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South Africa

Regions

Addo Elephant Park
Addo Elephant Park is a large park close to Port Elizabeth. As well as the elephants, it is now also a Big Five park, and home to kudu, eland, buffalo, red hartebeest, black rhino and many bird species.
Augrabies Falls National Park
Augrabies Falls National Park is about 120 km west of Upington in an arid area of the Northern Cape Province. It provides a sanctuary to a diversity of species, from birds and reptiles to springbok, gemsbok and giraffe.
Cape Floral Region
Eight protected areas in the Western and Northern Cape of South Africa make up this region which is the smallest of the world's six plant kingdoms. Beautiful areas with massive variety of flora and amazing scenery.
Cape Peninsula
The Cape Peninsula mountain chain runs from Signal Hill in Cape Town in the north, to Cape Point in the south (about 60km). It is flanked by the Atlantic to the west and False Bay to the east. It is a spectacular area including Table Mountain and the Cape of Good Hope.
Cederberg Wilderness Area
The Cederberg mountain range is in the Western Cape and offers a true wilderness experience, popular with hikers and mountain bikers. There are unusual rock formations, mountains and some ancient rock art.
Drakensberg Mountains
The dramatic mountain range of the Drakensberg curves around the border between KwaZulu Natal and Lesotho. They are the highest mountains in southern Africa. It is wild and rugged here, with spectacular scenery and it is a paradise for hikers.
Eastern Cape
This province sits between Western Cape and Kwa Zulu Natal and offers beutiful rugged coastlines and a wealth of great game reserves.
Freestate
Centrally located in South Africa, Freestate Province has a rich cultural heritage and shares a long border with Lesotho. Dramatic mountain ranges and wilderness areas mix with farming and crafts. The capital city of Bloemfontein with it's history and musuems provides the business centre and transport hub with train links also to the Cape.
Garden Route
South Africa's legendary Garden Route runs for about 220km from Mossel Bay to Storms River (west of Port Elizabeth), taking in some of the most stunning scenery of the Cape coast: lakes, mountains, fantastic beaches, and coastal forests.
Gauteng Province
Gauteng is the smallest of South Africa's provinces and home to the capital, Pretoria. It is a business and shopping centre and also has interesting mixes of culture and a range of sight seeing options.
Greater Kruger Reserves
Joining on to Kruger National Park are an area of private reserves, which expand the area that wildlife is free to roam. With private roads and tracks these are fantastic places to see the big 5 and explore on foot without the mass traffic of the main Kruger Park.
Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park
The Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park is renowned for its variety of animal and bird life, and a varying landscape of valleys, hills, forests, rivers, thicket and savannah.
Itala Game Reserve
Close to the southern border of Swaziland, Itala Game Reserve is a very scenic and mountainous park covering about 30,000 hectares in the north of KwaZulu Natal.
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park
The Kalahari Gemsbok National Park sits in a small triangle area between Namibia and Botswana and is home to the famous Kalahari Lions, cheetah, leopard, wild dogs and meerkats.
Karoo National Park
Karoo National Park in South Africa's Western Cape is part of the larger Great Karoo, a huge area of semi-desert dominated by the Nuweweld Mountains.
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is a large wildlife preserve and conservation area in southern Africa. The park straddles the border between South Africa and Botswana and comprises two adjoining national parks: Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa and Gemsbok National Park in Botswana.
Knysna
Knysna is a coastal town famous for it's lovely beaches and it's oysters but is also an attraction for the unique coastal forest that meets the Indian Ocean. Plenty to do in the region from hiking and biking to sampling the many restaurants!
Kruger National Park
One of the best known and largest game parks in South Africa, Kruger draws safari lovers from all over the world and offers superb wildlife viewing opportunities.
Kwa Zulu Natal
This large province is a centre for hiking in the Drakkensburg, the warm beaches of the Indian Ocean and several top class game reserves.
Limpopo Province
The Limpopo is a mix of hot plains and misty mountains, a wonderful wilderness area for walking and bush activities, especially popular for horse riding safaris.
Madikwe Game Reserve
Madikwe covers 75,000 hectares in the north west of South Africa, adjoining the border with Botswana, about 4 hours drive from Johannesburg.
Mkhaya Game Reserve
A sanctuary for the rare black rhino, Mkhaya is also home to white rhino, elephant, the rare roan antelope and other antelope, wildebeest, zebra and more. You will also see a lot of Nguni cattle (long-horned) in amongst the wild animals.
Mkuze Falls Private Game Reserve
Mkuze Falls is a private game reserve in a stunning location in the heart of Kwa Zulu Natal. Home to the big 5 and over 400 bird species.
Mpumalanga Province
Linking Gauteng province and the international airports to the Kruger region, Mpumalanga has a lot to offer the visitor including the beautiful Panorama Route.
North West Province
Bordering Botswana in the north of South Africa, the North West Province offers a range of interests for the visitor including safari in Madikwe Game Reserve and several attractions within easy reach of Johannesburg.
Northern Cape
The largest of South Africa's provinces but one of the least populated. Northern Cape borders both Namibia and Botswana and has stunning landscapes and wilderness areas.
Oudtshoorn
The centre of the Klein Karoo, this region is famous for Ostrich farming and is of great interest to geologists and botanists as well.
Plettenberg Bay
Plettenberg Bay and its surrounding area are one of the most beautiful stretches of coast in South Africa. Close to Knysna and Tsitsikamma there are endless activities and sightseeing opportunities.
St Lucia Wetlands Park
Situated on the Maputaland coast, St Lucia is the largest estuarine lake system in Africa.
The Winelands
A beautiful area to the north inland of Cape Town that encompasses some of the world's finest vinyards and interested 'cape dutch' architecture.
Tsitsikamma National Park
The Tsitsikamma National Park is a coastal reserve on the Garden Route in South Africa. It is well known for indigenous forests, dramatic coastline, and the Otter Trail.
Western Cape
Home to the winelands, garden route, crashing Atlantic shores and warm Indian Ocean plus of course the cosmopolitan city of Cape Town, the Western Cape has plenty to offer the visitor.
Whale Coast
The Whale Coast as the name suggests, is prime whale watching coastline and offers stunning beaches and cliff paths to sight these magnificent animals from.

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Naomi | Nov 2011
Excellent service, even though it was not a regular package. Every aspect of the service from Tribes through to staff on our holiday was brilliant
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P.Rooke | Aug 2011
Well done Tribes!
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Bob Mudd | Jul 2011
We had a wonderful holiday but then with penguins, great white sharks, sea-lions, bontenbok, southern right whales, balck rhino, elephants, lions and ...
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bev costello | Apr 2011
Tracy arranged a trip which fitted really well with what we were looking for. We were keen to spend time with a local project and what was organised m...
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JaneD | Feb 2011
We had a lovely trip only marred by ill-health at the end.