The Travel+Leisure World’s Best Safari

Twelve Apostles

Nestled by the majestic Table Mountain and her Twelve Apostles mountain range in Cape Town, the luxurious Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa is an intimate escape where earth, sea and sky meet. Deluxe guest rooms, in-house spa, two breathtaking pool gardens, the Azure Restaurant, exceptional service and renowned Cape hospitality make your stay a relaxing treat.

Sabi Sabi

Ranked third in the world by Travel+Leisure, Sabi Sabi is a lavish enclave where three worlds await you…that of yesterday’s colonial romance, today’s classic bushveld experience and tomorrow’s African renaissance. Accommodations vary wonderfully between camps, from a former traditional hunting lodge peppered with colonial-era antiques and ivory-coloured linens to a highly contemporary African camp with breathtaking architecture and natural mud walls. Luxuries include a wellness center, meditation retreat, swimming pool, massages and aromatherapy.

Singita Private Game Reserve

Voted No. 6 best hotel in the world by Travel+Leisure in 2009, Singita comprises several different camps—all spectacular in the extreme. Styles and decors in the camps vary from splendid thatched cottages with a cosy English colonial flair to a naturalistic glass lodge dramatically built into the side of a cliff. Five-star cuisine, a shockingly well-stocked wine cellar buried deep within a rock, exceptional rangers and superb game viewing round out an experience beyond imagining.

Bushmans Kloof

Bushmans Kloof vaulted into prominence this year by claiming the title of World’s Best—and for good reason. It’s not just the magnificent wildlife, including one of the largest private herds of Cape Mountain Zebra in the world, or the award-winning menus and wine cellar. Proclaimed a South African Natural Heritage Site, this lodge has it all: elegantly-appointed accommodations, a remarkable natural environment and endless opportunities for exploration on its expansive lands. Whether discovering the ancient rock art, going fly-fishing or enjoying an enchanting star-lit meal at a historic secluded cottage, Bushmans Kloof proves over and over again why it is so highly rated.

Royal Livingstone Hotel

Stretching luxuriously along the banks of the mighty Zambezi River, the Royal Livingstone consists of a series of colonial-style buildings set amidst a canopy of lush riverine trees. The hotel offers thatch-roofed buildings, a sparkling swimming pool, well-stocked library and a deep, shaded veranda offering an uninterrupted view of the Zambezi. And only footsteps from the river, the sumptuous rooms and suites—with interior furnishings that accentuate the influences of Africa— offer a tranquil retreat from the unconstrained beauty of their surroundings.