African Vacations: Safari Packages to South Africa

South Africa is knew by people in different ways: some know about it that was the last country in the world which abolished the apartheid regime, others appreciate the excellent wines from this African country, some remember that there took place a football world championship, but much more people heard about this land as a great spot for African vacations, especially in wildlife parks such as Kruger National Park and Sabi Sand Game Reserve.

African safari packages are numerous and are a type of vacations more and more requested by holiday makers. This happens because people saw many documentary movies about wildlife of Africa and about the interesting and unique cultures of peoples who live there. Also, many vacationers understood how fragile is the life on the planet Earth and want to see some of the last unspoiled parts of it.

Safari packages to South Africa are in harsh competition with safaris offered by other countries, especially from Namibia, Tanzania and Kenya, but also from other countries like Uganda, Zambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Still many tourists prefer to buy vacation packages to this country even if sometimes other countries offer more affordable deals. Why happens this? Foremost, because of the richness of wildlife from the national parks and game reserves in this African country. There are many areas where can be seen many species of animals, but the most renowned are Kruger National Park and Sabi Sand Game Reserve.

Kruger National Park, with 18,989 square km (7,332 sq mi), is the largest game reserve in South Africa. Together with Gonarezhou National Park from Zimbabwe and with the Limpopo National Park from Mozambique it make up the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. Kruger is renowned for the many bird species (517) but also for the many mammals species (147), including the most demanded of all, called the "Big Five": lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard and rhinoceros. There are plenty of safari packages to Kruger National Park, some of them being "Savanna Private Game Reserve Package in Kruger National Park", "Chitwa Chitwa Game Lodge Package in Kruger National Park", "The Classic Kruger National Park Tour", and "Wildlife Experience in Kruger National Park".

Sabi Sand Game Reserve is a private owned park which actually is comprised of more smaller game reserves named Mala Mala, Singita, Exeter, Djuma, Londolozi, Lion Sands, Sabi Sabi and Ulusaba. The entire area is home for a multitude of wild animals like cheetah, elephants, lions, buffalo, leopard, rhinos, and others. Because there is no barrier between this park and Kruger the animals can move free, so the game viewing is really spectacular! Some packages include only this park, while others include visits to more game reserves. Some safari packages that include Sabi Sand are "Panorama Route and Big 5 Safari: Sabi Sand Wildlife Reserve" and "Wildlife Experience at Sabi Sabi Earth Lodge".

South African vacations are not limited, of course, at this two main holiday spots. There are also other safaris which include wider areas, some of the most requested trips being "South African Excursion", "3 Day Garden Route - Cape Town to Port Elizabeth", "Dolphin Coast and Big Five Safari", "Highlights of South Africa", "16 Day South Africa Adventure - Cape Town to Johannesburg", and "6 Day Rhino Route Durban - Johannesburg".