Full Day Wine Tour Cape Town

Last checked: 6 October 2026

A full day wine tour Cape Town outing is the classic Winelands day: collected after breakfast, three or four estates, a long lunch somewhere with a mountain view, and home in time to put your feet up. Most full days run eight to ten hours door to door. This guide focuses on the shape of the day — when you leave, when you get back, how many estates you'll realistically visit, and whether lunch and tastings are in the price — so you can pick the one that fits your holiday.

How we checked this

All tours were checked on the operators' official websites on 6 October 2026. Prices are copied exactly with their year, basis and whether tastings are included. Where a page shows no year, we flag it. Times are as published and can shift with traffic and estate bookings.

What a typical full day looks like

08:00 to 10:00: hotel pickup in Cape Town (later on some tours).
Late morning: first and second estates, often with a cellar tour or a cheese or chocolate pairing.
13:00 or so: lunch at a wine estate, either included or for your own account.
Afternoon: one or two more tastings.
17:00 to 18:30: back in Cape Town.

Four estates is the norm on scheduled tours; three is common on private days, leaving time for a slow lunch. If that sounds like a lot of wine, it is: spitting is perfectly acceptable. See how many wineries in one day and how wine tasting works.

Full-day tours at a glance

Tour	Format	Pickup → return	Lunch	Published price
Wine Flies — Stellenbosch & Franschhoek	Shared, max 13	08:00–09:00 → 17:30	Included	R2,277 per person (2026), tastings included
Wine in the Cape — Franschhoek & Stellenbosch	Shared, min 4	08:00 → 17:30	Included	R2,280 per person (2026), tastings included
African Story — The Story of Wine	Shared	08:30–09:00 → 17:30	Included	R2,000 per person (no year shown), tastings included
Wine Tours Cape Town — Daily Wine Tours	Shared, 18+	08:30–09:00 → 17:30	Included	From R2,000 per person (2026 page, year not stated on price), tastings included
Wine Tours South Africa — Full Day Group Tour	Shared, max 12, 18+	10:00 → 18:30	Included	R1,690 per person (no year shown), tastings included
never@home — Friday wine tour	Shared, 4–13	08:00 → 17:00	Not included	R1,690 per person (2026), tastings included
My Wine Tour — Stellenbosch or Franschhoek	Private, 2–12	09:30 → about 17:00	Included	R2,950 per person (2026), tastings included
Wine Tours Cape Town — Private (Master Cheese)	Private, 2–6	09:00 → 18:00	Included	R5,640 per person for 2 (2026), tastings included
Wine in the Cape — Full-Day Private	Private	09:00 → 17:30	Own account	R5,500 per person for 2 (2026), tastings included
Wine Flies — Private Classic Full Day	Private	09:00 → 17:30	Own account	R6,289 per person for 2 (2026), tastings included
Wine Tours South Africa — Scheduled Private	Private	10:00 → 18:30	Own account	R5,400 per person for 2 (no year shown), tastings included
Wine Desk Cape Town — Personalised full day	Private, 1–7	09:00 → 18:00	Own account	R6,655 per group for 1–3 (no year shown), tastings NOT included

Rows are grouped by format, not ranked. Per-person and per-group prices can't be compared directly; convert to your group's total first.

Full days with lunch included

If you'd like one price that covers the lot, these tours bundle tastings and lunch:

Wine Flies (shared) — four estates (La Motte or Grande Provence, Rickety Bridge, Mitre's Edge and Delheim), 20+ tastings with cheese, chocolate and biltong pairings, and lunch at a wine estate. Runs Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Sunday; La Motte is closed on Mondays, so Grande Provence stands in. Its Stellenbosch-only version (Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday) ends with a braai lunch at Middelvlei. Wine Flies

Wine in the Cape (shared) — La Motte, Dieu Donné, Rickety Bridge and Mitre's Edge, with a Franschhoek village walk and estate lunch. Same weekdays, and the same Monday note for La Motte (a substitute estate that day). R2,680 per person for tours from 1 January 2027. Wine in the Cape

African Story (shared) — four farms across Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Paarl (Fairview most days), cellar walk-throughs of port, Cap Classique and brandy, and an à la carte lunch with a glass of wine or a soft drink. Runs most days including Sundays; seasonal rates apply, so confirm the current price. African Story Wine Tours

