Ascot Tours has announced the 2027 Bushveld Golf Educational Tour, which runs from 28 April to 8 May 2027 and takes travel agents from Cape Town to the Bushveld. Seven travel agents will join founder and CEO Scott Edkins for ten nights, ten golf experiences and three game drives, from Table Mountain all the way to Sun City.
The idea is to put South Africa’s two halves of golf into one trip. Plenty of operators sell the Cape and have never seen the Bushveld, and plenty know Sun City but have never played the Winelands. This itinerary fixes both: three rounds around Cape Town and Stellenbosch, then a flight north to the Waterberg and Sun City for seven more golf experiences, five of them inside private reserves where giraffe, zebra and antelope share the fairways.
Below, you will find the route of the Bushveld Golf Educational Tour, the courses on the itinerary, what happens off the course, who the seven places are for and how to apply.
The 2027 Bushveld Golf Educational Tour Route
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The trip starts at the foot of Table Mountain and finishes at Sun City, with the Winelands and the Waterberg in between.
Days 1 to 2: Cape Town and Steenberg
The group arrives in Cape Town, rides the cableway up Table Mountain and spends the first afternoon at the V&A Waterfront. The first round is at Steenberg.
Days 3 to 4: The Winelands and Pearl Valley
Next up is the Winelands, with a walking tour of Stellenbosch, a wine day in Franschhoek and golf at De Zalze and Pearl Valley.
Days 6 to 10: The Waterberg and Three Game Drives
A flight north takes the group to the Bushveld. Over these days, agents head out on three game drives in three reserves and play the courses where wildlife shares the fairways, including Legend and its Extreme 19th.
Days 9 to 11: Sun City and the Gary Player Country Club
The trip wraps up at Sun City, with rounds at the Lost City and the Gary Player Country Club, home of the Nedbank Golf Challenge.
Ten Golf Experiences on the Bushveld Golf Educational Tour
Agents play ten golf experiences across the Cape and the Bushveld, so they can sell each course from first-hand knowledge.
The Cape Courses
Steenberg, De Zalze and Pearl Valley are the three Cape courses that clients ask for first, and they make up the Cape leg of the trip.
The Extreme 19th at Legend Golf & Safari Resort
At Legend, a helicopter flies golfers to the tee on Hanglip Mountain, 400 metres above a green shaped like Africa.
“The only helicopter-access par 3 in the world. Your clients will never have hit a tee shot like it.” Scott Edkins, CEO and Founder, Ascot Tours
The Bushveld and Sun City Courses
The northern leg takes in Elements, Zebula, the Lost City and the Gary Player Country Club. Five of the seven golf experiences up north are inside private reserves.
Beyond the Fairway: Safari, Sightseeing and Wine
The tour gives agents the non-golf side of the trip too, so they can sell the whole holiday and not only the tee times.
Cape Town and the Winelands
The first afternoon covers Table Mountain by cableway and the V&A Waterfront. In the Winelands, agents join a walking tour of Stellenbosch and spend a day tasting wine in Franschhoek.
Three Game Drives in Three Reserves
In the Bushveld, agents go on three game drives, each in a different reserve, which gives them a feel for how the safari side of a golf trip works.
Your Own Trip Video
A videographer films the whole trip for the agents, so each one goes home with footage to share with their own clients.
Who Can Join the 2027 Bushveld Golf Educational Tour
The places go to travel agents who already sell golf and safari to South Africa at the four and five star level, or who have decided to, and who want to do it in partnership with Ascot Tours. Scott Edkins hosts the trip himself and asks one thing in return: that agents come to sell.
The Participation Fee
A fully refundable participation fee applies, and it is credited back against the agent’s first two bookings with Ascot Tours. Agents can contact Scott for the fee details.
How to Apply
Places are not first come, first served. Applications go to Scott personally, and he then sends the booking form. Once the form is in, a place is held for seven days while the fee and flight confirmation come through.
The full itinerary is available as a PDF download.
To accept the invitation, email [email protected] or call or WhatsApp +27 (0) 83 647 7997.
