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“Luxury Safari South Africa” – what an immense range of images such a simple phase can conjure up! One such might be a simple picture of the sun setting over the plains, or perhaps a cautious lion lapping at the far side of the dam keeping an eye on a herd of elephants gathered around the other end of the waterhole. Equally it might be the thought of lying in your huge, utterly comfortable, luxury tent and waking to the quiet call of your butler bringing early-morning tea or listening to the sounds of the night-time bush whilst having a gentle candlelit dinner alongside a crackling campfire. The essence of all these are encompassed within a luxury safari in South Africa.
The best safaris in South Africa will be in the east, especially in Madikwe, the Waterberg and Mpumalanga. The feel, climate and terrain in those areas is quite different to that of the Cape or the Garden Route/Eastern Cape, much more suited to the big animals. But naturally, despite the game being largely introduced to ranches and relatively small private conservation areas in the Cape regions and it is therefore a more ersatz experience, one can view animals in the Western and Eastern Cape as well.
A luxury South African safari can be experienced in many ways. The epitome of a luxury adventure experience might be staying at a private property; here a full complement of staff and having the entire place at your party’s disposal means superb comfort, traversing rights over large tracts of game-filled bush and world class cuisine. However our favourites are the small, wonderfully evocative, carefully sited tented camps which make the most of the views over the local terrain. riding treks South Africa Such a camp will often only be shared with a few other guests and one’s room will have accoutrements and facilities that put a “proper” house to shame in a very private, wonderfully spacious, fully ensuite luxury tent! luxury south africa holidays Described as “uber-luxury”, there are then a number of utterly top-end intimate properties such as Singita, Ulusaba and Royal Malewane.
However the game will be excellent and the adventure sublime virtually wherever one stays within reason! Of course there are many other facets of the bush to explore, whether from a vehicle, on foot or, for instance, on horseback; a luxury safari in South Africa is therefore not just about animals although it is likely that one will see all the major species. luxury holidays to South Africa The list of activities is endless and one can even be forgiven for taking a few hours during the safari to do absolutely nothing at all!
With so much else on offer, a real cornucopia of activities and excitements in places such as the Cape, the Garden Route, the winelands, the Drakensberg Mountains and the battlefields South Africa really does have a major advantage for a holiday/safari. A professionally created luxury South African safari can encompass all of these.
