Cape Town: Constantia Wine Tour with 3-Course Lunch & Tastings

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Free cancellation

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Duration8h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Three historic wine farms in one day, without the drive or the bill at the end

You arrive at your Cape Town accommodation and get picked up without arranging transport. Spend the day tasting at three premium Constantia Valley estates, touring the cellar of South Africa's oldest wine farm, and eating a three-course lunch with wine included. The guide handles all the stops, timing, and bills — you return to your hotel in the late afternoon with nothing left to organize.

Step-by-step itinerary

Full day Constantia wine tour

Pick up from accommodation
Visit first wine farm for tasting
Visit second wine farm for tasting
Visit third wine farm for tasting
Cellar and site tour at historic farm
Enjoy three-course à la carte lunch
Drop off at accommodation

The Experience

The car pulls up to your hotel before nine. Cold water is already waiting in the air-conditioned vehicle, and your guide knows the Constantia Valley the way locals do — which farms are worth lingering in, which cellars still use methods from the 1700s, where the light hits the mountains best around midday. You're not rushing between stops or checking your phone for directions. That's already handled.

The first tasting happens at a farm you've probably heard of, the kind with the long history and the cellar tour that actually explains what you're tasting instead of just pouring. Three or four estates across the day, each one chosen for something different — a particular vintage, a view, a story the guide can tell you properly because he's been coming here for years. The Constantia Berg rises behind the vineyards, and on a clear day you see the back of Table Mountain and the Twelve Apostles from the tasting room. Lunch is a three-course sit-down meal, not a rushed thing — you order what you want, pair it with a wine of your choice, and nobody's watching the clock.

What makes this work is that everything is already paid for. No settling bills at three different farms, no tipping confusion, no moment where you're doing math in your head instead of tasting. The guide answers questions as they come up — about the soil, the harvest, why this valley makes what it makes. You're out for the full day, but it doesn't feel like a schedule. It feels like someone who knows the place is showing you around, and you get to just pay attention.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup and drop-off anywhere in and around Cape Town, three to four premium wine tastings at carefully chosen estates, a cellar and site tour of South Africa's oldest wine farm, a three-course à la carte lunch with a wine of your choice, cold water throughout the day in an air-conditioned vehicle, and a local knowledgeable guide. All tastings, lunch, and cellar access are paid for — no bills to settle at the farms.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by The Constantia Wine Tour

Is this one for you?Right for travelers staying in Cape Town who want to taste Constantia's best wines without arranging transport, timing three farms, or settling separate bills. The full day out is what makes visiting multiple historic estates and sitting down for a proper lunch possible in one trip.