South Africa Safaris and Tours:
Past clients South Africa Tour and or South Africa Safari testimonials
You will experience a site filled with unique possibilities as what we offer is more than just a brochure.
In fact we don’t have a brochure.
We design according to your needs,wants,budget,lifestyle, time to travel and we can be creative as we want to as we are not set to any type of tour other than what you want. time,
You can use one of our pre-planned itineraries,or we can piece trips together to create your own dream vacation.
About Stephen
Stephen the owner of go2southafrica.com travels around Southern and Eastern Africa so you can benefit:
- From someone who walks the talk.
- Loves to hang out in the bush on Safari.
- Is a amateur photographer.
- Leads hikes down the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape.
- Travel with my groups to ensure all goes well.
- Explores the hidden and roads less traveled so he has diverse opportunities to offer,something for everyone.
I have safaried in South Africa,Botswana,Zambia,Zimbabwe,and Kenya.
- A South African Tourist Board FUNDI destination specialist from the first program way,note the grey hair.
- He lives in Cape Town South Africa,and in Oregon,USA.
- Keeps the pulse on the new and unique experiences.
- We use a variety of operators in South Africa,thereby helping to provide employment opportunities for locals.
On a Kruger National Park South Africa Safari with my son
We take care of the all the details…
International Air:We offer Economy,Business and First Class ticketing,or you can use your miles.We are an accredited International ticketing agency
Internal Africa Air Travel:We do all the domestic,regional,bush safari,private charter,and helicopter flights.
Lodging:We take care of it all as in Hotel’s,Guest Houses,Safari,Rural country side,Island beach.
Airport/Hotel/Safari lodge or camp transfers..we take care of them.
Private or Scheduled Tours/Guides:We have select experienced and skilled private guides for your tours.
If you prefer a group tour versus a privately guided tour,no problem we can accommodate whatever you want
Car Rentals including Luxury Car Rentals.See our Cape Town and South Africa self drive section
Train,restaurant bookings…..we will do it..
In 2009/2010 Stephen was requested by a National Geographic-appointed writer to design and guide the journalist through South Africa.
This formed the basis for the feature article National Geographic FIFA World Cup June 2010 edition.
“Steven managed the impossible – with a kind of intuition he showed me the under-the-surface blood and heart of this remarkable country through the land we explored and the people we met until it was impossible not to want to return…..Alexandra Fuller on assignment for National Geographic (author of Dont Lets Go To The Dogs Tonite and Scribbling The Cat)
Stephen with a local during a Venda Tour.
What is a custom designed South Africa Tour or Safari ?
We design your trip according to your needs,wants,budget,lifestyle and vacation time.
This can be a South Africa Holiday, South Africa Safari or a Southern Africa Safari as we can trip design for a Botswana, Zambia and or Zimbabwe Safari.
We can link these with a Safari in Tanzania,Kenya,a Gorilla Safari in Uganda or a Indian ocean island beach getaway.
You can:
- Use one of our pre planned itineraries,
- We can alter a pre planned itinerary
- Alternatively we can piece different activities together to create your own dream South Africa tour.
We can be creative as we want to as we are not set to any type of tour other than what you want,and we not have rates on our site as rates change with seasons,availability,contracts.
We like to quote updated prices,ask us.
As the owner,creator and the one responsible for many of the punctuation errors on this site,you are ensured of receiving the full attention of someone who cares that you have a full and memorable experience of Africa.
I ensure that all goes well with your trip and you will have a network of support for any type of emergency 24/7 at your disposal.
Contact us: Africa Safari and South Africa Tour Contact form
Email: stephen@go2southafrica.com
We design your Africa experience as you want it.
Behind the scenes at go2southafrica.com
Stephen also owns Rogue Travel in Ashland,Oregon,USA.
Rogue Travel is a ARC certified ticketing agency (incorporated in Oregon,and registered with the City of Ashland) that enables us to issue tickets Internationally and for Internal domestic travel within South Africa.
This ability to have ticketing ability is very useful for trip planning as logistics play a big part in designing a South Africa Holiday making for a smooth and efficiently design process.
I am your contact person for the design,payment and docs,the tour quote are administered in our Cape Town office.
Stephen has established a specialty in providing unique rural cultural/arts/craft experiences,and as such we support sustainable tourism in those rural areas.
Our South Africa Cultural tours are to the Eastern Cape where Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko where born,rural villages,traditions,people to people contact,local western style lodging,amazing scenery.
Stephen in a rural Venda School
As well Stephen leads walking groups down the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape.
This is gentle walking on deserted (except for the village cows) white sanded beaches of the Indian Ocean and over the gentle soft grass rolling hills,no big climbs,no big mountains,everything at sea level.
See this hike link.
As well Stephen designs tours to Venda,art,crafts,rural villages,local traditions,the UN world heritage site of Mapungupwe,close to Botswana Tuli block,very good biding and close to the Kruger National Park,all of which are privately guided.
These can blend well with Luxury Safaris,and while these experiences may not be rich in luxury lodging,they are rich with the experience.
For Internal South Africa/Southern Africa or Africa Safari travel,we do all of the ticketing.
We can quote you on the International ticket as well.
Further afield we can link a South or Southern Africa tour with a Gorilla Safari in Uganda or a East Africa Safari.
Contact us: Africa Safari and South Africa Tour Contact form
Email: stephen@go2southafrica.com
South Africa (when Stephen is in South Africa)
082 442 7389 Local
2782 442 7389 International
USA Office: Ashland, Oregon
1 541 483 6050
I look forward to creating your South Africa Safari Tour
Stephen Abelsohn
“Africa is not a place to visit unless one chooses to be an exile ever afterwards from an inexplicable majestic silence lying just over the border of memory or of thought.” Doris Lessing 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature