FAQ's | Australian Cricket Tour To South Africa 2026

Frequently Asked Questions | Australian Cricket Tour To South Africa 2026

NOTE: I completed an amazing month-long trip last November, across South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, travelling alone, comfortably, and safely. If you don't want to take my on-the-ground experience regarding safety and security when watching cricket in South Africa, then stay home. Our pre-tour tours are for your benefit!

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South Africa 2026 Tour Intro
South Africa 2026 Schedule
One Test Match Only
Getting To & Through South Africa
South Africa 2026 Tour Inclusions
Hotels In South Africa 2026
Twin-Sharing Hotel Rooms
South Africa Match Tickets
Cape Town Sold Out
Match Day Transfers
Airport Transfers
Costs In South Africa 2026
Safety In South Africa 2026
Booking South Africa 2026

South Africa 2026 Tour Intro

With more than 30 years of cricket travel experience to every test nation Australia has competed, we know an Australian Cricket Tour to South Africa is one not to miss.

South Africa is a traveller's paradise with vast and affordable options to travel to all their amazing places. And whether you're on an escorted tour or venturing solo, South Africans are expert at showcasing their lands' natural beauty and introducing you to hidden gems.

From pristine beaches and majestic mountains to thrilling shark dives, scenic hikes, and luxurious safaris, from championship golf courses, to ocean fishing, and renowned vineyards.

South Africa has it all.

Add cricket at relaxed venues where you can step onto the field during lunch, it becomes an experience like no other. Experiences we've cherished on every Australian Test Cricket Tour to South Africa since 1997.

We've road-tripped, hitch-hiked, trained, planed, bused, and self-driven to all corners of South Africa, forging lasting memories and collecting countless experiences that we use to help create each tour that are not only about match tickets and a nice hotel.

Our tours are about unique social immersion and making the best of your time in each place. This includes test cricket grounds with an atmosphere and laid-back focus that makes watching cricket in South Africa stupendous.

Our comfortable knowledge of South Africa will enhance your Australian Cricket Tour To South Africa 2026; our first since infamous 2018.

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South Africa 2026 | Schedule

After 8.5 years, we return to our favourite nation to tour for 3 ODI's & 3 Tests from Sept 24 - October 31, 2026. This is followed by an amazing 13 night road trip around Namibia.

You can join us at one or all matches; you are very welcome for the long or short of it, including our trip to Zimbabwe for three ODI's (TBC) before the first test.

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One Test Match ONLY

People often ask, 'Do I have to do the whole tour?'

In short, "No!"

People often ask, 'Can I do just one test?'

In short, "Yes!"

If you only want to do one test match of the Australian Cricket Tour to South Africa 2026, please do.

No one is obliged to do ALL three tests, nor any add-on tour.

ALL Test Matches are available to book as individual tours

Fly in, go to one test, fly out. #JobDone

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Getting To & Through South Africa

NO TRAVEL TO, THROUGH, OR FROM SOUTH AFRICA IS INCLUDED

Like all previous Australian Cricket Tours to South Africa, you make your own way to, through, and from South Africa, on your preferred airline.

#JobDone

Everyone travels differently. Some are premium flyers. Some travel with hand baggage only. Some loyal to an airline.

However you travel, we will get you from/to each airport, you just need to book your preferred airline.

As rusted on Qantas Frequent Flyers, we will fly Qantas into Johannesburg and connect with Airlink when needed. If you have a Qantas flight number on your Airlink ticket, you will receive your precious Qantas status credits and points.

Please Read:

South Africa 2026 Travel Advice

Research Flights to & through South Africa:

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South Africa 2026 Tour Inclusions

Hotel Tours Include:

9 Nights 5* Hotel in Cape Town
8 Nights 4* Hotel Other Venues
Full Breakfast Daily
Airport Meet & Greet
Return Airport Transfers
Pre-Test Party With Drinks
Reserved Seat 5-Day Match Tickets^
Match Day Transfers To ALL Tests
Our Signature Stylish Apparel**
Post-Test Party With Drinks
Optional After-Play Hang Out
30 years Cricket Tour Expertise
^Upgrade To Hospitality | A$1200pp
**You Only Receive One Set Of Apparel For The Tour
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Hotels In South Africa 2026

Every major global brand is found across the country, along with South Africa's own excellent Southern Sun, Tsogo Sun and Sun International.

Aside flash hotels are apartments, villas, guesthouses, luxury bush camps & lodges, B&B's, and backpackers. For those with African elephant-like memories, we last 'backpacked' in 2006 so, please forget what you knew and somehow think we still do.

