Cape Town: Spectacular Botanical Gardens with Guided Tour Standard Option
ID: GYG270817-469637
Category:
Country: South Africa
Duration:
04:00 hours
Description
Explore two of Cape Town’s most verdant botanical offerings with a guided tour of the Company’s Garden and Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. Absorb the sights and smells of ancient trees and plant species native to South Africa.
Discover a rich variety of flora at the Company’s Garden, first established to provide much needed nourishment and medicinal herbs for sickly and malnourished seafarers. Feel the history of the gardens that blossomed into a gorgeous botanical site now host to many different influences from Dutch Baroque to Victorian romanticism. See the oldest cultivated tree in South Africa as well as the Rose Garden with its many different species of cultivated roses.
Continue the botanical journey to Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens with its astounding array of indigenous South African plants. Take in the beauty and diversity of the native Cape flora on display to the backdrop of the astonishing Table Mountain. Discover the botanical highlights of the season while exploring the garden’s oldest attractions, including The Dell, where famous features such as Colonel Bird's Bath are to be found.
Highlights
- Explore the verdant forests at the famous Company's Garden
- Journey through Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, renowned for its indigenous flora
- See the oldest cultivated tree in South Africa
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• A minimum of two people are required for this tour to take place
• Includes return transfer from Cape Town city center hotels
• Tour availability is subject to favorable weather conditions
• This tour may run in reverse order
• Please note, from 1 November 2021 the tour will stop at The Arderne Gardens instead of Kirstenbosch Gardens
All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
You must keep social distance while in vehicles
You are required to bring and wear a mask
You must fill out a travel information form
You will receive a mandatory temperature check
All participants who are over 12 years old must present proof that they have received at least one dose of a FDA or WHO-approved Covid-19 vaccine. Proof of vaccination may include the NYC COVID Safe App, Excelsior Pass, CDC Vaccination Card (or photo), NYC Vaccination Record, or official immunization record from outside NYC or the US
Return transfer from Cape Town city centre hotels
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 48 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 48 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
