The Eastern Route wine tour in Stellenbosch operates every day Monday to Friday and showcases some of the best wines and views Stellenbosch has to offer. Experience the splendour of the Helshoogte pass and it’s wine farms on this tour. Start your day with a unique Chocolate and wine pairing at Lanzerac, Enjoy great restaurants at Zorgvliet and Boschendal. Combine your wine tasting with a meat and cheese platter at Neil Ellis wines and treat yourself in sampling lovely wines at Camberley. Fantastic scenery from the pass, and lovely relaxed settings make this a must do route. . Remember, you can decide if you want to go to all 5 estates or just visit a few and stay longer at certain farms.
Operates: Monday to Friday
Departure Times from Stellenbosch Town.
10:00; 11:00; 12:00; 13:00; 14:00 15:00; 16:00
(Please be advised that the later you depart the less farms you will be able to see)
Transport and driver.
Collection in Stellenbosch central free
Collections in Cape Town area can be arranged at an additional fee.
Wine tastings rates are not included but it ranges from R20.00 to R65.00 per person per tasting.
Cape Town collections can be arranged subject to availability at a once of fee of R 700 per pick up location. Includes return transfer.
Cape Town collections can only be done in the mornings at 8:30- 9:00 and return only after tour has ended leaving Stellenbosch at 17:15-17:30
The Vine Hopper day ticket is the most cost effective way to experience the Stellenbosch Wine Route. You can decide on what you want to do on the different farms and pay for tastings, tours or activities as you go along.
Please be ready for pick up at your Stellenbosch Central Guesthouse 15 minutes before departure time! You can also meet us at the Tourism Info office at 36 Market Street.
This is a great way to still be independent and not linked to a group but having the comfort of being transported, enabling you to enjoy your tastings at your own time without worries of how you are getting home!
very good experience:-) Inwoul book again. - Graefe, Mareen
Excellent experience with great drivers - David Hall
I did the vine hopper with my son and daughter, Eastern Route. Very nice trip with good wines (and food) on all the estates we visited. Driving from estate ot estate we were very well informed about the history of the esates and the area by our driver / tour guide. - Leon Driessen
A great way to safely experience the wonderful wines Stellenbosch has to offer. - Ronald Baker
Lovely experience. My friends and I really enjoyed the Vine Hopper - Eastern route because it enabled us to visit several beautiful wineries in one day. The friendly chauffeur Marcel pick us up in Cape Town and he was flexible in dropping us off and picking us up at the wineries too. The route takes you through the incredible scenery of Stellenbosch and you will visit great wineries with a variety of beautiful wines. I definitly would recommend this experience to anyone visiting Cape Town area. - Chava van der Woerdt
Explore the “village of the oaks" with its shady oak avenues bordered by the water furrows of the Mill Stream. Admire the charm and harmony of the Cape Dutch Architecture and listen to tales about the colorful inhabitants of three centuries.
Discover where Simon van der Stel set up camp in the Eerste River and why it is called the Eerste River. Perhaps you will meet an angel at the “Angel Factory” or a ghost in the graveyard of the ”Moederkerk”.
Three fires destroyed the village. Where did the fire of 1710 start and who started it? The first Christian Church building in South Africa was in Stellenbosch not in Cape Town. Today it is the site of the oldest hotel in South Africa, d’Ouwe Werf and not all the graves have been moved!
Dorp Street, “the wagon way to Cape Town” is the oldest residential street in South Africa today. It is still the wagon way to Cape Town, only the wagons have changed somewhat!
Historical buildings surround three sides of The Braak (village green) During the 1809 and 1811 earth tremor, people rushed out of their houses onto the Braak. The Braak was already proclaimed by Simon van der Stel, the eleventh governor, as an open space for the people and as a military parade ground.
Stellenbosch University has produced many famous South Africans – Prime Ministers and Sportsmen. Rugby and cricket was played on the Braak. Stellenbosch, synonymous with rugby, but the first Stellenbosch Springbok – Nico Theunissen – was a cricketer.
In 1602 the VOC was established by the Here Sewentien. Four hundred years later the “Kruithuis” on the Braak proudly flies the flag of the VOC.
Rhenish Institute, the oldest girl’s boarding school in South Africa celebrated 150 years in 2010. Rhenish was the first school to teach Domestic Science and Needlework.
Professional guide
Walking tour
Transportation to/from starting location
Purchases of a personal nature.
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Our walking tour with Johan was great. We were a small group of 3 so it was easy to hear the information Johan was telling us. It was very interesting and a comprehensive tour. We'd advised when booking that one of us walked with a stick and therefore not too fast a pace please, and Johan was very mindful of that. Can totally recommend the walking tour, you miss so much wandering on your own. Thank you Johan. - Faith Pidduck
I had a thoroughly enjoyable morning tour, walking around Stellenbosch. My guide was really well-informed, keeping my interest piqued with historical facts & personal stories relating to the development of the town of Stellenbosch & it's importance to the Cape. The architecture is beautiful & even though the sun wasn't shining, it was a great way to spend a morning. - Fliss Hancock
We enjoyed the walking tour. The guide fully met our expectations. - Ward Walker
Stellenbosch on foot was a pleasant experience Some interesting facts were shared. The visits to the silk shop and Di e Ouwe werf hotel's excavations of the old church foundation stood out as highlights - Christa de Freitas
Beautiful town with rich history. Passionate guide with in-depth knowledge and experience. We had a great time. - Jaime & Justin
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