Safari from Cape Town

Description

West Coast Safaris is now offering a safari day trip including transfers to and from Cape Town, to cater to those who don’t have access to their own vehicle, or would like to travel without any hassle. You will have access to the transfer vehicle and driver for a total of 8 hours, giving you the option to combine your safari with a lunch in Yzerfontein and/or a walk on the beach.

The day trip can either be booked around the morning safari, which will require an early morning pick-up from Cape Town around 7 am. Or you can choose a more leisurely timing and leave around 10 am to join the game drive in the afternoon.

The game drives are in our 9-seater safari Land Rover and expert guided. You will have a chance to see Giraffe, Buffalo, Zebra, Wildebeest, Eland, Waterbuck, Hartebeest, Springbok, Ostrich and many of the smaller West Coast wildlife.

Program

Depending on your preference you can either plan your trip around the morning game drive or the afternoon game drive. Your transfer car will be available for you for 8 hours, and as such allows for an hour or 2 of flexibility in your program besides the game drive and Cape Town transfer.

Morning game drive

When choosing the morning game drive option, you will need to leave Cape Town around 7:00 am, allowing a bit of buffer for you to ensure you get to Yzerfontein in time to join the 9 am safari. The safari will finish around midday, after which you will have about 2 hours before you need to head back to Cape Town by 2 pm. You can go for a beach walk and/or have lunch in Yzerfontein. If you are in a bit of a rush, you can grab a quick bite at the West Coast Padstal and head back.

Afternoon game drive

If you would prefer to join the afternoon ride, there is more flexibility in your timing. We suggest that you leave Cape Town at 10, to have 2 hours of leisure/lunch in and around Yzerfontein, before starting your safari at 2 pm. Your game drive will finish around 5 pm, at which time you can head back home in time for dinner.

Trip essentials

Don’t forget to bring

• A warm top or windbreaker, as the wind can be chilly on the open game drive viewer even in mid-summer
• Sunhat, sunscreen, as you will be outside a lot

Included

• Access to transfer vehicle for a total of 8 hours
• Private transfer from (and back to) Cape Town area
• Game drive on the West Coast Private Game Reserve
• Water, coffee/tea and snacks during safari

Excluded

• Alcoholic and soft drinks
• Breakfast, lunch or dinner (we can recommend various dining establishments)

Transport options: make your own way

If you don’t have your own transport, and would prefer to book the transfers to and from the reserve yourself, please find some options below.

• Marine Taxis (Yzerfontein)
• Cape Town Shuttle

Insider tip: take an Uber from Cape Town to get to the reserve, but pre-book your return with Marine Taxis, as Ubers are not readily available in Yzer.