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Address:148 Baron van Rheede Street, Oudtshoorn
Tel:+27 (0)44 272 3436


BACKPACKERS PARADISE DAILY TOURS - DEPART: 08h15 to 08h40

OPTIONS:

JOYRIDE DOWN SWARTBERG PASS

Arrive by bus at the top of the Swartberg Mountain from where you cycle DOWN
Ride down this mountain at your own pace, you can stop where you want – whenever you want! Sights on your way down are; The Cango Caves, Camel Farm, Tea Garden for lunch and a swim, Ostrich Farm and the Cango Wildlife Ranch en-route back.

Distance is 54km and you can be back at the hostel between 12H00 – 13H00 if you cycle straight back without stopping anywhere – if you are on the baz bus – you need two nights here in Paradise!

CYCLE FROM THE CANGO CAVES

You are driven by bus to the Cango Caves, from where you cycle back to the hostel in your own time, you can stop where you want whenever you want!
Stop and see; the Cango Caves, Camel Farm, Tea Garden for lunch and a swim, Ostrich Farm and the Cango Wildlife Ranch en-route back. Total distance 30km. If you are on the baz bus – you need two nights here in Paradise! You do not get to see the Swartberg Mountain Pass!

IMPORTANT– None of the costs include the entrance fees to the attractions, however, you are given Paradise discount vouchers, so you DON’T pay full price anywhere!

CYCLE FROM THE TEA GARDEN

You'll be driven by bus to the Cango Caves tour. Afterwards you'll be on the bus again with your bicycle to the Tea Garden, from there you cycle back to the hostel in your own time, you can stop where you want – whenever you want!
You are able to stop at the Ostrich Farm and the Cango Wildlife Ranch en-route back. Total distance 12km.

If you are on the baz bus – you need two nights here in Paradise! You do not get to see the Swartberg Mountain Pass!

Riding an ostrich is included in the price at the ostrich farms. To CROC cage dive, pat the cheetahs and tigers cost extra at the Wildlife Ranch.

 

TRANSPORT BY BUS

You are driven by bus to the Cango Caves, after your tour we will pick you up and drop you at the Ostrich Farm and then you can walk to the Cango Wildlife Ranch (right next door). After your tour at the wildlife ranch you can ask their reception to give us a ring to arrange a pick up if you didn’t arrange it previously. You can also walk back to the hostel it is a 20 minute walk. If you are on the baz bus – you need two nights UNLESS YOU ONLY VISIT 2 ATTRACTIONS IN THE MORNING.

Extra activities to enjoy:

  • quad biking
  • camel rides
  • horse riding
  • abseiling
  • Cango wild life ranch (16 years or older to stroke cheetah)
  • Cango Caves
  • Meerkats
  • Quad biking
  • Horse Riding

Museums:

  • Arbeidsgenot
    Arbeidsgenot is the home of C.J. Langenhoven, known as the father of the Afrikaans Language.
  • C.P. Nel Museum
    The building as a whole dates back to the second "ostrich feather boom" (1900 - 1914) and was declared a National Monument in 1981.
  • Le Roux Townhouse
    The house was built in 1909, when Oudtshoorn was in the midst of the second Ostrich Feather Boom (1900 -1914).

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