Things to Do in South Africa

  • Giraffe and Plains zebra in Kruger National park, South Africa

    Kruger National Park

    Kruger is 7,500 square miles of bush where lions cross the road and no one honks. Self-drive safaris here cost a fraction of guided tours.

  • Green courtyard of Castle of Good Hope of Cape Town

    Castle of Good Hope

    Built in 1666, the Castle of Good Hope predates Cape Town itself — and its walls hold 350 years of colonial history you can actually walk through.

  • Exiting the Okavango Delta in Botswana by mokoro

    Okavango Delta

    The Okavango floods in winter, not summer — that timing quirk is what makes it Africa’s best dry-season safari destination.