Safaris & Vacation Packages To South Africa
Safari packages to South Africa are synonymous with luxury accommodation, rich wildlife watching and relaxing vacations. In parks and game reserves located in this country can be seen numerous animal species, but also plenty of African plants. Luxury vacation packages to South Africa are extremely popular amongst foreign travelers because the excitement of wildlife observing is combined with accommodation in five-star safari lodges and great entertainment.
Game reserves in South Africa encompass every possible landscape, from deserts and thick forests to high mountains and steep coastal regions. With over 100 game and nature reserves, is not surprising that South Africa provides some of the most rewarding vacation packages and African safaris. Generally, people travel to various regions in the country, yet the internationally renowned Kruger National Park and its neighboring reserves are the most popular safari destinations in the entire southern part of Africa.
Safari Packages To South Africa - Kruger National Park
Over a half million of travelers visit annually this premier game reserve of South Africa. Kruger National Park stretches on 7,332 square miles (18,989 square kilometers) and was established in 1898 to protect the South African wildlife. Close to Kruger are located several smaller game reserves and a great characteristic is the fact that between them are no fences. As a result, the wild animals can roaming without restrictions. Safari deals to South Africa are considered very attractive because it afford tourists to observe lions, leopards, rhinoceros, elephants, buffaloes, and many other wild species on a relatively small area.
In Kruger National Park is not unusual to see lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dog, rhino, elephant, buffalo, antelope, crocodile, and hippo along a short journey. Vacationers see numerous birds like eagles or hawks, but also many other migratory and indigenous species - there live about 510 different varieties!
While visiting Kruger, travelers have the opportunity to take pleasure with ease in self-driven excursions and see a lot of game, especially when they visit the central and southern parts of this big park, which actually is larger than Ireland! The northern area has fewer animals due to the more drier conditions, but because less people go there, tourists who still reach this end have the chance to enjoy sightseeing into a more quiet vacation atmosphere.
Safaris in South Africa are ideal vacations because the infrastructure and accommodation amenities are excellent everywhere. Even if many safari lodges feature luxury amenities the rates are still affordable in comparison with other African countries, where usually everything is prohibitively expensive to foreign citizens.
Trips To Sabi Sands Game Reserve
On the western side of Kruger National Park is located the Sabi Sands game reserve. In this zone are a few very popular private concessions such as Mala Mala, Sabi Sabi, and Londelozi.
The inexistence of fences between safari parks let animals to move without restrictions, making the game viewing equally great as in Kruger, but with an important difference. Because this reserve is privately owned, off-road game tracking is allowed, so tourists have better chances to see big cats, elephants, rhino, buffalo, and wild dogs.
The Sand and Sabi rivers, which flow through reserve, are the main points of interest, attracting game especially in the dry season - practically viewing lion and other predatory animals is virtually guaranteed there!
Sabi Sands features about 30 luxury safari lodges, yet it are pretty expensive and therefore tourists without a generous vacation budget are advised to find accommodation elsewhere.
Hluhluwe Umfolozi National Park
This park is the best safari destination in South Africa in order to see endangered rhinoceros living in their natural habitat, being nowadays home to the largest population of white rhino in the world, with over 1,600 animals. Hluhluwe has also a small black rhino population. Safari tours in South Africa that include this destination offer excellent opportunities to see also lion, leopard, buffalo, elephants, cheetah, and more than 400 bird species. Actually, the wildlife is so rich that tourists might have some close encounters with them even on the road.
Madikwe Game Reserve
Most game living in this safari park was relocated from other areas in 1991. A huge advantage of booking safaris to this park is the fact that it is not situated in region affected by malaria, so voyagers do not have to worry about this illness.
Rare antelope species like eland, gemsbok, and sable can be seen without any effort and people have the opportunity to observe the animals in peace and solitude because not many travelers know yet about this excellent game reserve, one of the bests in South Africa.
Kgalagadi National Park
It is a fantastic safari park with very rich wildlife, still there don't go too many tourists. This happens because, for some unknown reasons, most voyage agencies include in their promotions less safari packages to this vacation destination in South Africa. Perhaps the main motive is the fact that this reserve is located in the Kalahari Desert and most people usually don't associate deserts with life...This opinion is partially true, but there are always exceptions to the rule and this South African safari park qualifies as a top exception. Sightseer can observe there a few very interesting species such as the gemsbok antelope (which can live several months without water), springbok, blue wildebeest, eland, and red hartebeest.
Where live antelopes come also predatory animals and therefore vacationers have good chances to see lions and leopards. Kgalagadi is also famous for rare birds of prey, such as the pygmy falcon.
Featured Safari Packages To South Africa
South Africa Safari Packages
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