Family Travel in South Africa

South Africa is one of our favourite places to travel with kids. It’s vast with an incredible variety of landscapes from the sun-soaked white sandy beaches of Cape Town overlooked by Table Mountain. The soaring peaks of the lush green wine regions (with their wine tasting offerings!). The rugged cliffs and valleys of the Drakensberg and the dry desert landscapes of the Karoo.

It’s also home to some of the best wildlife in Africa with many family safari options on offer. You’ll be able to spot the Big (or Little) 5. Simply put, there’s just so much to see and do in South Africa with kids.

There’s also a fabulous selection of family-friendly accommodation in Cape Town as well as safari accommodation for families.

With overnight flights from the UK and a 2-hour time difference meaning minimal jet-lag, it’s definitely a firm favourite with many families.

Camps Bay Cape Town

The Best Family Holiday Destinations for 2025

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Looking for family holiday ideas for your family travels? Look no further! We've pulled together a list of the ten best family holiday destinations to help you narrow down your search. Most destinations these days are easy to travel to with a family, but these ones stand out as being exceptionally family-friendly.
self drive safari in Kruger National Park

Cheap Safari Holidays: 9 Top Tricks Organise A Budget Safari

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African Safari holidays are big business but while they were once the domain of the very wealthy, the good news is that they are now much more affordable, especially with our helpful tips on how to plan and book a budget African safari. If you've ever sat daydreaming of an African safari, picturing the huge African sun rising over the plains as you watch majestic beasts grazing but thought a luxury safari with a price tag to match was your only option, think again.
Lion Sands Ivory Lodge

The 15 Best Kruger National Park Accommodations for Families

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Finding the best family-friendly Kruger National Park accommodation can be tricky. There are just so many options out there and this may be a once in a lifetime holiday so you want to get it right. Having taken the kids on safari, we know what to look for when choosing a property and have narrowed the selection down to give you the 15 most family-friendly properties.
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The Best Family-Friendly Safaris In South Africa 2025

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Having been on safari in quite a few countries across eastern and southern Africa, we know that South Africa is a great place to go on safari with your family for a few reasons. South Africa has it all. From the Big Five – lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and Cape buffalo – to antelope, zebra, hippo, giraffe, hyena and a wide variety of bird and marine animals...
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The Best Family-Friendly Things to do in South Africa

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South Africa is easily one of our favourite places to travel with kids. It is vast with an incredible variety of landscapes and wildlife, so it is somewhere we can go back to again and again and still find somewhere new to visit or something new to do. It is absolutely breathtakingly beautiful with the sun-soaked white sandy beaches of Cape Town overlooked by Table Mountain, the wild and rugged beaches of the Eastern Cape...
binoculars for safari

What To Take on Safari with Kids: 10 Essential Items To Pack

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A safari holiday may have been on your bucket list for years, but have you ever actually considered what you would need to take on a safari with kids? Of course, there's the usual family holiday paraphernalia, but if this is your first time on safari, there may be items that you haven't considered. We've pulled together a list of our top 10 recommendations of what to take on safari with kids so that you can concentrate on enjoying your bucket list holiday without the worry of forgetting an essential item.