South Africa Travel Guide

Trip of a life time

Safari in South Africa (Sabi Sands) was amazing. Our ranger got us close up to the animals, but also showed respect to their privacy/space.
The scenery in Cape Town and along the Garden route was lovely. Unfortunately the weather wasn't. Everyone we met were very friendly and helpful. I would certainly recommend South Africa as a travel destination (tick off the bucket list)

Superb safari and much more

We visited South Africa for the third time this year having booked with Karina from Safari Online. After much personal research and some valuable advice from Karina we agreed our itinerary - 6 days safari in Klaserie (Baobab Ridge) and Sabi Sands (Arathusa Lodge) followed by 3 days whale watching in Hermanus. This proved to be a winning combination for us.
Our safari lodges were superb and we saw everything we wanted (the big five) and so much more. Spreading our safari across two difference reserves meant we had diverse but still thrilling experiences in each with such skilled guides. We were constantly impressed by their knowledge.
The rest of the staff in the lodges were equally welcoming and nothing was too much trouble.

On thing that took us by surprise was the very changeable weather. Forecast to be very hot, it was infact unseasonably cold at one point then changing to being exceptionally hot - very unpredictable. My advice would be pack for every season!

We finished off our holiday with some time in Hermanus as it was whale season and despite our whale-watching boat trip being cancelled we still saw dozens of whales from the cliff path looking across Walker Bay. This was also a lovely base as it was a small town full of lovely restaurants and with easy access to wineries and vineyards in the Hemel-en-Aarde valley. We used the wine-hoppers hop-on hop-off tour. We finished our visit to SA with a couple of nights in Cape Town and went to Boulders Beach to see the penguins.

All in all we had a fabulous time and our holiday met all our expectations and the variety and quality of the food and wine we had was impressive. We've visited SA before and wouldn't hesitate to return.

A beautiful country with amazing people!

We spent 16 nights in South Africa and in addition we visited Zimbabwe and Mauritius while on vacation. We visited Cape Town, drove the Garden Route spending time in Franschhoek, Hermanus, Knysna, and Gqeberha (PE), before traveling to Hoedspruit for a safari in the Karongwe Private Reserve.

Cape Town was incredible as we were able to tour Table Mountain, Seal Island, Boulder Beach, The Cape of Good Hope, Kirstenbosch, and Constantia for a taste of their excellent selection of wine. The food and wine in Franschhoek was amazing. The scenery along the way through Hermanus, Knysna, and PE was breathtaking! We even visited the Knysna Elephant Park and had a close up encounter with elephants and zebra.

We were able to see the Big Five in Karongwe as well as zebra, hippo, giraffe, and cheetah and many other animals on the list along with many bird species. The food and service at the Karongwe River Lodge was 5 star.

We have already recommended South Africa as a destination that should be on anyone's travel bucket list!

An extraordinary trip

It was a 180° different trip from what we had done, the Compass Odyssey operator, and Darren the agency contact, are 10 professionals, the entire 14-day trip without any setbacks, everything ran like a precision clock.
From our trip to South Africa we were in Cape Town, the Kruger National Park and Johannesburg.
In Cape Town we had the opportunity to see the penguins and whales, the weather was a little cool and rainy, but our guide Sarah knew how to take advantage of it and made us have wonderful days, we were able to climb Table Mountain with a view spectacular.
In the Kruger National Park, since we entered the park we started to see animals, giraffes, zebras, impalas, all of these before arriving at Lounge Senalala, our very pleasant surprise was seeing a group of super friendly and expert young people, On the first morning safari we were able to see a pride of lions, something spectacular!! Of the big five we were able to see 4 in Kruger Park.
The weather in the mornings and in the afternoon when the sun set was cool, which was solved with a jacket.

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Safari Paradise

Kapama and Simbavati private lodges were excellent. Kruger national park area was excellent and was able to see Big 5 on almost every day. It was so relaxing just watching animals living their lives. We learnt so much about their behavior. What a great opportunity. Tour operator and trackers went out of their way to make us comfortable. I would return to African continent for more safari tours.

A Trip of a Lifetime!

Started off in Johannesburg, took the 6hr private drive to Kruger Reserve, after Safari days traveled to Cape Town. Safari.com helped arrange this AMAZING trip. From start to finish everything went exactly as planned Accommodations at Kapama River Lodge. This is a 5 star resort from meals, customer service and Safari Drives. All inclusive, alcohol included
We got to see the Big 5 and lots of babies ! Thank you Safari.com , Keagan Davis for being on pointe ! Excellent!!!!!

It was a wonderful experience and not to be missed.

We enjoyed touring Johannesburg but Cape Town was the place to be for us. The weather was incredible and all of the
people we met were extraordinarily pleasant. It seems as though the places we visited were safe and there were plenty of security guards. The scenery was Very beautiful and our safari with Viva Safari was very enjoyable with plenty of animal sitings. Krueger National Park was exciting and once again plenty of animals.

Amazing!

The scenery in the National Parks in South Africa was absolutely stunning. Had a good safari in Kruger visiting the Elephant Herd Tours place first and learning a lot about elephants that I didn't know before. Also drove up to eSwatini (Swaziland) and stayed at Mkyaha game reserve so that I could see rhino and indeed I did! Loads of them. It's a unique place to stay and was quite an experience with it's stone houses in the camp that have no windows or doors but flushing toilets and hot water showers.

Incredible

Every part of the trip went very well, everything was laid out very well. From the planning , drivers, facilities! Very impressive.

It has everything you may need to experience with activities and wildlife