Discover The Best 4 x 4 South Africa Self Drive Safari For You!
Want to discover the best 4 x 4 South Africa safaris for you? You've come to the right place!Find peace of mind & answers to your questions about the best 4 x 4 safari in South Africa for you. Free African maps & superb deals on car rentals & 4 x4s in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana & more. We have been on over 80 safaris since we moved to South Africa in 1993. And we've traveled extensively throughout Africa. My wife is a local and often we fly out,
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for example, and head out to explore South Africa’s southern national parks. We are really comfortable with this and you should be too. If you want to experience off road adventure travel, there are excellent 4 x 4 routes throughout Southern Africa, not just South Africa. Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho (& to a lesser extent Botswana) are wonderfully suited for self drive safaris & tours.Below we give you a link to a collection of free downloadable South Africa maps use these to map out your self drive safari or exploration of South Africa. Remember you can rent a car or 4 x4 in South Africa and drive it to many neighboring countries. Here we give you a great self drive route below as an example.
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4 x 4 South Africa Safari Route
Because most of the national parks in these countries have caravan and camping sections, you can plan an overland safari on your own by creating a circuit of Southern African national parks. Kruger National Park is the best example of what you can do. Inside Kruger National Park is high quality, low cost accommodation of varying levels of amenities. One option is serviced outlet points where you can camp, have ablution (toilet) facilities and have very low rates. The South African national parks mainly serve the local South African market that come into the parks during the school holidays and some South African public holidays. At such times, accommodation in the rest camps is very hard to get. The exact timing of the school holidays changes from year to year. This means that you must reserve as soon as you know your dates. As I noted earlier there is a range of accommodation options, from caravan options to simple tenting options to chalets with indoor baths and kitchens. In some parks, including Kruger there are luxurious cottages that belong to South African companies but which the Park rents out when the companies aren’t using them. So if you want to take a break from the overland rigors, you can “splurge”. Here's one of our favorite itineraries:
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You can vary the number of nights depending on the amount of time you have.Here’s a trip we have enjoyed. Skukuza is the biggest camp, located in the game rich southern part of the Kruger National Park. - From Skukuza you can travel to Satara – known for having a high number of lions
- From Skukuza, you can travel to Letaba. One of the most beautiful camps in Kruger.
- Onto Olifants, in my view THE most beautiful camp in Kruger. It is set on a cliff overlooking a broad, winding river valley that elephants frequent.
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