Top 17 Safari Experiences in Southern Africa

Victoria Falls – The largest, most beautiful and simply the greatest waterfall in the World.

Etosha National Park – There are few places in southern Africa that can compete with the wildlife prospects of extraordinary Etosha National Park

Fish River Canyon – The enormous gash in the surface of the Planet in the southern Namibia is an almost implausible landscape.

Sossusvlei – The towering red dunes of Sossusvlei consist of incredibly fine sand that feels soft when it falls through your fingers and changes hue with the light.

Okavango Delta – The Okavango Delta in Botswana is an astonishing, beautiful and wild place.

Chobe National Park – Botswana’s Chobe National Park ranks among the elite of African safari destinations.

Lessons in History – The impact of apartheid on present day South Africa is impossible to measure as it informs so much of daily life. The apartheid museum etc.

Quirimbas Archipelago – Idyllic island strewn amid azure seas, dense mangrove channels opening onto pristine patches of soft, white sand, dhows silhouetted against the horizon and magical Ibo Island, with its silversmiths, fort and crumbling mansions – the remote Quirimbas Archipelago in Mozambique is a time and place set apart, accessed with difficulty, and invariably left behind with regret.

Mozambique Island – There are no crowds and few vehicles, but Mozambique Island is hardly silent.

South Luangwa National Park -  Stroll single file through Zambia’s South Luangwa National park with a rifle-carrying scout in the lead, no 4WD engine sounds, no obstructions sight lines and no barriers between you and the wildlife, both predators and prey.

Kgalagadi Transfrontiers – Kgalagadi covers almost 40.00 sq. km of raw Kalahari in the Northern Cape and Botswana, roamed by some 2000 predators.

The Drakensberg – Majestic, stunning and mysterious, the mountains and surrounds of the World Heritage-listed uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park in South Africa are among the country’s most awe-inspiring landscape.

Lesotho Lodge Living – There are few places where lodge accommodation and village experiences are integrated. A trip to Semonkong, Malealea, Roma and Ramabanta in Lesotho not only provides you with opportunity to stay in historic buildings-generally, former trading posts – but also offers chances to mingle with locals head off on guided pony treks and enjoy village life at Shebeen.

Majete Wildlife Reserve – Deep in the heartland of southern Malawi lies one of the country’s most exciting reserves, thanks to its massively re-invigorated wildlife population, fenced perimeter finessed infrastructure and a determined antipoaching program.

Mkhaya Game Reserve – Top of the conservation pops, Swaziland’s stunning Mkhaya private reserve was established in 1979 to save the pure Nguni breed of cattle from extinction.

Lake Malawi – The emerald jewel in Malawi’s crown is undoubted its interior sea, Lake Malawi fringed by golden beaches, the calendar lake – so called because it measures 365 miles long and 52 miles wide – offers travellers an underwater palace to swim among brilliant coloured cichid fish and desert islands to escape to.

Great Zimbabwe – Clambers around boulders, step past teetering rocks, slip through narrow stone crevices and take in the stunning views as explore the architectural feat that is Great Zimbabwe.