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Safaris From Cape Town - Compare 197 Tours
With its unforgettable seaside setting at the base of Table Mountain, Cape Town is one of the world’s most beautiful and likable cities. It is also, justifiably, the most popular tourist attraction in South Africa. The city center is renowned for its compelling array of museums, galleries, historic landmarks, markets and restaurants, while out-of-town attractions include beautiful beaches, scenic walking trails, sophisticated wine estates, clifftop lighthouses and breeding colonies of penguins and seals. For many visitors, however, a perfect South African itinerary would combine a few days in Cape Town with a safari to see lions, elephants, giraffes and other wildlife in their natural habitat, and here we explore how to do that.
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13-Day South Africa Self-Drive Escape Cape Town & Safari
$5,999 to $8,694 pp (USD)
South Africa: Self-driveLuxuryLodge & Guest House
You Visit: Cape Town (Start), Winelands, Oudtshoorn (Garden Route), Garden Route, Kwandwe GR, Chief Dawid Stuurman Airport (Gqeberha / Port Elizabeth), Gqeberha / Port Elizabeth (End)
Wayfairer Travel
5.0/5 – 206 Reviews
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8-Day Cape Town & Garden Route Classic Self-Drive Tour
$1,220 to $1,471 pp (USD)
South Africa: Self-driveLuxuryLodge & Guest House
You Visit: Cape Town (Start), Hermanus (Whales), Franschhoek (Winelands), Oudtshoorn (Garden Route), Knysna (Garden Route), Gqeberha / Port Elizabeth (End)
Indigo Safaris
4.9/5 – 200 Reviews
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10-Day Mid-Range Cape Town, Johannesburg & Kruger
$2,490 pp (USD)
South Africa: Shared tour (max 10 people per vehicle)
Mid-range Lodge & HotelYou Visit: Cape Town (Start), Table Mountain (Cape Town), Cape Peninsula, Johannesburg (City), Soweto (Johannesburg), Greater Kruger, Balule NR (Greater Kruger), Kruger NP, Johannesburg (End)
MoAfrika Tours
4.9/5 – 4,440 Reviews
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4-Day Kruger Park & Panorama Route Safari Tour
$1,223 pp (USD)
South Africa: Private tour
Mid-range HotelYou Visit: Cape Town (Start), Kruger NP, Blyde River Canyon (Panorama Route), Cape Town (End)
Tourgy Tourz
4.9/5 – 46 Reviews
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3-Day Budget Kruger Safari from Cape Town
$1,235 to $1,658 pp (USD)
South Africa: Shared tour (max 10 people per vehicle)
Mid-range LodgeYou Visit: Cape Town (Start), Kruger NP, Cape Town (End)
Africa Moja Tours & Safaris
5.0/5 – 65 Reviews
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2-Day Scenic Garden Route Safari – Cape Town Adventure
$857 to $895 pp (USD)
South Africa: Shared tour (max 6 people per vehicle)LuxuryLodge
You Visit: Cape Town (Start), Cape Agulhas (Highlight), Cape Town (End)
Knap Tours
4.8/5 – 43 Reviews
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5-Day Ivory Moon Lodge - Fly in from Cape Town
$1,989 pp (USD)
South Africa: Shared tour (max 8 people per vehicle)LuxuryLodge
You Visit: Cape Town (Start), Southern Kruger NP, Central Kruger NP, Panorama Route (Highlight), Johannesburg Airport (End)
Safarilink SA
4.9/5 – 1,071 Reviews
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9-Day Luxury Cape Town, Kruger NP and Victoria Falls
$6,272 to $7,145 pp (USD)
South Africa & Zimbabwe: Private tourLuxuryLodge & Hotel
You Visit: Cape Town (Start), Kruger NP, Victoria Falls (End)
Off2Africa Travel
4.9/5 – 207 Reviews
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13-Day Cape Town and Garden Route Big Five Safari
$5,763 pp (USD)
South Africa: Self-driveLuxuryLodge & Hotel
You Visit: Cape Town (Start), Hermanus (Whales), Knysna (Garden Route), Plettenberg Bay (Garden Route), Lalibela WR, Cape Town Airport (End)
Viatu
4.9/5 – 155 Reviews
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![5-Day Sabi Sands Fly-in Safari from Cape Town]()
5-Day Sabi Sands Fly-in Safari from Cape Town
$2,415 pp (USD)
South Africa: Shared tour (max 10 people per vehicle)LuxuryLodge
You Visit: Cape Town (Start), Sabi Sands (Greater Kruger), Cape Town (End)
Safari Tailors
5.0/5 – 7 Reviews
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5-Day Kapama River Lodge Fly-in Safari from Cape Town
$4,255 to $4,466 pp (USD)
South Africa: Shared tour (max 9 people per vehicle)LuxuryLodge
You Visit: Cape Town (Start), Kapama GR (Greater Kruger), Cape Town (End)
The Kruger Safari Co.
