South Africa - Birds & Cricket: Cape Town Test Match

Tour Code: ZAF16

A 10-day wildlife and cricket tour to South Africa's Western Cape to enjoy up to five days of Test Match cricket between England and South Africa and the abundant wildlife of the Cape Peninsula.

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Highlights

Spectacular scenery of South Africa’s Western Cape
Cape Town, Table Mountain & Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens
Enjoy up to five days of Test Cricket at the world famous Newland’s Cricket Ground
Explore the Cape Peninsula
Cape Sugarbird, African Penguin, Cape Grassbird Bontebok, Cape Ful Seal & many others
Led by expert naturalist guides

Summary

For those who love both wildlife and cricket, this tour offers the opportunity to combine these two great passions. In December 2026 and January 2027, the England cricket team will be playing three Test Matches against South Africa (The Proteas) at the world-famous Newland's Cricket Ground in Cape Town. This tour includes up to five days of cricket at the third test match between 3rd to 7th January 2027. Around this sporting spectacle we will explore the Cape Peninsula in search of the spectacular wildlife of South Africa's Western Cape. This holiday can be combined with our South Africa: Birds & Cricket (ODI) holiday which follows this tour (website tour code: ZAF15).

Outline Itinerary

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Depart London.

Days

2 - 3

Cape Town

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4 - 7

England vs South Africa Test Match

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Cape Town

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Depart Cape Town

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Arrive London

What's Included?

Food

Breakfasts and dinners are included from dinner on Day 2 to breakfast on Day 9. Lunches are excluded and you should budget for around £100 - £150 per person to cover these.

Accommodation

We will be based in a comfortable guesthouse in the Newlands district of Cape Town within easy reach of the cricket ground

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Why Naturetrek?

At Naturetrek we craft expertly-guided group and tailor-made wildlife holidays and cruises to all seven continents. On one of our holidays, you can be assured that our passionate team will enable you to experience and enjoy the best of the world's wildlife and natural spectacles in as comfortable and rewarding a manner as possible, caring as best we can for the environment in the process. We are proud to provide:

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Tours managed and led by naturalists, for naturalists
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