Wine Tours Cape Town (shared) — a daily three-region day with a cheese pairing, cellar tour and restaurant lunch (dietary needs with notice). From R1,650 per person if you join from Stellenbosch (no year shown). A high-season rate applies from 15 December to 10 January. Wine Tours Cape Town daily

Wine Tours South Africa (shared) — the late riser's pick: pickup at 10:00 in central Cape Town or 11:00 in Stellenbosch, back about 18:30. Lunch at Franschhoek Cellar with wine and soft drinks is included, alongside a cheese pairing at Fairview and a chocolate pairing at La Bri. Discounts of 10% for website bookings and 15% for students and South African and African citizens. Full Day Group Tour

My Wine Tour (private) — the simplest all-in private day: three handpicked family estates, every tasting and cellar entry, and lunch at an estate restaurant for R2,950 per person (2026), whether you're two or twelve. A non-alcoholic version costs the same. My Wine Tour

Wine Tours Cape Town (private) — Jordan (cellar tour with Chardonnay and Cap Classique), a tutored cheese pairing at Fairview with lunch at the Goatshed, then Rainbow's End. 2026 rates per person, valid to 31 July 2027: 2 guests R5,640; 3 R4,360; 4 R4,070; 5 R3,740; 6 R3,440. Private wine tour from Cape Town

Kabura Travel & Tours (private) — the same three-farm idea (Jordan, Fairview with Goatshed lunch, Rainbow's End) over about nine hours, from US$170 per person (2026), priced in US dollars only, with tastings and lunch included. Confirm the rand amount and group basis. Kabura private wine tour

Full days where you choose your own lunch

Leaving lunch out of the price gives you more say over where (and how long) you eat. Book a table early at a favourite estate — ideas in /restaurants.

never@home (shared, Fridays) — Jordan, Muratie (chocolate pairing), Fairview (six wines, six cheeses) and a surprise fourth stop where you buy lunch. Leaves Kloof Street at 08:00 and is back about 17:00; the hostel's page frames it as a guest activity, so confirm you can join if you're staying elsewhere. never@home booking

Wine in the Cape (private) — three estates matched to your palate with pairings and cellar tours; the team books lunch for you to pay on the day. 2026 per person: 1 guest R8,600; 2 R5,500; 3 R4,000; 4 R3,300; 5 R2,900; 6 R2,600; 7+ R2,500. Full-day private

Wine Flies (private) — a guide, driver and reservationist planning your day. 2026 per person: 1 guest R9,954; 2 R6,289; 3 R4,655; 4 R3,819; 5 R3,325; 6 R3,059; 7 R2,945; 8+ R2,850. Private classic full day

Wine Tours South Africa (private) — a preplanned prestige route (Lanzerac, Delaire Graff, Tokara, Haute Cabrière) with pairings and sabrage, 10:00 to 18:30. Per person (no year shown, confirm the current price): 2 guests R5,400; 3–4 R4,400; 5–6 R3,900; 7–8 R3,400; 9+ R2,900. Scheduled private

Wine Desk Cape Town (private) — 09:00 to 18:00, a blank-canvas day with a wine specialist. Per group (no year shown): 1–3 guests R6,655; 4–5 R7,690; 6–7 R9,320. Tastings and lunch are paid at the estates, and a dinner extension to 21:00 costs R1,500. Wine Desk

A full day without the long drive: Constantia

If you'd rather not spend two hours on the motorway, Constantia, on the city's southern side, makes a full day with far less driving:

Wine in the Cape — Classic Constantia Tour (private): three or four of Groot Constantia, Klein Constantia, Buitenverwachting and Beau Constantia, 09:00 to 17:30, on the same 2026 per-person scale as its Winelands private tour (from R2,500 per person for 7+; R5,500 per person for 2), tastings included, lunch own account. Classic Constantia
Wine Tours South Africa — Cape Town & Constantia (private): Constantia Glen, Buitenverwachting and Steenberg with platters, a cellar experience and sabrage, 10:00 to 18:30, on the same per-person scale as its Stellenbosch private tour (no year shown). Constantia private
Wine in the Cape — Full-Day Constantia Wine Tour (private): a separate eight-hour day visiting at least three historic estates (Groot Constantia typically among them), R3,800 per person (2026). Note that tastings and lunch are NOT included on this one; you pay at each estate. 18+ only. Full-Day Constantia
The Constantia Wine Tour — Constantia Classic and Ultra-Premium full days (private): about seven hours from Cape Town accommodation, with premium tastings at three farms and a sit-down three-course lunch with wine of your choice included. The Ultra-Premium day adds a private cellar tour and Cap Classique on a vineyard drive overlooking False Bay (up to 7 guests, 18+). No rand price is published on the official pages, so ask for a quote. The Constantia Wine Tour

