The Trip
The Weekend Breede River trip follows a basic itinerary as follows, although there may be variations depending on individual circumstances.
Friday
Your group needs to arrive at the Wild Thing base camp in Swellendam by 17h00. Your guides will meet and greet you here and an informal fireside evening meal will be served from 20h00. This is a good time to relax, ask questions and mingle with fellow trippers.
Saturday
After an early farmhouse breakfast you will be shown how to pack your belongings into dry bags. You will be transported to a put-in point 20km upstream where you will undergo a briefing on safety and environmental matters. Next you will pack your dry bags into the 2-man inflatable canoes in which you will be traveling. Then it’s in to the river and downstream till lunchtime. The guides serve lunch on the riverbank and there will even be time for a snooze! An overnight stop will be at a camp in the bush along the banks where a hearty evening meal will be enjoyed around the fire. You will fall asleep under the African night sky….
Sunday
The guides will serve up another of their great breakfasts and then it’s time to break camp and continue downstream to the lunch stop. Thereafter it’s back to base camp where a hot shower is all that remains before saying goodbye and heading back to Cape Town with a full camera and plenty of great memories!
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Price: Adults R895 per person
Includes: All meals (dinner on Friday one to lunch on day Sunday), all equipment, registered guides, camping facilities
Excluded: Transport to base camp, additional nights accommodation and meals, alcohol and refreshments, personal items, gratuities.
Numbers: 14 required, but smaller groups can be linked up to make up the numbers.
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