Port Elizabeth

The largest city on the Eastern Cape's Sunshine Coast, Port Elizabeth is an easy connection from Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban and offers a great starting point or home base for Eastern Cape game reserves. Port Elizabeth is known as a port town and industrial hub, but it boasts some super city beaches and enough beachfront lodging to round out your safari with a beach holiday.

Seaview Game & Lion Park - This small, private game park offers some of the best close-up, fenced (albeit nerve rattling) views of lions and cubs, as well as giraffe, zebra and plains game.
Tip: Even in managed or fenced game parks, rules aren't too strict and parents should always keep an extra eye on their children.