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Exciting South Africa Tours - Austin Lehman’s South Africa Family Safari – Safari & Multisport
Experience South Africa’s natural beauty, wildlife, culture and heritage through an exciting, life-changing adventure! Austin Lehman’s South Africa tours offer a wide array of dynamic and unforgettable activities for everyone in the family. Imagine being woken up by an exotic sunrise in a lush, untouched territory where breathing life all around you is order of the day. You spot an extraordinary family of elephants and gentle giraffes roaming freely and witness the powerful sight of the king of the jungle overseeing his kingdom. Our South Africa Safari Tours are the experience of a lifetime. Bush walks, hikes, horse rides, swimming with penguins, cycling adventures, and beach and mountain tours are only the beginning. You’ll be sharing wonderful memories and incredible stories for years to come. Take an exclusive ALA tour of South Africa and enter a whole new world waiting to be discovered.Click here for more information on Austin-Lehman Adventure’s Africa vacations:
Why Choose Tours of South Africa?
South Africa is delightful, varied, and overflowing with history. Hike with a local naturalist guide and learn about the flora and fauna of this extraordinary region that covers only 0.06% of the Earth’s surface, yet has so much unique plant life that it qualifies as the smallest but richest of the 6 floral kingdoms. On your tour of South Africa, embrace the local culture as you visit a township, meet with school children, and take the opportunity to purchase handicraft souvenirs. Explore the wilds on your South Africa safari tour as you ride through the bush and witness lions, zebra, elephants, giraffe and more in their natural habitat.Family South Africa Safari Tours
Our South Africa Safari tours will awaken your inner child as you share the magic of Africa with your family. Set out on guided bush walks, horse rides, cycling adventures, game drives and get up-close with wildlife in South Africa’s safe and secluded private reserves. You’ll also learn about wine and cheese making, great white sharks and the local culture. Not everyone can say they have swum with penguins or played in the waters of the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans—in the same day! Make it a reality with a memorable tour of South Africa.
Arrive in Johannesburg and travel northwest to Waterberg’s private game reserve and Ant’s Nest, a family run reserve with over 40 species of game including the rare sable antelope, nyala, oryx, eland, giraffe, buffalo and white rhino. Your South Africa Safari tour adventures begin! Explore on open 4WD vehicles game drives, guided bush walks, horse rides and cycling. Enjoy the large swimming pool and extensive lawns – and keep an eye on the waterhole in front of the house, as it’s frequented by a wide variety of game! You'll also visit a game reserve where you'll set out each day in search of lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and white and black rhino. Arise at dawn and set out in the 4WD vehicles to witness the animals while the air’s still cool and they’re most active. Fly to Cape Town and settle into a waterfront retreat on a beach in Kommetjie, just 30-minutes from the city. The white-sand beach and uninterrupted views across Hout Bay to Table Mountain will leave you breathless! Visit Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve at the end of the Cape Peninsula to spot southern right whales, dolphins and seabirds. Hike to the Cape of Good Hope itself, the most southwesterly point in Africa. Keep an eye out for bontebok, eland, Cape mountain zebra and ostrich. Visit Boulders beach and its famous African Penguin colony. Depart from Hout Bay for a cruise to Seal Island, home to thousands of Cape fur seals. Journey to the top of Table Mountain via cable car for breathtaking, panoramic views, look for dassies (the closest living relative to the elephant) on a short hike. Lunch is a traditional Xhosa meal followed by a tour of the townships where you will visit a local school or kindergarten and watch local artists create trinkets from recycled products such as plastic bags, cans and wire. Enjoy dinner at the vibrant Victoria and Alfred Waterfront. On your South Africa Safari tour, you’ll also discover the Cape’s wine valleys and visit estates to taste high quality red and white wines. Child friendly estates have been selected such as Seidelberg, which hosts a glass-blowing studio and animal petting-farm, and Fairview, which has a spiral goat tower and delicious cheeses. Visit the Cheetah Outreach Centre to meet a group of hand-raised cheetahs. Savor traditional dishes and listen to African drums and singing under the Southern night sky over a memorable dinner at Moyo. Discover more about our Family South Africa Safari Tours >>South Africa Adventure Vacation
They say South Africa is “a world in one country”. When you take your family on an Austin Lehman tour of South Africa, you’ll agree. Austin Lehman’s South Africa Safari tours will give you the exciting opportunity to experience South Africa’s natural beauty, wildlife, culture and heritage. Enjoy diverse activities for all ages like kayaking with African penguins, whale watching, horseback riding, pedaling through wine country and up and close encounters with giraffes, zebras, lions, hippos and rhinos—in the wild. With our South Africa tours, you’ll view the world from a different angle.
On your South Africa tour arrival in Cape Town, you’ll be met and shuttled into the city to your hotel. Take a city tour for an introduction to Cape Town and South Africa. Stroll the bustling Green Market Square, admire the Parliament buildings built in 1885 and visit St. George’s Cathedral, a forceful site of resistance against apartheid before enjoying a seafood lunch at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront. Board a ferry to Robben Island, a leper colony-turned political prison, and visit Nelson Mandela’s maximum security prison cell. Shuttle to Cape Point Nature Reserve for biking while keeping an eye out for Cape mountain zebra and bontebok, birds and unique indigenous fynbos plants. Take in the spectacular views across False Bay as you hike to Cape Point, the southwestern-most point of the African continent. Kayak Boulders Beach amongst a colony of African Penguins and have dinner at the Gold of Africa museum, an interactive venue serving a fusion of African and Cape Malay cuisine with dance and drum performances. Head to Table Mountain where you are whisked by Cable Car to the summit, 3,400 feet above sea level for a guided walk down the mountain for an introduction to the indigenous flora of the Cape Floral Kingdom, the smallest but richest of the world’s six plant kingdoms boasting some 8,600 flowering species. Tour of the townships situated in the Cape Flats where the non-white inhabitants of the Cape were placed during the apartheid era. Today the townships are a thriving community rich in local customs and traditions. Travel to Stellenbosch in the Cape Winelands and bike the oldest wine route in the Cape, stopping at award-winning wine estates with time for tastings. Arrive in Grootbos, walk along a pristine white-sand beach overlooking Walker bay and the mountains, and enjoy an early morning whale-watching trip to spot southern right whales, visit an island refuge of sea bird colonies and the nesting grounds of the rare African Penguin, and admire the Cape fur seal colony. Opt for a horseback ride or a hike with expert guides to learn about the insects, birds, mammals and plants of the diverse fynbos ecosystem. Fly to Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, situated in the world-renowned 65,000 hectare Sabi Sand Game Reserve in the South-Western section of the Greater Kruger Park. Sabi Sand is a wildlife oasis, where you can observe at close quarters the age-old natural relationship between predator and prey. Take a late afternoon open vehicle 4WD safari and witness the beauty of an African sunset as your ranger reveals the rituals of African wildlife. Dinner this evening is a lantern lit affair around the fire. One of the most exciting parts of your South Africa safari tour is enjoying three full days on safari in the private Sabi Sabi Reserve. With no fences between the private reserve and Kruger Park, big game abounds, moving freely through this unspoiled part of the ancient African continent. The Reserve is blessed with a great biodiversity of habitat and wildlife, offering an excellent chance of close encounters with the elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard, wild dog and cheetah. With over 300 bird species, the reserve is also a birdwatcher’s delight. Enjoy 4WD Land Rover safaris each morning and afternoon as well as optional morning walking safaris. You’ll feel safe in the hands of the dedicated, highly trained and experienced Sabi Sabi Rangers. Experience our South Africa Adventure Vacation for yourself >>
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