Self drive holidays & car rental vacations to South Africa

A self-drive holiday is a nice and independent method of exploring our countries on your own. We have car rental offices in all the major cities of Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth, East London, George, Upington, Nelspruit, Windhoek, Swakopmund, Maun, Maputo, Lusaka and Livingstone, Vic Falls and Harare plus over 40 other smaller towns and all the major airports in Southern Africa. We shall have your selected rental car waiting for you or delivered to your first nights accommodation – we can offer you a simple map or you can rent a GPS from the main airport branches and off you go on your self-drive vacation.
We also offer a FREE service of booking all your accommodation on your behalf, and if you would prefer to follow our professional and personal advice, then you will let us recommend the various establishments and plan your route for you – to include the many attractions and highlights along the route.

We have a wide selection of cars for hire, from the simple small sedan car, to the larger saloon and luxury cars, and the comfortable mini-vans, ideal for wildlife viewing in the National Parks like Kruger Park, Etosha Game Reserve or Addo Elephant Park. For your rental of a car in South Africa, we also offer the option of a FREE Mobile phone rental. The advantage of renting one of our phones, when you have to phone restaurants or your establishment, it shall be a local mobile phone cost and not an international call if you used your mobile phone from home. On request, you can also be given a free map booklet, making it easier for you to navigate your way around Southern Africa.

For your self-drive safari, we have a wide selection of accommodation to offer you – and these range from the self-catering chalets and huts in the National Parks, the popular Bed & Breakfast guesthouses in the towns and cities, the 3 to 5 star hotels and the wonderful choices of wildlife lodges on the private reserves. For the superior accommodation, visit our Accommodation in Africa website which has a selection of accommodation from Cape Town to Kenya. If you are just travelling in Namibia or Botswana – then visit those accommodation websites to get more information on what is available. Remember, we do not mark up the accommodation prices, as all of those establishments that we advertise are professional establishments and will include a commission inside their public rates for us Tour Operators, so the price is the same, whether booked direct or through us. We look forward to you booking your accommodation and car rental through us, as this is how we make our living.

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We also offer a transfer & chauffeur service in the major cities of Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban - from the airport to hotels or business meetings. All prices and rates for our car rental services on application - please complete our enquiry form.