Self-drive

Routes through South Africa

Driving routes worth taking slowly, each one a string of towns with places to stay that give something back to the landscape around them. Open a route to see its stops, the stays along it and what the country does between them, or take any of them into the planner and change every night.

Plan your own trip Read the long route guides

Birding routes

Built around hosts who carry the BirdLife Affiliated badge, so a share of every booking goes back to BirdLife South Africa. Tell your host what you are hoping to see and they will point you at the morning's best spot.

Cape birding route
520 km · 5 to 8 days · 4 stops
Fynbos endemics, a pelagic trip and Karoo specials, from Cape Town over the mountains to Swellendam, Montagu and the Klein Karoo.

Self-drive

Routes through South Africa

Plan your own trip Read the long route guides

Birding routes

Cape birding route
520 km · 5 to 8 days · 4 stops
Fynbos endemics, a pelagic trip and Karoo specials, from Cape Town over the mountains to Swellendam, Montagu and the Klein Karoo.

Routes through South Africa

Birding routes

Cape birding route

Routes through South Africa

Birding routes

Cape birding route

BirdLife escarpment

Zululand birding

Coastal routes

Garden Route

Whale Coast

Wine and food routes

Route 62

Cape Winelands Route

Nature and wildlife routes

Panorama Route

Trout Triangle

Culture and heritage routes

Owl Route

Mohair Route

Cherry Route