South Africa
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South Africa

Safari Guide & Travel Information

8Safari Tours
ZAR

47

Parks & Reserves

8

Safari Tours

$472

Avg. Per Day

6

Best Months

About South Africa

From the iconic Kruger National Park to exclusive private reserves, South Africa offers diverse safari experiences combined with world-class infrastructure, excellent roads, and malaria-free options.

Best Time to Visit South Africa

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Best Time to Visit Less Ideal

Recommended: The highlighted months (May, June, July, August, September, October) are generally considered the best time to visit South Africa for safari experiences, based on weather conditions and wildlife viewing opportunities.

Safari Costs & Budget

Average Daily Cost

$383.33-$560

Per person, per day (USD)

$$$ Luxury

High-end lodges, exclusive experiences, and premium service

What's Typically Included

πŸ•οΈAccommodation
🍽️All meals
πŸš™Game drives
🎫Park fees
πŸ‘¨β€πŸ«Expert guide
✈️Transfers

Parks & Reserves (47)

Kruger National Park
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Kruger National Park

7 tours

South Africa's flagship national park and one of Africa's greatest wildlife sanctuaries, Kruger spans nearly 20,000 squa...

Lilac-breasted RollerHyenaGiraffe+2 more
Londolozi Private Game Reserve
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Londolozi Private Game Reserve

Londolozi Private Game Reserve is a legendary Sabi Sand property that has been at the forefront of luxury safari and con...

ImpalaHyenaHippo+2 more
Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
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Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park

The oldest proclaimed game reserve in Africa, established in 1895, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi is the birthplace of rhino conserva...

WarthogWhite RhinoElephant+2 more
Shamwari Private Game Reserve
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Shamwari Private Game Reserve

Shamwari Private Game Reserve is one of the Eastern Cape's most acclaimed Big Five safari destinations, spanning 25,000 ...

ElephantCape BuffaloWhite Rhino+2 more
Singita Sabi Sand Game Reserve
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Singita Sabi Sand Game Reserve

Singita Sabi Sand represents the pinnacle of ultra-luxury safari in South Africa, operating across 45,000 acres of exclu...

Cape BuffaloElephantLion+2 more
Timbavati Nature Reserve
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Timbavati Nature Reserve

Timbavati Private Nature Reserve is one of the original Greater Kruger private reserves, famous worldwide as the birthpl...

ImpalaZebraGiraffe+2 more
Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve
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Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve

Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve is one of the original luxury safari lodges in the Sabi Sand Wildtuin, offering Big Five ...

Cape BuffaloElephantLion+2 more
MalaMala Game Reserve
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MalaMala Game Reserve

MalaMala Game Reserve is the largest private Big Five game reserve in South Africa, sharing a 19-kilometre unfenced boun...

HyenaWhite RhinoGiraffe+2 more
Addo Elephant National Park
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Addo Elephant National Park

The third-largest national park in South Africa, Addo is the only park in the world that is home to the Big Seven - lion...

JackalElephantCape Buffalo+2 more
Sabi Sand Nature Reserve
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Sabi Sand Nature Reserve

Sabi Sand is arguably the finest private game reserve in Africa, sharing an unfenced border with Kruger National Park. R...

HyenaLeopardLion+2 more
Madikwe Game Reserve
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Madikwe Game Reserve

One of South Africa's largest game reserves and a remarkable conservation success story, Madikwe was created in 1991 thr...

KuduLionElephant+2 more
Kapama Private Game Reserve

Kapama Private Game Reserve

Kapama Private Game Reserve is one of the Greater Kruger area's largest private reserves, spanning 13,000 hectares of di...

ImpalaLionElephant+2 more
Kwandwe Private Game Reserve

Kwandwe Private Game Reserve

Kwandwe Private Game Reserve is a 22,000-hectare malaria-free Big Five reserve along the Great Fish River in the Eastern...

White RhinoLionElephant+2 more
Manyeleti Game Reserve

Manyeleti Game Reserve

Manyeleti Game Reserve is a lesser-known gem in the Greater Kruger ecosystem, sharing unfenced borders with both Kruger ...

GiraffeHyenaCape Buffalo+2 more
Dulini Game Reserve

Dulini Game Reserve

Dulini Game Reserve is an ultra-exclusive private concession within the western Sabi Sand Wildtuin, bordering Kruger Nat...

White RhinoImpalaGiraffe+2 more
Marakele National Park

Marakele National Park

Marakele National Park is a malaria-free Big Five reserve nestled in the dramatic Waterberg Mountains of Limpopo Provinc...

GiraffeCape BuffaloElephant+2 more
Inyati Private Game Reserve

Inyati Private Game Reserve

Inyati Private Game Reserve is one of the original members of the Sabi Sand Wildtuin, with a safari heritage dating back...

LionElephantCape Buffalo+2 more
Amakhala Game Reserve

Amakhala Game Reserve

Amakhala Game Reserve is a collection of family-owned farms in the Eastern Cape's Bushman's River valley that have been ...

ElephantWhite RhinoKudu+2 more
Pilanesberg Game Reserve

Pilanesberg Game Reserve

Set within the crater of an ancient volcano near Sun City, Pilanesberg is one of South Africa's most accessible Big Five...

Cape BuffaloLionElephant+2 more
Karongwe Private Game Reserve

Karongwe Private Game Reserve

Karongwe Private Game Reserve is a 9,000-hectare Big Five reserve in the Limpopo lowveld, formed by the merging of four ...

ImpalaElephantLion+2 more
uMkhuze Game Reserve

uMkhuze Game Reserve

uMkhuze Game Reserve is one of South Africa's oldest protected areas and a component of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park UN...

