Pilanesberg National Park: The Big Five Safari Inside a Billion-Year-Old Volcano
Reading Time: 5 minutesMalaria-free Big Five safari two hours from Johannesburg, inside a 1.2-billion-year-old extinct volcano.
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Etosha National Park: Namibia’s Great White Place (And Its Most Generous Safari)
Reading Time: 4 minutesEtosha: why the waterholes change the safari, when to go, where to stay and how to self-drive it.
Mapungubwe National Park: The Kingdom of Gold Everyone Forgets
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere is a hill in the far north of South Africa where three countries meet, where a golden rhino smaller than your hand was buried for seven centuries, and where…
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park: The Desert Safari That Outshines the Big Five Crowd
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhy the Kalahari Rewards Travellers Who Look Harder Most Southern Africa itineraries are built around one thing: density. Travellers want to see as many animals as possible, as quickly as…
iSimangaliso: South Africa’s First World Heritage Site (And the Safari Everyone Skips)
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Park That Has Everything Ask ten international travellers to name a South African park and all ten will say Kruger. Fair enough. But the country’s first UNESCO World Heritage…
Kruger National Park: A First-Timer’s Guide to South Africa’s Greatest Safari
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Safari Everyone Overthinks Ask a hundred travellers to name the first safari that comes to mind and most will say the same thing: Kruger. And then, almost immediately, they…
A Culinary Road Trip Through Southern Africa: From Bo-Kaap Curries to a Karoo Braai
Reading Time: 3 minutesA Culinary Road Trip Through Southern Africa Southern Africa sells itself on landscapes. But ask anyone who has travelled the region properly and they will tell you the same thing:…
Hiking Safely in the Drakensberg and Southern Africa
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Drakensberg is spectacular, but a mountain holiday rewards preparation more than spontaneity. Weather can change quickly, trail conditions vary, and a route that looks short on a map may…
Addo Elephant National Park: Southern Africa’s Smartest Safari Decision
Reading Time: 4 minutesThree hours north of Cape Town, the road runs out of distractions. The vineyards of the Winelands fall behind, the tar flattens, and then the mountains arrive: jagged sandstone peaks…
South Africa Gets a New National Park: Grasslands National Park Declared in the Eastern Cape
Reading Time: 3 minutesSouth Africa Has a Brand-New National Park — and It’s in the Eastern Cape South Africa’s national park family has grown. Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister David Maynier has…