If you prefer to go straight to our  Eastern Cape tour packages, scroll down  to the bottom of the   page, and if you are wondering what are the most popular of the  our Eastern Cape Tours, here are some links.

Remember these are smaller  tours  that I will add in and design for you, so you have a complete South Africa travel and tour package, that meets  your needs, time frame to visit and travel budget.

If  you are wanting a Cultural day tour around the East london  area, we offer those  as wel:

Visit Xhosa Village's

East London City itself

Mdantsane Township some say its the 2cnd bigest  in South  Africa

We also have longer complete tours that include these rural cultural areas,combining with the urban areas to give you a  well balanced and full experience South Africa  tour experience. They  can be  found at

General South Africa Cultural  Tours

On our Eastern Cape Cultural Tours you will experience Culture/History/Nature &Scenery/

Remember we can change/modify these to meet your needs.

2N The Struggle - A Cultural and Historical Experience

3N Traditional Ways/Nelson Mandela Village/History/Nature 

4N:Traditions/Nelson Mandela/Nature/Indian Ocean 

4N:Rural Life / Nelson Mandela Explorer / Wild Coast/Indian Ocean

These  Eastern Cape Tours fit reall well with a South Africa Travel Tour  package that meanders from Johannesburg / Kruger National  Park / Swaziland/ Kwa Zulu/ Drakensberg mountains/ Eastern Cape/ Garden Route / Cape Town ...a well balanced tour of Rural/City/Scenery/Wildlife/

 As to what is  the most populat  Eastern Cape Tour, its our 3 or 4Night package with pick up/drop of in either Port Elizabeth or East London.

As well we  have created South Africa self  drive packages for travellers, met them in Southern Kwa Zulu, and they picked up a vehicle again,after the Cultural tour, and   head down the Garden  route,on to Cape Town.

For our Eastern Cape Cultural tours , the lodging that we use are all rural guest houses, Bed and Breakfasts, smaller hotels, with Western Style bathrooms, clean neat, full of ambiance, charm and local atmosphere see this link for EASTERN CAPE CULTURAL TOURS LODGING 

 Many people when  they travel to South  Africa, and they think of creating a   tour that will give them insight into South  Africa past, and present, the name Nelson Mandela comes up somewhere in that conversation.

Our  Eastern Cape Cultural Tours, are all privately guided with a  local guide, who grew up in  the Eastern  Cape. These tours are flexible, for your travelling party, very personal.  You travel in your own private car, driven by the guide.

Some of the areas that  are  most popular on these Eastern Cape Cultural  tours are the :

• The Nelson Mandela musuem,

• Nelson Mandelas rural village  where he grew  up..we get out  and walk in this area

• A visit to a Black  African Art Gallery,and the oldest black university in South  Africa

• The drive to Coffee Bay,walking amongst the villages, the sustainable gardens, and a visit to a local craft center.

• Staying in the  Kings  place, interacting with the local village people who live in the  area.

• As well we walk in the smaller towns,where the village people  come to shop.
• We  walk  in the rural villages.
•  Overnite stays in a cultural village are possible.
• We stay in rural Guest Houses, special local guests can be arranged to come dine/talk/interact  with you. Local rural  hospitality is 5* treatmant at 3* rates, a real heart to heart connection, with the personal touch.
• We visit  local medical clinics, day care centers, and rural schools
• We can combine a stay at one of the  the  Indian ocean resorts.
• We bake bread with locals and then drink tea in a communal setting.
• You can do bead work.
• We can visit the very small, quaint, and scenic town where Tolkin was reported to have obtained the  idea for his Lord of the  Ring series...

You can do  Volunteer work......helping others  out with  your time, skills, knowledge and experience.

You can also do a full South Africa Tour, that includes a Eastern Cape Tour based on a theme such as Truimph of the Human Spirit, Footsteps of Nelson Mandela,  Apartheid and Struggle Route, etc.

Dress up time on a Eastern  Cape  Tour
 

Some say this is the most beautiful region of South Africa.Read about my local guide and this area it was writen up in a New York Newspaper..read this link

"We have set out on a quest for true humanity and somewhere in the distance we can see the glittering prize. Let us march forth drawing strength from our common plight and brotherhood. In time we shall be in a position to bestow upon Africa the greatest gift possible, a more human face." B.S. Biko

About the Eastern Cape

Some say the Eastern Cape  is the most beautiful region of South Africa and it surely is full of wonderful surprises - rugged coastlines with white sandy beaches and coves, tranquil lakes, rivers and lagoons, forests with 800 year old Yellowoods and peaceful villages and towns.

The Eastern  Cape Wild Coast  is truly unique. Protected for years by limited road access, this area offers a combination of rural tranquility, traditional African lifestyles and architecture, almost unbelievable scenery and fascinating flora and fauna with the opportunity to have a great beach holiday.

Hotels are spread out along the coast some are excellent, some a little run down, but all offer fantastic views and, invariably, excellent and plentiful seafood. And even the smartest of the coastal hotels does not expect you to wear shoes to dinner..

Although the coastal hotels are wonderful, probably the best way of experiencing this area is to spend some time with the local people.

There is a fantastic community project on the northern Wild Coast, of the Eastern Cape which offers you horse riding, hiking, canoeing and fishing from a beautiful tented camp overlooking a turquoise-blue lagoon.

The entire project is run by the local community, with marketing and management input from a non-profit, non-government organization. Here you can chat with the local people who are very proud of their magnificent home area, learn how they live and go fishing with them, or foraging for wild foodstuffs. Or, of course, you can just lie around relaxing in beautiful surroundings.

The vegetation of this area is pretty unique, as many of the biomes of South Africa come together here, so you will find some unusual plants. The water plant, palmiet, for example, is found here and only much closer to Cape Town, so it’s a bit of an anomaly, and there are so many other plants found nowhere else, that this area has been dubbed the Pondoland Centre of Endemism. If you’re of a botanical bent, you should set aside a lot of time to explore this coast, especially the Mkambati Nature Reserve.

And, then, for a totally different cultural experience, you could explore the towns of Port St Johns or Lusikisiki, which are small but busy, and bustling with a vibrant energy.

Local ladies in dress  on our Eastern Cape  Tours

Cofee Bay, Eastern Cape.

Coffee Bay has a number of advantages over its, admittedly also fantastic, rival Wild Coast destinations. Probably the most important, especially for visitors who are not used to unpaved roads, is the fact that a tarred road leads all the way there.

Other advantages include a friendly hotel, two backpackers hostels, fantastic surf and the iconic hole in the wall. This unusual rock formation is a rocky island a few hundred metres offshore, with a hole right through the middle. The tunnel is big enough to drive a ski boat through, but only the foolishly brave or bravely foolish would attempt to do so, as the sea crashes through there hence the local name esiKhaleni,which means place of noise.

Most people visit here for the fantastic scenery, the lovely beaches and the charm of the local people but there are some more active choices as well. You could do an abseil right over the sea, a scenic day canoe trip on the Umtata River or an escorted walk. And, of course, once you’ve worked up an appetite, you’ll be able to munch your way through lots of lovely seafood.

Coffee Bay is about an hours drive from the N2 on a tarred, but unfenced, road, which branches off the N2 about 20km on the East London side of Umtata. The closest airport is at Umtata - with flights only to and from Johannesburg.
 
The Eastern Cape begins where the Garden Route ends so its  a easy fit, with a Garden Route package.