South African Golf Tours & Safaris

South African Golf and Sporting Tours offer golf and sport holidays with safaris throughout South Africa.

From day excursions to comprehensive 21 day packages, we will take care of all your arrangements, including car hire and transfers, accommodation, golf bookings, tickets for any major sporting event and sightseeing.

South Africa offers:

• A wide selection of world class golf courses such as Fancourt, the Gary Player Country Club and Erinvale.

• Regular sporting events featuring rugby, cricket, soccer, horse-racing and much more.

• Well-priced accommodation from self-catering to five-star luxury hotels, game lodges & golf estates.

• Extraordinary sightseeing attractions and activities for both the golfer and non-golfer.

• Magnificent wildlife including the Big 7: Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo, Lion, Leopard, Whales & Sharks

• Diverse natural beauty, famous wine estates, history, culture, warm & hospitable people and plenty of sunshine.

Golf Tours in South Africa

Our tours cater for both golfers and non-golfing companions. For an unforgettable sporting vacation, select one of our private tour packages or allow us to tailor-make a tour to suit your specific requirements.

For more information on a particular tour, please click on the tour name.

Cubs & Clubs

8 day Cape Town/Winelands
On this tour, you will stay in Cape Town, near South Africa’s top tourist destination, the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront.
Golf at Steenberg or Royal Cape, Westlake or Clovelly, Rondebosch or Mowbray.
Outside Cape Town, accommodation is in the Winelands, with its world-renowned wine estates, historic buildings and majestic mountain ranges. Golf at Spier, Arabella, Erinvale or Stellenbosch.

Eagles & Birdies

8 day / 14 day Golf Estate: Cape Town/Winelands/Arabella/(Fancourt optional)
This tour allows you to visit Cape Town, the Winelands and the quaint fishing village of Hermanus while staying on three magnificent golf estates, Steenberg, Arabella and Erinvale, each offering top quality golf in surroundings filled with mountains, vineyards and rolling greens. Convert to a 14 day Golf Estate Tour by including a visit to Fancourt Golf & Country Estate where you can play The Links, host to the 2003 President’s Cup. Golf at Steenberg and Royal Cape, Westlake or Clovelly, Erinvale, Arabella and Fancourt.

Tusks & Horns

13 day KwaZulu-Natal/Pilanesburg Game Reserve
A temperate winter climate and the warm Indian Ocean make this tour a perfect choice for those wishing to travel during South Africa's winter season. The tour includes a malaria-free Big 5 safari. Golf on KwaZulu-Natal's top courses and take the opportunity to play the Gary Player course at Sun City. Golf at Durban Country Club, Selbourne, Mount Edgecombe, Zimbali, Prince’s Grant, Gary Player and Lost City.

Tooth & Claw

12 day Cape Town/Garden Route/Kariega Game Reserve
This tour includes Cape Town, the Winelands and the famous Garden Route with its farms, forests, beaches and mountains. At Kariega Game Reserve, you will experience game drives and river cruises in a malaria-free environment. You will also have the opportunity to visit the Addo Elephant Park and view the Big 5 at the world-famous Shamwari Game Reserve. Golf at Milnerton or Atlantic Beach, Steenberg or Royal Cape, Westlake or Clovelly, Spier, Erinvale, Fancourt, George and Pezula.

Wings & Swings

16 day Cape Town/Garden Route/Shamwari Game Reserve
This tour offers golfers a superb selection of championship courses to play while visiting Cape Town and the famous Garden Route, ending off with a five-star safari experience at one of South Africa’s most famous game reserves, Shamwari. Golf at Milnerton or Atlantic Beach, Royal Cape or Steenberg, Arabella, Fancourt, George, Knysna and Goose Valley.

The Big Bertha

21 Day Cape Town/Stellenbosch/Garden Route/Sun City/Pilanesberg National Game Park
Sample the best of South Africa’s golf & sightseeing attractions together with a malaria-free Big 5 safari experience.
Golf at Royal Cape or Steenberg, Milnerton or Atlantic Beach, Clovelley or Westlake, Spier or Stellenbosch, Erinvale or Pearl Valley, Fancourt, Pezula, Goose Valley, Gary Player and Lost City.

