South African Safaris
Africa’s Rainbow Nation, South Africa is a traveller’s paradise .
Whether it be a safari, family holiday or tour of this remarkable country, there are endless opportunities to tailor-make the perfect vacation, with top-class accommodation in some of the world’s best game lodges and hotels.
Cape Town is the ideal starting point for a trip.
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. The cosmopolitan "Mother City" has everything - beaches, restaurants and shopping. It also has one of the most iconic mountains in the world – Table Mountain.
If you are seeking the thrill of the African bush, the Kruger National Park is your no.1 destination. More than 350km from north to south, and roughly the size of Belgium, this is the flagship of the South African Safari
For a South African self-drive holiday, you would do well to plan your route to include the picturesque Garden Route. Starting in Hermanus and ending in the eastern cape’s Shamwari and Addo Game Reserve , this route guarantees blue seas and open beaches.
Another excellent South African Safari destination is the malaria-free Madikwe Game Reserve in the northern province, which you can easily reach from Sun City – South Africa’s top resort.
The country’s wildlife isn’t just on the land – in the ocean off Hermanus and Gaansbaai lies Whale Coast and Shark Alley
These routes make getting around on a south African holiday easy – all you need is a few maps and a vehicle. Your Choices are great, from the Cape Winelands to KwaZulu Natal’s coastal region< , the Battlefields and the Zulu Kingdom
The southern kruger is sometimes called the circus, because of the mix of people and animals. The most accessible region of the national park, is where first time visitors to the park start exploring. Here you will find the highest rainfall, and the most dense vegetation, making game viewing more difficult.
However, it is the best part of the park to see black and white rhino.
The H4 between Lower Sabi and Skukuza is well known as the best place to see game, and has been nicknamed Lion Drive. But be careful: during peak holiday seasons, the main routes in southern Kruger can become very busy – and its easy to find yourself stuck in a traffic jam.
If the south is a circus, then this central region, with all its predators and prey, is a zoo. Mainly grassland, dotted with acacias and other good browsing trees, it is filled with high densities of browsers and grazers - and the predators who hide in them.
The park's biggest herds of buffalo, live in this region. So it's also home to half of the park's lions. About 60 prides occupy the region, making a total of about 700 lions. The number of lions however, does not preclude other predators.
This region runs from the Shingwedzi to the Limpopo rivers. The area between the Luvuvhu and Limpopo rivers has been given back to its previous owners, the Makuleke, in a groundbreaking process, and it is now run as a concession, directly benefiting the Makuleke people. The northern section is the driest and least occupied part of the park and it is markedly different from the other areas.
Although the low precipitation makes the area a little less attractive to more common plant eaters, you do find rare antelopes, like hartebeest, roan antelope, sable and eland. The north is also a favourite area of wild dog, because lions, their chief competitor, are less common here.