4.9/5 – 300 Reviews
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8-Day Cape Town and Sabi Sand Safari Honeymoon
$9,571 to $9,913 pp (USD)
South Africa: Private tourLuxuryLodge & Hotel
You Visit: Cape Town (Start), Sabi Sabi GR (Sabi Sands), Johannesburg Airport (End)
Discover Africa Safaris
5.0/5 – 578 Reviews
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9-Day Cape Town , Kruger , Victoria Falls Luxury Safari
$5,995 pp (USD)
South Africa & Zimbabwe: Private tourLuxuryLodge & Hotel
You Visit: Cape Town (Start), Kruger NP, Victoria Falls, Victoria Falls Airport (End)
Cape Town Tours
5.0/5 – 1 Reviews
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![3-Day 2-Night Luxurious Gondwana Safari from Cape Town]()
3-Day 2-Night Luxurious Gondwana Safari from Cape Town
$1,860 to $2,324 pp (USD)
South Africa: Private tourLuxuryLodge
You Visit: Cape Town (Start), Gondwana GR, Mossel Bay (Town), Cape Town (End)
Cape Archives Tours & Safaris
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13-Day Cape Town & Namibia Highlights Safari
$6,429 pp (USD)
South Africa & Namibia: Private tourLuxuryLodge & Hotel
You Visit: Cape Town (Start), Table Mountain (Cape Town), Cape Point (Cape Peninsula), Franschhoek (Winelands), Windhoek (City), Okonjati GR, Swakopmund (City), Sossusvlei (Sand Dunes), Deadvlei (Sand Dunes), Cape Town (End)
Evolution Travel and Tours
4.9/5 – 13 Reviews
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14-Day Cape Town, Garden Route & Winelands Adventure
$2,764 to $2,809 pp (USD)
South Africa: Self-driveLuxuryLodge & Guest House
You Visit: Cape Town (Start), Hermanus (Whales), Garden Route, Knysna (Garden Route), Oudtshoorn (Garden Route), Winelands, Cape Town (End)
Firefinch Safaris & Car Hire
5.0/5 – 26 Reviews
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4-Day Cape Town City Tour
$666 pp (USD)
South Africa: Private tourLuxuryHotel
You Visit: Cape Town
Africa Incoming
4.8/5 – 32 Reviews
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4-Day Cape Town Essentials Tour
$1,170 to $1,366 pp (USD)
South Africa: Private tour
Mid-range Self Catering AccommodationYou Visit: Cape Town (Start), Table Mountain (Cape Town), Cape Peninsula, Winelands, Cape Town (End)
SafariLife
5.0/5 – 29 Reviews
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8-Day Cape Town, Winelands & Hermanus
$1,363 to $1,683 pp (USD)
South Africa: Private tourLuxuryGuest House & Hotel
You Visit: Cape Town (Start), Franschhoek (Winelands), Hermanus (Whales), Cape Town (End)
Pembury Tours
5.0/5 – 525 Reviews
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5-Day Cape Town Highlights Private Tour
$1,240 pp (USD)
South Africa: Private tour
Mid-range HotelYou Visit: Cape Town (Start), Cape Peninsula, Robben Island (Cape Town), Cape Town (End)
Jangwa Tours and Safaris
5.0/5 – 23 Reviews
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5 Questions About Safaris From Cape Town
Answered by
Philip Briggs
Philip is an Africa-specialized travel writer who grew up and lives in South Africa. He has visited Cape Town and most parks in South Africa in the course of researching guidebooks such as ‘The Rough Guide to Game Parks of South Africa’ and ‘DK Eyewitness Top 10 Cape Town and the Winelands’.› More about Philip
5 Questions About Safaris From Cape Town
Philip Briggs
What is the closest Big Five safari destination to Cape Town?
“Many first-time visitors to Africa hope to see all of the Big Five (elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion and leopard). The closest Big Five destination to Cape Town is Aquila Private Game Reserve, which lies off the N1 highway 175km/110mi northeast of the city. This affordable quick-fix reserve is aimed at those who want to tick off as many iconic large mammals as possible in a short time. On any given game drive, you should see elephant, white rhino, buffalo, lion, giraffe, zebra, hippo and a variety of antelope (black rhino and leopard are present but harder to find). Aquila is very packaged and in many ways like a glorified zoo, so don’t come here expecting a wilderness experience. The only other Big Five safari destination within a three-hour driving radius of Cape Town is the private Sanbona Wildlife Reserve. Extending across 580km²/224mi² of the semi-desert Karoo, this exclusive reserve is notable for its ruggedly mountainous scenery. It offers a slow, holistic safari experience that’s best enjoyed over a 3- or 4-day stay. A highlight of Sanbona is its white lions (whose striking color is due to a rare recessive gene), but visitors also stand a good chance of seeing elephant, white rhino, buffalo, giraffe and various antelope. Other Big Five safari options within reasonable driving distance of Cape Town include Garden Route Private Game Reserve and Gondwana Game Reserve, both of which lie about four hours east of Cape Town at the base of the Langeberg Mountains. These reserves are especially convenient to those visiting the Garden Route as well as Cape Town.”
