South Africa Family Activities

L'Agulhas is the most southern coastal village and holiday resort in South Africa...

Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre near Hoedsruit conducts daily tours. Get up close to wildlife and their delightful young

The Kleinplasie Open Air Museum is a living museum that lets you experience the life of the early farming communities from 1690 ..

The Tulbagh area is ideal for horse riding – the magnificent scenery of working wine and fruit farms and the mountainside ...

Take a trip to outer space and explore the constellations at the renowned Johannesburg Planetarium on the Wits University Campus

Abseil or simply wonder at beautiful and well lit stalactites, stalagmites, cave pearls and underground pools at the Wonder Caves

Winner of the National Science & Technology Forum award for innovative science communication, Sci-bono is the largest science ...

The Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum is an interesting outing for the whole family. See how farming developed, the animals ...

For a day trip with a difference, why not take a steam train from Pretoria to Cullinan. Inspect the locomotive, have lunch in ...

If you are looking for something to do that is a great challenge and a lot of fun, Adventure Golfing is the way to go. Family fun

Head for the country and enjoy a village filled with creative outlets, a micro brewery and a glass factory. Live music, kids ...

The Lonehill Recreational Park has a lot going for it - a fly fishing dam, green lawns, kiddies playground, security, dogs ...

The Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens are a perfect getaway on a hot Gauteng day for a dip in a pool under a waterfall and picnic

Take a boat ride through the four Elements and a tour back through our past and into our future at the Maropeng Museum. Brilliant!

An updated Randburg Raceway offers an adrenalin filled experience on Xtreme Go-carts ..

Acrobranch is an aerial adventure where zip lines, tarzan swings, nets, bridges and other fun obstacles test the whole family ...

Gecko Jewellers World of Gemstones, based in Midrand, offers a huge range of designer jewellery at direct prices and a mine tour.

Yeesh is an upmarket play space for children up to 12 - stimulating and bags of fine for the kids and a great place for the adults

The Montecasino Bird Gardens are the only bird park of its kind in Africa and Jo'burg's best kept secret. A paradise of colourful.

Try your hand at this fun golf game, with the family, at kiddies parties or on a team building exercise with your office pals.

Adventure golf is a challenging mini golf game that is for executives, friends and family at all skill levels. A great day of fun.

Participate in a fun activity with the family, by taking up the challenge of finding your way through the tricky Honeydew Mazes ..

See crocodiles, hold croc hatchlings and buy crocodile skin and other croc products at the Croc City Crocodile Farm, Fourways, JHB

Acrobranch is an exciting aerial adventure where zip lines, tarzan swings, nets, bridges and other fun obstacles keep kids and ...

Since 1998, when the Ross family started the Wild Coast Meander, thousands of hikers, including many young families, have follow..

We all know that young people should be more connected to nature, so taking your city-bred children into the bush sounds like ...

An exceptional retreat with great camps, hiking and mtb, stunning surrounds and activities for the whole family near Mokopane...

Even if you are a golfing hot shot, this game can destroy your ego. Adventure golf is bags of fun and a big challenge for everyone

The Phakisa Raceway is a world class motor and bike racing track just outside Welkom in the Goldfields Region of the Free State

Enjoy a unique all-encompassing view of the vast open Free State from thousands of feet up in the air in fixed wing or helicopters

Whether for fun or travelling in Africa, 4x4 and offroad biking courses will equip you with very usefull skills..and it's fun too!

The Maselspoort Resort just outside Bloemfontein offers a great day out or weekend away full of activities for the whole family...

The Bloemfontein Zoo is a fascinating family day out. See the Big 5, big cats of all species, gorillas, chimps & more in Bloem...

The Emanzini Country Resort outside Vrede in the Free State offers weekend breakaway activities - from water sports to motorcross

Strawberry picking in Camperdown bursts into full swing each year between July and December offering family fun and ripe pickings.

The free Bokkie Park is a lovely, safe, secured playground for kiddies, with farmyard animals and the Bokkie Park craft market ...

Wild Waters in Boksburg is the beach within reach for the land-locked Gautengers. Big rides, wave pool, kiddies pools picnic spots

Cherries & more cherries at the Ficksburg Cherry Festival! One of South Africa's best, brightest & yummiest annual events...

The Free State is renowned for clear night skies - perfect for stargazing. Enjoy a tour of the Universe at the Boyden Observatory

The Cradock Spa just outside Cradock uses natural hot sulphur springs to fill both an indoor hot pool, and an outdoor pool.

Little Farm Adventures near Volksrust, Mpumalanga, offers horse riding holidays with activities and accommodation for the family

Crocworld in Scottburgh, is family fun with a crocodile and snake park, huge walk in aviary with over 200 free flying birds and ..

One of the most interesting ways to experience the beautiful Franschhoek landscape, coupled with wine tasting, is by horseback.

Le Bonheur croc farm, centrally situated between Paarl, Franschoek and Stellenbosch on the R45, has over 1000 Nile crocs, leather

Butterfly World is a lush tropical garden inhabited by butterflies from all over the world. The 1000 m2 greenhouse is replenished

Just 16km from Kruger, The Elephant Sanctuary is Hazyview is waiting to introduce you to their two friendly African Elephant Bulls

Quad Biking is the ideal way for those with energy to burn to experience the sights of the beautiful outdoors in Stanford.

A great family day out is a visit to Perry's Bridge Reptile Park - see snakes, crocs, alligators, frogs, lizards and tortoises

Kamazoo Quad Bike trails offer tours that will be remembered, long after the fun stops. Anyone can drive through the beautiful ...

Set in the beautiful Elgin Valley is a scenic Mashie Golf course that lends itself to family fun in the great outdoors.

