SA top African destination for the super-rich - report

Cape Town - South Africa was the most popular African destination for the super-rich last year, followed by Morocco, Botswana, Kenya and Mauritius.

About 15 000 multi-millionaires (individuals with net assets of $10m or more) visited South Africa during the year, according to the AfrAsia Bank Africa 2017 Wealth Report published by New World Wealth.

Cape Town, Johannesburg, Umhlanga, Durban, Paarl, Franschoek, Stellenbosch and the Kruger National Park - mainly around Sabi Sands - were the major destinations for the super-rich within South Africa.

As for the African continent as a whole, it received about 48 000 multi-millionaire visitors in 2016 - up from 43 000 in 2015, according to the report.

Their major destinations on the continent, outside of South Africa, included Marrakech and Casablanca in Morocco; Cairo and Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt; Nairobi and the Masai Mara in Kenya; the Serengeti in Tanzania; Livingstone in Zambia and the Okavango Swamps in Botswana. Gorilla safaris in Uganda were also popular.

Umhlanga: (Pic: iStock)

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