A classic that keeps surprising us.
South Africa brings together experiences that would often require several countries to experience. Home to some of the continent’s most celebrated reserves as well as a cosmopolitan city wrapped in nature, dramatic coastlines, beautiful winelands, and mountain landscapes made for exploring.
Many of Africa’s most respected safari operators have deep roots here, offering exceptional guiding, remarkable wildlife, and camps that have helped shape the modern luxury safari experience. Beyond the bush, Cape Town and the surrounding winelands add art, design, history, food, and a completely different pace.
South Africa works beautifully for a first trip to Africa, but there is always another way to experience it. Return for a different safari region, settle into Cape Town for longer, explore the coast, or plan an entire trip around food and wine.
- Eat your way through Cape Town. This city combines beaches, mountains, art, history, and an exciting food scenes where eating well is part of experiencing the city.
- Unwind in the Cape Winelands. Wine estates, outstanding restaurants, contemporary art, gardens, and mountain scenery make Stellenbosch and Franschhoek easy to linger over long lunches and private tastings.
- Experience a Big 5 Safari. South Africa is home to some of Africa’s most respected safari operators and guides. Explore the Greater Kruger region, take over a private villa, or sleep beneath the stars in your own treehouse.
- Take advantage of Malaria-Free Family Options. Excellent malaria-free reserves, engaging guides, family villas, and flexible activities make South Africa well suited to families and multigenerational trips.
- Always Another Way to Explore. Hike trails through fynbos, follow the coastal roads, visit different reserves. South Africa allows you to experience something new every trip.
variety within a single trip.
Few countries offer this much variety within a single trip. You can begin with breakfast overlooking the ocean, spend an afternoon tasting wine beneath the mountains, and a few days later wake to lions and leopards calling outside your safari lodge.
South Africa also becomes familiar quickly. Returning visitors often revisit favorite restaurants and markets, stay longer in one neighborhood, and explore beyond the best-known attractions. It begins to feel less like somewhere you are visiting and more like a place you know.
Combine the restaurants, art, coastline, and mountain landscapes of Cape Town with a private reserve and some of South Africa’s finest wildlife viewing.
A family-focused trip bringing together Cape Town and one of South Africa’s excellent malaria-free safari reserves, with thoughtful pacing, private guiding, and experiences for every generation.
Begin in Cape Town before traveling to Victoria Falls and the waterways of Botswana’s Okavango Delta and the vast Makgadikgadi pans.
Whether this will be your first visit or your fifth, tell us what you would love to experience and what has brought you back.
We will help you create a trip that shows you South Africa in a new way.
