South Africa

South Africa tailor made holidays

Discover South Africa! Cape Town can be described as one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Self drive along the Garden Route all the way to Port Elizabeth. Experience the Big 5 with the ultimate Safari Experience. If you are planning to spend your next holiday in South Africa, our website offers expert travel advice and some of South and Southern Africa’s most popular multi centre tailor made holiday itineraries. Of course, we can always adjust the number of nights at each location and offer any hotel or lodge you particularly fancy, always at the most competitive rates. We are a London based travel company. All our holidays are ATOL protected ( ATOL licence 10510 ).

Direct daily flights operate from London to Johannesburg with British Airways, Virgin Atlantic or South African Airways. From Johannesburg it is very easy to connect to Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban or Kruger National Park. British Airways operates direct flights to Cape Town and Durban. For regional departures from the U.K. your best airline choice will be Emirates via Dubai, Qatar via Doha or Etihad Airways via Abu Dhabi. Flights to South Africa start from £795 per person, return.

Best places to explore South Africa

• Cape Town ( Camps Bay, Cape Point National Park, Llandudno, Blue Peter Hotel at sunset, Muizenberg Beach for Surf Lessons, panoramic drive along Chapman’s Peak).
• Cape Winelands , under one hour by road from Cape Town ( Franschhoek, Stellenbosch, Paarl).
• Garden Route ( from Mossel Bay to Storms River).
• Safari ( Kruger or Port Elizabeth being the most popular locations to spot the Big Five ).

Good to Know

Best time to visit South Africa

The best time to visit South Africa really depends entirely where your interest lies.

We have shortlisted the most visited places in the country such us Cape Town, Kruger National Park or Durban to help you with the planning of your holiday so you can enjoy the best possible weather during your trip to South Africa.

Cape Town & Western Cape

September, October, March and April are the best months weather wise to visit Cape Town and the surrounding areas as the South East wind is not blowing at these times of the year and the temperatures are very pleasant, so one can enjoy the many beaches in and around Cape Town such as Camps Bay beach, Clifton, Llandudno, Muizenberg and many others.

Tidal pool, Cape Town

If you are planning to visit Cape Town during May, this month marks the end of the autumn season, temperatures are usually milder with slightly lower temperatures and the days start getting shorter. May can be hit or miss, you could have four seasons in one day, so it could be grey and rainy in the morning, warm and sunny in the afternoon and cold at night.

June, July and August are the winter months in South Africa. Cape Town and the Western Cape have cold wet winters and it starts getting dark from 6.30pm.

Wild Flower Season: it starts in August and lasts about four to five weeks when the semi-arid West Coast becomes a carpet of flowers, miles and miles of orange, purple, yellow and white fields. Most of the little towns in this area have wild flower shows over the Fridays / Saturdays and Sundays, each taking a turn and putting on beautifully landscaped arrangements of all the flowers growing in that specific area. The West Coast is said to have the most varieties of wild flower bulbs per square meter in the world. People flock to South Africa specifically for the wild flower season as the countryside is absolutely breathtaking and there are special wild flower tours which one can go on.

Kruger National Park

The best time to visit Kruger National Park is during the winter months of July, August and September in our opinion, as the grassland is brown as the land is dry and temperatures in the Game Reserve are not too hot. Malaria tables are usually not required at this time of the year but it is important to verify this information with your local doctor before travelling.

South African wildlife

Game viewing is very good at this time of the year, especially around the water holes, as this is the dry season and because there is no rain the animals flock around these to drink and bath. September is spring time in South Africa and therefore the start of the breeding season. You could be lucky to see the animals with their babies around this time of the year.

Rainy season in Kruger National Park starts from October to approximately mid February. This period is summer in South Africa and the Kruger National Park falls into the summer rainfall area. It is very hot and humid during this time of the year, therefore malaria tables are required. Again, we highlight the importance of discussing this with your doctor before travelling.

Kwa-Zulu Natal: Durban and surrounding areas

Durban and the surrounding area is tropical, and a lovely time to visit is June, July and August which is the winter time in South Africa but the temperatures here are very mild, average 25C. One can swim in the warm beaches of the Indian Ocean. St. Lucia, Balito, Umdloti, Southbroom, Ramsgate, Margate are some of the best beaches in and around Durban’s Coastline. Many local South Africans from the Western Cape flock to Kwa-Zulu Natal and the South Coast during winter months to escape the rain and enable their children to swim and enjoy the winter school holidays.

Welcome to Durban!

Durban beach front was revamped just before the 2010 World Cup and has a wonderful sea front promenade with many restaurants, shops, an Aquarium, a Water World theme park and an iconic pier with a swanky restaurant with glass walls overlooking the Indian Ocean. Many upmarket hotels are on Durban’s beach front like Southern Sun Elangeni and Maharani or Southern Sun North Beach. Walk from Ushaka ( the Aquarium area ) right along the promenade where you can view local people displaying their beautiful sand art, etc… Durban sandy beaches are very safe for swimming as they are equipped with shark nets.

The rainy season in this part of the World is in the South African summer time from October onwards and the temperatures soar and the area becomes quite unpleasant and humid.
There are two major Big Five Game Reserves within a four-hour drive from Durban: Hluhluwe and Umfolozi, a definite highlight for those planning a trip to Kwa-Zulu Natal.

Best places to visit in South Africa

• Cape Town ( Camps Bay, Cape Point National Park, Llandudno, Blue Peter Hotel at sunset, Muizenberg Beach for Surf Lessons, panoramic drive along Chapman’s Peak).
• Cape Winelands ( Franschhoek, Stellenbosch, Paarl).
• Garden Route ( from Mossel Bay to Storms River).
• Safari ( Kruger or Port Elizabeth being the most popular locations to spot the Big 5).

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