We only stay at 4+ Star hotels.

All hotels have a swimming pool
All tours include 'standard' room

Although we stay in upscale hotels, we conversely will not stay at Cape Grace (for example) in Cape Town at $2000+ per night. We balance comfort, convenience and cost when choosing our hotels, the names of which we do share with you.

Unlike others that state, 'quality hotels throughout', we believe you should know where you are staying before you book. We also give you each hotels' web-link to view the hotel and decide if it suits. If not, book your own hotel and then our Match Tickets Package.

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Twin-Sharing Hotel Rooms

Following our Australian Cricket Tour to Sri Lanka 2022 we stopped offering 'twin-share' for solo travellers to avoid 'personality uncertainty' when partnering strangers..

Knowing our prices have risen, on our Australian Cricket Tour of the West Indies 2025 we successfully re-introduced random 'twin-share' to help share that cost, and which remains for our Australian Cricket Tour to South Africa 2026 but with a twist.

Instead of rooming you with the same person for 2-6 weeks, we'll swap you after each test match. If you & your roomie get along, as most do, we can room you together for the duration, just let us know.

**Ladies, we rarely have solo females booking twin-share. When we do, we are sometimes left with half a room unpaid for; a loss we are not going to absorb. If you are a solo female traveller, please book single and let us know that you wish to twin-share. If another solo female also wants to twin-share, we will partner you and then refund the difference.**

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South Africa 2026 Match Tickets

We Have 5-DAY Match Tickets ONLY*
There Are No 'Day-By-Day' Tickets

**We book match tickets, before public sales, from official ticket gurus at each venue. We don't need to know when public sales open so please DO NOT ASK. If you don't want to book match tickets through us, find out for yourself.**

Hotel Tours include 5-Day Reserved Seat Match Ticket.

You can upgrade to Hospitality*
You can swap for an embankment ticket, which includes a comfy camp chair
There are no 'day-by-day' tickets
There are no ticket refunds

If You Book Your Own Hotel, You Can Book 5-Day Match Tickets ONLY For:

Hospitality Suite* | A$1500pp
Reserved Seat | A$690pp
Grassy Knoll With Chair | A$490pp
There are no 'day-by-day' tickets
There are no ticket refunds

*Hospitality Suites (Corporate Boxes) are inclusive of food and drinks for 4 days ONLY. Should the Test go 5 Days you have access to the suite to watch the game but there is no catering.

You may think hospitality or resereved seat is better, but lounging on the grass is KING as South Africa does cricket spectating better than any other nation. We (ACT) will be 'lounging' at all venues for sure.

Many come to us 'on the hill' to remark how awesome it is, or to ask 'where did you get the chairs?', or 'how did you get these tickets?'

Anyone that has been been squashed in an 'allocated seat' (at any venue) would know the pain in the arse when people want to get in or out, all day. There's none of that nonsense on the grass!

On the grassy knoll, you place your chair with room to get up, walk around, see others, or just kick back with your shoes off. You are never imprisoned in your seat, which we leave at the ground for the next day.

There is not a lot of shade in Cape Town unless you sit pleasantly 'under the oaks' on the embankment, facing Table Mountain. However, we are playing in Oct so the warming spring could be just the tonic for a chilly Newlands afternoon.

If you do not want ANY sun whatsoever, let us know so we can book fully shaded seats, that will not have any view of Table Mountain, which is really why you come to Newlands!

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Cape Town Sold Out

Even if 'test cricket is dying', there are venues and series that brings every cricket lover to the surface.

Ashes in England. India in Australia. Newlands in Cape Town!

The Australian Cricket Tour To South Africa 2014 & 2018, saw Days 1-3 at Newlands SOLD OUT on the day of release, leaving many planning to buy a ticket on the day, without a ticket.

#DontRiskIt

We don't need to know when public ticket sales open so please DO NOT ASK. Find out for yourself, or book tickets through us.

Please: If you're not booking any tour or match ticket from us, do not ask us where or how to buy tickets. If you want match tickets, book them here.

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South Africa 2026 Match Day Transfers

We have never included transfers as we never live far enough from the ground to warrant the added cost to you, however in 2026 we will, in most venues.

Match day transfers will be included in Durban, Port Elizabeth, and Cape Town, whereas Johannesburg and Centurion will require a short walk.

Since our first visit to Cape Town in 1997, Metrorail to & from Newlands Cricket Stadium has proved far more convenient and affordable at just A$0.90c each way, with the luxury of you leaving whenever you are ready to go.

