GUIDED TOURS - AIRPORT TRANSFERS    
 

Andante Tours is a private Tour Operator, owned and managed by Danie and Linda de Villiers.  We offer guided tours in and around Cape Town and the Western Cape and also do Airport Transfers and Shuttles, as well as day trips to all the local festivals.

We specialise in private and exclusive tours for smaller groups and families of 2 to 6 people.  As the groups are smaller, we are able to adapt any tour to the specific needs and interests of the guests to ensure that they enjoy themselves.  We do however also take larger groups. 

Danie is a fully qualified and licensed tourist guide and is registered with the National Registrar of Tourist Guides and is a full member of the Cape Tourist Guides Association.  He is also a licensed professional driver.

Our vehicle is a Chrysler Grand Voyager, fully executive, with leather seats, air conditioning and ABS, Traction Control and SRS airbags to ensure that our guests arrive at their destination safely, relaxed and on time.


The standard tours cost from R500.00 p.p.p.d., but please contact us to work out an individual package around your requirements.

Our five standard tours are described below, but customised tours are arranged to suit your needs and interests.

Cape Town: Our Mother City is one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Join us in exploring it by driving through or walking it. Most popular sites includes Table Mountain, Robben Island, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, the Castle of Good Hope, the colourful Malay Quarters in the Bo-Kaap, vibrant Long Street, the Company's Gardens, Bloubergstrand with the world famous view of Table Mountain, Signal Hill and The V&A Waterfront. See the balcony of the old City Hall overlooking the Grand Parade from where Nelson Mandela gave his freedom speach in 1990.
Tour price: R1,600 for 6. Private Tours (per person) (1) R800 (2) R600 (3) R400 (4) R350 (5) R300
(Cable Car ticket to Table Mountain and Robben Island fare not included in tour price)
   
The Cape Peninsula: A must for any visitor to the Cape. 
We drive to Muizenberg and follow the False Bay coast past the fishing village of Kalk Bay, Fish Hoek and Simon's Town  where we visit the penguin colony at Boulders Beach. We continue to Cape Point, with spectacular views from the old lighthouse, to Hout Bay via Scarborough, Misty Cliffs, Noordhoek and the world famous Chapmans Peak Drive. Our return journey to Cape Town takes us along the Atlantic Seaboard past the Twelve Apostels and through Camps Bay, Clifton, Bantry Bay and Sea Point.
Tour price: R2,000 for 6. Private Tours (per person) (1) R1,000 (2) R750 (3) R500 (4) R450 (5) R400

The Wine Tour:  We take in the splendour of the Cape Winelands.
Choose between the historic Constantia region with Groot Constantia being the oldest of the country's many wine farms, Durbanville Hills the modern or the scenic mountains and vineyards of the Boland where we will visit Paarl, Franschoek and Stellenbosch.  We do a cellar tour with basic lecture on wine making and tasting, and taste the wines of at least two other award-winning wine estates.  We will understand if you cannot choose and spend three days doing them all! 
Tour price = R2,000 for 6.  Private Tours (per person) (1) R1,000 (2) R750 (3) R500 (4) R450 (5) R400

The Overberg:  A fun day with spectacular coastal drives and whale watching.
We travel to Hermanus over Sir Lowry's Pass and past the apple orchards of Elgin and Grabouw to Walker Bay - one of the world's best land-based whale watching points.  Although whale viewing is seasonal (July to November), Hermanus boasts with permanant Southern Right residents!  We return through Kleinmond and Betty's Bay where we visit the penguin colony at Stony Point, and along the 18 kilometer Clarence Drive between Rooiels and Gordons Bay, one of the most scenic coastal drives in the world! 
Tour price = R2,000 for 6.  Private Tours (per person) (1) R1,000 (2) R750 (3) R500 (4) R450 (5) R400

West Coast: A truly unique region with rugged beauty and true diversity.
The simple landscape of gentle fynbos and endless beach, with 10 million year old fossils, rich birdlife and spectacular wild flowers in spring.  Visit Yzerfontein with it's Sixteen Mile Beach, the 17 kilometer long Langebaan Lagoon - a Ramsar-protected wetland. We visit Paternoster, an endearing fishing vilage with white washed cottages and drive the St Helena Bay coast past Da Gama's Cross past the big fishing industry to the Berg River estuary surrounded by the small settlements of Velddrif, Laaiplek and Port Owen. 
Tour price = R2,000 for 6. Private Tours (per person) (1) R1,000 (2) R750 (3) R500 (4) R450 (5) R400
(Optional visit to the West Coast Fossil Park outside Hopefield extra)

Four Passes, Wine and Berries: Drive 4 mountain passes, taste wine and berries.
We drive to Stellenbosch and explore te town: Oom Samie se Winkel, Dorp Street, Die Braak, the University Buildings, Helshoogte Pass and enjoy coffee/tea and scones at Hillcrest Berry Farm overlooking the Banhoek Valley. We visit historice Boschendal Wine Estate and taste their award-winning wines, visit Franschoek drive the scenic Franschoek Pass and continue past Theewaterskloof Dam, Viljoens Pass, Grabouw, Elgin and Sir Lowry’s Pass to Mooiberge where you can pick your own strawberries in season.
Tour price = R2,000 for 6. Private Tours (per person) (1) R1,000 (2) R750 (3) R500 (4) R450 (5) R400
(Optional visit to Franschoek Motor Museum for own cost)

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If you do not have enough time we can also design a condensed tour to cover most of the important sites in a day, which will leave you feeling that you did not miss a thing!

We also love to tour the Garden Route and we will design the itinerary around your needs.  These tours normally range between three and five days and include the R62 through the Klein Karoo to Oudtshoorn with it's ostrich farms, wine estates and the Cango Caves, George, Knysna, Tsitsikama, Mosselbay, and the Wilderness and Victoria Bay.   

