With its overflowing diversity of 800 million inhabitants, speaking an estimated 1000 dialects in 54 countries, Africa is the second largest continent of the world. Often, Africa is associated with bad misconceptions, but it is actually a land of paradise offering non-stop adventure and sunny skies all year round. It’s an absolutely perfect holiday getaway for the entire family. Activities such as bush treasure hunts, whale study, horse-back riding, night drives, and immersion in local cultures would guarantee a fascinating experience for all the members of the family! African family safari is a great way to spend quality time—leaving the hustle and bustle of the city, breathing fresh air and feasting your senses on Africa. Definitely it is a great way to mix amusement and education.

Looking for a country proud of its independence since the start of time? A country hand picked for nature lovers that offer great sights of the Riff Valley lakes? A country where Blue Nile and Simien Mountain National Park is located, where baboons and more than 50 species of birds can be found? Then Ethiopia is the country to try. If architecture and endless desert is your cup of tea then Tunisia is the place to go. It offers a good number of tourist sites from Roman ruins, French-Colonial architecture to the Sahara Desert. Thriving fertile plains and oak forest make an interesting and surprisingly educational journey.

Seychelles, located in the heart of the Indian Ocean, offers tropical delight all year round. White, soft beaches lead to turquoise water and magnificent coral reefs, where you can enjoy surfing and snorkeling. Inland, thick forest is home to extinct wild animals. Botswana is famous for its diamond mines and the Kalahari Desert. Tourists can survey massive elephant herds roaming around Chobe National Park and discover the depths of Gchibaba caverns. Benin is a metropolitan city that offers tourists contemporary comfort. Night clubs and restaurants in de Dantokpa are located along voodoo potions shops.

Africa has limitless wonders to offer the world. Some wonders are yet to be discovered. So the next time you hear about Africa, think of all the wonderful sights prepared for you and your family. Never again should you restrict your imagination to only the African family safari as the only exciting activity for a group. Instead consider the white sand and turquoise beaches of Seychelles or ancient ruins of Roman in Tanzania or the rare animals indigenous to Africa.

Perhaps the biggest draw of a luxury South Africa holiday is the amazing indigenous wildlife that you will never see in Europe. It’s no coincidence that Kruger National Park, South Africa’s safari hot spot, is one of the most visited attractions in the country. Here are some of the creatures you can hope to see on your trip.

After these main highlights are out of the way, minimising the list of over 200 indigenous land mammals down to an ‘edited highlights’ list is tricky for an article of this length. Hippos, giraffes, kudu, wildebeest and zebras are all distinct and easy to spot on safari in South Africa. Enthusiasts should be extra careful to spot some of the rarer species of antelope – a tsessebe or suni are a real feather in the spotters cap, though both are far harder to find. Likewise, if you spot an elephant shrew, you must be extremely observant! As well as being distinctly shy, they grow to an average length of just 250mm!

Then of course there are the primates. South Africa’s holiday makers may be able to spy bushbabies, samango monkeys and chacma baboons. The bushbabies are nocturnal, however, so the majority of visitors will not get to see them. For those who like their mammals smaller and brimming with personality, dassies (a type of hyrax) and meerkats fit the bill nicely, and can be spotted throughout the country by eagle eyed visitors.

In fact, these smaller animals offer some of the greatest sights to South Africa holiday makers. Just seeing the likes of aardvarks, aardwolves, otters, wild dogs, hyenas and jackals secretively going about their business is a great experience. The sheer range of flora and fauna makes a luxury holiday in South Africa a unique experience – whether you think yourself an animal lover beforehand or not! And this list only deals with land animals – the sky and the sea are filled with exotic life that you’ll never see in the UK.

Whether or not you’ll see all of these creatures on a luxury holiday in South Africa is another matter, of course, and those who want to stand a better chance should certainly consider a South Africa safari at the Kruger National Park – it’s sure to give you many a tale to tell on your return to the UK, and the memories will last a lifetime.