We really had a blast on this trip. Started with Debbie who booked it was great, nice plan and really worked well. We started in Cape Town for… read more the Garden Route with Barry as our guide. What an amazing few days. We enjoyed every minute of it, not always easy with three kids (2 teens!). Barry did a great job. Who knew an ostrich farm could be such fun? And delicious.

Then we met Jac. A charming fellow who my kids impersonate to this day ( heyyyyy man). We went to Kruger Park on my daughters 17 bday……top ten day in my life. Absolutely unforgettable. WOW.

All the places booked were fantastic, we ate like kings, and really enjoyed this trip. Thank you Southern Circle!

  Words can’t describe how wonderful Southern Circles was. My friend I recently got back from a 3 day Kruger Park tour followed by a 3 day Garden Route tour from… read more Port Elizabeth to Cape Town. Our guides, Taki and Barry were incredible. We were the only two on both tours. This gave us the flexibility to travel at our leisure and customize the suggested itineraries to meet our needs. Prior to our trip, Debbie was extremely communicative. She even booked us a great guest house stay in Port Elizabeth between our tours. We did a ton of research prior to embarking on the safari and Southern Circle was not only a reasonably priced but truly exceptional.

  My wife and I have just returned from a 3 week trip to South Africa. We lived in South Africa in the 70’s/80’s so the country was not new… read more to us. Without doubt the highlight of our trip was the 10 day tour we booked with Southern Circle Tours & Safaris. I chose this company as our tour guide because of the reviews I read. These reviews proved to be accurate. To see the RSA we selected SCT’s 10 day tour of the eastern Transvaal, Natal and the Garden Route (these are old place names now). We were picked up from our hotel in Sandton by Jac du Toit. Jac’s in-depth knowledge of the country, its history and past/current politics led to interesting discussion throughout the trip. The 7 seater VW people vehicle we shared with a Candian couple was very comfortable and provided an excellent viewing platform for our trips around the various game reserves we visited. Without reservation I can recommend this company to people who want to see South Africa as a part of a small group. My only regret was not including a visit to the battlefields, where I am sure Jac would have been in his element..

  We (group of 8 from Ontario, Canada) booked this tour through Serendipity Travels, Durban who did all the arrangements, via Southern Circle Tours & Safaris to combine safari in Kruger… read more Park, with the most interesting spots of the Panoramic Route. Unfortunately we were unable to do Johannesburg due to an ice storm in Toronto that delayed our trip and tour. As we arrived we were flown to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe for amazing 2 days view of the falls.
Taki was our tour guide who picked us up for the most amazing tour. Our stay at Skukuza camp was comfortable and the meals were delicious. During these 5 days he was driving us to the most "memorable, picturesque” photo-spots to see elephants, giraffes, lions, rhinos. We were able to take plenty of good photos. Taki was so knowledge about Kruger’s birds and mammals. After an early morning game drive we left and entered the escarpment of Mpumalanga. He was showing us the most stunning places of the Panoramic Route (Lisbon Falls, Bourke’s Luck Potholes, God’s window, Blyde River Canyon, and many more). As a group we like to thank Taki for his kind, polite, open-minded and a competent man who has done his best to reveal to us the beauty and magnificence of African wildlife! Keep in touch. We were dropped off and on our flight to Cape.
In the morning we were picked up by Barry another interesting guide who drove us around, Cape Town City, Table Mountain, Cape Peninsula, Robben Island, etc and a wine tour before we departed on our garden route which was well planned. Beautiful coastal route to Mossel Bay visiting the oldest post office tree 1488. Particularly worth a mention is our stay at the beautiful La Plume, Oudtshoorn. The accommodations at La Plume were very high quality and luxurious. The ostrich fillet at La Plume is a must-try. Cango caves and Knysna, Tsitsikamma National Park etc on our last stop Port Elizabeth.
We were picked up by our guide Jac who was our guide who drove the wild West Coast. Before leaving PE we wanted to visit a hindu temple and Jac’s tireless effort of finding the Murugan temple for us. Stopped at the Addo Elephant Park etc before entering KwaZulu Natal in the south on the way to Durban. Visited the most amazing Oribi Gorge, Lehr’s fall.
Next day off to Drakensberg Mountains stopping on the way, at the train station where Ghandi was thrown off, Howick Falls and where Mandela was arrested etc and a overnight stay. In the morning we set off to Sani Pass on a four wheel drive with hair raising bends and breath- taking views. Our guide was Lucky who was an excellent driver who had to maneuver those sharp corners. We entered Lesotho – referred to as the Kingdom where lunch was served 3000m above sea level. View was amazing.
The tour was well planned (25 days) and gave us everything we could have wanted, from spectacular scenery to all the animals. Accommodation options were very good in all the locations and our guides Taki, Barry and Jac were excellent. Very knowledgeable and interesting. Serendipity and Southern Circle both did an excellent job.