Transport & Tours
One of the challenges facing people with disabilities, particularly those with mobility impairment is that of transport. There are, however, parties who specialize in providing tourism opportunities for people with disabilities. These include organized trips to national parks such as Kruger National Park.
These parties are external entrepreneurs. SANParks is in full support of the service they provide and is thus happy to provide their contact details as options for those people seeking specialized tour packages.
While this is not an exhaustive list, these are some of the tour groups for people with disabilities who SANParks’ recommends:
Accessible Epic Enabled Safaris & Travel
- Telephone: +27 (0)21 785 3176
- Telephone (after hours): +27 (0)21 785 3156
- Mobile: +27 (0)73 22 82825
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: https://epic-enabled.com
- Physical Address: 3 Bodrum Close, Noordhoek, Cape Town
- Postal Address: PO Box 422, Noordhoek, Cape Town, 7985, South Africa
Endeavour Safaris
- Telephone: +27 (0)21 556 6114
- Mobile: +27 (0)73 206 7733
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: https://www.endeavour-safaris.com
- Physical Address: 23 Lark Crescent, Flamingo Vlei, Tableview, 7441, Cape Town, South Africa
Flamingo Tours
- Telephone: + 27 (0)21 557 4496
- EMail: [email protected]
- Website: http://www.flamingotours.co.za
- Postal Address: PO Box 60554, Flamingo Square, 7439, Cape Town, South Africa
Rolling SA – Accessible Adventure Tours
- Telephone: +27 (0)33 330 4214
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: https://www.rollingsa.co.za
- Postal Address: PO Box 419, Merrivale, 3291, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Travel with Renè
Particularly for wheelchair users in Table Mountain National Park and other parks in the Western Cape (Agulhas, Bontebok, Garden Route, Karoo, Tankwa Karoo and West Coast)
- Telephone: +27 (0)21 703 2002
- Mobile: +27 (0)82 770 9430
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: http://www.travelwithrene.co.za
- Postal Address: PO Box 45557, Ottery, 7808
Hand-Controlled Vehicles
For those who can drive a hand-controlled vehicle and don’t want to be affiliated to a tour and travel independently, it is possible to hire converted vehicles from many of the major car rental agencies. Usually an advanced notice period of a few days is necessary to enable the hand-controls to be fitted to an appropriate automatic vehicle. SANParks’ can recommend AVIS car hire.
Hand-controlled vehicles can be hired from all South Africa’s major cities as well as from Skukuza Rest Camp in the Kruger National Park.
Contact AVIS Central Reservation:
- Telephone: +27 (0)86 102 1111
- Website: www.avis.co.za