With a coastline that spans from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean with mountains, coastal forests on the eastern coast, semi-arid wilderness deserts of the Kalahari in the northwest and everything else between, the variety of natural attractions and wildlife here will not disappoint. Most people will be looking to include the world-renowned Kruger National Park, the flagship of South Africa’s wildlife safari parks and a dramatic landscape covering 2 million hectares that is rich in prides of lion, herds of elephant, as well as the remaining members of the ‘Big Five’: rhino, leopard and buffalo. Different regions of Kruger appeal for different reasons; Sabi Sand Game Reserve for example is known for its combination of luxurious safari camps on prime game viewing land, with a formidable number of animals, with leopard sightings also fairly frequent.
Other animals you are likely to see include zebra, antelope, wildebeest, giraffe, but there is so much more beyond this, with 336 tree species, 49 fish species, 34 amphibians, 114 reptiles, 507 birds and 147 mammals in total.