Experience Golf in South Africa!
Safari Golfer wants to help you experience the beauty and challenging play of golf in South Africa. Where else can you tee off at one of the top golf courses in the world, then watch lions, leopards, elephants and giraffes on safari —all on the same day? South Africa is known for its rugged natural beauty, awesome wildlife, excellent weather, cultural diversity, world-class golf courses and overall outstanding value (with a favorable currency exchange rates). It should come as no surprise then that South Africa is emerging as one of the world's fastest growing and most popular golf destinations.
Quick Shots Off the Tee
Enjoy golf, wine and spectacular views at Erinvale
Located in the winelands, with awesome mountain views, Erinvale Golf Club is a great setting for a visitor to get a feel for South African golf, preferably with two big Afrikaners, sweating and cursing their way good-naturedly around the course. From the back nine, you can see the ocean and from almost the entire course you have views of the surrounding vineyards gleaming in the African sun.
A slow train through South Africa
Taking a slow train through South Africa, with the moon rising over Pretoria, you watch the dark shapes moving fast in the shadowy vastness of the moonlit Karoo. If you're a golfer - and you have the time and money - this is probably the most luxurious and exotic way to travel and play golf in the southern part of the dark continent. Join national golf editor Tim McDonald for a special look.
For truly wild, wild golf, Skukuza in the African bush is a must play
The sign as you enter the Skukuza Golf Course is a harbinger of what you're in for: "Beware: Dangerous Animals. Enter at Your Own Risk." Located, deep in the African bush, within the confines of South Africa's Kruger National Park, this is a place where the animals have a free, lifetime pass to the course. With hippopatami, lions, leopards, elephants and rhinos in the mix, never has keeping it in the fairway been better advice.
Try South Africa for a real golf safari
After a recent trip to South Africa, national golf editor Tim McDonald is sold. "The place is fantastic," he writes. "It has great golf courses and one important attraction you won't find in the U.S.: elephants strolling through the courses or warthogs grazing in the fairways. They aren't all that way, of course, but there is usually a game reserve nearby. You put the two together, and you have a trip worth remembering."
Kirkman's Kamp in South Africa offers a wild ride
For what's surely one of the biggest incongruities on earth, you can have intimate encounters with wild African beasts at Kirkman in the mornings and evenings, while enjoying a round of golf during the day. Mpumalanga, where Kirkman and Kruger are located, doesn't have the high concentration of golf courses other provinces of South Africa do, but it does boast the country's top-rated course as well as some other good courses.