Full days with a twist

The Franschhoek Wine Tram with a Cape Town transfer. Hop-on is R350 per person adult (2026), transport only, with estate tastings R60 to R260 per person extra. The chauffeured transfer from Cape Town is a per-vehicle add-on quoted in the booking flow. Inclusive Tram days (Flavours of the Vine, Curated, Exceptional) bundle tastings and food. All in the Wine Tram guide.
A full-day e-bike ride. Bike & Hike's private Franschhoek day collects from Cape Town and includes three tastings and lunch, from R3,200 per person (2026). Details in e-bike wine tours.
An airport-to-hotel day. Africa Moja Tours & Safaris runs a private Full Day Cape Winelands Tour that can start at Cape Town International Airport, with luggage kept in the vehicle: 08:00 to about 15:00, three tastings and a cheese tasting included, lunch excluded. Its airport page quotes from R5,000 per person (2026), while the tour page shows a US-dollar figure, so confirm the price in writing. Africa Moja Winelands tour
Vine Hopper's private tour from Cape Town or Stellenbosch, about 7.5 hours with four tastings included and lunch excluded, from R6,100 per group (2026, 1–2 guests; R7,520 for 2 guests from 2 November 2026). See private wine tours.

Picking the right full day

You hate early mornings: Wine Tours South Africa's 10:00 pickup.
You want to know the exact estates in advance: Wine Flies, Wine in the Cape's shared tours, Wine Tours South Africa and Wine Tours Cape Town publish named routes.
You want to see three regions: African Story or Wine Tours Cape Town's daily tour.
You want a long, unhurried lunch: a private day with lunch on your own account, or My Wine Tour's Franschhoek day built around a long lunch.
You're sightseeing hard the next day: choose a tour back by 17:00 to 17:30 rather than 18:30.
Your group has non-drinkers: My Wine Tour's non-alcoholic variant, or read non-alcoholic options on wine tours.

Pace yourself

A full day is a marathon, not a sprint. Eat a proper breakfast (what to eat before wine tasting), drink water between estates, and spit when you like. Wear comfortable shoes for cellar steps and gravel (what to wear on a wine tour). If the day sounds too long, a half-day wine tour or a night in the Winelands (/places-to-stay) makes it gentler.

FAQs

How long is a full-day wine tour from Cape Town?

Usually 8 to 10 hours door to door. Wine Flies and Wine in the Cape's shared tours run about 08:00 to 17:30; Wine Tours South Africa's runs 10:00 to 18:30.

Is lunch included on full-day wine tours?

On most scheduled shared tours, yes (Wine Flies, Wine in the Cape, African Story, Wine Tours Cape Town, Wine Tours South Africa). never@home's Friday tour excludes lunch. On private tours it varies: My Wine Tour and Wine Tours Cape Town's master cheese route include it; Wine in the Cape, Wine Flies, Wine Tours South Africa's private and Wine Desk leave it to you.

How many wine farms will we visit?

Scheduled shared tours usually visit four. Private days tend to visit three, with more time at each.

How much does a full-day wine tour cost?

Shared seats range from R1,690 per person (Wine Tours South Africa, no year shown; never@home, 2026, lunch extra) to R2,280 per person (Wine in the Cape, 2026). Private full days for two range from R2,950 per person (My Wine Tour, 2026, lunch included) to R6,289 per person (Wine Flies, 2026). Wine Desk charges R6,655 per group for 1 to 3 guests (no year shown), with tastings extra.

Can children come on a full-day tour?

Several shared tours are 18+ (Wine Tours South Africa, Wine Tours Cape Town). Private tours are more flexible: Wine Desk publishes child rates and Wine Tours Cape Town welcomes children on private days.

Can I bring my dog?

Not on shared tours, and private operators don't publish dog policies. For a day out with your dog, plan around dog-friendly wine farms in the Western Cape.

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Last checked: 6 October 2026

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