South Africa’s established infrastructure allows for easy travel into and around our beautiful country. Your first port of entry into South Africa will be at our international airports either in Johannesburg or Cape Town. From either airport, you can catch your short connecting flight to Port Elizabeth or East London where African Brothers Safari will collect you.

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Please ensure that when booking your safari you allow time for travelling, you will need to arrive the day before your safari begins and leave the day after it ends. Please check that your travel itinerary includes this.

Passports are required for travel to South Africa. African Brothers Safari will provide you with an invitation letter once we have received your travel itinerary. Please note that for the most part no Visas are required. American and European Union passports are sufficient for entries into South Africa.

 

Please ensure the airline you have chosen allows firearm travel when flying with your weapons – these are, SAA (South African Airlink) and Delta Airlines. Rifle Permits helps sort out your permits for your weapons and offers different services to fit the pocket. Please contact the airline a minimum of three days before your departure to inform them you will be travelling with weapons.

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COVID-19 Requirements

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Please note the information provided falls under South Africa's Level 1 of the Disaster Management Act. As of 2023 a COVID-19 test result is not needed for travel into the country but this can change, please keep in contact with us as we will update you accordingly.

International and domestic flights are permitted to and from South Africa on the condition that:

1. Travellers provide a negative COVID-19 test result certificate that is recognised by the World Health Organisation and is no older than 72 hours by the time of entry into South Africa - in this case quarantine is not necessary.

2. If a traveller tests positive for COVID-19 they will have to quarantine for 10 days at their own cost.

3. It is mandatory for travellers to wear a face mask at all times. Children six years and under are exempt from this.

4. A traveller who is unable to wear a face mask due to an underlying medical condition, must submit a medical certificate from a registered medical practitioner to the Operator prior to departure.

5. As of yet - it is not necessary to be vaccinated in order to enter into South Africa.

For more information regarding COVID-19 legislation in South Africa which is adjusted to the current Disaster Management Act level, please click here.​

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For all Children/Minor/s Under the Age of 18

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There are new requirements, being introduced by the South African Department of Home Affairs, for additional documentation needed by persons under the age of 18 years for travel to and from South Africa as of 1 June 2015.

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All under 18 travellers must travel with a full birth certificate with the child's full name as printed on the passport and both parents details need to be displayed on the certificate, passports of both parents and also a valid visa if required.

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In case of one parent traveling with a child, he or she must produce an unabridged certificate and an affidavit from the other parent registered as a parent on the birth certificate of the child authorising him or her to enter into or depart the Republic of South Africa with the child he or she is traveling with, a court order granting full parental responsibility to the parent traveling, with certified copies of both parents passport and a 24 hour telephone number.

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Please be aware that all travellers under the age of 18 years and not in possession of the required documentation will not be allowed to travel to and from South Africa.