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Travel Information South Africa

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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 over.
Best time to visit
Best time to visit
South Africa - a country
Country
Culture in South Africa
Culture
South African History
History

Time difference with South Africa
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...)
3 o'clock in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG
South African
​Standard Time
3 o'clock in Central African Time
AMSTERDAM
​Central European Time
2 o'clock in the UK
LONDON
​British Standard Time
9 o'clock in New York
NEW YORK
​Eastern Standard Time
11PM in Sydney
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.
3 o'clock in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG
South African
​Standard Time
2 o'clock in Central European Time
AMSTERDAM
​Central European Time
1 o'clock in the UK
LONDON
​British Standard Time
8 o'clock in New York
NEW YORK
​Eastern Standard Time
midnight in Sydney
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!
Health and vaccinations
Health and vaccinations
travelling with children
Travelling with children
Malaria
Malaria
distances and actual travel times
Distances & actual
​travel times
Passport
Passport and visas
Special requirements for travelling with minors
Important: Special requirements for travelling with minors!
accommodation
Accommodation
additional costs
Additional Costs
how it works
How it works
expectations
Expectations
​Travel with the right expectations to avoid disappointment
rental cars overview
Rental cars overview
what we do and what we don't
What we do and
​what we don't...
driving
Driving and traffic
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money and tipping
Money and tipping
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meals and food poisoning
Meals and the risk of
food poisoning

this is Africa
Unforeseen situations
This Is Africa | T.I.A.
indemnity forms
Indemnity Forms
Should I worry about these?
VAT refund
VAT refund
safety
Safety
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electricity
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
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
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.  
what to bring
What to bring
binoculars
Binoculars
cameras
Camera
activities to avoid
Activities to avoid
game drives
Game drives
other activities
Other activities
your private guide
My private guide
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