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Guided Trips and Half-day Safaris

In National Parks and Private Reserves

Guided trips in a National Park are ideal for those people who don't want to do a self-drive safari, or who only want a short safari experience initially to help them work out whether they would be interested in going on a longer safari at a later date.

Guided Trip in Pilanesberg On Land Rovers which can seat anything from 10 people up to 25 people, your trained guide will drive you through the National Park for about 2 - 3 hours.

The main restriction is that all game viewing vehicles have to remain on the roads at all times and they not allowed to go off-road at all.

Your guide will be highly knowledgeable about the bush and the animals, and more than happy to share his or her knowledge with you and answer any questions that you may have as you go.

Day Visitor Programmes in a Private Reserve

Several safari lodges, especially those around the Eastern Cape, offer day visitor programmes.

Lioness - Shamwari In general, these will include lunch, followed by a 3 hour game drive on the reserve with a trained ranger. Because the land is privately owned, you will be able to go off-road to follow the wildlife through the bush, and have an unbelievably close encounter.

Several lodges also offer an evening programme, which starts with the game drive, and ends with a safari dinner.

If this is the type of safari experience that you are looking for, ask us to plan an itinerary for you including a guided safari tour as part of a longer trip to Southern Africa.

When to Go?

Animals are mostly active first thing in the morning and in the early evening, so these are the best times to do a guided trip if this can be arranged.

Elephants - Addo The middle of the day is generally a quieter time for any game viewing, as the animals tend to rest from the heat of the sun.

It can also be frustrating if you do see something interesting whilst out on your drive, but are unable to go back and follow any progress or trail the next day.

It obviously goes without saying that you are also not allowed to get out of your vehicle at any time, except at designated viewing points, but care should still be exercised even then.