African Honeymoon Safaris
A safari, a waterfall, or a beach stay with room for unhurried days. The quote can join two of these.
Why go
A honeymoon with Safari Continents Travel puts two of Africa's best ideas side by side: a few nights in a wildlife reserve, then a few nights where the only schedule is the tide. The pairing is the whole point. You arrive tired from the wedding and leave having slept properly, with a week of early mornings and a week of none.
What makes a safari honeymoon work is pace. Mornings start before sunrise for the game drive, afternoons are long and unplanned, and dinner is wherever the camp sets the table that night: on the deck, by the fire, or out on the sand. Many of the camps on these routes have fewer than a dozen rooms, so the staff know your names by the second day. Ask on the quote for a private dinner, a particular room, or a date to be marked, and it goes on the plan rather than being assumed.
In Southern Africa the classic shape is Cape Town first, for the mountain, the harbour and the winelands, then a private reserve beside the Kruger for Big 5 country, then Victoria Falls or an island. Mauritius and Mozambique's Bazaruto Archipelago sit a short flight from the bush. For a purer safari, Botswana's Chobe riverfront and the Okavango Delta put you on the water as often as on the road.
In East Africa the romance is in the scale: the Serengeti and the Masai Mara, where the wildebeest herds move with the season, Ngorongoro Crater, and the forests of Rwanda and Uganda, where a gorilla permit is a day's trek and, once the trackers find them, an hour with a family of mountain gorillas. A hot-air balloon over the Mara at dawn can be added to the quote. Zanzibar and the Seychelles finish the trip on sand.
Every itinerary below has a published per-person rate and a day-by-day outline. Read the ones that sound like the two of you, then ask for a quote. The quote comes before any payment, and it is where the trip becomes yours.
Best Africa Honeymoon Tours & Safaris
Priced itineraries written for this kind of trip. The rate is per person sharing. A quote comes before any payment.
From KSh973,800 to KSh1,053,002 pps
Romantic Cape Town & Kruger Safari
7 daysHighlights
Morning and afternoon game drives on each full day on safari. Park and permit fees for the places on this route.
Destinations visited
Cape Town | Sabi Sands Game Reserve | South Africa
From KSh1,472,386 to KSh2,582,518 pps
Romantic Botswana's Chobe & Delta
7 daysHighlights
Morning and afternoon game drives on each full day on safari. Park and permit fees for the places on this route.
Destinations visited
Botswana | Chobe National Park | Moremi Game Reserve | Okavango Delta
From KSh1,291,908 to KSh1,400,974 pps
8-Day Bespoke Bush & Beach Honeymoon
8 daysHighlights
Three nights at Savanna Private Game Lodge in the Sabi Sands Morning and afternoon game drives, and a guided bush walk
Destinations visited
Sabi Sands Game Reserve, South Africa | Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique
From KSh1,478,878 to KSh2,187,804 pps
Romantic Cape Town, Kruger & Mozambique
12 daysHighlights
Time in a wine valley.
Destinations visited
Cape Town | Kruger National Park | Mozambique | South Africa
From KSh3,819,893 to KSh4,384,697 pps
Romantic Kruger, Zimbabwe & Mozambique
12 daysHighlights
Beach days are part of this route.
Destinations visited
Bazaruto Archipelago | Kruger National Park | Mozambique | South Africa | Zimbabwe
From KSh3,606,955 to KSh4,618,409 pps
Honeymoon Cape Town, Kruger & Seychelles
14 daysHighlights
Morning and afternoon game drives on each full day on safari. Park and permit fees for the places on this route.
Destinations visited
Cape Town | Johannesburg | Kruger National Park | Seychelles | South Africa
From KSh3,031,764 to KSh4,867,702 pps
Honeymoon Cape, Kruger & Seychelles
14 daysHighlights
Morning and afternoon game drives on each full day on safari. Park and permit fees for the places on this route.
Destinations visited
Cape Town | Kruger National Park | Mahe Island | Seychelles | South Africa
From KSh1,735,961 to KSh2,077,440 pps
Romantic Cape, Kruger, Chobe & Vic Falls
14 daysHighlights
Morning and afternoon game drives on each full day on safari. Park and permit fees for the places on this route.
Destinations visited
Botswana | Cape Town | Chobe National Park | Johannesburg | South Africa | Timbavati Game Reserve | Victoria Falls | Zimbabwe
Good to know
A honeymoon here is a safari that can slow down: a private reserve or a classic park, then often a coast or a waterfall. The quote joins the pieces. Romance is in the pacing, not in a promise of a private sighting.
Bush, then somewhere quieter
Many of these routes end on a beach or at the falls. The nights on each stay are what the published rate covers.
Sharing is the published rate
The price is per person sharing. A private vehicle or a private dinner is only included when the itinerary says so.
The quote can add a celebration
Ask for the date, the room setup, and any dinner you want marked. Those requests sit on the quote. They are not assumed.
Two travellers is the usual fit
Couple routes are written for two people. A longer group can still be quoted from the same outline.
Enquire now
Pick the itinerary closest to what you want, tell us who is travelling and when, and we send a quote. Nothing is paid until you accept it.
Where to go
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Private Islands
- Rwanda
- Seychelles
- Tanzania
- Tanzania Coast
- Victoria Falls
- Zambia
- Zanzibar
- Zimbabwe
Read the full where-to-go guide for this style, or search all destinations.
From the journal
Honeymoon
Ultimate Guide African Honeymoon Safari
Ultimate Guide African Honeymoon Safari is a planning note from Safari Continents Travel. It sits beside the destination guides for the parks and coasts already on this site. Published trip prices are a guide. You receive a quote before anything is paid.
Honeymoon
10 Must See Africa Honeymoon Destinations
10 Must See Africa Honeymoon Destinations is a planning note from Safari Continents Travel. It sits beside the destination guides for the parks and coasts already on this site. Published trip prices are a guide. You receive a quote before anything is paid.
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Best Places for Small Africa Weddings
Best Places for Small Africa Weddings is a planning note from Safari Continents Travel. It sits beside the destination guides for the parks and coasts already on this site. Published trip prices are a guide. You receive a quote before anything is paid.
Honeymoon
The Most Romantic Destinations in the World
The Most Romantic Destinations in the World is a planning note from Safari Continents Travel. It sits beside the destination guides for the parks and coasts already on this site. Published trip prices are a guide. You receive a quote before anything is paid.