South Africa travel is full of safari experiences, from verdant subtropical beach forests to the sublime isolation of the desert, and is becoming ever more popular as an adventure travel destination. In the 1990s the number of visitors to the region nearly doubled, to more than 6.5 million tourists per year, as adventure travellers abandoned traditional safari sites in Kenya and Tanzania for the world-class national parks of Botswana and Zimbabwe, Zambia and Namibia.

Favourable political changes have inspired an increase in tourism to South Africa and Mozambique, while the pristine wilderness areas in the smaller nations of Lesotho and Swaziland have become favourites with budget travellers in search of adventure well off the beaten track, offering a lifetime of adventure. The splendours are waiting to be explored. Visit wide-open vistas, wild bushveld teeming with natural game, rich coastlines, fertile deltas, evergreen forests and majestic mountain ranges.

The hottest tourist attraction in South Africa these days is Robben Island, where former president Nelson Mandela spent almost 20 years as a political prisoner. The new South Africa is an exciting place to visit. Cape Town, with its vibrant nightlife, stylish young people and beautiful surroundings, has become one of the most desirable destinations in the world. And South Africa`s natural attractions are as appealing as ever: the green vineyards and rocky coast of the Cape; the arid landscape of the Karoo; the rich farmlands of Gauteng and Mpumalanga; the snowcapped peaks of the Drakensberg range; and the verdant hills and wide beaches of KwaZulu-Natal.

The country also has more than 300 game and nature reserves, along with some of the finest lodges on the continent. Your surroundings can be as wild or as relaxing as you want - or both. Journey through space and time where the end of each and every day of your travels, your experience will be enriched by the peoples and nature of this diverse region.