Stellenbosch Wine Tour: Self-Guided GPS Audio Guide

Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Duration4h - 9h
Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesChinese, English
Private tourOnly your group will participate

Overview

Drive Stellenbosch yourself, with a GPS audio guide that plays automatically as you go. Your booking unlocks the whole region in the free Wine Trails app: pick your date and starting point, Stellenbosch town is the natural centre, or roll in from Cape Town or Somerset West, choose the cellar doors you want, and the app builds your personal route with turn-by-turn narration. 60 stories cover 37 cellar doors across the Annandale red wine mile, the Helshoogte Pass and the quiet Bottelary Road: as you pass Delheim you'll hear how, one afternoon in 1971, Spatz Sperling, Frans Malan of Simonsig and Neil Joubert of Spier opened their gates to visitors and invented South African wine tourism. No group, no schedule, no guide, pause for a long tasting, replay anything, and the audio keeps working when the signal drops over the mountain passes. You'll need a car and a designated driver; tastings are booked and paid directly with the wineries.

Works with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto!

What's included

  • Email and in-app chat support
  • Cellar-door narration for Rust en Vrede, Thelema, Tokara and Beyerskloof
  • Regional chapters on Simon van der Stel, Cape Dutch heritage and the birth of Pinotage
  • Complete offline download - audio, maps and route stored on your phone
  • Buy once, no expiry, with free content and audio updates for life
  • Trip planner to build and reorder your own route
  • GPS audio tour of Stellenbosch with stories playing automatically at each stop
  • One purchase covers everyone in the vehicle
  • In-app map with every estate, pass and viewpoint pinned
  • Wine tastings and cellar-door tasting fees (paid directly at each estate)
  • Food, meals and snacks
  • Transport - you drive your own car or rental vehicle
  • Fuel, parking and road tolls
  • Mobile data or wifi to download the tour before you set out

What to expect

  1. Stellenbosch
    30m
    Oak-lined Dorp Street and Cape Dutch gables, shaded by trees descended from Simon van der Stel's 1690s plantings.
  2. Rust en Vrede Tasting Room
    30m
    Founded in 1694 on Annandale Road, an anchor of Stellenbosch's red wine mile.
  3. Ernie Els Wines
    30m
    The golfer's own Annandale Road estate, built around Bordeaux-style reds.
  4. Uva Mira Mountain Vineyards
    30m
    High on the Helderberg above Annandale Road, celebrated for award-winning Chardonnay.
  5. Waterford Estate
    30m
    Cellar door on Upper Blaauwklippen Road in the Helderberg foothills.
  6. Thelema Mountain Vineyards
    30m
    On the Helshoogte Road, where Gyles Webb left accounting behind to become one of South African wine's defining figures.
  7. Tokara Wine Estate
    30m
    Sitting right at the crest of the Helshoogte Pass, with views back over the Stellenbosch valley.
  8. Oldenburg Vineyards
    30m
    Over the pass in the Banghoek Valley on Banghoek Road, one of the most beautiful wine valleys in the Cape.
  9. Lourensford Wine Estate
    30m
    Knorhoek Road estate on the Simonsberg's lower slopes, whose Spatz Sperling co-founded South Africa's first wine route in 1971.
  10. Lourensford Wine Estate
    30m
    Named for the Simonsberg, and the estate where Frans Malan pioneered Methode Cap Classique sparkling wine.
  11. Beyerskloof Tasting Room
    30m
    On the R304 at Koelenhof, the farm Beyers Truter bought in 1988 and turned into the world's best-known Pinotage producer.
  12. Lanzerac Wine Estate
    30m
    The estate that released the first commercially bottled Pinotage in 1959.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
Cape Town Central
Cape Town Central, South Africa
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These are self-guided wine tours, so these are just where a user can drive in from. The user can start from wherever they are at.

Meeting point
Somerset West
Somerset West, South Africa
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These are self-guided wine tours, so these are just where a user can drive in from. The user can start from wherever they are at.

Meeting point
Stellenbosch Farms
Stellenbosch Farms, South Africa
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These are self-guided wine tours, so these are just where a user can drive in from. The user can start from wherever they are at.

End point
Cape Town Central
Cape Town Central, South Africa
Open in Google Maps

These are self-guided wine tours, so these are just where a user can drive in from. The user can start from wherever they are at.

End point
Somerset West
Somerset West, South Africa
Open in Google Maps

These are self-guided wine tours, so these are just where a user can drive in from. The user can start from wherever they are at.

End point
Stellenbosch Farms
Stellenbosch Farms, South Africa
Open in Google Maps

These are self-guided wine tours, so these are just where a user can drive in from. The user can start from wherever they are at.

Additional information

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • By giving your phone number you agree to receive up to 2 texts from Wine Trails about this booking (your tour link and a tour-day reminder)
  • Msg & data rates may apply. Msg frequency: max 2 texts per booking. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help
  • Before you travel: download the free Wine Trails app (iOS or Android) and create your account while you are on wifi
  • Unlock your region in the app: tap Redeem a booking or code, choose Booked online, then enter your Viator booking reference (starts with BR-) and the last name on the booking
  • Download your tour over wifi before you drive: coverage in wine country is patchy and the offline download keeps the narration playing
  • One booking unlocks Stellenbosch on your account for good: unlimited routes and tours, no expiry, no subscription

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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