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Wellington Wine Walk  – The original (4 days 4 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. 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 ( aproximately 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 lunch. Proceed  down the Bovlei valley, through Orange 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 here and take you back to your overnight guesthouse, where you will check in for the night.

Level: Downhill and level, easy hiking.

Walk Day Four: GROENBERG TRAIL ( approximately 12KM)

Your guides will meet you to start your walk in the Bovlei Valley. You will head up the hill towards Twyfeling and proceed upwards against the slopes of Groenberg. Wellington's own mountain. As one gains altitude the views become increasingly breath-taking.  You continue around the foothills of the Groenberg. It was in this area on the neibouring farm that the famous South African fighter pilot, Sailor Malan, who flew for the RAF during WW2 lived, and walk down Linton Park Estate for a tasting of their wines. After your tasting you will leave the estate walking through the vineyards towards the outskirts of the town of Wellington. You will be collected by the shuttle and taken to Oude Wellington Restuarant for lunch.  After lunch you  will be shuttled back to Diemersfontein Wine and Country Estate where your walk ends.

Level: Uphill for about two hours with plenty of photo stops to catch your breath, then downhill and level.

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.