We have many years of experience and with consultants who have lived in the country for over a decade, we guarantee that we will be able to assist you with any queries you may have for your holiday there.
Tipping is very much the done thing in South Africa, and never an embarrassment for the recipient.
In restaurants, look to give 10%-15% to waiters, while luxury hotel porters usually expect a tip of R10–R20 per service. For airport porters the going rate is R5–10 per item of luggage. On safari, we recommend tipping R160 (about £7) per day to your safari guide and/or ranger.
Look to tip car valets, petrol attendants and newspaper vendors a few rand each per service.
An amazing trip to South Africa
My adult son and I recently returned from an amazing trip to South Africa organised by Ash of Best of South Africa. It was a tailor made holiday staying in two different game reserves - Etali in Madikwe and Mhondoro in Welgevonden. A couple of days before we were due to fly BA announced their pilots were striking and our …