With southern Africa now fully open for business with vaccinated travelers no longer needing PCR tests to travel, there’s no better time than right now to look into the variety of options for a multi‐country safari that combines the excitingly diverse best the sub‐continent has to offer!
Here in southern Africa, you can indulge in some of the best safari destinations on the continent, with superlative lodges and camps located in legendary national parks and private reserves. With our experienced team of talented safari experts on hand to help you create an amazing safari itinerary, you simply can’t go wrong.
Our expertise is completely at your disposal when you work with us to map out your ultimate route, dotting all the necessary i‘s and crossing the critical t‘s to design what we like to call ‘your perfect safari.’
This is why, in our decades of experience and opinion, the very best African safari trip itineraries are those that combine a diversity of destinations that weave together a rich variety of experiences, vastly varying eco‐systems, and incredible, welcoming people from the most fascinating cultures who thrive on making your stay as life-changing and beautiful as your travel investment makes theirs, by supporting community development, cultural sustainability and wildlife conservation.
When designing your bespoke itinerary, we take into account your unique interests, favorite travel style and, of course, your budget, to seamlessly stitch together the most sensible, time‐effective routing so that you get the absolute best out of your safari without having to worry about the details.
There are some timeless, tried-and-tested ‘safari circuits’ in southern Africa that consistently provide maximum vacation enjoyment with minimal fuss. Let’s have a look at some of the potential combinations!
Combining South Africa’s most celebrated highlights with exploring its neighboring countries is refreshingly straightforward, thanks to easily-accessed daily flights and well‐synced transfer services in all the major tourism centers, enabling us to incorporate stays in top destinations like Cape Town, the Greater Kruger National Park, Victoria Falls, the Okavango Delta, Chobe National Park, and other renowned safari locations into one exciting, streamlined itinerary for you. Like this CLASSIC COMBO SAFARI TO SOUTH AFRICA
COMBO #1: SOUTH AFRICA | ZIMBABWE | BOTSWANA
Fly into Cape Town, either direct or via Johannesburg, and spend three or four days exploring South Africa’s magnificent ‘Mother City’. Take in Table Mountain, the Cape Peninsula, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, and historic Bo Kaap before heading north‐east with an easy connecting flight to the Greater Kruger for a Big Five safari in one of the sensational luxury lodges in this legendary region.
From there you can fly (on a fabulously convenient new direct flight on Fast Jet) to the town of Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Spend a couple of awe-filled days taking in the vast, dramatic beauty of the Victoria Falls, where the Zambezi River plunges more than 300 feet into the Batoka Gorge, creating the world’s largest falling body of water!
It’s a short hop by road from Victoria Falls to Botswana‘s border town of Kasane, the gateway to Chobe National Park, or you could take a connecting flight to Maun for direct access to the famous Okavango Delta. Your flights home, or even onward into more distant parts of Africa, can be arranged just as effortlessly too.
COMBO #2: BUSH & BEACH
Experience the best of both worlds with the Big Five and beachcombing in one trip! Straight after your Greater Kruger Big Five safari, you can fly out to the exquisite beach bliss of exotic Mozambique and its sparkling aquamarine crown, the Bazaruto Archipelago ‐ a cluster of picture‐perfect islands surrounded by the warm turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean.
Plunge into its pristine depths, snorkeling or scuba diving, to explore the carefully protected marine national park that’s filled with rainbows of coral reefs and a stunning variety of ocean life, from curious turtles and dolphins to endless schools of vibrant tropical fish.
South Africa‘s coastline hosts some of the world’s most lauded ‘Blue Flag’ beaches. From the gorgeously cosmopolitan Camps Bay and Clifton beaches on Cape Town’s Atlantic Seaboard at the feet of towering Table Mountain to the more remote, rugged Grotto Beach in the famous whale-watching town of Hermanus, you’re spoiled for choice when it comes to matching a Big Five safari with a Marine Big Five adventure!
#3: INTO THE WILD
From your South African safari, it’s an effortless hop, skip, and a jump to southern Africa’s most exquisitely remote pockets of wilderness, thanks to the combination of the area’s efficient network of flight routes and the superior knowledge of our travel experts. Combine the best of the ‘Rainbow Nation’ with Zambia‘s Livingstone and Victoria Falls, the Lower Zambezi National Park (one of our favorites) and South Luangwa National Park.
Another popular combination with your South Africa and Zambia trip is to include Zimbabwe‘s legendary Hwange National Park (easily accessed via Victoria Falls), Mana Pools National Park, and Lake Kariba’s Matusadona National Park.
With so many options, accessing untouched wilderness areas is a breeze, and allows you to dip into a pool of incredible destinations, each of which is uniquely special and vastly different from the next! Which ones would you choose?
With the world opening up more and more for adventures to be had, we — just like you — have also been bitten hard by the proverbial travel bug! If you’re finding it hard not to scratch that itch and absolutely aching to explore beyond your home borders, give in to your wanderlust by chatting to us about getting you to Africa, where the wilderness is waiting… . along with a long-overdue warm African welcome just for you!
All you’ll need to do is pack! What are you waiting for?
