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Average User Rating

4.8240 / 5 4.8 /5
4.8394 / 5 4.8083 / 5 4.6136 / 5 4.5181 / 5

Rating Breakdown

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4 star 153 / 10 153
3 star 18 / 10 18
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Male avatar icon Brossard Jerome France flag FR       Visited: February 2025 Reviewed: Mar 21, 2025

Email Brossard Jerome  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

I will come back very soon!

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Amazing! Absolutely incredible! Incredible people, beautiful scenery, delicious local food, I want to go back!!


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Male avatar icon Nikola Georgiev United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: February 2025 Reviewed: Mar 13, 2025

Email Nikola Georgiev  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Incredible and one of a time experience

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South Africa was a dream journey for a long time but once we landed we know why we waited for so long - simply to be blown away by the beauty of this country and its incredibly friendly people…nice food, nice scenery, amazing vibe!

Male avatar icon David Oman flag OM       Visited: July 2024 Reviewed: Jul 22, 2024

Email David  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

The review below is the personal opinion of David and not that of SafariBookings.

Difficult to enter

1 / 5 1 /5

I am unable to write a review of South Africa, its wildlife, or its landscapes due to the frustrating experience with the online eVisa system.
Our first application was rejected after nearly three weeks without any update on the website, despite being notified of a decision. It took several phone calls, emails, and text messages to receive the official verdict.
We are still waiting for a decision on our second application, two weeks after submission.
Our travel plans for July had to be rescheduled for August in the hope that the visa will be approved in time.
Having traveled to numerous countries, we find this process to be the most exasperating. While most countries have their peculiarities in documentation requests, requiring copies of our deceased parents' death certificates appeared unreasonable.
Other eVisas we've applied for were processed within hours or days, but this takes weeks.

Female avatar icon Fallon Morfee Australia flag AU       Visited: April 2025 Reviewed: May 22, 2025

Email Fallon Morfee  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Fantastic holiday

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Love South Africa western Cape is like Melbourne 10 years ago and the wildlife at Umkumbe was incredible

Male avatar icon Luc Marteleur Belgium flag BE       Visited: April 2025 Reviewed: May 22, 2025

Email Luc Marteleur  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

MAGNIFICENT

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I visited South Africa (Cape Town) for the first time in September '24 and fell immediately desperate in love. In no time Cape Town became my favorite city and South Africa my favorite destination. You can name it all: nature, culture, food, history and last but not least: the South African people. Friendly, helpfull, positive, hospitable. Yes, there is still far too much inequality and far too many homeless people, but taking into the account the country's history this could have turned out completely different (far far more worse). Hence, despite its actual problems, based on my experience from two visits during the last eight months, I think the future for South Africa is bright and that be will first of all thanks to the South African people and their great mentality, whether they are Xhosa, Zulu, English, Afrikaner or others. Let's hope that with too many years of delay, finally Madiba's wish of a South Africa as an exmple for the rest of the world will become reality. Its people surely have the potential to realize it.

Male avatar icon Mario Campanelli Switzerland flag CH       Visited: March 2025 Reviewed: May 7, 2025

Email Mario Campanelli  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

The review below is the personal opinion of Mario Campanelli and not that of SafariBookings.

Modern African country with many contraddictions

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I was in Cape Town and Kruger park.
Cape Town is scenically beautiful, even if the architecture is not particularly interesting, and there is no real centre, apart from the waterfront that is a bit of a turist trap. But it is always nice to have a city surrounded by the ocean, and the Constantia winery is worth a trip.
Kruger was quite a delusion, with a density of wildlife much lower than other parks I have been (ngorongoro, Serengeti, Etosha), and a big shopping mall close to the entrance. Overall South Africa is less exotic to a Western visitor than other African countries, and keeps the memories on a divided society.

Male avatar icon Douglas Weeks United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: April 2025 Reviewed: Apr 29, 2025

Email Douglas Weeks  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

sunshine wildlife and wine - all I need

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South Africa is a great destination. It has sunshine, excellent wine and good wild life. At present it is also very good value for money. I was just a little disappointed at how long it took Inverdoorn to tell me my pick-up time from my hotel. It cost me half a day waiting for this information.

Female avatar icon Mandy Rankin United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: March 2025 Reviewed: Apr 26, 2025

Email Mandy Rankin  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

My "go to" place where I can relax

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I have now been to South Africa five times since my first visit in 2012 where I fell in love with most of the places I have visited - some not so much but when it's organised tours you don't have a choice. However this time I arranged it myself and was able to go where I wanted - which was Kruger National Park. That place is just amazing and you can feel yourself relax just being there - if you happen to see the big five every day then so much the better! I can't wait to go back

Female avatar icon Lisa J Horton United States flag US       Visited: April 2025 Reviewed: Apr 22, 2025

Email Lisa J Horton  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Amazing trip

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Krugar was absolutely amazing. We were able to see the big 5 and so many others. The animals were plentiful, our guides were very fun and knowledgeable. Safety was first and foremost. I would love to go again. Everyone was so friendly. I live outside yellowstone national parkand this is 1000x better!

Male avatar icon Dion United Arab Emirates flag AE       Visited: March 2025 Reviewed: Apr 10, 2025

Email Dion  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Amazing wildlife, food and a fantastic experience

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We stayed at Rissington Inn and it was great. The time to the gates for Kruger national Park werent long and it was a really relaxing place to stay and still in nature. The Kruger game drives were great, we got to see the big 5 with a couple of close encounters (in a good way).