 4x4 drive through remote wilderness
• Kouga wilderness is a part of the Baviaanskloof world heritage site.
• View Bushman rock art in a cavern
• Insight into the ancient world of the Bushmen
• A walk in a botanical wonderland
• View old president’s graves and exquisite churches

Suitable for those interested in Countryside, Nature, Walking

Itinerary

1. DAY 1: Port Elizabeth to Kouga Wilderness

   We collect you at your residence at 8:30am and depart for the Kouga wilderness area a part of the Baviaanskloof world heritage site.
   
   We leave Port Elizabeth along the picturesque Wild side coastal route and head for our first stop at a lovely wild flower reserve for a comfort break and a leg stretch before continuing to one of the earliest European settlements in this part of the Eastern Cape. Here we stop to look at some of the more interesting features before joining the old Cape road and onto a picturesque route through the valleys with extensive fruit orchards and quaint farm stalls. View old president’s graves and exquisite churches before leaving the main road and entering the remote wilderness area.
   
   Here we travel past the last of the farms to an area that even the early Khoisan must have considered remote as it is here on the walls of a great sandstone overhang that they left their intricate paintings and a cultural leader safely buried in the white sands of this cavern.
   
   It is in one of these remote valleys that we find our lodge surrounded by Yellow and Ironwood trees. Our comfortable accommodation is so remote that there is neither electricity nor phone coverage to disturb your inner thoughts.
   
   A home cooked meal before a well-deserved nights rest in our stone chalets with all of the conveniences at our disposal.
   
   

   OVERNIGHT: Lodge

2. DAY 2: Kouga Wilderness to Port Elizabeth

   After breakfast we set off on a walk to view Bushman rock art; it is a walk in a botanical wonderland as well as providing an insight into the ancient world of the Bushmen, the first of the world’s modern people. A firm but easy walk brings us into the cavern to view what is left of their symbolic art before heading back to the lodge and check out.
   
   If time allows we visit a unique honey bush tea farm that has been in the family’s possession for over 100 years before returning you to your residence in Port Elizabeth to mark the end of the tour.

   TOUR ENDS

Note

Tour includes:

* 2 days guided tour, vehicle, fuel, guide
* 1 night accommodation
* Entrance/Conservation fees
* Meals as per itinerary
* Bottled water in tour vehicle

Tour excludes:

* Bar bills
* Personal shopping
* Gratuities