Constantia Winelands Private Wine Tour

Beautiful vineyard a short distance from Camps Bay. Lots of outside seating and stunning views. The service was spot on and I enjoyed the wines. I had the best meal here in the whole of our stay - crispy fish which was cooked to perfection with a delicious chilli/red onion topping. I would recommend booking. We went early due to an afternoon flight but on leaving at 1.30, couldn't spot an empty table.

This tour started out with our tour guide arriving almost 20 mins late to pick us up. He did call the hotel to inform but we were not given the message. After he finally got there he didn’t even know what tour we were doing and asked us what our itinerary was if which I explained to him that we signed up for the tour that was online and we wanted to do what was suggested online. He was unaware of what the suggested wineries were online. He was completely uninformed by the company. I had to find the website and show him. He was very nice just not informed and I didn’t blame him I blame the company that sent him with no info. He knew nothing about the wineries either (so unlike the other wine tours we took). I was aware when booking the tours that the tastings were not included but the website listed the fees of the tastings so we knew what to expect. Well we should have know what to expect. The first winery (Klein Constantia) was supposed to be R100 per person and we got there and were told that they don’t have a tasting for that amount and it was actually R250 per person. Not to mention they were had no reservation and the winery had no idea we were coming (which was an issue later in the day). I asked the tour guide to call the company and he did and was told there was nothing they could do as the price of the tasting had increased recently. I asked the winery and they stated that their fees had not changed in several months so this was not true. We were offered no apology and no remedy but to pay!! This happened over and over all day at each winery we went to. The fee was higher than we expected and had no reservations. At one winery we were almost turned away bc they were busy but the tour guide spoke to them and we were able to do the tasting but we all had to do the same tasting and had to stand at the bar. Very disappointing day. So much so we actually forfeited the last winery and just went back to the hotel.

We were picked up from Cape Town cruise terminal by our private guide Charlton. We asked to go immediately for a decent coffee (cruise ship coffee was dreadful) and he took us to an amazing coffee shop in Cape Town. We then embarked on our tour of two Constantia Vineyards including wine tasting. It was a brilliant day and experience, which was very much aided by the knowledge, wisdom and company of Charlton. He returned us to the airport in good time for our flight home. I would not hesitate to recommend to others. Thank you