South Africa
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Parks & Reserves (47)
Kruger National Park
7 toursSouth Africa's flagship national park and one of Africa's greatest wildlife sanctuaries, Kruger spans nearly 20,000 squa...
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...
Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
The oldest proclaimed game reserve in Africa, established in 1895, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi is the birthplace of rhino conserva...
Shamwari Private Game Reserve
Shamwari Private Game Reserve is one of the Eastern Cape's most acclaimed Big Five safari destinations, spanning 25,000 ...
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...
Timbavati Nature Reserve
Timbavati Private Nature Reserve is one of the original Greater Kruger private reserves, famous worldwide as the birthpl...
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 ...
MalaMala Game Reserve
MalaMala Game Reserve is the largest private Big Five game reserve in South Africa, sharing a 19-kilometre unfenced boun...
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...
Sabi Sand Nature Reserve
Sabi Sand is arguably the finest private game reserve in Africa, sharing an unfenced border with Kruger National Park. R...
Madikwe Game Reserve
One of South Africa's largest game reserves and a remarkable conservation success story, Madikwe was created in 1991 thr...
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...
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...
Manyeleti Game Reserve
Manyeleti Game Reserve is a lesser-known gem in the Greater Kruger ecosystem, sharing unfenced borders with both Kruger ...
Dulini Game Reserve
Dulini Game Reserve is an ultra-exclusive private concession within the western Sabi Sand Wildtuin, bordering Kruger Nat...
Marakele National Park
Marakele National Park is a malaria-free Big Five reserve nestled in the dramatic Waterberg Mountains of Limpopo Provinc...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
uMkhuze Game Reserve
uMkhuze Game Reserve is one of South Africa's oldest protected areas and a component of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park UN...
Tembe Elephant Park
Tembe Elephant Park protects the largest free-roaming elephants in Africa β the legendary Tembe tuskers β in 300 square ...
Weenen Game Reserve
Weenen Game Reserve is a small but historically significant reserve in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, originally proclaimed...
Augrabies Falls National Park
Augrabies Falls National Park protects one of the world's great waterfalls, where the Orange River thunders 56 metres in...
Camdeboo National Park
Camdeboo National Park surrounds the historic Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet β South Africa's fourth-oldest town β and prot...
Ithala Game Reserve
Ithala Game Reserve is one of KwaZulu-Natal's hidden treasures, a dramatically scenic reserve set in the rugged gorges a...
Lion Sands Game Reserve
Lion Sands Game Reserve is a family-owned concession within the Sabi Sand Wildtuin, renowned for its innovative Treehous...
Zulu Nyala Private Game Reserve
Zulu Nyala Private Game Reserve is a family-friendly safari destination in northern KwaZulu-Natal, covering 1,500 hectar...
Phinda Private Game Reserve
Operated by &Beyond, Phinda is one of KwaZulu-Natal's premier private game reserves, renowned for its remarkable seven d...
Thornybush Game Reserve
Thornybush Game Reserve is a premier Big Five private reserve in the Greater Kruger ecosystem, covering 14,000 hectares ...
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 ...
Balule Nature Reserve
Balule Nature Reserve is a 40,000-hectare private reserve forming part of the Greater Kruger ecosystem, with fences remo...
Bontebok National Park
Bontebok National Park is a small but historically vital conservation area near Swellendam in the Western Cape, establis...
Mokala National Park
Mokala National Park is a relatively new addition to South Africa's national parks system, established in 2007 to provid...
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...
Waterberg Biosphere Reserve
The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO-designated biosphere covering 654,000 hectares of ancient mountain bushveld ...
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...
|Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park
The |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site straddling the Orange River between South A...
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...
Ulusaba Private Game Reserve
Ulusaba Private Game Reserve is Sir Richard Branson's luxury safari retreat in the Sabi Sand Wildtuin, offering Big Five...
Mapungubwe National Park
Mapungubwe National Park protects an area of immense cultural and ecological significance at the confluence of the Limpo...
Idube Game Reserve
Idube Game Reserve is a private concession within the renowned Sabi Sand Wildtuin, offering exceptional Big Five game vi...
Mountain Zebra National Park
Mountain Zebra National Park was established in 1937 specifically to save the Cape mountain zebra from extinction, when ...
Lalibela Wildlife Reserve
Lalibela Wildlife Reserve is a family-owned, malaria-free Big Five destination in the Eastern Cape, encompassing 7,500 h...
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...
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...
Spioenkop Nature Reserve
Spioenkop Nature Reserve combines Anglo-Boer War battlefield heritage with wildlife conservation in the KwaZulu-Natal Mi...
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