Disabled and physically disabled tourists are well catered for in South Africa with easy wheelchair accessibility in most public places and accommodations. Be sure to ask the following of your South African vacation accommodation and take notes on these travel hot spots, including game reserves, touch farms and tea gardens, botanical and cultural gardens, boat cruises and gambling excursions, markets. of handicrafts and art galleries.
An establishment is suitable for wheelchairs when it has
• rooms on the ground floor or a lift to the corresponding floor;
• entrance ramps to the building;
• entrances and doors that are suitable for wheelchairs;
• access to dining rooms and other public areas;
• interior space that allows wheelchairs to move easily;
• Bathrooms equipped with ample space, handles and bars;
• Devices and installations at achievable heights.
Please confirm with the establishment of your choice that all the above requirements are met, before booking!
South Africa has aimed to make this country a friendly destination for all and most of its main attractions can be easily visited by any trained person. Some of these unforgettable tourist attractions include (by province):
Limpopo from South Africa in a wheelchair
• Arend Dieperink Museum – Mokopane
• Daktari Wildlife Orphanage – Hoedspruit
• Mangela Animal Touch Tea Farm and Garden – Tzaneen
• Geluksfontein goat dairy farm – Melkrivier
• Polokwane Game Reserve – Polokwane
Mpumalanga from South Africa in a wheelchair
• Chimpanzee Eden – Nelspruit
• Perry’s Bridge Reptile Park – Hazyview
• Lowveld Botanical Garden – Nelspruit
Northwest South Africa in a wheelchair
• Bets on Sun City – Sun City
• Hartbeespoort Dam Aquarium – Hartbeespoort Dam
• Klerksdorp Museum – Klerksdorp
• Motseng Cultural Village – City of the Sun
North Cape South Africa in a wheelchair
• McGregor Museum – in Kimberley
• Big Hole and Kimberley Mine Museum – in Kimberley
• Colesberg-Kemper Museum – Colesberg
• Breakfast at the Arabesque cafeteria, in Upington
Wheelchair Free State of South Africa
• Art workshops in Ficksburg
• Orchid greenhouse – Bloemfontein
• Free State Botanical Garden – Bloemfontein
• Oliewenhuis Teahouse and Art Museum – Bloemfontein
Western Cape of South Africa in a wheelchair
• ‘Behind the scenes’ at SANCCOB – Bloubergrant
• Appreciate the Arts – Artscape Theater, Foreshore
• Boat cruise from Simon’s Bay – Simons Town
• Blue train from Pretoria to Cape Town
• ‘Art Jamming’ – Gardens, Cape Town Eagle Encounters at Spier – Stellenbosch
• Green Point Market – Green Point
• Green Point Stadium Visitor Center – Green Point
• Fish in the harbor – Hout Bay Beach
• High tea at The Mount Nelson – Gardens, Cape Town
• Iziko Planetarium – Cape Town Central
• Market for fresh products, etc. from Kalk Bay – Kalk Bay
• Kalk Bay Theater – Kalk Bay
• Old Biscuit Mill Market – in Woodstock, Cape Town
• Tour and beer tasting at Mitchells Brewery – Knysna
• Visit to the brewery at Birkenhead Brewery – Stanford
• Gambling at Garden Route Casino – Mossel Bay
• Jukani Wildlife Ranch & Care Center – Mossel Bay
• Greyton Market – Greyton
South African Eastern Cape in a wheelchair
• Addo Raptor Reptile Center – in Addo
• African Dawn Wildlife Sanctuary in Jeffreys Bay
• Michaela’s – in Cintsa
• Yellow House Cocktail Bar – Grahamstown
• Daniell Cheetah Breeding Project – in Kirkwood
• Kwantu Game Reserve – Sidbury
• Jeffreys Bay Shell Museum – Jeffreys Bay
• Nelson Mandela Museum of Art – in Port Elizabeth
• No 7 Castle Hill – in Central Hill, Port Elizabeth
• Port Elizabeth Museum at Bayworld – Humewood, Port Elizabeth
South African Garden Route by Wheelchair
• Visit and beer tasting at Mitchells Brewery – Knysna
• Gambling at the Garden Route Casino in Mossel Bay
• Jukani Wildlife Ranch & Care Center – in Mossel Bay
• Picnic with the elephants – Little Brak
• Sedgefield Classic Cars – in Sedgefield
• Shopping at the Langeberg shopping center
• Tenikwa Wildlife Awareness Center in Plettenberg Bay
• Birds of Eden – in Plettenberg Bay
• Feather Gallery – in Knysna
KwaZulu-Natal from South Africa in a wheelchair
• Delux Burger Bar – Glenwood, hamburger
• Bierfassl Restaurant and Pub – Nottingham Road, Durban
• Butterflies for Africa – Pietermaritzburg
• Chatsworth Center – Chatsworth, Durban
• Cragsview Wildcare Center – Port Edward
• Fantasy Forest – Umhlanga, Durban
• Museum of Geology Education – Durban
• Crocodile farm – Hluhluwe
• KwaMuhle Museum – Durban
• Mitchell Park and Jameson Park – Morningside, Durban
Gauteng from South Africa in a wheelchair
• Johannesburg Zoo – Johannesburg
• Jozi Food Market, in Parktown North
• Hatfield Market – Pretoria
• Lion Park – Randburg
• Gold Reef City – Johannesburg
• Johannesburg Botanical Gardens – Johannesburg
• Everard Read Gallery – Rosebank, Sandton
• Afronova Art Gallery – Newtown
• Bensusan Museum of Photography – Johannesburg
• Blue train: Pretoria to Cape Town
• Drive-In at Menlyn Park in Pretoria
• Department of Historical Papers – Johannesburg
• Dinner theater at The Performer – Menlo Park, Pretoria