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Family South Africa trip areas |
For all children
We recommend the following areas for children of all ages:
• Cape Town – the Oceanarium, Planetarium, World of Birds, Imhoffs farm, boat trips, beaches, forests and mountain trails.
• Hermanus and the Overberg – beaches and superb land and boat-based whale-watching; plus ideal for breaking the journey to the Garden Route.
• Little Karoo - Cango Caves to explore, ostrich farms where you can even ride the ostriches, the Cango wildlife ranch and many other child-orientated attractions.
• Garden Route - beaches; forest trails; boat cruises on the lagoon; steam trains; elephant back safaris; child-friendly game drives; boat trips to see the whales, dolphins and seals...
• Eastern Cape - malaria free Big Five game reserves; sandy beaches; Addo Elephant Park.
• Drakensberg Mountains - family-friendly mountain resort hotels full of sporting facilities, wonderful walking trails for all ages. Ideal for 6 years and up.
• Durban and the North Coast - for SA winter sun and swimming; Zulu villages with dancing displays; boat cruises; Natal Shark centre.
• Northern Reserves - malaria-free game reserves of Waterberg or Madikwe. Older Children
Most areas of South Africa have something to delight the older child. As well as the areas mentioned above, you can add:
• Coastal Maputaland which is ideal for the summer school holidays with swimming and snorkelling; canoeing and boating in the ancient freshwater lakes; turtle tracking in season (November to February) and seeing the ancient fish traps along this pristine coastland.
• Natal Battlefields offers fascinating stories of the Anglo-Zulu and Anglo-Boer battles) for children of around ten upwards. Why not stay in an authentic Zulu cultural village, accessible only by donkey-cart and on horseback? |
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Active Family Holidays
Cape Town, the Garden Route, the Cedarberg and the Drakensberg mountains all offer active pursuits, especially for older children.
Head to the Cedarberg for hiking, rock art trails, quad-biking and white water rafting in season (June to mid Sept).
The Drakensberg Mountains offer wonderful walking trails and lots of sporting facilities at the mountain resorts.
The Garden Route has a range of accessible adventurous activities such as kayaking up the Keurbooms rivers, mountain biking or exploring the indigenous forests on a tree top canopy tour - you’re harnessed to a series of cables and you glide like a bird from tree to tree! |
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Beach Holidays
South Africa’s best beaches are along the Southern Coast in our Summer (Cape Town, Hermanus, Arniston, Wilderness, Plettenberg Bay) and along KwaZulu Natal’s North Coast and Coastal Maputaland all year round. For a tropical island beach holiday..., see Mauritius for the finest family-friendly resorts and the Mozambique Islands for a more relaxed beach holiday. |
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