South Africa Travel Guide

Explore the beautiful land of South Africa

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Best time to visit
Mar - Oct
Ideal Duration
6-7 Days
Visa
On Arrival
Starting from
Rs. 1
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Information about South Africa

Wildlife in South Africa:  The county is known as one of the biggest attractions when it comes to looking at wild animals and plants closely. With many parks and reserves in the country, one can find a host of options to observe animals, such as animals, elephants, rhinos and lions. Furthermore, one can even spot buffaloes and leopards in South Africa as well. Furthermore, there are various beautiful species of birds and offers one a view of various rare species of birds as well. A South Africa tourism guide will help one to visit Addo Elephant National Park, Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game Park, Mapungubwe National Park, etc.

Weather: The South Africa climate is pleasant all year round. It is neither too hot nor too cold. Furthermore, the coastal areas enjoy the Mediterranean climate, which is perfect for a visit during any month of the year. The Cape, one of the most popular destinations in the country, enjoys a pleasant summer and pleasant winters. There is no need for anyone to worry about when to visit the country. If whale watching is the point of one’s visit, then the months through July to November are the best time to visit the country. The northern regions of the country experience rainy season from May to November. However, this is the perfect time to visit the mountain ranges and the valleys.

Food in South Africa: The best thing about South Africa is known for its South Africa food. The South African cuisine is known for its variety of choice of meat dishes. Biltong, a salty dried meat dish, which is similar to meat jerky is one of the most known traditional South African food. Bobotie, yet another dish of Malay descent includes a meatloaf, raisins and is served with a baked egg on top. Furthermore, most of the dishes here are served by sambals, yellow rice, yellow rice, coconut, banana slices, and chutney. Other than this, traditional dishes also include Kachumbari, Brik, Fufu, and Kachumbari.

Festivals in South Africa: The most pompous festival celebrated in South Africa is the Freedom Day on 27th April. This day marks the celebration of the first democratic celebration.  Cape Town Minstrel Carnival, celebrated on 2nd January each day, is yet another festival to witness. The streets are dotted with a wonderful parade. Furthermore, during the parade classical jazz and traditional music is played. Knysna Oyster Festival is a beautiful festival held at the Garden Route. This is a tribute to one humble oyster and the celebrations last for 10 days. There are many other festivals in South Africa that can be enjoyed with great pomp and show.

Shopping in South Africa: South Africa is known for various commodities that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. From well-made leather shoes to sandals to leather goods and to wooden objects, one can find many things in South Africa.

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Guru's 10 days trip to South Africa

The trip was well organized and the local drivers and guide allocated for our trip were very professional. The coordination by Travel triangle was flawless and had a great user experience. I will recommend to all my friends to utilize the services

Guru Bangalore

S's 5 days trip to South Africa

The team at TravelLykke have been very professional in their approach right through. They have been very patient and understanding of the requirements and accommodative to all kinds of doubts and queries and options too. Fairly transparent in the dealings and have a good set of on-ground contacts in S Africa who too have been professional and on time without delays and exceptions. A suggestion: there were some legs where we were informed we need to take Uber (to & fro Robben Island & Table Top Mountain). For the kind of spends done by us (Rs 3 Lakhs +) overall, it would have been helpful if these too could have been accommodated in the package. It is the nuisance value of having to book, wait etc. Also more minute detailing of the Full day Cape Peninsula tour could have been share earlier - we got it on landing from the local guide and it was very educative. Why not share this ahead of time? Some travel agencies give a backpack or travel kit (the amount of Rs 3 Lakhs is HUGE) with your branding. In this case it is singularly absent. Wonder why? We stayed in 3 hotels - Emerald Guest house in Johannesburg (Rating Poor to Good only); Kruger Park Adventure Lodge ( Excellent); Holiday Inn Express at Cape Town (Excellent).

S Raj Delhi

Mayankmaki's 9 days trip to South Africa

The trip was very well organised and all our requirements were met. We had issues due to flight delays and we were late for one tour, our travel planner Mrs Prerna was very helpful and proactive to adjust the tours to accommodate everything. From last minute hotel booking to providing rental car , she was quick to respond and also regular reminders before trips to ensure smooth communication between us and South African operators. Would surely recommend their services The views with clouds sliding in all around the mountains and ocean at the cape point during the cape peninsula tour.

Mayankmaki Mumbai

Chinthabinoy's 4 days trip to South Africa

We had an amazing time at SA. Prerna ( Offbeat trippers) arranged everything as per our request.

Chinthabinoy

Rajani's 7 days trip to South Africa

We had an amazing trip to South Africa. We would like to thank Mr. Inderjit from Flyocity for planning our itinerary and being available for resolving all queries. We had no problems in a foreign country.

Rajani Damani Guwahati

Jennifer's 11 days trip to South Africa

Plan your destinations efficiently arranged a wonderful trip to South Africa and Seychelles.We had in total 12 days travel itinerary. Accommodation, food, intercity transfers,sight seeing were well arranged. No blunders at all. Highly recommend their services for these destinations. Well planned by Sandeep.

Jennifer B Mumbai

Aniruddha's 9 days trip to South Africa

We had an amazing trip to South Africa. It is a beautiful country to visit with very hospitable people around. Everything went well without any hiccups. The hotels, cab drivers and other details were well planned by Nikhil from Besten/MK Holidays, special thanks to him. Some elements which can be improved were the visits planned during our stay at Knysna as they were quite some distance away from our hotel. Will definitely recommend Travel Triangle to others for planning their trips.

Aniruddha Jasu Ashburn

Sonaleeka's 6 days trip to South Africa

Its good ..but i did not had same experience as travel factory they used to provide us our day activity one day ahead.but hear besten tour everything is clumsy and messy every time we have to call our agent to get the details through out the tour.and some othe place we have to pay from our pocket even after paying for the pacakge. We had a very bad experience with besten tour.Half of things which promised not taked care by the vendor.We paid extra from our pocket for some of the tickets (activity) even after paying the complete amont..vendor promised he will pay us back..but we are still chasing behind him.This is the worst experience I ever had...I will never reccomend any one neither nor besten tour..learn something from travel factory

Sonaleeka Dash Bangalore

Rajesh's 11 days trip to South Africa

Was a unique experience in the game safari and capetown. Sandeep was extremely help and was always reachable. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience.

Rajesh Kazankodath Pune

Yanshuk's 8 days trip to South Africa

everything went very well as planned. hotels were awesome their locations, clean, services & all (except soho hotel in sun city. service was not goodas well as room was not as per expectation). overall trip was awesome. A big thanks to our travel agent Mr. Inderjit (flyocity trip planners pvt. ltd.) & travel triangle....

Yanshuk Sharma New delhi

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If applied properly with all the correct documents, South African visa can take anytime between 5 working days to a couple of weeks, depending on the traffic.

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