Tailored luxury safaris in South Africa's finest private game reserves, planned end to end by the Cape Town team trusted with the city's finest villas. One itinerary, one point of contact.
A luxury safari in South Africa is not a package off a shelf. The difference between a good trip and the trip of a lifetime is the right reserve, the right lodge and the right guide, with someone watching every detail between Cape Town and the bush.
Our team has spent years placing guests in the country's leading private game reserves, from the leopard country of the Sabi Sand and the great elephant herds of the Greater Kruger to the malaria free reserves of Madikwe and the Eastern Cape. We hold close relationships and preferred rates with the lodges we trust, and we skip the ones we don't.
And because most South African journeys begin or end in Cape Town, we can fold your villa, flights, chauffeurs and restaurant bookings into the same plan, or design the bush on its own. Either way you have one itinerary, one point of contact and one invoice in rand, with no surprises.
Tell us who is travelling, when, and what a perfect day in the bush looks like, whether it is your first safari or your fifteenth, a honeymoon or three generations.
Reserves, lodges, flights and transfers matched to your party and season, with live availability and a transparent quote in ZAR.
From airport to safari vehicle and back, the same team manages every leg and stays reachable throughout your trip.
Big Five
Greater Kruger · Direct flights from Cape Town
The most famous private reserve in Africa, and for good reason: the densest leopard population on the continent, legendary guiding, and lodges that set the global standard for safari luxury.
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Big Five
Limpopo Lowveld · Fly to Hoedspruit
Vast, wild traversing shared with the Kruger National Park, with great elephant herds, iconic baobab country and superb value among the finest reserves.
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Malaria Free
North West Province · Family Friendly
75,000 malaria free hectares along the Botswana border, with wild dog sightings among the best in Africa and lodges that genuinely welcome children.
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Malaria Free
Kwandwe · Shamwari · Near the Garden Route
Big Five game viewing a short flight from Cape Town, malaria free and perfectly placed to extend a Garden Route road trip into the bush.
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10 Nights · City & Bush
FromR89,500 per person sharing
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12 Nights · Family · Malaria Free
FromR82,900 per person sharing
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8 Nights · Coast & Bush
FromR56,900 per person sharing
Request This ItineraryIndicative low season pricing per person sharing, including domestic flights and road transfers. Every itinerary is rebuilt around your party, lodges and dates. Your quote is confirmed in ZAR before you commit.
We book the lodges we know personally at rates we have negotiated, and we tell you honestly which ones are worth it for your dates.
Scheduled flights, charters and helicopter legs coordinated with lodge arrival times, luggage limits and game drive schedules.
Private chauffeurs from your villa or hotel to the airport, with 4x4 road transfers into the reserve. We can also arrange a drive yourself option if you prefer.
Your villa, safari, flights and experiences appear on one confirmed itinerary and one ZAR invoice, so you never juggle suppliers.
Specialist guides, private safari vehicles and photographic hides arranged for parties that want the bush to themselves.
The team that planned your trip stays reachable while you travel and helps with weather related route changes, extensions and special requests.
Cape Town Luxury Escapes has hosted the world's most discerning travellers in the city's finest villas for over a decade. The safari desk grew from a simple observation: our guests kept asking us to plan the bush leg too, because nobody else was watching the whole journey.
Game viewing peaks in the dry winter months, from May to September, when the bush is thin and animals gather at water. Cape Town is at its best from November to March, which is why many guests pair a summer villa stay with a safari reached by a short flight. We always plan around your dates rather than a fixed season.
Yes. Madikwe Game Reserve and the Eastern Cape private reserves such as Kwandwe and Shamwari are completely malaria free and offer Big Five game viewing with lodges that welcome families, private vehicles and guiding designed for children.
Direct scheduled flights connect Cape Town with Skukuza and Hoedspruit for the Sabi Sand and Greater Kruger, with light air charter for the final leg where needed. Eastern Cape reserves are a short flight to Gqeberha followed by a road transfer we arrange door to door.
Three to four nights at one lodge is ideal, giving you six or more game drives without making the itinerary feel rushed. For longer trips we combine two contrasting reserves, or add the Winelands or Garden Route along the way.
Private reserve lodges start from around R10,000 per person per night at excellent family friendly properties, while the famous flagship lodges range from roughly R15,000 to R35,000 and beyond, fully inclusive of game drives, meals and most drinks. Our sample itineraries start from around R57,000 per person sharing including flights and transfers, and every quote is built for your party and dates in ZAR.
That is exactly what we do. One team plans the villa, the safari, the flights and every transfer between them, giving you one itinerary, one point of contact and one invoice.
Share your dates and party, and your safari planner will come back within one working day with a considered first proposal covering reserves, lodges and an honest view on season and value.
There is no obligation and no scripted sales call. You will hear from someone who knows the bush and plans every trip as carefully as their own.
Prefer to talk it through? Mention it in your message and we'll arrange a call at a time that suits your time zone.
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