South Africa Safari Holidays

A South Africa safari holiday offers the visitor the opportunity to truly see a world in one country.  The country is blessed with superb natural beauty, rich and colourful cultures, excellent holiday attractions in a warm climate and an extensive diversity of safari holiday destinations.

Below are our favorite destinations for a South Africa Safari Holiday.

Kruger safari holidays

Topping the list as South Africa’s premier safari holiday destination is Kruger National Park. This is undoubtedly the most prestigious safari holiday park in the country and is famed for spotting the big 5 and early conservation efforts. All fences have been removed between the Kruger National Park and the surrounding Private Game Reserves such as Sabi Sands, Timbavati, Manyaleti and Thornybush, which allows animals to roam freely as nature intended. The long history of game-viewing in the national park and high density of animals means animals are relaxed.

Madikwe Safari Holidays

By experiencing a Madikwe Safari Holiday, you are experiencing one of South Africa’s recent and best success stories. Madikwe is located in the North West of South Africa, in a 76 000 hectare private game reserve. This is a malaria-free safari holiday experience and is suitable to take children for a malaria-free safari holiday.  In the early 1990’s, Madikwe was put onto the Safari Holiday Map by the famous operation Pheonix, which is the largest translocation exercise of animals in Southern Africa, where more than 8000 animals including Lion, Elephant, Buffalo, Black and White Rhino were trans-located.

A Madikwe Safari Holiday comprises of a number of intimate accommodation options with excellent views across the Dwarsberg Mountain Range and offers easy Madikwe Safari Holiday access, either by road, or by air and combines exceptionally well with a Madikwe family safari holiday to Sun City if you are planning of self driving.

Garden Route Safari Holidays

Planning a safari holiday to the Garden Route, is an excellent all year round safari holiday experience in South Africa.  A Garden Route holiday offers the safari experience to Shamwari Safari Holiday as well as the Private Game Parks of Kwandwe Private Game Reserve and they are in number of other Game Reserves in the area.

Garden Route Safari Holidays also offer the visitor a malaria-free experience which is suitable for families and young children.  Certain Game Reserves within the Garden Route Safari Holiday Area, offer predator free areas where young children can traverse and play without the risk of being in a big cat predator area.  The area is a paradise for bird watchers with a number of fish eagles and blue cranes being found, as well as a number of other bird life.  This destination is perfect for an add on to a Garden Route self-drive tour or in conjunction with Cape Town, it has an immensely rich history and historical and cultural trips to the areas of Grahamstown will fascinate the visitor in the formation of this area during South Africa’s early years.

Kwa-Zulu Natal Safari Holidays

Situated to the North of Durban a safari to Kwa-zulu Natal encompasses a rich biodiversity and diverse fauna and flora as experienced on other safari holiday destinations in Southern Africa.  Instrumental in the development of this area is the Phinda Game Reserve (for a Phinda Safari Holiday).  Phinda Safari Holidays are situated on an impressive 22 000 hectares of prime wilderness land and offers an abundance of natural richness to guests on their Phinda Safari Holiday.  This area showcasts one of the continents finest game-viewing experiences and Phinda has been described  as the safari Seven Worlds of Wonders, alluding to its seven distinct  habitats. The destination caters to a wide range of specialist Safari holiday interests, these include guided safari Tours with specialist ranges in open use  4 x 4 vehicles tailored to ensure impressive wilderness experiences. The area also offers Phinda Safari Walking Safaris where you can experience Macro and Micro systems with specialist ranges.  The birding at Phinda is superb with their variety of 407 bird species within this big five private game reserve and should you plan to visit a Phinda safari holiday certain charter airlines offer a direct return air flights from Johannesburg to Richards Bay Airport, was well as private charters are available from anywhere in South Africa to the Phinda Air Strip.

Other Kwa-Zulu Safari Holiday destinations include experiencing the marine life of the northern Natal coastlines inclusive of St. Lucia Greater Wetland Park and Tonga Beach Lodge as well as the Wilderness Safari Rocktail bay lodge (situated in the Northern Kwa-zulu Natal, within the Maputuland Coastal Forest Reserve).  Tonga Beach Lodge and Rocktail Bay Lodge offer perhaps some of the most private beach experiences available in Africa where the coastline is entirely un-spoilt, under developed and pristine.  In addition, the warm waters lapping the coast are rich in sea life, including the famous Loggerhead Turtle which comes on shore to nest and lay eggs.  A number of Safari Holiday experiences are on offer, including sunning yourself on the beach, scuba diving, guided tourist walks, fly fishing or drives in 4 x 4 vehicles.