National Parks and Game Tours in South Africa

They are the hallmark of your holiday destination and in stark contrast to the hurly-burly of the metropolis: the world famous national parks in South Africa. Here, within their boundaries, nature remains as wild as it always was, and life here presents itself unimpressed by the intervention of man. From the protected sea reserves to the Karoo semi desert, the Cape Peninsula to the famous Krüger National Park - if men enter one of the about 20 national parks in South Africa, then only to leave them again. Visitors are permitted, but man is not allowed to disturb.  

National Parks and Game Tours in South Africa - Photo: Cliff Jones

National Parks and Game Tours in South Africa - Photo: Cliff Jones

South Africa covers less than one per cent of the land mass of the earth. But six per cent of all mammals, eight per cent of all bird species, five percent of all reptiles and seven per cent of all plant species are at home here. The national parks in South Africa protect some of the most densely populated natural habitats on earth - the spaces where, during your dream holidays, you will see "life" with fresh eyes, and above all, feel it very closely. 
Impressions of the national parks in South Africa are very diverse - depending in which climate zone of the country you are travelling: The spectre of nature experiences reaches from primeval forests at the Eastern Cape to the barren desert of the Karoo and to the windy heights of the 3000 meter high Drakensberg massive. In the diverse landscapes you have - and that is unique worldwide - the chance to get acquainted to the "big Six": to leopards, elephants, buffaloes, and rhinos, to whales in the sea reserves and of course to the King of Animals, the lion. When driving, hiking or walking either on guided or - according to park - on your own tour through the nature reserve, you should be aware that you are privileged: you are amidst a world that does not exist a second time, anywhere. Many of the creatures in the national parks in South Africa only exist here any more. They are defined as "endemic". This is the case with 80 per cent of the plants, as well as with 30 per cent of the reptiles and 15 per cent of all mammals living here. The flora on the Cape Peninsula was nominated to one of the only five official "Floral Kingdoms" worldwide - the kingdom of plants. 

You want to see the King of Animals within the unique national parks of South Africa? Feel like a king yourself for a small moment - and be aware of what you are experiencing right now.