Disabled and physically challenged tourists are well catered for in South Africa with easy wheelchair access to most public places and accommodation. Be sure to ask your South Africa holiday accommodation the following and take note of these tourist hotspots, including game reserves, touch farms and tea gardens, cultural and botanical gardens, boat cruises and game drives, craft markets and art Galeries.
A facility is wheelchair-friendly when it has
• rooms on the ground floor or elevator to the corresponding floor;
• access ramps to the building;
• doorways and doorways that are the width of a wheelchair;
• access to dining rooms and other public areas;
• interior space that allows wheelchairs to move easily;
• bathrooms equipped with ample space, handles and bars;
• Apparatus and installations at attainable heights.
Please confirm with the establishment of your choice that all of the above requirements are met, before booking!
South Africa has aimed to make this country a friendly destination for everyone and for the most part, all of its major attractions can be easily visited by any able-bodied 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 dairy goat farm – Melkrivier
• Polokwane Game Reserve – Polokwane
Mpumalanga South Africa in a wheelchair
• Chimpanzee Eden – Nelspruit
• Perry’s Bridge Reptile Park – Hazyview
• Lowveld Botanical Garden – Nelspruit
Northwest South Africa in a wheelchair
• Gambling in Sun City – Sun City
• Hartbeespoort Dam Aquarium – Hartbeespoort Dam
• Klerksdorp Museum – Klerksdorp
• Motseng Cultural Village – City of the Sun
Northern Cape of South Africa in a wheelchair
• McGregor Museum – in Kimberley
• Big Hole and Kimberley Mine Museum in Kimberley
• Colesberg-Kemper Museum – Colesberg
• Breakfast at Arabesque Coffee Shop – in Upington
Free State of South Africa in a wheelchair
• Art workshops in Ficksburg
• Orchid greenhouse – Bloemfontein
• Free State Botanical Garden – Bloemfontein
• Oliewenhuis Tea House and Art Museum – Bloemfontein
Western Cape of South Africa in a wheelchair
• ‘Behind the scenes’ at SANCCOB – Bloubergrant
• Appreciate the Arts – Artscape Theatre, Foreshore
• Boat cruise from Simon’s Bay – Simons Town
• Blue train from Pretoria to Cape Town
• ‘Art Jamming’ – Gardens, Cape TownEagle Encounters at Spier – Stellenbosch
• Green Point Flea Market – Green Point
• Green Point Stadium Visitor Center – Green Point
• Fish in the Harbor – Hout Bay Beach
• Tea at The Mount Nelson – Gardens, Cape Town
• Iziko Planetarium – Cape Town Center
• Kalk Bay Fresh Market, etc. -Kalk Bay
• Kalk Bay Theater – Kalk Bay
• Old Biscuit Mill Market – in Woodstock, Cape Town
• Tour and beer tasting at Mitchells Brewer – Knysna
• Brewery tour at Birkenhead Brewery – Stanford
• Gambling at the Garden Route Casino – Mossel Bay
• Jukani Wildlife Ranch and Care Center – Mossel Bay
• Greyton Market – Greyton
Eastern Cape of South Africa in a wheelchair
• Addo Raptor 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 Africa’s Garden Route in a wheelchair
• Beer Tasting and Visit to Mitchells Brewery – Knysna
• Gambling at the Garden Route Casino, in Mossel Bay
• Jukani Wildlife Ranch and Care Center, in Mossel Bay
• Picnic with the Elephants – Little Brak
• Sedgefield Classic Cars – at Sedgefield
• Shopping in the Langeberg shopping center
• Tenikwa Wildlife Awareness Center – in Plettenberg Bay
• Birds of Eden: in Plettenberg Bay
• Feather Gallery – in Knysna
KwaZulu-Natal South Africa in a wheelchair
• Upscale Burger Bar – Glenwood, Burger
• Bierfassl Restaurant and Pub – Nottingham Road, Durban
• Butterflies for Africa – Pietermaritzburg
• Chatsworth Center – Chatsworth, Durban
• Cragsview Wildlife Care Center – Port Edward
• Fantasy Forest – Umhlanga, Durban
• Museum of Geological Education – Durban
• Crocodile Farm – Hluhluwe
• Kwa Muhle 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
• Lions Park – Randburg
• Gold Reef City – Johannesburg
• Johannesburg Botanic Gardens – Johannesburg
• Everard Read Gallery – Rosebank, Sandton
• Afronova Art Gallery – Newtown
• Bensusan Museum of Photography – Johannesburg
• Blue train: from Pretoria to Cape Town
• Drive-in cinema at Menlyn Park – in Pretoria
• Historical Documents Department – Johannesburg
• Dinner Theater at The Performer – Menlo Park, Pretoria