Cape Province Cricket Tour

This tour begins in the city of Cape Town and runs through the Garden Route, South Africa’s premier tourist destination, on to Port Elizabeth where it moves through the rural interior of the Eastern Cape an area steeped in history and cricket tradition. Enjoy the sights and sounds of two of South Africa’s most beautiful coastal cities while at the same time visit an area of vast open space teaming with wildlife.

Why we recommend this tour:
This tour offers the best of both worlds as it combines a visit to two of our large modern cities with a tour through the very underdeveloped East Cape interior, which will provide ample game viewing opportunities. Cricket venues have been hand picked to ensure that your tour is an unforgettable experience. We have included a match at aSante Sana, a game farm, near Graaff Reinet with a first class cricket ground and batting wicket as well as a game at the MCG (Mill Cricket Ground) in the farming area of Bedford. The MCG played host to the Bangladesh test side in 2002 and they rated their visit there as the highlight of their tour.

Highlights of the Tour

• Trip up Table Mountain on the Cable Way
• Visit to the V & A Waterfront
• Sundowner cruises out to sea aboard a 45-berth ocean going yacht.
• Supper aboard the paddle cruiser on the Knysna lagoon
• City tour of Port Elizabeth and Cape Town
• Game drive through Addo Elephant National Park
• Stay and game drive at aSante Sana a privately owned game reserve
• Cricket match on the aSante Sana oval under the mountains
• Cricket match at the MCG near Bedford
• Five matches are played against local club opposition at incredible picturesque and unique grounds

Settlers Cricket Tour

Tour dates: Book at own convenience.

Cricket is played throughout South Africa, from cities to farms, but nowhere do cricket traditions, both black and white, run deeper than in the Eastern Cape. Start off in a vibrant first-world city and move through the heart and soul of South African cricket. Enjoy a full South African cricketing experience... not to mention vast plains teeming with indigenous game. The first South African cricket clubs established in the East Cape by 1820 British Settlers are still running today.

Why we recommend this tour:
This tour moves between the beautiful Indian Ocean cities of Port Elizabeth and East London, along the Sunshine Coast, with a detour into Frontier Territory (named after the Frontier wars between British settlers and Xhosa warriors during the 1800s). Cricket is played hard on the field and even harder back in the pub. Together with hunting, cricket is high on the priorities of farming communities. The Settlers cricket tour will prove to be an experience you will never forget.

Highlights of the Tour

• City tour in Port Elizabeth and East London
• A night at the Seaside Resort Kenton-on-Sea
• Two nights accommodation at aSante Sana, a privately owned game reserve
• Cricket on the aSante Sana oval beneath the mountains
• Cricket at the MCG near Bedford
• Accommodation at Crawford’s Cabins on the dunes overlooking the ocean at Cintsa East
• Five cricket matches are played at unique grounds throughout the Eastern Cape, ranging from big club venues in Port Elizabeth to small settler established clubs in the farming areas, including a game at a rural venue against one of the previously disadvantaged clubs for the prize of half a sheep.