Travelling in South Africa - Public Holidays

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Public Holidays

Along with Christmas Day, Boxing Day (the ‘Day of Goodwill’) and the four-day Easter Weekend, the following days are annual public holidays in South Africa:

January 1

New Year’s Day

March 21

Human Rights Day

April 27

Freedom Day

May 1 (or, should this fall on a weekend, the next Monday)

Worker’s Day

June 16

Youth Day / Soweto Day

August 9

National Women’s Day

September 24

Heritage Day

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Trip of a lifetime

We came across Best of South Africa Travel whilst planning a 3 week family
holiday to South Africa back in 2019. We soon realised that no one knows South
Africa travel and planning adventures with children quite like Ash does. She
seemed to instinctively understand when we wanted family adventure and when we
were looking for a bit of luxury …

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