{"id":34,"date":"2011-11-01T11:23:05","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T09:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.places.co.za\/?p=34"},"modified":"2011-11-04T10:54:52","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T08:54:52","slug":"family-safaris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.places.co.za\/blog\/family-safaris\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Children on Safaris"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_39\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.places.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Image31.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-39\" src=\"http:\/\/www.places.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Image31-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-39\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Main Camp - Addo Elephant Park<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The \u2018no-children\u2019 policy that used to be common in most safari and wildlife lodges in South Africa has become a thing of the past as an increasing number of travelers choose to take their children along on a safari.<\/p>\n<p>Most lodges that have opened up to children and especially the camping experience is popular with kids. \u00a0Time is these days a commodity that is very scarce and safaris are a great opportunity for families to get together and reconnect with each other.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>South Africa features high on the list of dream <a href=\"http:\/\/www.places.co.za\/html\/family_holidays.html\" target=\"_blank\">holidays for families<\/a>. According to a survey conducted by Virtuoso Travel Dreams, it is the third most popular dream destination and the fifth most ideal family destination. These statistics are confirmed by a Skyscanner survey, which found that South Africa was the fourth most popular holiday choice for children.<\/p>\n<p>The great infrastructure, the variety of excursions and activities as well as the diversity of child-friendly accommodation, make South Africa an ideal destination for families with children. And for visitors from Europe, there are good flight connections and no time difference.<\/p>\n<p>Self-drive, self-catering safaris remain the most popular and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.places.co.za\/html\/kruger_park.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kruger National Park<\/a> most probably the ultimate destination. However, some of the other National Parks such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.places.co.za\/html\/344.html\" target=\"_blank\">Addo Elephant<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.places.co.za\/html\/3777.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mountain Zebra<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.places.co.za\/html\/3283.html\" target=\"_blank\">Marakele National Parks<\/a> offers similar child-friendly facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most safari and wildlife lodges in South Africa are these days allwing children since an increasing number of travelers choose to take their children along on a safari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Taking Children on Safaris - South Africa Travel Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.places.co.za\/blog\/family-safaris\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Taking Children on Safaris - South Africa Travel Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Most safari and wildlife lodges in South Africa are these days allwing children since an increasing number of travelers choose to take their children along on a safari.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.places.co.za\/blog\/family-safaris\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa Travel Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/south.africa.places\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-11-01T09:23:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-11-04T08:54:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.places.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Image31.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"201\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abrie Coetzee\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.places.co.za\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.places.co.za\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa Travel Blog\",\"description\":\"SA Places&#039; 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