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SOUTHERN & EAST AFRICA
Share the thrill of a honeymoon safari and beach holiday in South Africa, Kenya or Tanzania searching for the Big Five - elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo and rhino - and hundreds more fascinating animals, birds and reptiles. Combine this with one of the sparkling Indian Ocean islands, and enjoy some of the best beaches and water activities in the world. If you love snorkelling or would like to learn to dive in clear warm water with fantastic sea life, there is no better place. Enjoy a hot air balloon ride over the vast open plains of the fabled Masai Mara, dine by candlelight, sleep out under the stars at a luxury game lodge, or experience a romantic Arab dhow cruise on the exotic island of Zanzibar.
If you aren’t beach lovers, why not consider travelling down the Zambezi River by canoe, tracking endangered mountain gorillas in Uganda, or exploring the forests and lemurs of Madagascar for something a little different. Whatever you long to do, travel between African countries is normally straightforward, which means that you can sample more than one on your trip and see the best of several worlds! While a honeymoon safari and beach holiday is a popular mix, there are innumerable combinations for you to explore.
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - SOUTH AFRICA
Base yourself in Cape Town, one of the world’s loveliest cities, sitting beneath the famous Table Mountain. Take the near vertical cable car to the top for one of the best views in Africa, sample great restaurants and beaches and chill in the relaxed atmosphere. Tour the beautiful rolling Winelands or take the Garden Route, a popular self-drive holiday done at your own pace through charming towns along the southern coast. Stop off for whale watching or cage shark diving!
You can take a guided tour the length of South Africa by road, or ride the fabulous luxury Rovos train between Cape Town to Johannesburg. Whatever you do must include a fantastic honeymoon safari in one of South Africa’s magnificent game parks, like the world-famous Kruger National Park, where you are assured of unbelievably close encounters with the Big Five and dozens of other extraordinary animals and birds.
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - BOTSWANA
This one of Africa’s most advanced and enlightened countries, with nearly half the land dedicated to wildlife preservation. One of the most popular reserves is Chobe National Park, with the largest concentration of elephant and buffalo in Africa. Botswana is also home to the famed Okavango Delta, a huge wetland oasis supporting an incredible variety of wildlife, the vast Kalahari Desert and the spectacular salt pans of Makgadikgadi. It is for good reason that this is one of Africa’s premier honeymoon safari destinations and if that is your priority, then consider this beautiful country.
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - MOZAMBIQUE
Mozambique is about secluded luxury beach lodges, swimming, snorkelling and fishing. Why not finish off here after your honeymoon safari in South Africa's Kruger National Park?
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - NAMIBIA
Namibia is famous for its spectacular desert landscapes and breath-taking sand dunes. Despite the beautifully stark terrain, wildlife is plentiful here and the best place to see it is the Etosha National Park. Self-driving on the excellent road network is popular and safe here, so a honeymoon safari in this country is well worth considering if a remarkable road trip, travelling with total freedom across a country that is 1,000 miles long, is high on your to-do list.
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - ZAMBIA
Zambia is home to some of the greatest game reserves in the world and a mecca for serious safari goers. This is where walking safaris began, and they have the most successful night drives to see the normally elusive leopard. For a thrill of a different kind, how about canoeing down the fast-flowing Zambezi, one of the world’s great rivers, on your honeymoon safari?
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - ZIMBABWE
Another stunningly beautiful country, Zimbabwe boasts the majestic Victoria Falls, one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World. There is abundant green bushveld teeming with wildlife, including outstanding Big Five viewing. Another major feature is the lovely Lake Kariba, where you can holiday on a houseboat and, if fishing is your thing, try for the famous local tiger fish on your honeymoon safari.
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - KENYA
Honeymoon safari and beach holidays began here and the annual migration in the Masai Mara remains one the world’s greatest wildlife events. The indigenous Maasai and Samburu people are happy to share their traditional way of life and culture with you, and great beaches await on the long Indian Ocean coast after your safari.
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - TANZANIA & ZANZIBAR
The Serengeti, the Selous and Ngorongoro Crater are all legendary game viewing locations. Journey to any of them and you are assured of an unforgettable wildlife experience on your honeymoon safari. The island of Zanzibar is superb as a post-safari beach retreat, with outstanding swimming, snorkelling, diving, water sports and serious game fishing. If you want to climb Mount Kilimanjaro on your honeymoon safari, we can arrange that too…
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - UGANDA & RWANDA
Beautiful, verdant Uganda has an abundance of wildlife, and it is here that you will find the highest concentration of primates in Africa, with the endangered mountain gorillas of Bwindi and the chimps of Kibale being the greatest draw. Tiny neighbour Rwanda boasts thirteen primate species, including their own mountain gorillas. Confronting these magnificent rare creatures is one of the great wildlife experiences and it will add another fantastic memory to your honeymoon safari.
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - MADAGASCAR
This is the land of the lemurs and baobab trees, 1000 different orchids and almost as many birds, most of them found nowhere else on earth. All tracking during your honeymoon safari is on foot and exploring with your guide in the various types of forest, by day and night, is a real adventure. With its limited infrastructure, getting around this huge beautiful island is an experience in itself – but very worthwhile. See the friendly indigenous people going about their village life as they have for centuries, before heading off to one of the pristine turquoise sandy beaches to relax.
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - MAURITIUS & REUNION
These neighbouring islands are situated in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. They benefit from a fantastic ethnic mix of African, Asian and European influences, so the atmosphere is exotic and the seafood is unbelievable. Mauritius is famous for its superb beaches, hotels, coral reefs and water sports – and combines easily with a South African honeymoon safari. Tiny Reunion is volcanic and spectacularly rugged, where walking and hiking in stunning surroundings is world class.
