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Many of our guests choose Tailor Made Safaris because we provide more than just another sightseeing trip. Find here all the information you'd like to know about South Africa before heading down.
Time difference
Summer in the Northern Hemisphere - Winter in the Southern Hemisphere
There is no time difference between South Africa and Central European Time (Amesterdam, Berlin, Paris...)
JOHANNESBURG
South African
​Standard Time
AMSTERDAM
​Central European Time
LONDON
​British Standard Time
NEW YORK
​Eastern Standard Time
SYDNEY
​Australian Eastern
​Time Zone
Winter in the Northern Hemisphere - Summer in the Southern Hemisphere
As there are no daylight savings in South Africa, there is 1 hour difference between South Africa and Central European Time.
There is no jet-lag between South Africa and Europe.
JOHANNESBURG
South African
​Standard Time
AMSTERDAM
​Central European Time
LONDON
​British Standard Time
NEW YORK
​Eastern Standard Time
SYDNEY
​Australian Eastern
​Time Zone
Are you aware of the latest passport and visa regulations? Are you visiting a malaria risk area?
​Don't stand a chance to ruin your holiday: arrive prepared!
Accommodation
Additional Costs
How it works
Expectations
​Travel with the right expectations to avoid disappointment
Rental cars overview
What we do and
​what we don't...
Electricity
The voltage of the power supply in South Africa is 230 volts. South Africa also has a unique plug. But don’t worry, European-to-South African adaptors can be found easily at either the airport prior to departure or at supermarkets in South Africa.

​Alternatively, Tailor Made Safaris’ guides always have spare adaptors available for guests to borrow.
Smoking
Smoking is prohibited in public areas.

This also applies to our vehicles and open game viewers. Plenty time is allocated on guided tours to stretch your legs, take in the scenery and provide smokers with an opportunity to smoke.
Telephone and internet (WiFi)
​Naturally, you’d want to keep in touch with home. Hence Tailor Made Safaris offers you the use of a Mobile Phone with a South African SIM card, making the cost of phone calls considerably lower than using your International SIM card.

Many lodges, guesthouses and restaurants offer WIFI. However, they often limit the amount of data that you may use to 30Mb. Please bear in mind that internet connection speeds in South Africa are ridiculously slow in comparison to Western Europe. It varies between 10kb/s to a maximum of 200kb/s.

Checking email, and posting small photos online is not a problem however, video Skype and uploading large resolution photos is usually not possible. As such backing up your holiday photos online may not be possible, thus we recommend that you bring an extra hard drive or simply enough memory cards to store all your photos and videos on.

During your stay INSIDE the nature reserves you usually won’t have access to WIFI, as there simply is none.