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Self-drive Holidays

Self-drive holidays are widely available in South Africa and Namibia, where most of these countries can easily be explored by self-drive, without a guide.

South Africa in particular is a more sophisticated destination where most driving is on metalled roads, and there is a wide range of accommodation options. Areas of the country such as Cape Town, the Cape Winelands and the Garden Route are extremely popular and easy self-drive destinations, whilst other parts of the country such as KwaZulu/Natal, Kruger, Kgalagadi and Limpopo offer a slightly more adventurous undertaking, with higher chances of driving on gravel roads much further away from amenities. In Kruger and Kgalagadi, as well as a few other parks throughout the country, you can explore big game areas by self-drive, which requires a degree of common sense and/or experience in Africa – they are very much wild areas and the animals need to be treated with respect.

Namibia is fundamentally a more adventurous driving experience, with many of key regions reached by gravel roads through the desert wilderness. We recommend 4×4 and/or high clearance vehicles in Namibia, though most roads can be driven in a normal saloon car if needed. Driving in Namibia generally involves quite large distances through the desert, where you will see few other vehicles, but with few roads following directions is usually quite straight-forward! There are some especially remote areas where you cannot self-drive without being in a convoy, or with an experienced guide who knows the area (primarily the north-west Kaokoland region).

For experienced Africa hands, it is possible to self-drive through other countries such as Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia and Tanzania, but we don’t tend to specialise in these type of more independent holidays.

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