South Africa Destination Tours

South Africa is an incredible tour destination, with many cultural highlights and natural wonders to explore, you can experience the best South Africa has to offer. In South Africa you’ll find the world’s oldest fossils, and the world’s newest democracy. Referred to as the ‘Rainbow Nation’, South Africa has to be one of the most attractive destinations to travel to.
It is a vast country with so many things that a tourist can discover during his/her South Africa travel tours. Guideforafrica highlights the best South Africa tours for the country visitors.

OUR BEST RECOMMENDED TOURS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Cape Town Tours
Cape Town is the second largest city in South Africa and also the capital of the Western Cape Province. The city is a vast destination that presents mind-boggling diversity with unique cultural activities and geographical features and grand shopping, casino entertainment, outdoor adventures and scenic nature tours, historic tours, wine tasting, beer tasting and brandy tasting. Cape Town is worth travelling for vacation. There are number of things here to keep you entertained to leave you with lasting memories.
Cape Winelands Visit
The Cape Winelands is a region of the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It is the largest wine producing region in the country. It is a beautiful wine growing area stretching from Paarl, Franschhoek and Stellenbosch all the way over the Hottentots Holland mountain range to Montague and Robertson showcasing over 200 different wine estates. The scenery is magical with dramatic mountain backdrops and endless vineyards offer perfect tour insights. Visit the Drakenstein Lion Park, a Sanctuary for captive born predators to see lions. We recommend wine tasting at Rickety Bridge Winery.
Hermanus Tours
This is another South Africa tourism paradise. It offers scenic beauty, diverse wildlife, diversity of cultures and traditions. Known as the best land based whale-watching destination in the world. Moving north from the cold Antarctic, attracted by the warmer waters along the South African coastline and the calm waters of the protected bays, they come to mate and calve. The most spectacular close up sightings of these gentle giants can be seen from the rocky coastline or from a licensed chartered boat offering exhilarating boat-based whale watching. Hermanus is most visited by Southern Right Whales between May and December every year. September tends to be the busiest month when tourists come to experience the colourful Hermanus Whale Festival and the whales return festivities.
Garden Route Tour
The Garden Route is a magnificent 230km stretch of the south-eastern coast of South Africa. This scenic region is nestled between the Tsitsikamma and Outeniqua Mountains and the Indian Ocean. Any South Africa traveller planning a trip through the Garden Route this summer, Mossel Bay must feature in your MUST STOP spots. The Tsitsikamma Nature Reserve is well positioned along the rugged and exciting coastline. It is home to the Storms River Mouth area, and offers visitors nature walks, some exciting adventures such as tubing on the Storms River, scuba diving in the reserve, abseiling and quad biking for the young at heart. It draws several tourists every year who come for the temperate climate, natural beauty and numerous outdoor activities.
Isimangaliso Wetland Park
Isimangaliso Wetland Park was listed as South Africa’s first World Heritage Site in December 1999 in recognition of its superlative natural beauty. It approximately covers 240,000ha, with a further 84,000ha under the sea. This is a large chunk of sub-tropical paradise stretching 220km along the East Coast from St Lucia to the Mozambique border. Several holiday travellers to South Africa come to explore the unique and varied natural habitats and the encounter the countless species of animals that live here. Game drives, cultural visits, birding, and several water sports such as scuba diving, hippo and crocodile cruises, canoeing, fishing, snorkelling and whale watching are available holiday activities in the reserve.
Kruger National Park Safaris
If you want to have an adventurous South Africa holiday, Kruger National Park is the best place to visit. It is one of the biggest and most famous game reserves in the world, and home to an astonishing range of wildlife. It lies in the North East of the country and borders Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland. Kruger Park covers approximately 2 million hectares. It is home to over 148 different mammalian species, 517 bird species and 1,982 plant species. It really is a nature lover’s paradise. Game-viewing in Kruger National Park is best in winter.
Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve Safari
Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve is a premier game reserve in Kwa Zulu Natal located 280 km north of Durban; and is the oldest proclaimed park in Africa. It is the home to the Big Five – lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant. Hluhluwe Umfolozi Game Reserve is the perfect place for you to visit if you want a truly authentic African safari experience combined with a relaxing beach holiday in Durban.
Soweto Tours
Soweto is Nelson Mandela lived. See his house and other famous items of the South African struggle history. Soweto is the most populous black urban residential area in South Africa and has a lot to offer for the seasoned traveller. A Soweto tour would entail visiting the Mandela Museum, where Madiba once lived; a drive down Vilakazi Street; a stop at the Hector Pieterson Memorial; Freedom Square where the ANC’s Freedom Charter was proclaimed in1956; and the Regina Mundi Church. The area is best visited in company of a expert guide who should give you the rich history as well as the evolutions Soweto has gone through.