Full Day Tours

Join us on a full day Big 5 safari in the magnificent Kruger National Park. The diversity of mammal species that can be found here is greater than anywhere else on the planet. With over 600 bird species, both migratory and sedentary, the park is considered to be a birding hotspot by people all over the world. Interesting insects and reptiles can be found and the plant life is spectacular.

Experience 700 free roaming African Elephants in the diverse and expanding malaria free Addo park. Search the plains and sub-tropical thicket for Lion, Rhino, Buffalo, Zebra, Eland, Red Hartebeest as well as a wealth of birds and reptiles.

Start the morning on the protected waters of Port Elizabeth’s Algoa Bay searching for seasonal Humpback and Southern Right Whales, Dolphins, Seals and Sharks. Circumnavigate St Croix Island for close up views of the largest breeding colony of African Penguin in the world before departing to the Addo Elephant National Park scanning the thickets for the more traditional members of the BIG 5 and other animals, birds and reptiles.

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU!! To all the absolutely wonderful passengers from the cruise ships that have chosen to book their tours with Alan Tours.

We take a drive along the Port Elizabeth beach front, making our way to the southern entrance of the bay at Cape Recife or the ‘Cape of Rocks’ as named by the early explorers. Here we visit the penguin rehab. centre and the Lighthouse before continuing around the rugged and picturesque coastline with spectacular views over the Indian Ocean stopping to view some of the endless golden beaches, fringed in places by colossal sand dunes.

Great White Shark viewing and cage diving has arrived in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape!! We are now able to offer a one of a kind, exciting marine safari to Bird Island on the north eastern coast of Algoa Bay as a full day excursion to this amazingly wild place. The day includes seasonal whale watching en route, Dolphins along the coastline as well as time spent with the endangered African penguins that breed on St Croix Island.

Spend a day exploring this rough terrain in the northern Addo Elephant National Park; keep an eye out for Eland, Red Hartebeest, Zebra, Klipspringer and Warthog amongst the many other species of animals and birds. Stop for a well-prepared picnic lunch and at scenic viewpoints between slopes through which we need to negotiate the 4 x 4 vehicle. Learn the fascinating history of a running battle between the British and Boers through these rugged valleys and mountain peaks.

Visit one of the most popular National Park South Africa’s, home to 700 free roaming Elephants, Lions, Buffalo, Zebra, Eland and Antelope amongst the many other species of animals and bird life. In the Zuurberg Mountain we have a memorable experience of walking with the giants in the valley thickets. There is a chance to interact while you feed the bulls, after which they get a chance to swim and mud bathe at the waterhole.

Exciting and informative game drive through the malaria free Addo Elephant National Park, home to close to 700 free roaming Elephants, Lions, Buffalo, Zebra, Eland and Antelope. Before the shadows merged into dusk we slowly cruise on the Sundays River watching for birds and game along the way.

Wild flower reserve, wooded valleys and modern bridges combine to start a journey through this picturesque western part of the Eastern Cape. Characterized by the uninhabited, endless golden beaches of the Indian Ocean and bordered by the mountains in the north there are Nature Reserves and the Baviaanskloof, a World Heritage Site, well laid out, productive farmlands and citrus orchards. Discover the largest sundial in Africa and the last resting place of the Khoikhoi woman Sarah Baartman.

Exciting and informative safari combo. Games drive through the ever-popular malaria free Addo Elephant National Park, home to close to 700 free roaming Elephants, and private game reserve with traditional dinner in open boma.

Depart via the coastline to a Wild Flower reserve and Storms River Bridge. Enjoy the stunning scenery of Jeffreys Bay, the temperate Tsitsikamma National Park on the famous Garden Route. Visit Monkeyland with its free roaming monkeys and Birds of Eden.

During a Canopy tour you glide through the forest canopy attached to zip lines. While, as an optional extra, the ultimate thrill belongs to hurling yourself off the 216 m high Bloukrans Bridge Bungy jump,one of the highest in the world and enjoy a fascinating experience at Monkeyland and Birds of Eden.

A guided tour of SANCCOB and the operational lighthouse at Cape Recife. Search the shoreline for the many species of Waders, Shore and Marine birds that utilize this important area, the endangered Black oystercatcher and Rosette tern amongst the many different species. We departing inland and discover the hidden secrets of the Eastern Cape subtropical thickets

Echos of the past, an informative excursion into the culturally vibrant Eastern Cape district. Visit old fortified farmhouses, monuments, stone churches in Bathurst and Port Alfred. The Clay Fort, once the scene of the start of a war. Visit Fraser’s Signal Tower, a tiny field Hospital and many other places on the way to Grahamstown.

Port Elizabeth is surrounded by beautiful expanses of pristine beaches and wilderness areas on the very doorstep of the city. Hiking trails and pathways spread themselves along this coastline, through evergreen forests and over remote mountains and into steep, forested valleys. Come and explore these fascinating and diverse wilderness areas

We visit the Central suburbs of Port Elizabeth with the many galleries, the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, Art and Antique shops, studios and sidewalk displays.

This is a winter tour as it is only at this time of the year, June through to August, that the wide spread and spectacular display of wild Aloes takes place. A time of the year when most plants are hibernating, either having lost their leaves and flowers to await the new spring in their dull winter overcoats or await shrouded in a coat of autumn browns and oranges for the new sap to produce the abundant new growth of spring.

The residence open their gardens both in town and on the farms to visitors in an annual garden festival highlighting the wonderfully tended gardens bursting with flowers of all colours shapes and sizes. A must for garden enthusiasts but also for all those who appreciate the beauty of nature in this quaint village.