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South Africa Highlights

Cape Town · Addo Elephant National Park · Sabi Sand Game Reserve
Duration
14 Days · 13 Nights
The route
Cape Town · Addo Elephant National Park · Sabi Sand Game Reserve
Style
Bush, Cape & coast
Best season
May–Sep · dry-season game
The route

13 nights, 4 stops — bush, cape & coast.

From Cape Town to Sabi Sand, the route is built around the bush, the Cape and the coast together.

Round trip · returns to Cape Town

Cape TownAddo Elephant
What you're tracking

What you'll see

African penguin
At Boulders Beach.
Southern right whale
Off the coast in season.
Cape fynbos
The floral kingdom.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Cape Town airport → Cape Town

Into Cape Town

Out at first light.

Arrive in Cape Town, met and transferred to your accommodation. A South African trip built only on bush misses half the country. <strong>Cape Town, the Peninsula and the Garden Route add scenery, sea, penguins, whales, fynbos and wine</strong> — a completely different register that turns a safari into a fuller, more varied journey. Pairing the two is the classic, and best, way to see the country.

02Cape Town

Mountain, ocean & wine

Cats before the heat.

Table Mountain, the Cape Peninsula, the Boulders penguins and the winelands of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. More of the Cape — Cape Point, the beaches, the marine life and the wine country.

03Cape Town

Mountain, ocean & wine

The bush wakes.

More of the Cape — Cape Point, the beaches, the marine life and the wine country. Transfer to Cape Town and settle in, with time to get your bearings.

04Cape Town

Mountain, ocean & wine

A sundowner to close.

Table Mountain, the Cape Peninsula, the Boulders penguins and the winelands of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek.

05Cape Town → Garden Route

On to Garden Route

Eyes on the tracks.

Transfer to Garden Route and settle in, with time to get your bearings.

06Garden Route

Coastal forests & lagoons

Out at first light.

Forests, lagoons and whale-watching coast from Knysna to Tsitsikamma along the Garden Route.

07Garden Route

Coastal forests & lagoons

Cats before the heat.

More of the route — coastal forest, marine life and the scenic drive.

08Garden Route → Addo

On to Addo

The bush wakes.

Transfer to Addo and settle in, with time to get your bearings.

09Addo

Elephants, malaria-free

A sundowner to close.

Game drives to the waterholes for Addo's great elephant herds, with the Big Five and no malaria risk.

10Addo → Sabi Sand

On to Sabi Sand

Eyes on the tracks.

Transfer to Sabi Sand and settle in, with time to get your bearings.

11Sabi Sand

Off-road leopard country

Out at first light.

Off-road, tracker-led drives for the world's finest leopard viewing, with the full Big Five.

12Sabi Sand

Off-road leopard country

Cats before the heat.

Dawn and dusk drives following the cats by sign — leopard, lion and more, up close.

13Sabi Sand

Off-road leopard country

The bush wakes.

Off-road, tracker-led drives for the world's finest leopard viewing, with the full Big Five.

14Sabi Sand → onward

Departure

A last morning, then the road home.

A final morning in onward — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

May – Sep

Dry-season bush

Prime bushveld safari — sparse cover, game at water, cool and clear. The Cape is wetter, but the whales are in.

Nov – Mar

Green summer & the Cape

Lush bush with newborns and migrants; peak, dry, sunny season for Cape Town, the coast and the winelands.

Wildlife you may see
Marine Mammals

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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