South Africa Experiences

At &Beyond Phinda Private Game Reserve you have two rhino activities to choose from. The rhino notching experience is subject to helicopter and vet availability. Witness the darting of these giants after which you will watch how the veterinary team notch the ear of the sleeping rhino. These notches are used for research and security monitoring so they are very important. The other activity invol...

An early collection from your hotel this morning, either with your private guide or as part of a group, to the majestic Table Mountain (weather conditions permitting) (we suggest purchasing your tickets online before arriving) The views from the top of Table Mountain are breath taking! From here you can find your bearings before being taken on a tour of the city itself. Take a walk through the co...

After being collected from your hotel this morning, you will make your way along the Atlantic Seaboard to the Cape Peninsula, passing Sea Point, Clifton beach and Camps Bay stopping at Hout bay before continuing on to the Cape Of Good Hope Nature Reserve and Cape Point, which is well known as the place where the Atlantic and Indian Ocean meet. The views from Cape Point are spectacular. From here ...

For the more adventurous adrenalin junkies, this is both a thrilling but also educational excursion to see the endangered Great White Shark up close and personal. Pick up from your hotel is early in the morning. You will be taken to a little town called Klein Bay which is near Hermanus and Gansbaai. Here you will be given a safety briefing before boarding your boat and being taken to Dyer Island ...

Today you will be collected from your hotel for your full day visit to the winelands, a short but incredibly scenic drive through mountain ranges and vineyards. Your first stop is in Stellenbosch – the University city of the winelands, here you will see Cape Dutch architecture and rich history. The streets are lined with giant oak trees and beautifully preserved historic buildings. There is...

This tour departs from the Nelson Mandela gateway at the V & A Waterfront in Cape Town. We suggest getting the earliest departure as this activity is very weather dependent and the seas can become rough as the day progresses. From here you will take the ferry across to the Island. Robben Island served as a prison from the 17th – 20th centuries. A place of banishment and isolation. Today it ...

As one of our supported projects here at Rainbow Tours, you get to see first hand the work that is being done in these communities as each booking made here at Rainbow Tours contributes to the ongoing work to develop and support these communities. You start of by learning the history and legacy left by the Apartheid era as well as the political, social, economic cultural and local issues facing So...

This activity takes place first thing in the morning. You will meet at Sunrise and have some hot drinks before being given your lightweight aluminium chair. You will then observe the Meerkats as they come out of their burrows and start with their daily routines. They forage and frolic in the sunshine as they search for food. This tour will last about two or three hours depending. These animals ar...

Visit one of the first of its kind, the Apartheid museum illustrating the rise and fall of the apartheid era in South Africa. A team of curators, filmmakers, historians, museologists and designers had assembled to develop this exhibition narrative, which shows large blown-up photographs, artefacts, newspaper clippings and extraordinary film footage to graphically animate the apartheid story. This ...

The well-known SOuth WEst TOwnship, is a cluster of townships on the South – Western part of Johannesburg and was created in the 1930’s. Black people were relocated there from the ‘black spots’ in the inner city – neighbourhoods which the apartheid government had reserved for the whites. Soweto was the centre of political campaigns aimed at the overthrow of the apart...