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8 Best Family Hotels in Cape Town

8 hotelsFrom USD $240 per night

Book Radisson RED Hotel V&A Waterfront Cape Town. Its family rooms put the kids on bunk beds in the same room as you, at about a third of the rates at InterContinental Table Bay Cape Town.

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  1. One&Only Cape Townfrom $1,590
  2. Radisson RED Hotel V&A Waterfront Cape Townfrom $335
  3. InterContinental Table Bay Cape Townfrom $1,020
  4. Cape Grace, A Fairmont Managed Hotelfrom $3,005
  5. AC Hotel by Marriott Cape Town Waterfrontfrom $240
  6. Radisson Collection Hotel, Waterfront Cape Townfrom $550
  7. President Hotelfrom $610
  8. Vineyard Hotelfrom $750

12 Best Safari Lodges in the Eastern Cape

12 hotelsFrom USD $550 per night

Book Gorah Elephant Camp. It's the only lodge inside Addo Elephant National Park, an hour from Gqeberha.

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  1. Gorah Elephant Campfrom $1,050
  2. HillsNek Safari Camp – Amakhala Game Reservefrom $600
  3. Pumba Private Game Reservefrom $750
  4. Samara Karoo Reservefrom $1,300
  5. Kuzuko Lodgefrom $550
  6. Sibuya Game Reserve and Lodgefrom $600
  7. Kariega Game Reserve – Main Lodgefrom $800
  8. Kariega Game Reserve – River Lodgefrom $1,050
  9. Kariega Game Reserve – Settlers Driftfrom $1,800
  10. Shamwari Long Lee Manorfrom $1,650
  11. Kwandwe Great Fish River Lodgefrom $1,400
  12. Founders Lodge by Mantisfrom $900

13 Best Safari Lodges in Kruger National Park

13 hotelsFrom USD $700 per night

Book Lion Sands River Lodge. It sits in the Sabi Sand with treehouse sleepouts above the plains and open 4x4s capped at six guests.

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  1. Pondoro Game Lodgefrom $1,350
  2. Makumu Private Game Lodgefrom $1,200
  3. Klaserie Driftfrom $1,500
  4. Jabulani Safari Relais & Chateauxfrom $2,000
  5. Kapama Karulafrom $2,300
  6. Motswari Private Game Reservefrom $700
  7. Kapama Southern Campfrom $1,000
  8. Lion Sands River Lodgefrom $2,400
  9. Kruger Shalati – Train on the Bridge & Garden Suitesfrom $850
  10. Hoyo Hoyo Safari Lodgefrom $1,000
  11. Jock Safari Lodgefrom $1,300
  12. Lion Sands Narina Lodgefrom $3,500
  13. Imbali Safari Lodgefrom $835

8 Best Safari Lodges Near Cape Town

8 hotelsFrom USD $300 per night

Book Aquila Private Game Reserve & Spa. It's the closest Big Five safari to Cape Town, a two-hour drive from the city.

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  1. Aquila Private Game Reserve & Spafrom $300
  2. Inverdoorn Game Reserve Lodgefrom $300
  3. Sanbona Wildlife Reservefrom $1,100
  4. Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve and Wellness Retreatfrom $750
  5. Garden Route Game Lodgefrom $310
  6. Botlierskop Tented Lodgefrom $365
  7. Mont Eco Game Reservefrom $850
  8. Kagga Kamma Eco Lodge & Spafrom $340

12 Best Luxury Tented Camps in Kruger National Park

12 hotelsFrom USD $80 per night

Book Saseka Tented Camp. Its luxury tents come with a private pool and a deck over the riverbed in Thornybush.

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  1. Saseka Tented Campfrom $2,850
  2. Kapama Buffalo Campfrom $1,600
  3. Parsons Hilltop Safari Campfrom $495
  4. Simbavati Hilltop Lodgefrom $2,525
  5. Hamiltons Tented Campfrom $950
  6. Pafuri Tented Campfrom $1,050
  7. Honeyguide Tented Safari Camps – Mantobenifrom $770
  8. Shindzela Tented Campfrom $670
  9. Umkumbe Bush Lodgefrom $760
  10. Honeyguide Tented Safari Camp – Khoka Moyafrom $435
  11. AfriCamps at Hoedspruitfrom $80
  12. Mdluli Safari Lodgefrom $390

12 Best Malaria-Free Safari Lodges in South Africa

12 hotelsFrom USD $1 per night

Book Kwandwe Great Fish River Lodge. Its suites have a private plunge pool over the Great Fish River, and you can join a rhino-darting conservation safari.

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  1. Kariega Game Reserve Ukhozi Lodgefrom $1
  2. Kariega Game Reserve Main Lodgefrom $850
  3. Woodbury Tented Camp – Amakhala Game Reservefrom $600
  4. Bukela Game Lodge – Amakhala Game Reservefrom $750
  5. Hlosi Game Lodge – Amakhala Game Reservefrom $1
  6. Buffalo Ridge Safari Lodgefrom $1
  7. Umzolozolo Private Safari Lodge & Spafrom $680
  8. Nambiti Hills Private Game Lodgefrom $500
  9. Mhondoro Safari Lodge & Villafrom $16
  10. Thanda Safari Lodgefrom $740
  11. Kwandwe Great Fish River Lodgefrom $17
  12. Tuningi Safari Lodgefrom $19

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Where to stay in South Africa with kids?

2 guides cover it. Start with 8 Best Family Hotels in Cape Town, 6 Best Family Safari Lodges in Pilanesberg.