South Africa Budget Tours & Travel Packages 2025/2026

Our 175 most popular South Africa Budget trips. Compare tour itineraries from 59 tour companies. 703 reviews. 4.7/5 avg rating.

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Best of South Africa
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4.1/5 Great
10 reviews
Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Highlights

  • Free time in the port city of Cape Town
  • Drive along the magnificent coastal route of Chapman's Peak to the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point
  • Explore the Wineland towns of Stellenbosch and Franschoek
  • Tour of Knysna Featherbed Nature Reserve
  • A full day game drive to spot the Big Five, in Kruger National Park

Themes

Cultural, Nature & Wildlife, Birding, National Parks

What travelers are saying

"Straight forward to book on-line. Any problems are dealt with on telephone & the staff are very helpful."

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Garden Route + Safari
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5/5 Excellent
19 reviews
Small Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Full schedule

Highlights

  • Cape Route 62: Along South Africa's famous country road you'll capture the beauty of high mountains, twisting passes, rugged Karoo plains, vineyards and orchards.
  • Big 5 Game Drive: Spot Africa’s Big 5 from the safety of a 4x4 vehicle in their natural habitat on a malaria-free game reserve. Led by an experienced game ranger you’ll search for lion, white rhino, buffalo, elephant, kudu, zebra, wildebeest and giraffe - just to name a few. Leopards are rarely seen.
  • Cango Wildlife Ranch: Tour this multi-accredited conservation facility with over 90 species, including some of the world's most endangered animals. Get the opportunity to meet some animals in an optional close encounter. The perfect photo opportunity to get close and stroke a hand-reared cheetah or even dive with crocs.
  • Wilderness Canoe: Evergreen temperate forests merge with rocky beaches to touch the warm Indian Ocean. Lagoons and strings of shining lakes beg to be explored. Canoe on streams in the Wilderness National Park and watch the bird life while you glide over the water on your encounter with Mother Nature; or follow the shady footpaths that wind through a wonderland of giant trees into the forest
  • Myoli Beach: This stretch of white beach starts at the Sedgefield Lagoon mouth - an unspoiled paradise with the Indian Ocean’s warmer waters. Nothing happens quickly in this ‘Slow Town’ - a small town community focused on celebrating local arts & crafts and a natural way of life. Situated between Knysna and Wilderness - this beautiful seaside village is surrounded entirely by lakes, fynbos covered dunes and forests

Themes

Nature & Wildlife, Safari, National Parks

What travelers are saying

"Thank you Nev Siya for our amazing 4 days garden route tour- including: penguins, caves, safari, elephant walks, bunjee jump, wine tasting. You’re the best (guide, driver and friend)!!"

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10-day South Africa and Victoria Falls Eco-friendly journey
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5/5 Excellent
14 reviews
Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Moderate
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Themes

Cultural, Nature & Wildlife, Safari, National Parks, Small Ship Cruise, Eco, Sustainable & Green Travel

What travelers are saying

"Travelling in a really complicated moment, Jumbari always beside us. All was perfect and clear, before and during the trip, no problem during the safari. The team on the place also great and Botswana is a natural paradise"

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Namibia With A Touch of Zambia & Botswana
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5/5 Excellent
4 reviews
Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Full schedule

Highlights

  • Explore namibia and enjoy watching the incredible birds
  • Visit the mighty victoria falls for which the native name, mosi-oa-tunya, means “the smoke that thunders
  • Enjoy visiting the mahango game reserve, a fabulous birding spot
  • Opportunity to drive to watch incredible waterbirds in the okavango delta, and the amazing supporting cast of the african savannas.

Themes

Nature & Wildlife, Safari, Birding, National Parks

What travelers are saying

"To me Cheepers is a10 star company. I love traveling and birding with them. The birding is outstanding, the bird guides outstanding, and the birders themselves are such wonderful people to be with. I like the casual, comfortable, non-competitive approach to birding. While our guides have unfailingly worked (and intensely) to make sure everyone sees the bird, I've never felt as if I were among high intensity birders who are competing either with others or themselves. And I can't remember a single trip where anyone was unable to see the bird. The price of each trip is what really appeals to my "retired budget." I've yet to experience any kind of lodging that was substandard; every place I have been, we've stayed at good places close to where we can get to the birds we want to see. The leaders are never intrusive or over bearing, yet are constantly aware of each person and attentive to each person's needs. Birding is hard work, yes; but birding with Cheepers is so much fun. I could go on but to use a very overworked word, this company is just plain awesome. It is my company of choice for any birding trip."

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7-Day Sun City and Family Safari Experience
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5/5 Excellent
14 reviews
Private Guided
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Full schedule

Highlights

  • Explore the reserve on daily game drives with regular Big 5 encounters and guided bush walks
  • Discover South Africa
  • You'll visit Sun City & Pilanesberg GR

Themes

Nature & Wildlife, Safari, Family Friendly, 18 - 30's, National Parks

What travelers are saying

"Travelling in a really complicated moment, Jumbari always beside us. All was perfect and clear, before and during the trip, no problem during the safari. The team on the place also great and Botswana is a natural paradise"

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11 Days Cape Town and Safari
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5/5 Excellent
4 reviews
Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Full schedule

Highlights

  • Stay in trendy Camps Bay suburb of Cape Town
  • Explore Cape Town and surrounds independently
  • Full service safari in one of the best game parks in South Africa
  • Day and night time safaris by custom designed open vehicle or on foot
  • Traditional safari in small, tented camp for authentic bush experience

Themes

Nature & Wildlife, Safari, National Parks

What travelers are saying

"In planning for a safari trip, we learned of Adventure to Africa at a travel show in NYC. We knew the countries we wanted to visit and discussed the trip with several travel companies, large and small. Adventure to Africa listened to our objectives and budget and made proposal to meet them. Others gave us off the shelf options. Adventure to Africa recommended breaking up the safari camps with visits to Cape Town and Johannesburg in a way that made the trip much more enjoyable than we first intended. The Safari camps spanned a variety of ecological areas and a variety of bush camp operators. All of the activities suggested were ideal and reservations accurate and timely. This is the first time in our travels an adviser checked up during the trip to assure everything met our expectations, much less twice. We found the recommendations made were helpful and exhibited broad and deep experience. Restaurants suggested ran the gamut from fine dining to exotic to an excellent, if humble, fish house on a pier outside of Cape Town. The Cape wine tour was excellent and customized to our needs. We will recommend Adventure to Africa to anyone planning a trip to Africa."

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6 Day PADI Open Water Diving Course
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4.7/5 Excellent
17 reviews
Group Tour
Lodging level
Basic - 2 star
Physical level
Moderate
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Highlights

  • 6 Day PADI Open water dive course
  • 2 shore dives
  • 2 boats dives
  • Traditional South African meal

Themes

Education / Learning

What travelers are saying

"Generally my stay here are great. Good location away from the town, but u can still access to many nice place from here, eg, nice beach, nice mall and nice checkpoint. Very near to Sancoob rehabilitation centre (you should visit)."

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Spirit of Africa
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5/5 Excellent
10 reviews
Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Full schedule

Highlights

  • A visit to the prison cell of the icon Nelson Mandela
  • Explore capetown
  • Visit Table Mountain
  • Explore Kirstenbosch Gardens
  • Explore Ngala Game Reserve

Themes

Nature & Wildlife, Safari, National Parks

What travelers are saying

"Our community trip to Bali was spiritually enlightening, personally nourishing, and perfectly orchestrated. We had wonderful places to stay, amazing sacred sites to visit, and awesome cultural experiences. Thank you, Jim and to your team, for making it so easy and effortless for us. I can’t wait for our Community to travel with you again!"

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Gilles

Sep 2019

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Fantastic Trip in Southern Africa

We did this trip, Explore Southern Africa, from Aug 9 - 26 this year and we thought it was probably our most memorable trip ever. The variety of wildlife (we saw th...

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Joburg to Vic Falls to oburg 18 day Basix

Nov 2016

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Tent design is a problem

The overall trip was satisfactory, at times excellent. We had no significant rain. On three nights there was however, some iight drizzle for a short time. The ten...

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Caroline

Sep 2015

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There was an issue with the large

There was an issue with the large truck so we were therefore on a smaller truck. This was fine but nothing fitted. Everything felt squashed, including ourselves. Eve...

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Pedro

Sep 2015

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In the second half of the itenerary

In the second half of the itenerary (Vic Falls to Joburg), there are 5 days with 1 only activity included. There are many days just in travel to reach Kruger Park. A...

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Jackson

Sep 2015

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Excellent trip! It was a very active

Excellent trip! It was a very active trip, constantly moving around and seeing new things! It's hard to adjust back to normal life! I highly recommend this to anyone...

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