Best picks for luxury honeymoons in Africa

Overview

If you are able to ‘go big’ on your honeymoon, there can be few better places than Africa. Our luxury honeymoons in Africa are invariably tailored around each couple. Our immense game reserves and other protected conservation areas for wild animals offer some 'once a lifetime' experiences. With truly amazing places to stay, far-flung and extraordinary places to visit and enticing, unique things to do.

So we only show a couple of sample ideas here to whet your appetite. The direction in which you may like to go is decided upon when chatting with us.

However, there is no shortage of 24-carat destinations. Below we outline some of our top luxury honeymoon picks in Africa. Places so gorgeous you won’t want to leave the room, let alone your hotel. And places so special you won't care about the accommodation, just that you are there with your beloved.

24 carat luxury honeymoons in Africa

Popular tours & safaris

South Africa Safari & Beach

This simple South Africa bush and beach safari holiday or honeymoon is a relaxing trip combining the delights of the fair city of Cape Town with sunny KwaZulu Natal with its winning combination of...

WHEN Jan - Dec

DURATION 11 Nights

FROM ₤ 2,838

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Romantic South Africa Safari with Self-drive Luxury

This romantic holiday or honeymoon in South Africa offers some of the most exclusive & indulgent boutique hotels in South Africa. It is mainly self-drive but with transfers to your game lodge.

WHEN Aug - May

DURATION 12 Nights

FROM ₤ 3,462

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Romantic Zambia & Malawi

This romantic 13 night safari combines the best of Zambia and Malawi and offers a unique take on the classic bush and beach safari. It is ideal as a honeymoon option or for anyone looking for a...

WHEN Apr - Oct

DURATION 13 Nights

FROM ₤ 8,216

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I would only want to book through Cedarberg

"Thank you so much for booking this experience for us, Mari. Everything was so well organized and went so smoothly, from car rental and driving and hotel directions, to lodge details, inclusions, ex ..." - Mrs Michelle B

A varied and fantastic holiday that we will never forget

"Milandi interpreted all our needs perfectly and the tailor-made holiday was way beyond our expectations. As a first time visitor to South Africa, we were quite apprehensive about safety, but all th ..." - Mr Andrew Thompson

Ginny made excellent suggestions

"Ginny made excellent suggestions for our holiday ensuring we had a good variety of things to do which suited the whole family. " - Mrs Mary Creayen, UK

We had a great time, a very memorable holiday

"Thank you for your patience with us through the planning stage. Standard of room we realise is important to us maybe we should have discussed this more at the planning stage. It was a very memorab ..." - Mrs Sara Brill, USA

The trip was amazing

"I will write in detail about all the places. In the meantime, I just wanted to write you a quick note to say THANK YOU so much for putting a wonderful trip together for our family. From the beginni ..." - Mr Gord Dubey, USA

Accommodation

Royal Malewane Game Lodge

Royal Malewane Game Lodge is set in the exclusive 11,500 ha Thornybush Private Game Reserve of the Greater Kruger Park and offers a quiet yet sophisticated colonial elegance and style - an...

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Singita Boulders

Singita has won many awards as one of the finest and most exclusive safari companies in Africa. Their lodges are decorated and run to the same immaculate standards, but very different in feel....

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Azura Benguerra Island

Azura means 'beautiful blue' and Azura Benguerra Island could not be a more apt name for this ‘barefoot luxury’ eco-lodge, on the lovely Benguerra Island off Mozambique. Azura lies on one of...

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Thank you Cedarberg for the flawless planning and logistics

"I hope you have enjoyed a good summer – we got back from Namibia last Thursday and I wanted to send you some feedback. In short, we had a fantastic time and the logistics of flights, car ..." - Jeffery Family

Exceeded our expectations

"We absolutely loved EVERYTHING and our trip absolutely exceeded our expectations. Thank you so much for your help in planning our trip and organizing it as well as you did. " - Mrs Elena G, UK

Ginny's advice was spot on

"Ginny’s advice was spot on – the locations, pace of trip and quality of accommodation was superb. The 2 slightly different safari areas also worked out well and it was great that our be ..." - Mr Matthew Campbell

The trip was amazing

"I will write in detail about all the places. In the meantime, I just wanted to write you a quick note to say THANK YOU so much for putting a wonderful trip together for our family. From the beginni ..." - Mr Gord Dubey, USA

Exactly what we wanted

"The services Cedarberg provided was excellent. We had a few hiccups and needed to change the itinerary a couple of times but Cedarberg was very quick to respond to our needs and helped us out very ..." - Mrs Kim Swain

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