Wellington Wine Walk
– The original (3 days
3
nights)
Arrival
Day
Check-in at
Diemersfontein Wine and CountryEstate just outside Wellington any time after 14:00. (DBB).
See directions. Meet your guides here for a walk briefing followed by
your first wine-tasting.
Walk Day
One: BUCHU
AND OLIVE TRAIL (14KM) 
Day One of your
Wellington Wine Walk starts early. Your guides will come to the
Diemersfontein Wine and Country Estate car park to collect you.
You will be taken by tractor and
trailer from Diemersfontein
Wine and Country Estate
to the foot of the original Du Toit’s Kloof
Pass. Walk uphill for about 45 minutes and then stroll along contour
paths through the forest and fynbos. Then walk downhill through the
biggest and oldest buchu and olive farms in the country and proceed to
the impressive
Cascade Country Manor for lunch.
After lunch visit their lovely waterfall – a popular site for wedding
photographs. The afternoon walk involves walking through more olive
groves to Druk-my-Niet
for a well-deserved
wine-tasting. Finally cross the road to
Augusta Kleinbosch,
where you will check in for the night (DBB).
Level:
Moderate,
some uphills,
but mostly level and downhill.
Walk Day
Two: KUIER TRAIL (16KM)
("Kuier"
means having a relaxed and sociable visit. In this case we visit some
very innovative farms.)
Your guides will come
to Augusta Kleinbosch to collect you. Hike uphill for about 45 minutes
through vineyards. Walk along a contour path around a
koppie and
past some interestingly shaped granite rocks. Proceed on to the top of
the hill for a presentation on the healing properties of Buchu and vine
propagation (“stokkies”), while taking in the panoramic view all around
you. Taste some of Elsabe’s delicious olive products and pinotage jam.
After a good
kuier
proceed on to Hildenbrand Estate
for a wine-tasting
accompanied by a light lunch.
From here hike through more vineyards to your next guest house: Dunstone
Country House, Val du Charron or Monte Video
(DBB) – depending on availability.
Level:
Moderate, a few uphills, mostly
level.
Walk Day
Three: BOVLEI WINE TRAIL (9KM)
Your
guides will meet you and take
you
by shuttle up to the old tunnel on Bain's Kloof Pass (half way up
the pass) from where you will start walking down on a steep farm track
through the fynbos and vineyards to the
Doolhof Estate
for your first wine tasting.
Walk on to Welvanpas
(where Piet Retief, the
Voortrekker, lived as a child) for your second wine-tasting accompanied
by a light lunch. Proceed
through the Bovlei valley, past the vine nurseries. The shuttle will collect you to
take you to a final wine-tasting at Bosman’s Family Vineyards restored state
of the art wine–cellar at Lelienfontein. The shuttle will wait for
you and take you back to Diemersfontein Wine and Country Estate where
your walk ends.
Level: Downhill and level, easy hiking.
Optional extra night
An optional extra night’s accommodation at the
end of your walk is a popular choice, particularly for groups from afar,
as it allows you to relax and really enjoy your last night together
before heading back home – not to mention the luxury of having a bit of
a ‘lie-in’ the next morning!
Please contact us if you wish to get a quote for
the extra night.
Contact Details
Email: info@winewalk.co.za
Elaine Wegelin - Phone +27 83 235 5570
Katrin Steytler - Cell +27 82 335 8132
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