Surf & Turf

10 day KwaZulu-Natal/Hluhluwe Game Reserve
Spend 4 days in the heart of the Dolphin Coast with direct access to a stunning beach from your boutique hotel followed by at 3 day visit to the Wild Coast Resort & Casino and end off with a 2 night safari at the Hluhluwe Game Reserve.
Enjoy dolphins & Big 5 game viewing, warm water swimming and the many attractions of the sub-tropical KwaZulu-Natal coast. Golf at Durban Country Club, Zimbali, Princes Grant, Selborne & Wild Coast.

The Five-star, Big Six, Game Experience

15 day Sun City/Mpumalanga/KwaZulu-Natal/Pilanesberg National Game Park/Kruger National Park
Lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo, leopard, sharks and plenty more are in store on this tour. You will stay at the glitzy Lost City for 4 days with a visit to the nearby Pilanesburg Game Reserve and then on to the world famous Kruger National Park for 4 nights. Your final 6 days will be spent on the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal in the protected Zimbali estate rich with lakes, wetlands and sub-tropical forests. Golf at the exclusive Leopards Creek, Gary Player, Lost City, Prince’s Grant, Zimbali and Durban Country Club.

Horses & Courses

8 day KwaZulu-Natal/Vodacom Durban July
Visit Natal during July and enjoy one of South Africa’s premier horse-racing events while staying on the famous Mount Edgecombe Golf Estate amid magnificent sub-tropical vegetation. A day excursion to the Hluhluwe Game Reserve, Crocodile Creek, Umfolozi Game Park & the fabulous uShaka Marine World are just a few of the many attractions available on this tour. Golf at Mt Edgecombe, Prince’s Grant, Zimbali, Durban Country Club or Beechwood

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Sports Tours in South Africa

Transcending race, politics or language group, sport unites the country. The major sports in which South Africa excels are rugby and cricket. For close on a century, the country has regularly fielded teams of world-beating class, playing chiefly against arch-rivals, England, Australia and New Zealand. But it is football (or soccer, as it is universally called here) that has the biggest nation-wide following.

We will book tickets for any sporting events in South Africa.

RUGBY YEARLY EVENTS
Tri-Nations (July-Aug)
Super 12 (Late Feb-mid May)
Currie Cup (July-Oct)
The Vodacom Cup (Late Feb-mid May)

CRICKET YEARLY EVENTS
Standard Bank Championship (Nov-Jan)
Pro 20 (April 2005)
Super Sport Series (Oct-March)

SOCCER WORLD CUP 2010
"I feel like a young man of 15", Nelson Mandela joked after South Africa was awarded the right to host the 2010 Football World Cup.

GOLF
Nedbank Million Dollar challenge at Sun City (late Nov-early Dec)
World Amateur Team Golf Championships (2006)

CYCLING
Cape Argus Pick 'n Pay Cycle Tour (Second Sunday of March)

RUNNING
Comrades Marathon (16 June 2005)
The Two Oceans Marathon (Easter: Mar/April)

HORSE-RACING
The Summer Cup (Nov)
The J & B Met (Early Feb)
The Vodacom Durban July (July)

OTHER SPORTS

To name a few: Fishing and sailing, canoe marathons, hiking, rock climbing, hang gliding, hot air ballooning, horse riding, bungee jumping, big game hunting, snorkeling, shark diving, scuba diving and surfing.

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Accommodation and Safaris in South Africa

South Africa offers a huge variety of accommodation from three-star properties to luxurious five-star hotels, Victorian guest houses, casino resorts, game lodges as well as self-catering establishments. Our accommodation packages include a full English breakfast.

Stay near the beachfront, Waterfront or lake districts, on mountain slopes or in the vineyards or enjoy the cosmopolitan vibe of inner city living. Alternatively, stay close to the action and spend a few nights on one or more of the magnificent golfing estates that South Africa has to offer, from Spier, Arabella and Fancourt in the Western Cape to Mount Edgecombe and Zimbali in KwaZulu-Natal.

Combine your golf trip with a safari and stay at one of the rustic bush camps or luxurious lodges in the many game reserves around South Africa. Diverse fauna, flora, and, of course, the Big 5 are the star attractions in malaria-free reserves.

For prices and more information please see our website www.sagolftour.co.za