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.
Franschhoek Wine Tram Curated Wine Experience:
Enhance your visit to the Cape Winelands by immersing yourself in the world-renowned winemaking culture of the Franschhoek Valley while discovering local wines under the expert guidance of our knowledgeable wine ambassador and sampling the best of local cuisine.
Join us for a wine experience that showcases Franschhoek’s picturesque vineyards, breathtaking scenery, warm hospitality, world-class cuisine, fine wines, and a 300-year history.
Tour Experience:
The day starts with a journey by tram to a local wine estate where our wine ambassador weaves the facts, figures, and scientific aspects of winemaking into interesting stories about Franschhoek’s history of wine and culture.
During this engaging and interactive experience, guests will be guided through, and have an opportunity to sample, the subtle tastes of terroir, as well as learn about the local grape varieties, cultivars, and aspects of viticulture that are unique to Southern Africa.
After the morning lecture, guests will join the wine guide on a tour of the estate wine cellar followed by a specially curated three-course gourmet lunch at the estate restaurant.
In the afternoon, guests will visit two local wine estates in Franschhoek, enjoying a premium wine tasting and wine pairing at the two estates.
At the end of the experience, guests will leave feeling more knowledgeable and connected to the local wine culture and ready to discover the Franschhoek Valley further.
Tour Highlights:
• Depart from the Franschhoek Terminal at 10:30 am
• The passage on the double-decker railway tram to a local wine estate
• Wine lecture by a wine ambassador
• Guided cellar tour (when available)
• Three-course lunch
• Premium wine tastings at two additional wine estates
• Return to the Franschhoek Terminal at approximately 5 pm
Franschhoek Valley:
Breath-taking scenery, warm hospitality, world-class cuisine, and fine wines: These are the hallmarks of the beautiful Franschhoek Valley in the heart of the Cape Winelands. When the Huguenots first settled in this spectacular valley over 300 years ago, they brought with them their traditions and knowledge in winemaking and viticulture from their native France and transformed the wilderness around them into one of the most beautiful valleys in the world. This proud heritage can be seen and felt today in the Village and on the surrounding farms.
The fertile Franschhoek Valley is home to some of South Africa’s noble cultivars and classic styles. These range from superb whites such as Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Semillon, and Chenin Blanc, to the full-bodied reds of Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Petit Verdot, and Merlot.
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. Kindly take into consideration that some wine estates are cashless and require card payments only.
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.
Items of a personal nature
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 travelling 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 personalised options.
We booked the curated wine tour which involved a trip to Mont Rochelle. La Brie and Grand Provence wineries. Most of the tour was spent at Mont Rochelle and included a fabulous 3 course lunch along with several wine tastings. The guide (Courtney) was wonderful, extremely knowledgeable, friendly and attentive to all guests and she imparted a great deal of information and advice about the wines we tasted and the area, history and practice of growing grapes.The visits to the vineyeards were all different and included a trip on the actual tram (and tractor) to Grand Provence. I can thoroughly reccomend the curated trip as it is an excellent way to introduce some of what Fransschoek has to offer - we would definitely return - Robert
One of the highlights of our holiday in S Africa. The curated wine experience was a great day, visiting 3 wine farms. Excellently hosted and guided by the lovely Tameron, who was extremely knowledgeable, the day was a blast from start to finish. The 3 course lunch at Mont Rochelle was excellent too. If you're in Franschhoek, book this tour. You won't regret it. - Martin
A super experience in every way. Our guide was very pleasant, professional and knowledgeable. The venues were varied and of a high quality. Most enjoyable. Thank you. - William
It's been amazing experience. Well organised and very interesting to learn more about the region & wine. But it's ever better with Simon. Big thanks for his passion and dedication. Will for sure come back - PIOTR
Thoroughly enjoyed our day from start to finish! Greeted by Courtney, our host for the day; what an asset to your company, she is very professional, knowledgable and attentive with so much personality and humour! The transport was comfortable, all the drivers were 'safe hands'! We certainly felt like VIPs. Wonderful wine and food, ant every stop and our small group of just 8 people learned the wine making process from start to delicious finish! Great value for money, we definitely highly recommend this curated tour - Claire
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