Kruger National Park Turns 100 on 31 May 2026
Kruger marks its centenary on 31 May with post-flood safari conditions delivering exceptional game viewing and lush vegetation across the park.
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Kruger marks its centenary on 31 May with post-flood safari conditions delivering exceptional game viewing and lush vegetation across the park.
Airlink starts once-weekly Cape Town–Zanzibar nonstop on 3 October 2026 using its E195-E2, cutting out the Johannesburg connection for Western Cape travellers.
Air Europa opens a three-weekly Johannesburg–Madrid nonstop on 24 June 2026, flown by Boeing 787s, adding a new Europe–South Africa gateway via Spain.
Africa's Travel Indaba 2026 closed in Durban with 9,800 visitors attended, and the ICC confirmed a five-year hosting agreement through 2030.
Durban's new R4.3m coastal tourism policing unit deploys quad bikes and hi-tech vehicles to safeguard visitors on the city's famous beachfront.
South Africa's most expensive resort ever — a R2 billion Club Med on KwaZulu-Natal's North Coast — opens 4 July 2026, combining beach and Big Five safari.
At Africa Travel Indaba 2026, Ramaphosa backed a SADC Tourism UNIVISA allowing seamless multi-country southern Africa travel on a single authorisation.
Africa's Travel Indaba 2026 is underway in Durban this week, with 600 exhibitors from 22 African nations and over 700 buyers from 71 countries.
CemAir launches a direct domestic route between George and Hoedspruit from 17 May 2026, linking the Garden Route to Kruger in a single hop.
Virgin Atlantic will fly 21 times weekly between London Heathrow and South Africa from October 2026, its biggest SA programme in nearly three decades.
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