Vine Hopper: Exploring Stellenbosch Wine Route, Experience 6 Unique Wineries

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Hop on the Vine Hopper and explore the Stellenbosch Wine Route, visiting 6 unique wineries. Experience the differences between wine estates in Stellenbosch while enjoying tastings at Neethlingshof, Van Ryn Brandy distillery, Spier, Haskell, Alto, and Kleine Zalze.

Duration: 8 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Vine Hopper Southern Route (Route)

Operating Schedule: Departure times: 08:45; 10:00; 11:15; 12:30; 13:45
Last departure from Estates: 17:00
Please note, starting later means fewer Estates to visit.
It is recommended to select 4 farms for a leisurely and enjoyable tasting day.
1. 1 Noordwal-Wes Rd
Points of Interest

Kleine Zalze
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What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off in Stellenbosch area
Hop-on hop-off tour in minivan

What's Not Included

Wine tastings payable at farms that you choose to visit (Aproximately R25-R50 per farm)
Food and drinks

Additional Information

Discover the charm of some of Stellenbosch’s finest vineyards as you explore the Southern Route wine estates along Stellenbosch and the Helderberg Mountains. You have the option to visit Kleine Zalze, known for its award-winning wines, or savor the historic elegance of Blaauwklippen and its restaurants. Delight in the rustic charm of Annandale Wine…

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Charles_w

Jun 28, 2024

Vine Hopper is a Winner! - Marshall, our host, performed his duties impeccably shuttling us to 3 wine estates. Vine Hopper is the way to conduct your wine tours.

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Roy_m

Jun 13, 2024

Wine tour with humour. - An absolute cracker of a day. Our driver, Marshall was one in a million, a great sense of humour, and an amazing knowledge of the local history and culture. If your in Stellenbosch I would thoroughly recommend availing your self of this tour and Marshalls services.

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Daydream25853863536

Apr 16, 2024

Taste of 4 Stellenbosch wineries - Wine Hop-On Hop Off bus is good option how to visit Stellenbosch wineries if you do not have car and you do not want to be on organized tour with prescribed itinerary. Here you had option to stay on one / more visited wineries longer or to move to the next winery on the itinerary. We visited 4 wineries (1) Neethlingshof Estate, 2) Spier Wine Farm, Alto Wine Estate and Kleine Zalze), which was plenty enough. Each of visited wineries was different, and wine in all locations was excellent and ambiente of all places was beautiful. This is good option if you are staying in Stellenbosch or you can also do from Cape Town if you will come to Stellenbosch individually

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Jacktara

Feb 23, 2024

Cheers to fabulous wine & Scenery - Wonderful Southern tour in a comfortable minivan. Depending on what time you start will depend on how many wine stops you are able to do. We started at 11am and were able to do 3 stops which included us having a shared platter for lunch. The wine and scenery was wonderful. I don’t think we could cope with 4 stops as were quite jolly after 3 stops 🤣🍷🥂

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Adele_d

Feb 17, 2024

Fabulous wine tasting - We had a lovely day drinking wine and our driver Jerome was great as he tailored the pick ups to suit us.

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Luccondel

Dec 11, 2023

A Seamless Wine Tasting Journey - My experience on the wine tasting tour was exceptionally easy and enjoyable. The efficient and comfortable transportation between wineries, ease characterized the entire journey. The selected wineries offered a variety of experiences, and the tastings were conducted in an approachable manner, even for beginners. Overall, the combination of ease, expertise, and a pleasant atmosphere made this tour a memorable and highly recommended experience for those seeking a hassle-free wine journey.

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119stevey

Oct 30, 2023

Fun Day with Marchall!! - If in Stellenbosch and you want to have a FUN day and see some wineries, this is the thing to do!! We had a GREAT driver/tour guide, Marchall who made our day such a fun time! Welcomed us on the van with rules (HAHA)! and told us about what wineries we were going to see and do(IF you want to see them all). Had tips on where to eat. Just made the day very enjoyable with his knowledge and fun attitude!!

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Road51019314032

Oct 4, 2023

A great way to visit the vineyards. - This is a really great way to visit several vineyards in one day with a very good degree of independence. The minibus service operates to a timetable circulating around six vineyards with days of the week adopting different timetables and different vineyards. The guides/drivers are very knowledgeable. Each drop off from the Transport at a vineyard approximately one hour before the next minibus collection arrives and this does allow for six vineyards to be visited in one day. However, if more time is taken at any particular vineyard then the number of Vineyards able to be visited that day will be restricted. From what we saw and learned from our driver - it is evident that the majority of visitors are intent on maximising wine consumption, rather than tasting - also illustrated by an absence of spittoons which are only provided upon request . All vineyards visited offered different facilities and appealed in different ways. Overall, it is a good experience, and of course – an obligatory thing to do when visiting South Africa.

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Rayw281

Sep 24, 2023

Good wine, great scenery, hilarious driver! - We all had a great day on this tour - even the non-drinkers! The wineries we visited such as Spier and Alto were in such beautiful settings and the people were all helpful and friendly. The Eagle Encounter was an unexpected highlight - great to be able to hold and cuddle with owls! Our driver Marshall was a real hoot and provided frank answers to our questions about the country. Highly reccommend!

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Curious26549847219

Dec 20, 2023

We were the only couple in the vehicle .Driver did very little explaining - Very disappointing. Tour was totally unorganized . We're off loaded at a wine farm that was still closed .

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up to 13 guests

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