Country guide
South Africa
Cape Town and the Winelands, Kruger's Big Five and the Garden Route, a country that works as several trips in one.
Currency
ZAR
Language
English
+ Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa
English
Everywhere
Payment
Cards everywhere
Power
Type C / M / N
230 V, 50 Hz
Dialing
+27
Destinations
Cape Town
A mountain in the middle of the city, two oceans around it, and three centuries of vineyards half an hour inland.
✓ best all yearDrakensberg (Winterton)
Walk beneath, then climb on top of, the Amphitheatre, and see San paintings that have survived for centuries in the caves below.
✓ best Mar-NovDurban
South Africa's warm-water city: Indian Ocean surf all year, and the country's best curry, eaten out of a loaf.
✓ best Mar-SepJohannesburg
A city that exists because of gold, and the place to understand how apartheid was built and broken.
✓ best Mar-OctKruger National Park (Hazyview)
The great self-drive safari: Big Five country you can work through in your own car, with private reserves over the western fence for the tracking you cannot do yourself.
✓ best Feb-NovClimate zones, month by month
South Africa has 5 distinct climate zones. The right month depends on where in the country you're going.
Cape Town →
✓ Best all year
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Drakensberg (Winterton) KwaZulu-Natal →
✓ Best Mar-Nov
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Durban →
✓ Best Mar-Sep
Watch for Nov-Apr cyclones & hurricanes risk
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Johannesburg →
✓ Best Mar-Oct
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Kruger National Park (Hazyview) Lowveld →
✓ Best Feb-Nov
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