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South Africa Safaris

12 Places 12 gateways 5 Safari circuits

Follow distinct safari geographies: the Lowveld and Kruger, the Elephant Coast's wetlands and sand forests, the Eastern Cape from Gqeberha into Addo, or the transfrontier route from Kruger through Mozambique toward Gonarezhou—and the arid Kgalagadi far to the west.

Explore South Africa through the map See the parks, gateway towns, and Safari Circuits that shape travel through South Africa.

Road / trackSafari PlaceGateway Home Base

Parks and wild places

Explore each park with its gateway town, nearby geography, wildlife, seasonality, and access information close at hand.

Safari Place Addo Elephant National Park Addo's main game area is the wildlife anchor of this Eastern Cape circuit, reached through Main Gate or Matyholweni. Gateway: Colchester
Wildlife highlights
Explore this Safari Place → Safari Place Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve Blyde River Canyon is the escarpment landscape stage of the Kruger and Lowveld progression. Gateway: Graskop
Wildlife on Kruger & Lowveld Safari Circuit
Explore this Safari Place → Safari Place Giriyondo Border Post Giriyondo is the formal tourist gate between Kruger and Limpopo National Park and the only direct park-to-park border stage on this circuit. Gateway: Phalaborwa
Wildlife on Great Limpopo Transfrontier Safari Circuit
Explore this Safari Place → Safari Place Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park Hluhluwe-iMfolozi is the inland wildlife and rhino-conservation stage between St Lucia and the northern coast. Gateway: St Lucia
Wildlife highlights
Explore this Safari Place → Safari Place iSimangaliso Wetland Park iSimangaliso is the wetland-and-coast framework for the Elephant Coast, linking lakes, estuaries, dunes, forest, grassland, reefs, and ocean. Gateway: St Lucia
Wildlife highlights
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Explore this Safari Place → Safari Place Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park Kgalagadi spans South Africa and Botswana around the normally dry Auob and Nossob valleys and the duneveld between and beyond them. Gateway: Upington
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Explore this Safari Place → Safari Place Kosi Bay Kosi Bay is the circuit's northern lake-and-estuary destination, where four linked lakes drain through channels, mangroves, dunes, and coastal forest toward the Indian Ocean. Gateway: Manguzi
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Explore this Safari Place → Safari Place Kruger National Park Kruger is a vast public national park and the principal wildlife landscape at the eastern end of this circuit. Gateway: Hazyview
Wildlife highlights
Explore this Safari Place → Safari Place Sabi Sand Nature Reserve Sabi Sand is an adjoining private-reserve option within the open Greater Kruger wildlife ecosystem. Gateway: Hazyview
Wildlife highlights
Explore this Safari Place → Safari Place Sundays River Estuary The Sundays River Estuary is a nearby nature stop that explains the coastal end of the landscape surrounding Addo's southern gateway. Gateway: Colchester
Wildlife on Addo & Eastern Cape Safari Circuit
Explore this Safari Place → Safari Place Tembe Elephant Park Tembe is a sand-forest and elephant reserve on the Mozambique border, reached as a distinct inland stage from the northern coastal route. Gateway: Manguzi
Wildlife highlights
Explore this Safari Place → Safari Place Twee Rivieren / Two Rivers Gate Twee Rivieren and Two Rivers form the shared southern entrance and the park's principal passport-control point. Gateway: Upington
Wildlife on Kgalagadi Transfrontier Safari Circuit
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Gateway Home Bases

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Safari gateway Colchester Colchester is the lower Sundays River gateway beside Addo's Matyholweni entrance. Explore this gateway → Safari gateway Durban Durban is the southern long-distance gateway for the northbound Elephant Coast progression. Explore this gateway → Safari gateway Gqeberha Gqeberha is the long-distance gateway for Addo and the lower Sundays River, connecting the Eastern Cape circuit with air travel and the N2. Explore this gateway → Safari gateway Graskop Graskop is the escarpment gateway for Blyde River Canyon and the Panorama Route before the descent to Hazyview. Explore this gateway → Safari gateway Hazyview Hazyview is the practical western Lowveld gateway for the southern part of Kruger and nearby Greater Kruger reserves. Explore this gateway → Safari gateway Johannesburg Johannesburg is the long-distance arrival gateway for the Kruger and Lowveld road progression. Explore this gateway → Safari gateway Manguzi Manguzi is the far-northern service gateway between Tembe Elephant Park and the Kosi Bay lake system. Explore this gateway → Safari gateway Mbombela Mbombela is the regional Lowveld gateway where the N4 arrival meets routes toward Kruger and the Mpumalanga escarpment. Explore this gateway → Safari gateway Phalaborwa Phalaborwa is the western gateway for the northern half of this transfrontier route, immediately outside Kruger's Phalaborwa Gate. Explore this gateway → Safari gateway Sodwana Bay Sodwana Bay is the marine and coastal-forest stage of the Elephant Coast route. Explore this gateway → Safari gateway St Lucia St Lucia is the southern Elephant Coast base for the estuary, Lake St Lucia, and iSimangaliso's Eastern Shores. Explore this gateway → Safari gateway Upington Upington is the practical South African gateway for Kgalagadi, about 250 kilometres south of Twee Rivieren. Explore this gateway →

Related Safari Circuits

Follow connected Safari geography as an ordered route through parks, gateways, and realistic transfers.