Stellenbosch Wine Tour: Self-Guided GPS Audio Guide

Drive Stellenbosch yourself, with a GPS audio guide that plays automatically as you go. Your booking unlocks the whole region in the free Wine Trails app: pick your date and starting point, Stellenbosch town is the natural centre, or roll in from Cape Town or Somerset West, choose the cellar doors you want, and the app builds your personal route with turn-by-turn narration. 60 stories cover 37 cellar doors across the Annandale red wine mile, the Helshoogte Pass and the quiet Bottelary Road: as you pass Delheim you'll hear how, one afternoon in 1971, Spatz Sperling, Frans Malan of Simonsig and Neil Joubert of Spier opened their gates to visitors and invented South African wine tourism. No group, no schedule, no guide, pause for a long tasting, replay anything, and the audio keeps working when the signal drops over the mountain passes. You'll need a car and a designated driver; tastings are booked and paid directly with the wineries. Works with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto!

1. 1

   Stellenbosch

   30 min

   Oak-lined Dorp Street and Cape Dutch gables, shaded by trees descended from Simon van der Stel's 1690s plantings.

2. 2

   Rust en Vrede Tasting Room

   30 min

   Founded in 1694 on Annandale Road, an anchor of Stellenbosch's red wine mile.

3. 3

   Ernie Els Wines

   30 min

   The golfer's own Annandale Road estate, built around Bordeaux-style reds.

4. 4

   Uva Mira Mountain Vineyards

   30 min

   High on the Helderberg above Annandale Road, celebrated for award-winning Chardonnay.

5. 5

   Waterford Estate

   30 min

   Cellar door on Upper Blaauwklippen Road in the Helderberg foothills.

6. 6

   Thelema Mountain Vineyards

   30 min

   On the Helshoogte Road, where Gyles Webb left accounting behind to become one of South African wine's defining figures.

7. 7

   Tokara Wine Estate

   30 min

   Sitting right at the crest of the Helshoogte Pass, with views back over the Stellenbosch valley.

8. 8

   Oldenburg Vineyards

   30 min

   Over the pass in the Banghoek Valley on Banghoek Road, one of the most beautiful wine valleys in the Cape.

9. 9

   Lourensford Wine Estate

   30 min

   Knorhoek Road estate on the Simonsberg's lower slopes, whose Spatz Sperling co-founded South Africa's first wine route in 1971.

10. 10

    Lourensford Wine Estate

    30 min

    Named for the Simonsberg, and the estate where Frans Malan pioneered Methode Cap Classique sparkling wine.

11. 11

    Beyerskloof Tasting Room

    30 min

    On the R304 at Koelenhof, the farm Beyers Truter bought in 1988 and turned into the world's best-known Pinotage producer.

12. 12

    Lanzerac Wine Estate

    30 min

    The estate that released the first commercially bottled Pinotage in 1959.

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• By giving your phone number you agree to receive up to 2 texts from Wine Trails about this booking (your tour link and a tour-day reminder)
• Msg & data rates may apply. Msg frequency: max 2 texts per booking. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help
• Before you travel: download the free Wine Trails app (iOS or Android) and create your account while you are on wifi

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