Extensive roadworks in Franschhoek, Drakenstein, Simondium, and Klapmuts may cause delays. Please factor this into your travel plans to the Franschhoek Wine Tram. Service may be affected on your booking day.
Estate Closures:
Mondays – Leopard’s Leap
Restaurant Closures:
Mondays & Tuesdays – Leopard’s Leap
Dieu Donne – Platters available.
The tour is strictly a wine-tasting experience and does not host celebration events such as birthdays or bachelor/bachelorette parties as the estates visited are primarily wine-tasting venues and not party venues. In order to properly exercise their duties, the Franschhoek Wine Tram staff members place a legitimate expectation on all guests not to behave in an unacceptably loud, disruptive, offensive, or intoxicated manner. Should any such behaviour be exhibited the Franschhoek Wine Tram reserves its right to suspend or withdraw its services. All vehicles are fitted with CCTV and monitored throughout the service.
CANCELLATION POLICY (All services including chauffeur/transfer services):
24 hours + = 100% REFUND
Less than 24 hours before scheduled TIME SLOT = No Refund
Please send a cancellation email to info@winetram.co.za including your booking ID on the subject to request a refund.
Passengers may dine at one of several restaurants on the tour. To avoid disappointment, it is highly recommended that passengers make reservations for lunch/picnic at least 24-48 hours in advance. Food or open alcoholic beverages are not allowed on the tour though food and drinks are available for purchase at the wine estates. Wine tastings can be purchased at each wine estate directly.
Tickets are to be collected on the day of your tour. Please be at the Ticket Office +/-20 minutes prior to your departure time.
Please take note that pets are not permitted on the tour.
Transportation from the ticket office to each of the wine estates on your route.
You will also receive a daily offerings card which will include any specials/discounts for the day.
Wine tasting, lunch, and other activities at each stop.
Chauffeur/Transfer – Please note transfers are added at an additional cost to your booking.
Please note all our tours are not wheelchair friendly as the vehicles are all safari-type vehicles. All clients traveling with us need to be mobile due to stairs in all vehicles as well as accessibility at the wine estates. Please contact our offices (info@winetram.co.za or 021 300 0338) for personalized options.
Very nice tour! In April it isn't necessary to do any reservation on the vineyards, so we could just choose what we liked :-) - Helma
We had a great time! The buses and trams were very easy to navigate. - Melissa
I have been told that this is an amazing and unique experience... and we were not disappointed! WOW! What a fun and wonderful day we had on this trip and visiting beautiful wine farms and tasting some of the most amazing wine and cheese we've ever had! The bus and tram attendants were all extremely friendly and kind. They took care of the wines we bought so that we did not have to walk around with the bag. We will definitely be back and I highly recommend this to be ON TOP of your to-do list in the Western Cape. - Caroline
We had another great experience with the Franschhoek wine team. We opted for the bus first and had a great guide as we headed up to the vineyards. All ran smoothly again and I'd really rate the experience! - Ria
Great day, very hot, lovely hostess Amy, we started with the bus as it seems less popular so more early times available but you do the tram in the afternoon, had wine tasting and lunch at Chamonix wine farm, fabulous highly recommend their wines and restaurant (my husband's favourite Pinotage). Dieu Donne had the most wonderful views over all of the landscape. Stopped over at Pigcasso wine estate, did not do a wine tasting but the real interactions with the goats, donkey, chickens and puppies delighted my grown-up children, as well as the history of the painting pig of which you can buy copies. We ended up at Rickety Bridge which was also lovely and I bought some Chardonnay there. Missed out on Leopard's Leap and and Atlas Swift. Next time. These are mostly boutique wineries with beautiful views etc. - Linda
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