Safari Season · South Africa
Luxury South Africa explorer tours
Twelve nights across Cape Town, the Winelands and the Sabi Sand
The journey
Our luxury South Africa explorer tours connect Cape Town, the Winelands and Sabi Sand in a private journey shaped for travellers from India. Choose the balance of city time, food and wine, and safari that suits you; the sample route is a conversation starter, not a compulsory daily checklist.
The one journey that does everything: Table Mountain and the Cape Peninsula, four estates in the Winelands, and four nights in the Sabi Sand where leopard sightings are as reliable as anywhere on earth.
Open-jaw into Cape Town and out of Johannesburg. Malaria-free reserve substitutions available for families with young children.
Explore our South Africa destination guide, read the first safari comparison, or browse wildlife travel.
Highlights
What is built in
- Ellerman House and Singita Boulders
- Table Mountain before the crowds and cloud
- Cape Peninsula private drive with Boulders penguins
- Four Winelands estates with a sommelier
- Four nights in the Sabi Sand with a ranger-and-tracker pair
- Robben Island with a former political prisoner as guide
Day by day
The route
- 1
Arrive Cape Town
Ellerman House. Sunset at Signal Hill.
Stay: Ellerman House
- 2
The city
Table Mountain at first cable car, Bo-Kaap, Robben Island.
Stay: Ellerman House
- 3
Cape Peninsula
Chapman's Peak, Cape Point, Boulders Beach, Constantia lunch.
Stay: Ellerman House
- 4
Winelands
Transfer to Delaire Graff. Three estates with a sommelier.
Stay: Delaire Graff
- 5
Franschhoek
Wine tram, lunch at Babel, spa afternoon.
Stay: Delaire Graff
- 6
Garden Route or Hermanus
Whale watching in season, or Cape Agulhas.
Stay: Grootbos
- 7
To the bush
Fly Johannesburg then Skukuza. Afternoon drive.
Stay: Singita Boulders
- 8
Sabi Sand
Dawn and dusk drives, bush walk with a tracker.
Stay: Singita Boulders
- 9
Sabi Sand
Leopard territory, sundowners, boma dinner under the stars.
Stay: Singita Boulders
- 10
Sabi Sand
Photographic hide morning, final afternoon drive.
Stay: Singita Boulders
- 11
Johannesburg
Fly out, Apartheid Museum with a historian.
Stay: Four Seasons Westcliff
- 12
Depart
Transfer to O.R. Tambo.
Where you stay
The properties
Cape Town · Art villa
Ellerman House
A private South African art collection above Bantry Bay.
Sabi Sand · Legendary safari
Singita Boulders
Perhaps the finest guiding in Africa.
Stellenbosch · Winelands lodge
Delaire Graff
Private-pool lodges above the Helshoogte pass.
The detail
Inclusions and exclusions
Included
- Eleven nights as listed, full board in the bush
- All private transfers and guiding
- Two domestic flights and one light-aircraft transfer
- Two game activities daily in a private vehicle
- Winelands tastings at four estates
- Conservation levies and park fees
Not included
- International flights
- South African visa
- Lunches and dinners in Cape Town
- Premium wines
- Travel insurance and gratuities
Gallery
In pictures
Questions
Frequently asked
Guest stories
Travellers on this journey
Cape Town, the Winelands and Singita in twelve nights and it never felt rushed. Our tracker found a leopard with cubs on the last morning.
Neel & Priya Shah
Ahmedabad · South Africa Explorer, 12 nights
