Places to Visit in South Africa
South Africa has a long coastline with idyllic seaside holiday towns and huge deep-sea harbours, an arid and mountainous interior with tiny farming villages and sprawling cities. We have world-famous game parks, nature reserves and protected areas as well as suburbs, cityscapes and townships.
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Explore South Africa
South Africa offers an incredible diversity of landscapes, scenery, wildlife and natural attractions. Here are a few inspiractional places, showcasing South Africa's most spectacular nature destinations. Escape from the crowds and experience nature at its best.
Addo Elephant National Park in the Eastern Cape, is the third largest national park in South Africa. This malaria-free safari destination is home to the Big Five and an abundance of Elephants....
moreThe San people roamed the high reaches of the southern Cederberg over 6 000 years ago and one still gets a sense of their earthy spirituality encapsulated within the rocks and upon the fynbos plains of the Kagga Kamma Nature Reserve....
moreEstablished in 1994, the Knysna Elephant Park was the first facility to rehabilitate and care for orphaned elephants in South Africa. The elephants at the Knysna Elephant Park consist of rescued calves and adults...
moreThe Kruger National Park (KNP, or simply ‘Kruger’, for short) is the premier game reserve in South Africa. Offering excellent Big Five game viewing and a variety of accommodation to suit all. Self-drive or guided safaris....
moreLittle known and off the beaten track, Madikwe Game Reserve in the North West Province is utterly beautiful. On the cusp of the Kalahari, it has a plethora of general game species as well as the Big Five. Malaria-free and great for families....
moreAdjacent to Sun City’s gaming halls is a reserve that can restore sanity to even the most diamond-eyed card shark. Pilanesberg is the North-West Province’s most popular park, and rightly so....
moreSabi Sands Game Reserve is a prestigious private reserve located adjacent to the Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga. Its placement and vast, unfenced terrain allows wildlife to freely roam from the Kruger to Sabi Sands....
moreShamwari Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape, is about 75 km from Port Elizabeth. It prides itself on being one of the most successful private conservation initiatives in Southern Africa. Responsible tourism and a lavish malaria-free safari experience....
moreCovering an area of over 114 000 hectares, Tswalu, near Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, is the biggest privately owned game reserve in Africa. It spreads over endless Kalahari dunes and...
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