Wellington Wine Walk
– The original (3 days
3
nights)
Arrival
Day
Check-in at
Diemersfontein Wine and Country Estate 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 (
approximately 11KM) 
On Day One of your Wellington Wine Walk 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 towards the foot of the original Du Toit’s Kloof Pass. Walk uphill for about 45 minutes and then stroll along the contour paths of Kleinboschkoppie through the fynbos. Continue to walk downhill alongside the vineyards with the beautiful Paarl Valley ahead of you. Arrive at Druk-my-Niet for a well-deserved wine-tasting accompanied by a picnic lunch. After lunch proceed through more vineyards entering the biggest olive farms in the country. Proceed to the impressive Waterfall Valley, formerly Cascade Country Manor and check in for the night (DBB). Take a stroll to their lovely waterfall - a popular site for wedding photographs before your olive oil tasting and dinner.
Level:
Moderate,
some uphills,
but mostly level and downhill.
Walk Day
Two: KUIER TRAIL ( approximately 12KM)
("Kuier"
means having a relaxed and sociable visit. In this case we visit some
very innovative farms.)
Your guides will come to Waterfall Valley to collect you. Here you will be shuttled to the start of your second day. Before you start your walk you will be treated to an informative talk by Elsabe at her home on the healing properties of buchu as well as "stokkies" (vine propagation), taste her delicious products (pinotage jam and relish among others) and hear all about how they came about. Well fortified after a great "kuier" you will take on the sharp hill at the start of your day's walk through the buchu fields and vineyards, stopping to catch your breath and take in the beautiful scenery.
Arrive at Reni
Hildenbrand Estate where, while enjoying a light lunch, Reni will do a
wine tasting of her wines as well as a talk and will answer any questions you
may still have on olive oils. Reni is on the International Olive Oil
Panel and in huge demand worldwide. After lunch you will hike on into
the Bovlei valley through the vineyards to your next guest house:
Dunstone Estate, Val du Charron or Andreas
(DBB) – depending on availability.
Level:
Moderate, a few uphills, mostly
undulating countryside on farm roads.
Walk Day
Three: BOVLEI WINE TRAIL (9KM)
Your
guides will meet you
at your guesthouse reception area
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.After
the tasting proceed down the valley past Welvanpas, the farm where Piet
Retief of Voortrekkerfame grew up.We continue through citrus orchards to
Nabygelegen. Here we will enjoy a traditional lunch and wine tasting
prepared and shared by Renske and her wine-maker husband Jacques. After
lunch we follow the course of the Kromme River through more voneyards on
Huguenot farms. En route we will be met by our shuttle and taken to
Diemersfontein whereyour 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:
Elaine Wegelin - Phone +27 83 235 5570
Carol-ann Jeffrey - Cell +27 83 532 4131
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