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South Africa
Discover South Africa through regional Circuits, local starting points, and the Journeys that lead to overlooked Places. Choose a Circuit for a connected region, or begin from one Home Base.
South Africa discovery map
See the full country first, then follow the Circuits and Home Bases that organize its discoveries.
Circuits
Connected regions that bring related Home Bases, Journeys, and Places into one unfolding route. See every South Africa Circuit on the map.
Regional Circuit
Addo & Eastern Cape Safari Circuit
A compact Eastern Cape progression from Gqeberha through Paterson to Addo's main game area, then south on the park road to Matyholweni and the lower Sundays River.
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Elephant Coast Safari Circuit
A northbound KwaZulu-Natal progression from Durban to St Lucia and iSimangaliso, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi, Sodwana Bay, Tembe Elephant Park, Manguzi, and the Kosi Bay lake system.
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Garden Route to Cape Town
Gqeberha, Bloukrans, Mossel Bay, Cape Agulhas, Muizenberg, and Cape Town.
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Gauteng to the Free State
Pretoria and Johannesburg lead into the long southbound stage to Bloemfontein.
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Great Limpopo Transfrontier Safari Circuit
A cross-border route from Phalaborwa through Kruger and Giriyondo into Limpopo National Park, then by public roads through Mozambique to Sango and Gonarezhou.
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Kgalagadi Transfrontier Safari Circuit
A southern Kalahari progression from Upington to Twee Rivieren, north through the Nossob valley, then by the documented Bosobogolo four-wheel-drive route to Mabuasehube and Tsabong.
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Kruger & Lowveld Safari Circuit
A routed progression from Johannesburg through Mbombela and Blyde River Canyon, down the Panorama Route to Hazyview, and into Kruger at Skukuza, with Sabi Sand explained as a separate adjacent option.
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Local communities and geographic starting points for exploring South Africa.
Home Base
Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
A practical two-night break before the road into Lesotho.
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Cape Town
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
The outward destination and a base for the waterfront, Table Mountain, Muizenberg, and Constantia.
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Colchester
Colchester, Eastern Cape, South Africa
A small lower Sundays River settlement beside the N2 and the southern Matyholweni entrance to Addo Elephant National Park.
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Durban
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
An Indian Ocean port city and KwaZulu-Natal transport gateway, linking King Shaka International Airport with the north-coast road corridor.
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Gqeberha
Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
The coastal arrival point after Lesotho and the eastern start of this Garden Route chapter.
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Graskop
Graskop, Mpumalanga, South Africa
An escarpment town on the Panorama Route near Blyde River Canyon, Bourke's Luck Potholes, forest country, and the descent to the Lowveld.
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Start from a Home Base and follow practical travel knowledge toward a Place. Search or browse all 11 published Journeys without losing your place on this overview.
Places
Find the 23 destinations and discoveries reached through Home Bases and Journeys in South Africa.