1Can you do a self-drive safari from Cape Town?
“It is perfectly possible to drive yourself from Cape Town to any of the above reserves. However, none of them actually caters to self-drivers, so you’ll end up leaving your car parked for the duration of your stay while you do guided game drives. Probably the best self-drive safari destination that’s reasonably accessible from Cape Town is Karoo National Park, which is a five- to six-hour drive inland on the N1 toward Johannesburg. This wonderfully cheap, scenic and tranquil park is a great place to see dry-country wildlife such as Cape mountain zebra, gemsbok and red hartebeest. It also hosts small populations of lion, leopard and black rhino, but you’d be lucky to see any of them. Cape Town is also a potential starting point for self-drive safaris to the more distant likes of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and Addo Elephant National Park. However, these would need to be combined into a longer road trip rather than visited as self-standing destinations.”
2Can you visit Kruger National Park from Cape Town?
“Cape Town and Kruger National Park are South Africa’s two most iconic tourist destinations, but they lie at opposite ends of the country, in the extreme southwest and far northeast respectively. Given that the shortest driving route between them is 1,860km/1,155mi, it is not realistic to visit Kruger by road from Cape Town, unless you’re including both on a longer grand tour of South Africa. However, it is very easy to visit Kruger on a fly-in safari from Cape Town. A domestic carrier called Airlink operates direct daily flights between the two, and many other airlines offer same-day flights that involve a quick change of plane at Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport.”
3What other safari destinations can you fly to from Cape Town?
“Cape Town International Airport is a well-connected travel hub, which means that Cape Town could be used as a starting point for safari packages to many different places in South Africa and neighbouring countries. Within South Africa, flights from Cape Town to Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) bring you within easy striking distance of several Big Five destinations including Addo Elephant National Park and the private Amakhala, Kwandwe and Shamwari Game Reserves. Likewise, there are numerous flights from Cape Town to Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport, from where you can drive to the likes of Madikwe and Pilanesberg Game Reserves. Farther afield, it is possible to fly directly from Cape Town to Maun (Botswana), the main springboard for safaris into the Okavango Delta. Flights to Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe) or Livingstone (Zambia) provide access not only to the iconic Victoria Falls but also to world-class national parks such as Chobe (Botswana), Kafue (Zambia) and Hwange (Zimbabwe).”
4Can you do a malaria-free safari out of Cape Town?
“Most of South Africa is free of malaria, as are all safari destinations near Cape Town. This includes all reserves/parks in the Western Cape (Aquila, Sanbona, Garden Route, Gondwana, Karoo), Eastern Cape (Addo Elephant, Amakhala, Kwandwe and Shamwari) and North West Province (Madikwe, Pilanesberg). If you want to totally avoid exposure to malaria, be aware that there is a slight risk in Kruger and a greater one in neighboring countries such as Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia.”
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Lucy is travel writer for a range of publications, including Lonely Planet's guides to Africa, Southern Africa and South Africa.
An Array of Animals
Of all the African countries people visit on safari trips, South Africa is probably the easiest to travel around. Infrastructure is excellent, accommodation for every budget is abundant and wildlife-viewing opportunities stretch far beyond...
Anthony is a photographer and writer for travel magazines and Lonely Planet, including the guides to Kenya and Botswana & Namibia.
South Africa: World-class Safaris
South Africa is one of my favourite places to go on safari, with all the necessary ingredients for a wildlife experience that will begin your enduring love affair with the continent. Primary among these ingredients is the wildlife. Nowhere...
Beautiful country with lovely people
South Africa is a beautiful country! The people there are lovely – very warm, and very helpful. Setting up my Safari in Krueger national Park was terrific through Safari Bookings - easy to understand process, and responses were very...
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Beautiful country, returned home with beautiful memories
We booked some days in Johannesburg and some days in Kruger Np. We enjoyed every day. We loved Kruger NP and the wildlife, this place is so beautiful and always has something to surprise you with. We did experience a lot of wildlife even...
S A a vibrant colourful scenic country
South Aftica is a must see country. Firstly for the wildlife and the scenic areas where the wild animals live. Absolutely beautiful and an unforgetable place. Sabi Sands was my favourite safari park, as the vehicles went off the dirt...
Some of them most breathtaking views of scenery and wildlife you could ever imagine
We spent 2 weeks. We flew into Capetown and stayed for 4 days then flew over to Kruger area. Love Capetown and all it has to offer. We did Table Moutain, see the penguins and went to Cape of Good Hope. We did a safari at Aquila which had...