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A sundowner beside a game vehicle in the bushveld at Mdluli

South Africa in a week

Cape Town and Kruger.

We price the whole trip for your dates.

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The route

A week is enough for two places, one flight apart: the city and the bush.

  1. 1Cape TownVilla Coloniale3 nights
  2. 2KrugerMdluli Safari Lodge4 nights
Best months
September to April
Getting around
Hire car, one flight north
Malaria
Kruger area only
Suits
A first trip, couples, friends

Updated 15 Oct 2026

Day by day

The picked stay is first. Ask for any of the others when you request the journey.

Fly Cape Town to Kruger Mpumalanga, about 2 hours

Where your stay helps

A share of every booking goes to the cause each host supports.

Friends of Table Mountain
Villa Coloniale

Planned with you by a person

Send us your dates and who is coming. We check every night with the hosts, then send one priced plan. Accept it and we confirm every stay for you, with one payment.

Bird lists kept by the hosts: Mdluli Safari Lodge, 224 species. A record, never a promise.

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Questions people ask

Is a week enough for South Africa?

For two places, yes: Cape Town and Kruger, one flight apart. Add more and the week becomes travel days.

When is the best time to go?

September to April suits the whole route: the Cape is warm and dry from November, and the Lowveld is green with young animals from late November. May to September is the dry season in Kruger, when the bush thins and game gathers at water, and the whale season on the Cape coast, but the Cape itself is cool and can be wet.

Is the route malaria-free?

The Cape, the whale coast and the Garden Route are malaria-free. Kruger and the Lowveld are a malaria area, highest in the wet summer months. Speak to a travel clinic before you go, or ask us for the malaria-free family journey, which swaps Kruger for the Eastern Cape.

How is the journey priced?

For your dates and your party. Several of these stays only quote on request, so we check every night with the hosts and send one priced plan, with flights, car hire and park fees set out alongside the stays.

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