City , Bush or Beach Wedding in Southern Africa
Fly to Africa and get married; go on honeymoon for a week or two and the cost of all this could still be lower than getting married in Europe, Australia, UK or America -airfare included. (Also see Other African Destination Weddings).
Southern Africa – Popular for Destination Weddings
Southern Africa is becoming increasingly popular for destination weddings. Many resorts and small hotels now have chapels on the property. Others will plan the wedding reception and let you conduct your service on the hotel beach or in the gardens. A unique and unforgettable wedding can also be held in wild open spaces of private game reserves with game rangers as ushers or on a secluded beach. Beach weddings are especailly popular.
It is a good idea to book well in advance and appoint a coordinator based in the country of your destination wedding, who can attend to all the details.
Idyllic Destination Wedding Venues in Southern Africa
Southern Africa offers idyllic and unique wedding venues for romantic and memorable African destination weddings:
- a secluded beachin the Northern Kwa Zulu-Natal in South Africa – barefoot on the sand – a fairytail beach wedding;
- a safari bush wedding at a luxury game lodge – an unforgettable outdoor wedding
- a city wedding with all the bells and whistles in Cape Town, Durban or Johannesburg.
Destination weddings in Southern Africa can include safari honeymoons at game lodges and tented camps or unforgettable beach holidays on secluded beaches or at fun luxury resorts.
Desert Honeymoon,Snorkeling or Scuba or Action Adventure at Victoria Falls
has designed three wedding choices for the bridal couple as well as a three night Desert Honeymoon Escape, which encompasses the intimacy and serenity of the stark landscape that is the Kalahari Desert, while ensuring that luxury and excellent service are paramount.
Tswalu Kalahari Reserve
Other favorite Southern African wedding destinations are the Victoria Falls, both on the Zimbabwe and the Zambia side, Namibia, for awesome desert weddings, Mozambique for beach and island wedding destinations, and Malawi, for laid back snorkeling and scuba destinations. Civil marriage ceremonies can be conducted here.
Five Southern African Destination Wedding Planners
- The Safari Company will plan your wedding and honeymoon in Africa from start to finish. A Safari Co. African destination wedding package includes accommodation before and after, regional flights, the venue, the reception (menu, cake, decor, flowers, etc.), a professional photographer, a custom-made, handcrafted wedding album, the honeymoon and of course the travel arrangements of the guests.
- Go2Africa.com are experts at facilitating destination weddings in Africa. They will do the planning and also work closely with the safari lodges and hotels to ensure that menus, flowers, table settings and cakes are all organized. They also put you in touch with the local magistrates who perform the wedding ceremony.
- Rani Resorts offers dream weddings and honeymoons in Mozambique and Victoria Falls.
- Weddings In Africa is a great resource for everything the bride and groom want to know about getting married in Africa including wedding destinations.