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - SEYCHELLES
The Seychelles Islands offer one of the most beautiful honeymoon safari and beach locations in the world, with prices to match. Here you will find immaculate beaches, the best snorkelling and diving, world class game fishing and exotic, romantic seclusion. This honeymoon paradise is easily combined with a safari in East Africa.
LATIN AMERICA
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - ARGENTINA & CHILE
These close but very different neighbours between them really do offer everything, including some of the world’s best wines! Vibrant sophisticated cities like Buenos Aires and atmospheric old port towns like Chile’s Valparaiso; the Atacama Desert and Argentina’s immense prairies, complete with their cowboys, the gauchos; the magnificent Andes mountain range and the ice fields of Patagonia. Among innumerable attractions Argentina offers the Tango, horse riding and the world’s best steaks, while Chile has desert sand-boarding, the world’s clearest night skies crammed with stars, and glacier cruising. Visit them separately or take a combined trip and see the best of both extraordinary worlds on your honeymoon safari.
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - BRAZIL
This is a huge country in every sense, from the mighty Amazon, the largest rainforest in the world, to the dramatic Iguassu Falls. It has colourful, exotic cities like Rio de Janeiro and Salvador, as well as many famous beaches. These include Ipanema, Copacabana and Buzios near Rio, as well as thousands of pristine coastline at places such as Recife, Fortaleza and Jericoacoara in the northeast. For a superb wildlife experience, explore the Pantanal - the world’s largest tropical wetlands – and the amazing Amazon Basin. This country combines easily with Peru or Argentina and offers many outstanding honeymoon safari and beach holiday combinations.
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - CENTRAL AMERICA
Choose between the seven fascinating countries that link North & South America – Belize, Cost Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Costa Rica is the undisputed jewel of the region, offering superb wildlife as well as a thrilling range of adventure activities, whilst Panama has its famous canal. With a mix of world class beaches, connected histories and cultures, outstanding natural beauty and wildlife, it is easy to move between these countries, so why not experience two or three on your honeymoon safari?
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - PERU, ECUADOR, COLOMBIA & BOLIVIA
These are gentle, welcoming places with a rich indigenous culture, Spanish colonial architecture, the snow-capped Andes Mountains and stunning tropical Amazon rainforests. In Peru the legacy of the Incas and their amazing remains, such as Machu Picchu, reigns supreme. Here you can walk all (or part) of the famous Inca Trail. On the fabled Lake Titicaca, a traditional community still lives on islands made of reeds.
Ecuador is home to the Galapagos Islands, an amazing wildlife preservation archipelago where a range of fantastic creatures - including giant tortoises, iguanas and numerous sea birds - roam free. However cruises in the Galapagos do not come cheap.
The most popular destination in Colombia is the lovely Caribbean city of Cartagena, a World Heritage Site with an incredible colonial walled town and nearby beaches. Bolivia, another stunning country that lies across Lake Titicaca from Peru, is home to the largest salt flats in the world.
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - MEXICO
The warm turquoise Caribbean beaches of the Yucatan are world famous, with terrific nature theme parks where you can swim with dolphins and manatees, and ride what is surely the best zip line circuit in the world. There are magnificent ruins from ancient civilisations which once thrived, like Chichen Itza. But there is so much more to be discovered in Mexico, so don’t make the mistake of only staying at the coast. Head inland to discover astonishing pre-Aztec pyramids, Mayan ruins and the cultures and sights of the Colonial Highlands. If you are ticking off the great cites of the world, on your honeymoon safari and beach holiday you must also visit Mexico City with its sprawling, vibrant culture, brilliant food and the best mariachi bands in the world!
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - INDIA
A honeymoon in this spiritual country will be like no other, offering so many choices. The famous Golden Triangle circuit links some of India’s most famous sites, including the Taj Mahal - considered to be the most beautiful building in the world. It is certainly one of the most romantic and the perfect place to begin your honeymoon.
The southern state of Kerala has nearly 400 miles of beautiful beaches, lovely backwaters and verdant coffee and spice plantations on the warm Arabian Sea. You can spend your entire honeymoon in this sublime location, or finish here after exploring the Golden Triangle.
A lot of people go to India to see tigers and if that is on your list, then travel to Ranthambore or Bandhavgarh National Park. Tigers can be illusive but here you have the best chance of seeing the endangered Royal Bengal tiger, leopard, deer and a wealth of other Indian wildlife. Fly to the unforgettable sacred city of Varanasi on the River Ganges, for an incredible cultural experience, before relaxing on the warm golden beaches of Goa at the end of your honeymoon safari and beach holiday.
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - SRI LANKA & MALDIVES
Sri Lanka means ‘Beautiful Island’ and it is certainly stunning with exceptional mountain scenery, great wildlife and many Buddhist and Hindu cultural treasures. In the area known as the Cultural Triangle, visit Sigiriya Lion Rock - a huge 660-foot pillar of stone rising from the jungle, with the ruins of a magnificent ancient palace on the top. Also do not miss the astonishing cave temples of Dambulla. Afterwards relax on one of Sri Lanka’s glorious beaches or, if you have a higher budget, fly to the spectacular Maldives Islands, which offer the ultimate in secluded white sandy beaches, palm trees and warm, clear blue waters offering some of the best snorkelling and diving in the world at the end of your honeymoon safari and beach holiday.
Honeymoon Safari and Beach Holiday - Nepal
This tiny country, squeezed between India and Tibetan China, offers an amazing blend of geography, culture, wildlife and action - from the magnificent Himalayas to the lush tropical forests of Chitwan. You don’t have to do everything, but you can go trekking, enjoy thrilling white water rafting, take an elephant safari and explore hundreds of palaces and religious sites. This will be a honeymoon safari with a difference, but if you want to relish and remember the experience of a lifetime, it awaits you right here.