ImpalaWhite RhinoGiraffe+1 more
Tembe Elephant Park

Tembe Elephant Park

Tembe Elephant Park protects the largest free-roaming elephants in Africa β€” the legendary Tembe tuskers β€” in 300 square ...

HippoImpalaElephant
Weenen Game Reserve

Weenen Game Reserve

Weenen Game Reserve is a small but historically significant reserve in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, originally proclaimed...

White RhinoZebraGiraffe+1 more
Augrabies Falls National Park

Augrabies Falls National Park

Augrabies Falls National Park protects one of the world's great waterfalls, where the Orange River thunders 56 metres in...

JackalBaboonSpringbok
Camdeboo National Park

Camdeboo National Park

Camdeboo National Park surrounds the historic Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet β€” South Africa's fourth-oldest town β€” and prot...

ZebraKuduSpringbok+1 more
Ithala Game Reserve

Ithala Game Reserve

Ithala Game Reserve is one of KwaZulu-Natal's hidden treasures, a dramatically scenic reserve set in the rugged gorges a...

ElephantCape BuffaloImpala+2 more
Lion Sands Game Reserve

Lion Sands Game Reserve

Lion Sands Game Reserve is a family-owned concession within the Sabi Sand Wildtuin, renowned for its innovative Treehous...

White RhinoCape BuffaloElephant+2 more
Zulu Nyala Private Game Reserve

Zulu Nyala Private Game Reserve

Zulu Nyala Private Game Reserve is a family-friendly safari destination in northern KwaZulu-Natal, covering 1,500 hectar...

ImpalaGiraffeZebra+2 more
Phinda Private Game Reserve

Phinda Private Game Reserve

Operated by &Beyond, Phinda is one of KwaZulu-Natal's premier private game reserves, renowned for its remarkable seven d...

HippoLionLeopard+2 more
Thornybush Game Reserve

Thornybush Game Reserve

Thornybush Game Reserve is a premier Big Five private reserve in the Greater Kruger ecosystem, covering 14,000 hectares ...

ZebraLionElephant+2 more
Karoo National Park

Karoo National Park

Karoo National Park protects a vast sweep of the Great Karoo semi-desert near Beaufort West, one of South Africa's most ...

GemsbokZebraJackal+1 more
Balule Nature Reserve

Balule Nature Reserve

Balule Nature Reserve is a 40,000-hectare private reserve forming part of the Greater Kruger ecosystem, with fences remo...

HyenaLionElephant+2 more
Bontebok National Park

Bontebok National Park

Bontebok National Park is a small but historically vital conservation area near Swellendam in the Western Cape, establis...

BaboonZebraSpringbok
Mokala National Park

Mokala National Park

Mokala National Park is a relatively new addition to South Africa's national parks system, established in 2007 to provid...

GemsbokGiraffeZebra+2 more
Greater Makalali Private Game Reserve

Greater Makalali Private Game Reserve

Greater Makalali Private Game Reserve is a 26,000-hectare community-owned Big Five reserve in Limpopo Province, formed w...

KuduLionElephant+2 more
Waterberg Biosphere Reserve

Waterberg Biosphere Reserve

The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO-designated biosphere covering 654,000 hectares of ancient mountain bushveld ...

GiraffeZebraKudu+2 more
Pumba Private Game Reserve

Pumba Private Game Reserve

Pumba Private Game Reserve is a malaria-free Big Five destination in the Eastern Cape, spanning 6,000 hectares of lush v...

GiraffeZebraHippo+2 more
|Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park

|Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park

The |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site straddling the Orange River between South A...

JackalSpringbokBaboon
Kariega Game Reserve

Kariega Game Reserve

Kariega Game Reserve is a family-owned, malaria-free Big Five reserve in the Eastern Cape, spanning 10,000 hectares of r...

White RhinoGiraffeHippo+2 more
Ulusaba Private Game Reserve

Ulusaba Private Game Reserve

Ulusaba Private Game Reserve is Sir Richard Branson's luxury safari retreat in the Sabi Sand Wildtuin, offering Big Five...

GiraffeLeopardHyena+2 more
Mapungubwe National Park

Mapungubwe National Park

Mapungubwe National Park protects an area of immense cultural and ecological significance at the confluence of the Limpo...

BaboonKuduImpala+2 more
Idube Game Reserve

Idube Game Reserve

Idube Game Reserve is a private concession within the renowned Sabi Sand Wildtuin, offering exceptional Big Five game vi...

GiraffeHyenaWhite Rhino+2 more
Mountain Zebra National Park

Mountain Zebra National Park

Mountain Zebra National Park was established in 1937 specifically to save the Cape mountain zebra from extinction, when ...

ElandKuduJackal+2 more
Lalibela Wildlife Reserve

Lalibela Wildlife Reserve

Lalibela Wildlife Reserve is a family-owned, malaria-free Big Five destination in the Eastern Cape, encompassing 7,500 h...

ZebraLionElephant+2 more
Schotia Safaris Private Game Reserve

Schotia Safaris Private Game Reserve

Schotia Safaris Private Game Reserve is the oldest private game reserve in the Eastern Cape, established in 1991 and pio...

ElephantWhite RhinoGiraffe+2 more
Golden Gate Highlands National Park

Golden Gate Highlands National Park

Golden Gate Highlands National Park is named for the brilliant shades of gold and ochre cast by the sun on its sandstone...

SpringbokElandZebra+2 more
Spioenkop Nature Reserve

Spioenkop Nature Reserve

Spioenkop Nature Reserve combines Anglo-Boer War battlefield heritage with wildlife conservation in the KwaZulu-Natal Mi...

GiraffeWhite RhinoWildebeest+1 more
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