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. Walk through the historic Augusta Kleinbosch. 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 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 Cascade Manor 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 Country House, 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 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 leader, lived as a child) for your second wine-tasting accompanied
by a light lunch. Proceed
down the Bovlei valley, through Olive Orchards and vineyards. 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:
Elaine Wegelin - Phone +27 83 235 5570
Katrin Steytler - Cell +27 82 335 8132
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