Luxury Family Holidays in South Africa

The list is long! You’ll probably want to look down over Cape Town from Table Mountain and take in a luxury South Africa safari from a world class lodge. Who wouldn’t? Equally the cetacean charms of Hermanus and the call of a road trip along the Garden Route will be hard to ignore.

Beaches range from wild in the west to palm fringed in the east. In between you might stumble across world-class surfing breaks and a migration of several million sardines. Hike while vultures soar effortlessly overhead in the high Drakensberg or explore the southern border of the Kalahari Desert where meerkats stand guard. At the sites of the Anglo Boer and Anglo Zulu battlefields, be transported back as passionate raconteurs bring South Africa’s oft contested history to life.

South Africa family holidays can include all of the above but will let your children take centre stage.

Cape Town and the surrounding areas see warm settled weather during the summer months of November to March. The southern hemisphere’s winter (June to September) brings cooler, unsettled weather but is the best time for whale watching.

For the interior and northeast, summer equates to hot with the potential for rain. However, the rains are seldom disruptive and this season brings new life and returning migratory birds. The winter here is pleasantly warm and reliably dry.

The transitional months of April, May and October are often a good bet if you are keen to explore all corners of the country.