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South Africa makes a perfect family safari holiday. With its warmth and sunshine, its wildlife and its outdoor culture, South Africa offers plenty to enthral both children and their parents. There are golden sandy beaches for beachcombing, warm seas for swimming, magnificent wild animals to discover and pristine wilderness to explore. Your family safari holiday begins with a non-stop flight and if coming from Europe, there is no jet lag.

Family Safari Holidays for All Children

We recommend the following family holiday destinations for children of all ages:

• Cape Town - the Oceanarium, Planetarium, World of Birds, Imhoffs farm, boat trips, beaches, woodland and mountain trails.

• Hermanus and the Overberg - beaches and superb land and boat-based whale-watching; plus ideal for breaking the longish journey to the Garden Route.

• Little Karoo - Cango Caves to explore, ostrich farms where you can even ride the ostriches, the Cango wildlife ranch and many other family attractions.

• Garden Route - beaches; forest trails; boat cruises on Knysna lagoon; elephant back safaris; child-friendly game drives; boat trips to see the whales, dolphins and seals...

• Eastern Cape Family Safaris - malaria free Big Five game reserves; sandy beaches; Addo Elephant Park

• Drakensberg Mountains - family-friendly mountain resort hotels full of sporting facilities, wonderful walking trails for all ages. Ideal for 4 years and up

• Durban and the Dolphin Coast -for South African winter sun and swimming; Zulu cultural villages with dancing displays; boat cruises; Natal Shark centre

• Madikwe Family Safaris - malaria-free game reserves of Waterberg or Madikwe.

Family Safari Holidays for Older Children

Most areas of South Africa have something to delight the older child. As well as the family holiday areas mentioned above, you can add:

• Coastal Maputaland - ideal for the summer school holidays with swimming and snorkelling; canoeing and boating in the ancient freshwater lakes; turtle tracking in season (November to February)

• Family Safaris - in the Sabi Sands, Timbavati, Kruger National Park or Phinda

• Natal Battlefields - offers fascinating stories of the Anglo-Zulu and Anglo-Boer battles for children of around ten upwards. Why not stay in an authentic Zulu cultural village, accessible only by donkey-cart and on horseback?

• Various alternative beach extensions as well as Coastal Maputaland. Why not head to the Benguerra Islands off Mozambique or Mauritius with its polished and child-orientated resort hotels.

Family Safari Holidays for Active Families

Cape Town, the Garden Route, the Cedarberg mountains and the Drakensberg mountains all offer active family safari holidays, especially for older children.

• Head to the Cedarberg mountains for hiking, rock art trails, quad-biking and white water rafting in season (June to mid Sept).

• The Drakensberg Mountains offer wonderful walking trails and lots of sporting facilities at the mountain resorts.

• The Garden Route has a range of accessible adventurous activities such as kayaking up the Keurbooms rivers or exploring the indigenous forests on a tree top canopy tour - you're harnessed to a series of cables and you glide like a bird from tree to tree!


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