In this blog, we'll share 9 common self-drive safari mistakes & offer tips on how to avoid them so you can have an unforgettable self-drive safari in Africa.

Taking an African self-drive safari can be an incredible experience, full of wildlife and stunning landscapes. But preparing for your first self-drive safari can also be intimidating. But with the right preparation and guidance, your self-drive safari can be one of the most rewarding trips ever. So read on for our top 5 tips about what you need to know before your first self-drive safari.

Most guides you find online to plan your first safari are based on guided safaris and written by travel agents wanting you to book your trip with them. But what about if you're responsible for the whole planning because you want to go on a self-drive safari? Well, then you're exactly at the right spot!

Self-drive safaris are not for everyone. So in this blog, we wanted to dive a bit more into what a self-drive safari is, how all self-drives are not created equal and what the alternatives are.

We really liked the experience of camping during a safari, so the next time we went to Kruger National Park in South Africa we set out to rent one ourselves, but this proved to be much more time consuming and trickier than expected. Why did you have to fill in contact forms or inquire and could you not just book a car online just like when you go to Hertz or Avis? Why were there no prices online?

So in this blog, we want to share with you how to go about renting a 4x4 with a rooftop tent.

In this post, we are sharing how we’re preparing, what we’re looking forward to and what we’re doing differently for our upcoming 16-night self-drive safari from Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park to Kruger National Park.

In this blog, we'll walk you through how you can book the accommodation for your safari in Kruger National Park. From deciding your itinerary, choosing which camps to stay in, choosing your type of accommodation within the camp and how to book them on the SANParks website.

If you've been looking into going on safari you might have read articles about what to expect or what to pack and left feeling quite unprepared for your self-drive safari because the article was focussed on a luxury safari. So if you're looking for a practical guide for your self-drive camping safari about tires & fuel to putting up your rooftop tent, making sure you have water, food and money and how to plan your days, then this article is for you.

If you've been looking into going on safari you might have read articles about what to expect or what to pack and left feeling quite unprepared for your self-drive safari because the article was focussed on a luxury safari. So if you're looking for a practical guide for your self-drive camping safari then this article is for you.