Golf safaris in South Africa

South Africa: The Ultimate Golf Safari Experience

South Africa has been building serious golf courses for over 140 years.

Leopard Creek is the one people picture. Gary Player laid it out on the edge of Kruger National Park in the mid-nineties and the 13th green looks straight into the park. It has hosted the Alfred Dunhill Championship since 2000. Down on the Garden Route, The Links at Fancourt hosted the 2003 Presidents Cup, the only one that ever ended in a tie. Sun City's Gary Player Country Club hosts the Nedbank Golf Challenge every November. And then there's Skukuza, nine holes inside Kruger National Park, no fence, and nothing else like it on earth.

Local Insight That Turns a Great Trip Into a Once-in-a-Lifetime Adventure

There's nothing like local knowledge to make you feel at home somewhere you've never been.

We've spent decades building those relationships with the golf courses, the starters, the lodge owners and the field guides.

There's the small stuff nobody thinks to mention. White socks only at Leopard Creek. No mobile phones in the clubhouse at The River Club, and you shower and change into semi-formal attire before dinner. Sandy goes through all of it with you before you leave home, so you walk in like you've been there before.

The same knowledge shapes the rest of the trip. Several of these courses sit close to the lodges and game reserves we already use, so golf and wildlife fit into one route without long transfers. First tee in the morning, elephant coming down to drink that evening. Where to eat in Franschhoek. Which Kruger gate to use and when to leave. Ask Sandy. She'll know.