Cape Winelands Wine Road Trip
Four days gives the Cape Winelands room to breathe. This route starts among Constantia’s old cellars, moves through Stellenbosch and Franschhoek, then finishes around the gardens, farms and restaurants of Simondium.
Highlights include:
- Starting with bagels and coffee at Kleinsky’s Constantia
- Visiting Groot Constantia’s manor and Cloete cellar after lunch at Jonkershuis
- Tasting Vin de Constance at Klein Constantia
- Watching Vergenoegd Löw’s Indian Runner duck parade
- Having a sourdough breakfast in Stellenbosch before tasting at Waterford Estate
- Riding the hop-on hop-off Franschhoek Wine Tram
- Visiting Babylonstoren’s garden and farm shop before lunch at Babel
- Tasting at Vrede en Lust after Babylonstoren
- Finishing with dinner at The Werf Boschendal
South Africa road trip from Kleinsky's to Station House @ Simondium (107 km, about 2 hours driving). Plan this trip with Sideroads Africa.
Stops along the way
- Kleinsky's Constantia: Bagels and coffee at Constantia Village before the Groot Constantia loop.
- Groot Constantia: Cape Town's oldest wine estate — Jonkershuis for lunch, then the manor and Cloete cellar.
- Klein Constantia: Neighbour estate for Vin de Constance — a tasting after lunch at Groot Constantia.
- Beyond at Buitenverwachting: Peter Tempelhoff's vineyard-view dining room on Buitenverwachting — dinner Tuesday to Saturday.
- Constantia Valley Lodge: 4-star B&B on Wycombe Avenue — walk to Constantia Village, rooms from about R2000.
- Vergenoegd Löw: Historic Faure estate with the Indian Runner duck parade at 09:00 and 12:00 — lunch at Geuwels.
- Schoon de Companje: Stellenbosch bakery and deli on Ryneveld Street — sourdough breakfast before the winelands day.
- Waterford Estate: Stellenbosch tasting rooms below the Helderberg — a different farm from Vergenoegd.
- Jordan Restaurant: Farm dinner with Marthinus Ferreira on Stellenbosch Kloof — book Thursday to Saturday in peak season.
- 107 Dorpstraat Boutique Hotel: Small hotel on historic Dorp Street — walk to Schoon, Uber to Jordan.
- The Common Room: All-day café at Le Quartier Français — breakfast before the Franschhoek Wine Tram.
- Franschhoek Wine Tram: Hop-on hop-off tram and open-air bus from the Franschhoek Terminal — colour lines change by date; book lunch on that day's line.
- La Petite Ferme: Franschhoek Pass restaurant with valley views — dinner after the wine tram.
- 22 Van Wijk Street: Central Franschhoek guesthouse a minute from the Wine Tram terminal — no breakfast on site.
- Babel & Babylonstoren Farm Shop: Babylonstoren garden, farm shop, and Babel restaurant — lunch here, then taste next door.
- Vrede en Lust: Simondium wine estate on the R45 — tasting after Babel, not a second Babylonstoren sitting.
- The Werf Boschendal: Boschendal's werf restaurant — dinner after Babylonstoren, not a second meal on the same farm.
- Station House @ Simondium: Old station master's house on the R45 — 3 km from Babylonstoren, next to Vrede en Lust.