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Top 23 Tour operators based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 583 company matches for tour operators associated with South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 5,139 professional contacts across them, including 1,141 with verified work emails and 249 with mobile numbers. Cape Town is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for tour operators associated with South Africa, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 7, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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583Companies
5,139Contacts tracked
1,141Verified emails
249Mobile numbers
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The 23 largest tour operators based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 23 of 583 company matches for tour operators based in South Africa, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 7, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
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1Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 202651-200262 contacts →

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“Pentravel was established in 1983 and has for several years been part of the Cullinan Holdings group, a listed company specialising in travel and tourism companies in such areas…”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 7, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
2Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 202651-200129 contacts →

Exact match

“Rhino Africa is Africa's leading online tour operator.”

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3Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 2026501-1,000108 contacts →

Exact match

“We are the leading South African travel wholesaler which caters primarily to leisure travellers based in Southern Africa with offices in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town.”

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4Exact matchEthekwini, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 2026201-50099 contacts →

Exact match

“We have a proud history of more than 35 years all embracing, hands-on experience delivering quality and value ensuring great care and attention to detail, innovation, flexibility…”

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5Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 202651-20085 contacts →

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“Part of the global Envoyage community and Flight Centre Travel Group, Envoyage empowers travel agencies and entrepreneurial advisors to benefit from the buying power, expertise…”

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6Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 202651-20078 contacts →

Exact match

“Private Safaris continuously excels in arranging all aspects of destination management services in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique…”

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7Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 202651-20074 contacts →

Exact match

“Springbok Atlas Tours & Safaris is one of Southern Africa’s leading tour operators, offering an extensive range of innovative, authentic and competitively priced travel…”

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8Exact matchSomerset West, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 202651-20066 contacts →

Exact match

“Nomad Africa Tours & Safaris, well established, well respected African tour operator which has been specialising in authentic African experiences through Southern and East Africa…”

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9Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 2026201-50063 contacts →

Exact match

“Member of Cape Town Tourism.”

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10Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 202611-5062 contacts →

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“Well-known for our exquisite vacation products, service excellence and friendly people, World Leisure Holidays has built a flawless reputation as one of the top South African tour…”

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11Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 202651-20051 contacts →

Exact match

“Tour d’Afrique is firmly established as one of the leading destination management companies in Africa.”

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12Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 202651-20042 contacts →

Exact match

“The Travel Assignment Group (TAG) based in Hyde Park Gauteng was founded by Jonathan Gerber, previously CEO of the Tourvest Outbound Division in 2007.”

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13Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 2026201-50040 contacts →

Exact match

“Flight Centre Business Travel is a specialist offering of Flight Centre South Africa, and when it comes to travel, we mean business.”

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14Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 202651-20039 contacts →

Exact match

“ATC is a leading inbound tour operator for Southern Africa since 1997.”

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15Exact matchPretoria, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 202611-5035 contacts →

Exact match

“With 30 years of experience, Travel & Sport has pioneered the school tour travel industry in South Africa.”

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16Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 202611-5035 contacts →

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“Go Tourism is a Cape Town-based inbound travel company specialising in tailored trips across Southern Africa.”

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17Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 202611-5030 contacts →

Exact match

“Triumph Travel is a luxury tour operator operating in Cape Town, South Africa with a focus on Southern Africa.”

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18Exact matchBryanston, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 202611-5027 contacts →

Exact match

“Development Promotions: Your Gateway to Extraordinary Travel Experiences With over fifty years of proven excellence, Development Promotions stands at the forefront of delivering…”

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19Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 202651-20025 contacts →

Exact match

“If you are looking for a Southern African Tour Operator where quality service is not negotiable and that will go the extra mile to ensure that their customers are the leading…”

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20Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 202611-5023 contacts →

Exact match

“Based in Africa, we are an award-winning tour operator offering tailor-made and scheduled safaris, combining local knowledge from our expert travel team with the insights of a…”

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21Exact matchCape Town, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 202611-5022 contacts →

Exact match

“Timeless Africa Safaris was formalised in 2002 by Marco Van Embden out of a personal networks need for a trusted and bespoke inbound African travel service.”

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22Exact matchJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 202611-5022 contacts →

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Recorded description not available.

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23Exact matchOverport, South AfricaHQ recorded Sep 7, 202611-5019 contacts →

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“Our company was established in 2004 by Riaz and Sophia Motala.”

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Tour operators based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 7, 2026
22.2%Verified-email coverage
4.8%Mobile-number coverage
8.8Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
29.7%Largest-city concentration · Cape Town
Sep 7, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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398
11-50
142
51-200
29
201-500
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501-1,000
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1,001-5,000
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5,001-10,000
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10001+
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How this list was built

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Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with South Africa whose business descriptions match “tour operators” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 1,141 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 7, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Record context
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “tour operators”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many tour operators are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 583 company matches for tour operators associated with South Africa as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Pentravel tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most tour operators?

Cape Town leads with 173 company records, followed by Johannesburg (100) and Pretoria (29).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 1,141 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 583 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 7, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.