Affordable bush safaris, family accommodation and camping, hikes and walks and game viewing in the bushveld of the Loskop Valley

Buffalo Gorge Eco Adventures, Middelburg offers many adventure activities for the whole family, focusing on horse trails and rides

Take a wonderful 2 hour trip through beautiful fynbos, old growth forest to a stunning mountain top view over Walker Bay and ...

Experience the scenic beauty of the Mpumalanga 'Highland Meander' from horse-back -10 mins outside Lydenburg on the R36 road

The Free State town of Clarens has emerged as a destination for foodies and lovers of the good life. F&JiE shares its top ...

For many people, the town of Bela-Bela (formerly Warmbaths) conjures up images of family fun at the hot springs, hours spent ...

The Komati River Gorge is an impressive, bushy and wildlife rich canyon that offers swimming, birding and superb fly-fishing.

The hot spring waters of Badplaas can be enjoyed by guests and day visitors alike at the Forever Resorts Badplaas Hydro

540ha Buffelsvlei offers a fantastic family day out and guaranteed safari sightings on a pit stop just off the N12 west from JHB

Transkaroo Adventures Farm near Noupoort offers 4x4, MTB, horse & hiking trails on a large working farm in the heart of the Karoo

The residents of this unsung hero of the Garden Route describe it as the city for all reasons and indeed draws all sorts of ...

40 kms north of JHB, the Rhino & Lion Reserve offers many facilities and activities for young & old and great wildlife encounters

Harteespoor Dam a favourite 'local' weekend-break for city-dwellers, offering various watersports and many other attractions...

Blyde Canyon Adventures offers rapp jumping and canyoning, to boat cruises and white water tubing for the whole family to enjoy

Jumbo River Safaris in Phalaborwa offer game viewing charters by boat on the Olifants River and by air over the Kruger Park...

Magoebaskloof Canopy Tours operates a 2.5 hour cable slide safari in the thickly forested mountains near Haenerstburg and Tzaneen

Feed crocodile and touch a baby croc at the Agatha Crocodile Ranch in Tzaneen

The Tzaneen Dam offers great camping, watersports and boating opportunities, superb carp and largemouth bass fishing, and hippos

Sakkie se Arkie offers 2 hour sunset cruises and booze cruises along the Orange River. Toast the sleep of a blood red Kalahari sun

Die Mas van Kakamas is a farm & vineyard with own deli that offers wine, brandy & coke, braaivleis, boerewors, farm tours...& ice

The Outeniqua Percheron Stud Farm is an ideal place to let the family interact with these beautiful horses. Cart rides, farm ...

Definitely one for the family - see seals, penguins, crocodiles, freshwater and marine fish at the Hartbeespoort Aquarium

The Kowie Hiking Trail is an easy walking trail through the Kowie Nature Reserve in Port Alfred, perfect for a day off the beach

Steam locomotives, the history ANC founder Sol Plaatje and the Siege of Mafikeng are some of the displays at the Mafikeng Museum

Drive the small Mafikeng Game Reserve just outside in the North West - 'the home of the White Rhino' - almost guaranteed sightings

The De Wildt Herb Centre is one of South Africa's most famous gardens and features workshops and many attractions for a day out

Kwantu Game Reserve has The Big 5, an Elephant Sanctuary, a wildlife rehabilitation centre and an educational and reptile centre

More than 300 indigenous bird species can be seen at the 15ha MoyaPark Bird Reserve in Bathhurst in the Eastern Cape

Swellendam is the largest youngberry growing area in the country. Wildebraam is in the heart of the Hermitage Valley, just 3km out

Take a fossil tour to the fossil bearing rocks of Nieu-Bethesda and look back 253 million years into the time before the dinosaurs

Minky had made a promise as a child to her fairy and angel friends to make a place where all peace loving beings could feel safe

The Pretoria National Botanical Gardens is a dream destination for botanists or just a great place to picnic and take in a concert

The Irene Dairy Farm is a haven of lush tranquility and amazing food - famous for its buffet brunches. A weekend or Sunday escape

The Pretoria Zoo is SA's only National Zoo. Called the National Zoological Gardens, this zoo is rated one of the best in the world

See the endangered Silverback gorilla, orang-utans, reptiles, rhino and many other African and exotic species at the JHB Zoo

The Montagu Guano Cave, now cleared of guano, was once inhabited more than 20000 years ago and used as a tool making "factory".

The 12 000ha Willem Pretorius Game Reserve near Ventersburg in the Central Free State is known for its diverse game and birdlife

Who cares if the Sunshine Coast doesn't get snow! Even better, it has huge sand dunes! Take sandboarding lessons in Port Alfred

The Hartbeespoort Snake and Animal Park "promotes conservation through education, understanding and enjoyment". Great for kids!

The Saddle Creek Ranch in the Magaliesberg foothills near Hartbeespoort offers "Western-style" horse trails and moonlight rides

Take a tour to the depths of the Gold Mine, ride a rollercoaster, eat, play, pan for gold, watch a 4D movie or see a Broadway Show

See free-roaming monkeys, limas and bush-babies in a natural forested environment at Bush Babies Monkey Sanctuary in Hartbeespoort

The Vredefort Dome is the site of the world's oldest known impact crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and an activities mecca

Pulling your hair out trying to think of something to do with the children? The Wilgewandel Holiday Farm is just the place for ...

Take a tour to walk with elephants, feed, play and even ride these magnificent animals at the Hartbeespoort Dam Elephant Sanctuary

The Midlands Meander is one of South Africa's premier tourist routes, set in the heart of Kwazulu-Natal...

Karkloof Spa in the Midlands Meander is renowned for being the most eco-friendly spa in Africa.

Every Friday the people of Knysna gather at the end of the day to relax, socialise and begin the weekend...