The Royal Safari
Stay at the finest private luxury resorts in South Africa across three spectacular locations. At each luxury lodge, enjoy our Signature Guided Safaris® room selections and upgraded views. On safari spot 147 species of mammals including the “Big Five”.
Signature Guided Safaris® Journeys
Luxury South Africa
MEDLEY of the finest regions of South Africa, this classic journey is a favorite for luxury safari enthusiasts. An eclectic experience in art, wine and gastronomy with some of the finest cuisine on luxury safari, our Royal Safari is an unforgettable experience. For families and friends traveling together, we provide an array of beautiful and private villas both on safari and in Cape Town. Our camps work closely with the local Shangaan communities to help sustain these regions and wildlife through real care for the land. Our Shangaan trackers at lodge — the highest rated in Africa — offer our guests a personal welcome in their wilderness home.
Safari Diaries
Your Private Safari
Discover the untamed beauty of the African wilderness in unparalleled comfort, style, and seclusion with a stay at three exquisite locations across South Africa, each one a masterpiece of design and hospitality. Immerse yourself in the wonders of the Greater Kruger ecosystem, guided by an award-winning safari team both in the heart of the bush and within your luxurious lodge. Timeless elegance flows through the lodge’s architecture, echoing the ancient rhythms of the Kruger bushveld from the moment you arrive. Your luxury safari offers Big Five Game Viewing: home to lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino in the 32,000-acre Private Reserve. Here, your every need is met with warmth and care, offering an experience that is truly unmatched.
Safari Films
A moment
in the wild
Fly across South Africa and stay at some of the most award-winning luxury safari lodges on safari with all meals and local wine inclusive of your stay. Your suite features a private plunge pool on safari.
Your Private Journey
This journey can be completely customized to your specifications
Guided Safaris® offer luxurious safari accommodation and the most experienced Private Guides on game drives to enhance your wilderness experience, in complete exclusivity.
Tailormade Journey
Personalize your journey to your desires — focus on the thrill of wildlife, the pleasures of fine food and wine, all a harmonious blend of South Africa’s finest offerings. Time slows down as you adjust to the natural rhythms of the African bush, discovering a world in which each rustle, scent and broken twig has a story to tell. As you move from one region to the next, you will feel the seamless flow of your journey, as part of our family of lodges and private hosts. Every preference is remembered, every detail customized, ensuring that even the smallest touch contributes to the perfect experience. With consistently exceptional hospitality, gourmet dining, and captivating activities, you can relax and relish in the knowledge that every aspect of your adventure is taken care of.
Luxury Cape Town
The finest experiences in the Cape of Good Hope with privately guided touring. Stay in a vibrant and exclusive part of the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront. Visit Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCAA) housing the largest collection of Contemporary African sculpture and artworks. Visit Simons Town and Boulders beach to see the lovely penguin colonies along the coast.
From start to finish, you will be personally met and transferred to each location on your safari. In addition to these special host touches we include a full day of Private Touring for you. Explore the Cape Winelands, Cape of Good Hope and Hermanus with our top-rated Specialist Guides in the region in a private luxury car with our Custom Touring.
Each itinerary is tailored to your interests with our knowledgeable Private Cape Hosts. Enjoy stunning scenic drives on your private transfers with our accredited guides from the Garden Route all the way through to the Winelands. With scenic excursions to charming seaside villages along vast wildflower routes and go wine tasting at award-winning vineyards tucked into picturesque valleys.
A beautiful start or end to any big game safari in South Africa, enjoy a few days to indulge in the Cape culture that defines the spirit, cuisine and art of the Rainbow Nation.
THE ROYAL SAFARI
Garden Route
Whale capital of the world, Hermanus offers the finest land-based whale watching anywhere. Enjoy the barefoot luxury of your contemporary summer home overlooking panoramas of the Atlantic where Southern Right Whales migrate in season and a private cliff walkway down to the pristine beach leads you on a winding stroll to the charming old town. Marine cruises bring you up close to the Whales, Great White Sharks and Dolphins in season. The annual Hermanus Whale Festival marks the return of the Southern Right whales during their breeding season. Visit South Africa’s finest Pinot Noir growing estates and play golf at the superb greens of Hermanus Golf club designed by South Africa’s foremost golf course architect, Peter Matkovich.
PROTEA NERIIFOLIA (SUGARBUSH). NAMED AFTER THE GREEK SHAPE-SHIFTING GOD PROTEUS, ONE OF THE OLDEST FAMILIES OF FLOWERS ON EARTH WITH ROOTS DATING BACK OVER 300 MILLION YEARS. NOTHING HERE IS A PETAL, THE CUP IS BUILT OF WOODY BRACTS. THE SEED HEADS STAY SHUT FOR YEARS AND ONLY FIRE WILL OPEN THEM. YOUR SCENIC COASTAL JOURNEY ALONG THE GARDEN ROUTE BRINGS YOU CLOSE TO FLORA IN ANCIENT INDIGENOUS FORESTS AND DRAMATIC COASTAL MOUNTAINS.
South Africa’s most majestic wilderness
Fly out to the Greater Kruger region. The private 30,000-acre reserve where you will be hosted by our team is rich in big cat predators and other plains game such as elephant, rhino and antelope. In just a couple days one can easily see all of Africa’s big game with our expert master trackers. Our all-suite safari accommodation is highest rated in South Africa with opulent settings and private plunge pools in suite. Enjoy twice daily game drives with professional guides and trackers to see the Big Five and more.
Guided Safaris®
A Day on Safari
Luxury Safari Camps
When the day’s adventures have stirred your soul, the serene Royal Malewane Spa provides a sanctuary of peace, offering respite from the heat and the excitement of the safari. As evening falls, a lavish feast awaits beneath the glittering African skies, crafted by a team of world-class chefs, proudly qualified as Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Blazon. Here, every meal becomes a celebration of flavor, luxury, and the magic of the wild.
The Royal Safari
Safari Cuisine
Gourmet cuisine is fully inclusive, per safari custom, on all our luxury journeys. Our lodge chefs are Chaîne des Rôtisseurs qualified - a prestigious International Association of Gastronomy, spanning over 75 countries that unites passionate individuals who share a love for exceptional quality and encouraging the highest standards in the art of the culinary experience. Your stay also includes fine wines from our special bush cellars on safari and offers an extraordinary wine sampling experience. As some of the most influential wine buyers in the South African viticulture industry, our luxury lodges and hotels featured on this itinerary have the best selections of vintages on offer. An experience that works its way wonderfully from your own visit to the cellar door of these special estates while in the winelands. Enjoy private wine tasting tours of Stellenbosch and beyond in the Cape Winelands.
The Southern Crown — seven stars in a small, perfect diadem. Hall’s old atlas engraves it as the laurel wreath at the archer’s feet; over Royal Malewane it rises far higher. On dry-season evenings the Crown stands almost directly overhead, beside the glowing heart of the Milky Way, with great Scorpius keeping watch to the west. Look up from the fire: the sky itself sets a crown over The Royal Safari.
