South Africa boasts a moderate climate during the entire year, with the plus point of being nicely placed at the right latitude in the Southern Hemisphere - turning it into a great vacation away from the dank and dark European and American wintertimes.

During this brief piece, I’m going to highlight the less famous areas of the South African peninsula, so you can get away from the hords of tourists and at the same time enjoy the cheaper costs that you can discover off the beaten path.

Kruger National Park
It’s the largest game reserve in the South African peninsula and ranges 350 km from north to south and 60 km from west to east. Kruger features 8 main gates that provide entry to the different campsites there. There is an abundance of hotels near Kruger Park so it doesn’t have to be an arduous return trip from Cape Town or wherever you’re staying.

Visit the Drakensberg Mountain Range
The Drakensberg is the highest mountain range in the South African Peninsula, rising to 3,482 meters in height. Old caves are frequently found in the easily worn-out sandstone, and many have rock paintings etched by the Bushmen. The Drakensberg Mountain Range has between 35000 and 40000 works of bushman art and is the biggest aggregation of such paintings on earth. There is proof that the bushmen existed in the Drakensberg as long ago as 100,000 years ago. The Drakensberg Mountain Range is simple to get to from adjacent Durban and you can normally book hotels in Durban without any trouble.

KwaZulu Region
KwaZulu Natahas has been increasingly popular with holidaymakers - principally advertised as the Zulu Kingdom. It is regrettable that many from abroad don’t come to this region, as many locals know that it offers visitors a myriad of experiences. For a long time it has taken the moniker as the Garden Province - the name being well deserved. And again, there ought to be little worry finding accommodation in and around KwaZulu.