South Africa Budget Game Drive Tours & Packages Tours & Trips

56 South Africa Budget Game Drive Tours & Packages trips. Tours from 28 tour companies. 8 reviews.

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A World In One Country
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Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Highlights

  • Enjoy anorientation tour of Pretoria
  • Explore Kruger National Park
  • Travel to Ezulwini and discover why this country is often referred to as the Switzerland of Africa.
  • Enjoy a'Sundowner' cruise on Lake Jozini
  • Visit the coastal forest of Tsitsikamma National Park
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Themes

Cultural, Nature & Wildlife, National Parks

What travelers are saying

"Amazing tours,prepared and extremely helpful guides. Great experience overall.Highly recommended."

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Legacy of the Limpopo
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Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Highlights

  • Explore Johannesburg
  • Discover Pilanesberg Game Reserve
  • Visit Kalahari Desert
  • Explore Mapungubwe National Park and Kruger National Park

Themes

Nature & Wildlife, National Parks

What travelers are saying

"Amazing tours,prepared and extremely helpful guides. Great experience overall.Highly recommended."

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Garden Route + Safari
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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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Custom Designed Trip
Lodging level
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Physical level
N/A

Highlights

  • Fully customized trip based on preferences
  • Matched with a local specialist
  • From $150 per person per day
Self-Guided / Independent Tour
Namibia With A Touch of Zambia & Botswana
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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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11 Days Cape Town and Safari
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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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Spirit of Africa
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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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5 Day Kruger Experience – Drive In
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Group Tour
Lodging level
Basic - 2 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Full schedule

Highlights

  • Explore Kruger national park
  • Enjoy a game walk exploring the reserve on foot
  • Enjoying the African, sun sipping cocktails around our inviting swimming pool or taking part in the various optional activities on offer
  • Enjoy a Game drive into a neighbouring reserve

Themes

Nature & Wildlife, Safari, National Parks

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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Garden Route + Wine
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Small Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Moderate
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Highlights

  • 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.
  • Knysna Heads: A lively, popular holiday town nestled between forested mountains and sea, and curves around a big lagoon. Walk to The Heads, where the sea crashes between two massive sandstone cliffs.
  • Tsitsikamma Hike: Spend time in lush green paradise as we explore the marine reserve with its unique combination of ancient Outenique Yellowwood forests and wild dramatic coastal landscape. Walk along forest trails to a suspension bridge and find a quiet spot from where to absorb the living splendour. Look out for inquisitive vervet monkeys & array of bird life in dense vegetation.
  • Addo Bus Safari: Explore the third-largest national park in South Africa - a world of diversity; varied landscapes of fauna and flora - in our guided tour bus. The lush vegetation provides protection and food to support the most dense population of wild elephants on the planet. Home to over 500 elephants and also lions, buffalo, black rhino, spotted hyena, leopard, a variety of antelope and in the marine section, great white sharks and southern right whales, which means that Addo is one of the few reserves in the world that can boast having the Big 7.
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Themes

Nature & Wildlife, Culinary & Wine, 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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South Africa Budget Game Drive Tours & Packages Reviews

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Holly A-H

Oct 2015

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Had a good time!

Just come back from my amazing 34 day Zanzibar to Cape Town trip. It flew past - I had such a good time. Sam and Julius, my trip leader and driver, were awesome, rea...

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Jacob

Feb 2018

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Truly and in-depth experience of South Africa

This tour definitely gave us an in-depth experience of South Africa because it had everything that you could ever want from in a visit to South Africa. First, ther...

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Jacob

Feb 2018

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Truly and in-depth experience of South Africa

This tour definitely gave us an in-depth experience of South Africa because it had everything that you could ever want from in a visit to South Africa. First, ther...

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Phyllis

Sep 2018

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A trip you must take.

A trip you must take. Game drives in private reserves away from the numerous jeeps filled with tourists you'll find on many other safaris. The guides are so knowledg...

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B.

Jul 2018

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Excellent

We lived in the African bush for 10 days. Accommodations were wonderful - tents with nice furniture and attached bathrooms. Plenty of hot water! Food was deliciou...

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