Vineyards and wine tasting are probably not the first thing that springs to mind when you’re thinking about the Garden Route, but believe it or not there are a more than a few estates producing wonderful wines in this corner of the world.

Newstead Wines (open Tuesdays to Saturdays from 11am until 4pm) and Bramon Wine Estate (open daily from 11am - 5pm) are both in The Crags just outside Plettenberg Bay and both offer wine tasting and a restaurant. Packwood Wine and Country Estate between Knysna and Plettenberg Bay offers wine tastings as well as breakfasts and cheese platters. Open Monday - Friday from 10am until 4pm.

Slightly further afield are Jakkalsvlei Private Cellars in Herbertsdale outside Mossel Bay and Herold Wines outside George. Both of these estates are surrounded by beautiful scenery, mountains and valleys and both offer wine tastings and lunches.