There are many wonderful locations around the world to play golf, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, Portugal and the United States for example. But there can be few better places however, than South Africa's Western Cape. Combine the most stunning coastal and mountain scenery, a magnificent climate and rather good wine with golf courses such as Erinvale, Royal Cape, The Links at Fancourt, Arabella and Pezula Golf Club and you have the ultimate golf holiday destination.

South Africa also has the advantage of the language being the same, one drives on the left and the time difference is just an hour in summer and two hours in winter.

There are two specific areas that we would recommend visiting, firstly the Cape Town area, including the Winelands and secondly the Garden Route. Within the Cape Town region you will find traditional parkland courses in unbelievable settings - Erinvale for example, at the foot of the Hellentot Holland Mountains, Stellenbosch which is set in the heart of the Winelands, Steenberg which overlooks the amazing False Bay, and Araballa Golf Club which sweeps down towards the coast and lagoon near to Hermanus. Add to the above Milnerton Links, which provides picture postcard views of Table Mountain from what is known as the Bloubergstrand.

From Cape Town the drive to the beginning of the Garden Route is four hours. The heart of the Garden Route is Knysna and this is where we would recommend that you stay. In terms of the golf, there are surely few more unique courses than The Links at Fancourt, which indeed has the feel and experience of a links course, until you realise that is, that the sea is over 20 miles away! Pezula Golf Club is just east of Knysna, and provides one of the great tests of golf in South Africa, not to mention its unbelievable cliff and forestry setting.  Simola is just extraordinary – you need to play it and see why!  Plettenburg Bay, George and Knysna are also courses of the highest order.

We are pleased to recommend one suggested itinerary for your consideration. The itinerary however, can be amended to meet any requirements that you may have abd be re-priced accordingly. 

An alternative to a self drive holiday is to join our colleague David Short, on one of his Escorted Golf Tours to South Africa.  David hosts two ten night Escorted Tours each year and a month long tour each November, the itineraries for which are illustrated from the links on this page.

South Africa's Western Cape is truly one of the most stunning regions in the world, if you are tempted, then let the temptation get the better of you, you won't regret it!