Golf Vacations South Africa

Luxury Golf Safaris Cape Coast Garden Route

The tour starts near Port Elizabeth where you stay at a luxury hotel or game lodge at Shamwari Private Game Park. Golf is at Humewood and Game viewing is on the program. The tour then moves along the famous Garden Route to The Plettenberg, an exceptional hotel on Plettenberg Bay with three rounds of golf arranged. Then moving further along the Garden Route to stay and play at Fancourt Golf and Country Club Estate at George, this is the "hotspot" of South African golf with three top ranked courses. You depart George / Johannesberg.

Typical 9 night golf Safaris South Africa
Shamwari Game Park, The Garden Route and George.


Day 1	Arrive at Johannesburg airport and transfer for short domestic flight to Port Elizabeth and Shamwari Game Park for two nights at Long Lee Manor.

Day 2	Play Humewood Golf Club, one of the few links courses in South Africa and known to be difficult with undulating fairways, deep bunkers, and frequent strong winds. An unusual hazard is Kiewietjie birds nesting on the ground, nests are marked with red flags. If a ball lands too close to a nest you get a free drop. Non Golfers enjoy the game park.

Day 3	Visit Addo Elephant National Park on route to Plettenberg Bay, and three nights at The Plettenberg.

Day 4	Play Plettenberg Bay Golf Course, a magnificent layout in a nature reserve in the lovely Piesang (Banana) Valley, surrounded by high hills. The whole area has been proclaimed a nature reserve and it is rich in bird life and home to the strikingly beautiful Knysna Loerie. Non Golfers enjoy the beaches or the Garden route entertainment.

Day 5	Play Goose Valley Golf Course, a links set amongst indigenous fynbos (plants and flowers). Abundant bird life and small game can be seen around the course, it plays relatively short, but requires accuracy to avoid the brutal rough and high-walled pot bunkers. Non Golfers enjoy the beaches or the Garden route entertainment.

Day 6	Play Pezula Golf Course designed by Ron Fream and David Dale who compared it to Gleneagles in Scotland and Pebble Beach. A terrain of rolling fairways, fynbos and eyebrow bunkers. The three signature holes are on the cliff top overlooking the ocean.. Non Golfers visit Knysna on the Garden Route. Proceed to George and four nights at Fancourt Golf and Country Club Estate.

Day 7	Play Fancourt Outeniqua, named after the mountain range that runs along the famous Garden Route. It is a well conditioned parkland course with rivulets, gardens and the mountain backdrop. Signature hole is the 5th, a short par 4 well protected by water. Non Golfers at leisure, Fancourt Estate.

Day 8	Play Fancourt Montagu, a Gary Player design known for, world class conditioning and a setting that takes in mountains, water and wildlife. The par 3 signature 17th hole is a long hit over a wide expanse of water to a green quite like the 12th at Augusta National. Non Golfers explore more of the Garden Route.

Day 9	Play Fancourt Links a course with undulating windswept terrain, and dune-style landscape, a stern test in all weather conditions. Gary Players brief for the Links which opened in 2000 was to produce a course that can achieve a ranking within the world's top 100 by 2005. Non Golfers visit Oudtshoorn and Cango Caves.

Day 10	Fly George to Johannesburg airport for flight home. (Option - play George G.C. a.m. if departure permits). George Golf Course has views of the Outeniqua mountains from every hole. The main attraction of this course has always been its natural beauty, enhanced by lavish flora. The last 10 years it has been rated in the top 10 golf courses in South Africa.

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Shamwari Game Park

Long Lee Manor was built as a gracious Edwardian mansion and has the feel of a country manor, located in the African bush where you will experience the style of living of a past era with uncompromising service. It accommodates 38 guests in elegant en-suite bedrooms, all with air-conditioning and under floor heating. Sumptuously prepared meals are enjoyed in the main dining room or around the open blazing fire at the Barn. Between game drives guests can laze around one of the two pools, play an invigorating game of tennis on the floodlit court or relax in the beautifully appointed garden lounge.

The Plettenberg

It's a five star hotel built on a rocky headland with breathtaking vistas of the sea, mountains and miles of golden sand in one of the most spectacular resorts in Africa – Plettenberg Bay. The luxury rooms and suites are offer a truly idyllic and indulgent experience. There are two swimming pools, one of which is heated, and both visually flow into the ocean below. The adjoining Lookout Villas are decorated with simplicity and crisp elegance in natural creams and blues and have their own sparkling swimming pool. You can experience fabulous sightings of dolphins and whales in the bay from the hotel terraces. For the more adventurous there are numerous excursions and activities within close proximity to the hotel. Other hotel facilities include a wine cellar, stocked with a selection of the best local wines and available for special occasion private dining, and a gift shop - offering a unique selection of specialty items and clothing from the area.

With 38 superbly furnished rooms and suites including the luxurious Blue Wing, The Plettenberg invites you to indulge in an idyllic experience. Each room is exquisitely unique and all have under-carpet heating and air-conditioning. During the whale season from July to October, enjoy awe-inspiring sightings of dolphins and whales from the top suites.

The restaurant has extended outwards, with a sunny enclosed terrace, opening onto the outdoor terrace and pool. This provides spectacular views of the bay and the distant mountains. The Plettenberg's restaurant was voted one of the country's top 100 dining establishments in the Diner's Club Annual Awards, an absolutely idyllic restaurant to enjoy a gourmet meal.

Fancourt Hotel and Country Club Estate

It offers a combination of old world charm and contemporary luxuries. At Fancourt, guests can choose between a room in the beautifully restored Manor House or one of the many stately Garden Suites and Studios. The décor is traditional Cape Colonial style characterized in high ceiling, polished floors and indigenous stinkwood furniture, while delicate filigree and arched windows lend an indulgent charm to the exterior. There are 103 luxurious bedrooms and suites, all air-conditioned with television, direct dial telephones mini-bar facilities and in-room safety boxes.

The golfing visitor can play three world class golf courses, the Outeniqua, the Montagu and the Links. There is also a golf school.

There is a choice of five fine restaurants, all of which bear testimony to Fancourt's reputation as purveyors of fine cuisine.

A wide range of activities are available to enjoy during your stay at Fancourt. The Health and Beauty Spa offers a complete range of refreshing and revitalizing treatments, a gymnasium, tennis courts, squash court, lawn bowls, two outdoor pools, a heated indoor pool and Jacuzzi. Mountain biking, picnics, horse-riding and walks can be arranged on request.

An elegant boutique and professional hair salon will ensure you’re always at your stylish best during your stay. Day trips to surrounding cultural and natural highlights, as well as nearby beaches, can also be arranged. Places of interest include: Knysna Forest, The Oyster Farm, Featherbed, Plettenberg Bay, The George Museum, the Dias Caravell Museum, the Montagu Pass, Oudtshoorn, Ostrich Farms, The Cango Caves, a number of wine farms and the Outeniqua Choo-Choo train.

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