Following our Cape Town visit in Nov 2025, we have decided to drive you to & from Newlands in 2026. Service failures in both directions, resulting a one-hour wait at Newlands is something we won't burden you with.

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South Africa 2026 Airport Transfers

In 2026 even though more people will use ride-share apps, if you book our Test Hotel Tours, we will meet & greet you at each airport, and transfer you to your hotel in:

Joburg/Kruger on Sept 30
Durban on Oct 7
Port Elizabeth on Oct 15 & 16
Cape Town on Oct 23 & 24

At all other times, our driver will collect you, but we may not be able to greet you.

If you're travelling independently, for your information, an Airport Uber to our 2018 & 2014 hotels, using November 2025 exchange, was:

Johannesburg: A$15
Cape Town: A$15
Durban: A$30
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth): A$6
Centurion: A$22
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Costs In South Africa 2026

South Africa cash is Rands (ZAR)

Many think India, Pakistan or the like are the most 'economical' cricket destinations. Those nations are very 'cheap' to live, yes, but the quality of South Africa's lifestyle, restaurants, wines, pubs, bars, & cafes, puts her way on top. You may spend more dollars in South Africa than in India, but get far greater value.

At Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town, you pay in a restaurant or pub:

Bottle Of Wine: A$15+
Pint Of Beer is A$2+
3 Courses: A$30+
Burger: A$12+
Pasta: A$12+
Pizza: A$10+
Coffee: A$3+

What you spend on the convenience of a tour, you make back in daily living.

The above is using Sept 2025 exchange rates for 2025 online menu prices.

Sept 08, 2025: A$1 = ZAR11.57
Sept 22, 2023: A$1 = ZAR12.15
Feb 2006: AUD$1 = ZAR3.96

Hopefully the current value lasts until 2026 to help 'drive your dollar further'.

Check rates with XE.com
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Safety In South Africa 2026

**It doesn't matter what we write nor that we have travelled safely to and through South Africa since 1997 if you've already made up your mind that South Africa is 'too dangerous'. We are travelling again to South Africa in Sept-Oct 2026 and trust you will join us.**

We were emailed by someone keen to tour South Africa, who wrote, "It's too dangerous to travel on your own."

It's not at all too dangerous to travel on your own.

We understood their statement, which is why we do a pre-tour tour, to understand the land so you don't have to worry. Our experience and feel of a place is for your benefit.

Still, no matter how we try, it's impossible to change people's distant perspectives of a place when they have already made up their mind.

When chatting about 'good & gooder' places to tour, which included singing the virtues of the Australian Cricket Tour to Pakistan 2022, one asked, "But you didn't GO to Pakistan, though?" as if it was criminal to do so.

We have never felt as safe anywhere as we did in Pakistan.

#ItWasBrilliant

Visiting Sri Lanka TWICE after Pakistan 2022 to show it was safe, was not enough to prevent many from cancelling their Australian Cricket Tour To Sri Lanka 2022.

We pre-toured Sri Lanka to confirm exactly what we wanted people understand; there was food. There was fuel. Discord on the street was localised emotion. Nothing was allowed to prevent tourism spending cash.

We don't travel flippantly, but we never stay home through 'fear of random' either. If we did we'd never go to London. You can't control random, but somehow 'random' in England is safer than 'random' in Pakistan.

There are many dangerous elements to South Africa, which we don't go near, but still insist you 'always travel together', even though we are super-comfortable travelling alone.

We tour with the simplest mantra; 'If the cricket team go, then we go'.

Saying that, we've travelled to Pakistan & Bangladesh when the team couldn't! Things are never as bad on the ground as they are on the TV so, please, don't judge the South Africa that we are going to via the news feeds on your sofa.

Come and have a great time with thousands of visitors & locals (below) on the field at Newlands at the lunch break.

#SittingDucks

Booking South Africa 2026

For more than 30 years, we have brought awesome people together to safely enjoy the cricket, in all test nations Australia has competed, including the U.A.E., and ODI's in Netherlands.

Whether you book 3, 2, or just 1 Test, do our add-on trips or your own thing, book our hotel tour or match tickets package, everyone is welcome on our Australian Cricket Tour To South Africa 2026.

Our goal is to create lasting memories in an amazing country while watching fierce cricket in cool venues. We believe we've covered what you need to know but if you need more information before booking, please reach out.

Otherwise, add your name to our list below and make this one for the books!