Andante is a musical term meaning slow & leisurely, and we would love to be true to our name by making your experience an enjoyable, leisurely one.  Our mission is to provide interesting and factual information in a friendly and entertaining manner and to ensure that our guests enjoy themselves.
 
For more pictures, comments and information about our tours,  visit our Facebook Page 


If you need more information or would like to book a tour, just complete the contact form below Click Here.

 You can also phone us on telephone +2782 949 9913 or +2782 758 2209, or our office at +2721 948 2200.  Alternatively you can send a fax to +2786 505 0309 or e-mail us at info@andantetours.co.za   
http://www.andantetours.co.za

 
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David and Debbie Dresden, Chicago, USA - May 2012
Daniel did an outstanding job in showing us Cape Town. He was even able to squeeze in a visit to Langa township which was a very memorable experience. Daniel tailors the tours to the client. He shows you what you want to see and does not have a set agenda which we really liked. He is also very flexible. On the Cape Town tour we were to visit the top of Table Mountain last. Due to high winds the cable car was closed, so he asked if we wanted to go early the next morning before our wine tour. He is very accommodating and overall just a nice person. We had a fantastic time and he made us feel very comfortable. We really enjoyed our visit to wine country and our visits to the wineries. Daniel was very knowledgeable of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek and showed us a great time.

Laura Dalzell, Seatle, USA - Jan, 2012 
Danie took us on a tour of the Boland Winelands. He is a great informative guide, very professional and friendly.

Hartmut Grommel, Hamburg, Germany - November 2011
Hello Danie, I just saw on your Facebook page the nice photos that you took during our fantastic Cape Agulhas tour and wanted to thank you again for this great experience, as well as also for the nice Winelands tour. You really were an excellent tour guide and a wonderful companion for me, during these two days! Actually, I went yesterday again to Stellenbosch for a day. I liked it so much and just wanted to spent some more time there. For now, I would like to wish you and your family very good weekend!  Vriendelike groete, Hartmut.

Barry and Moira Mallion, Owners: Tree Tops Guest House, Camps Bay, Cape Town - October 2011
We would like to thank Danie of Andante Tours most sincerely for his prompt and professional attention to our guests who have required his services.  It has been a pleasure dealing with him and we have found him to be 100% reliable, friendly and punctual at all times. Our guests have all remarked on their comfortable, relaxed and well priced trips and have enjoyed him sharing his local knowledge and tourist information with them.  We look forward to our continued association with him and his company.

Scott and Donney Sharp, Dundee, Scotland - July 2011.
We were spending the last three days of our South African holiday in Cape Town. We were just going to tour the sites on our own, but our guide on the Safari part of our holiday advised us to contact Danie and Linda de Villiers of Andante Tours. It was the best thing we could have done. Danie picked us up at our hotel each morning and the first day we toured Cape Town, including Table Mountain. Danie told us to tell him to stop any time we wanted to take photographs, which was often! The second day we toured the Cape Peninsula, and Cape Point. Danie even accompanied me on the climb to the lighthouse at the top of Cape Point! Then coming back towards Cape Town we came through fishing villages and the most spectacular scenery you can imagine. The third day we did the Wine Tour, including visits to Paarl and Stellenbosch. Again, stunning scenery as we passed through the mountains.

Two things make a good tour. One is a good tour guide with lots of local knowledge, and the other is a comfortable vehicle for travelling. Andante Tours has both! Danie is a most charming guy, very friendly with a great sense of humour, and his vehicle is comfort deluxe! Linda came with us on the Saturday and was great company.

If anyone has a few days to spend in Cape Town, and in a party of 6 or less, you won’t get better value and service than what you’ll get from Danie and Linda at Andante Tours. They will even meet you at the airport and arrange accommodation for your stay in Cape Town, so no need to rent a car.

Thank you, Danie and Linda, for making the last part of our holiday so memorable.

Andrew and Kaley Clarfield, Toronto, Canada - July 2011
The trip was one of the most special of our lives and our time in Stellenbosch was definitely one of the highlights.

For us, it was really special that you offered to take pictures for us. That was such a nice surprise and relief to not have to be burdened with that.

Arranging the one cellar tour for us was really nice. For us it was good to see that once, but not very important to see more than one, so you did really well. Hearing that you had taken the time to arrange that in advance (with the very little advance time you had) was really great. That type of attention to customer service makes a big difference.

From our experience (and Kaley has since had another wine-tasting tour - she's hooked!) it was clear that each wine-tasting place had a different style. Some were hands on, some were do-it-yourself. You were really good at reading our interests and helping to bridge the gap. So when a place was hands-on, you faded into the background. When a place was a bit hands-off, and we were looking for direction, you were around to jump in. That was important. It was equally important that you backed off when things were going well....as we didn't feel crowded and were able to have the experience ourselves, without you always there. That's a very tough balance, and we thought you managed it extremely well.

Another thing that was really nice was that we didn't feel rushed at any point in the day. You let us decide when we were done. I guess that is your motto: slow & leisurely!

Thanks again for everything and we wish you nothing but great success in the business.

Deanne, Duty Manager, Table Mountain Lodge - August 2011
Hi Danie, Thank you for taking the Begg’s yesterday. They loved their trip with you and were extremely happy with everything! Thank you so much!

Enjoy your day, I am sure we will be in contact in the future!

Elise Cosby, Noakesville, USA - June 2011
Daniel and Linda are wonderful hosts and knows the Cape so well.  Not only does Danie enjoy showing the fairest Cape to guests, he loves living there. The best tour guide in the Cape.
 

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