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The Cricket World Cup returns to Africa in 2027. Register your interest and we’ll build your trip around your fixtures. Safari, wine country, Victoria Falls and more.
Your World Cup. Your Way.
The Cricket World Cup returns to Africa in October 2027, and it’s going to be mega. The tournament stretches across southern Africa’s spring and early summer. That’s whales off the Cape coast, fynbos on Table Mountain, game reserves coming to life after the dry season, and cricket in some of the most beautiful grounds in the world.
Here’s the thing: nobody’s World Cup is the same. Your fixtures might take you to Paarl and the winelands. Someone else’s run through Durban and a Big 5 safari. Yours might include Victoria Falls, or the dunes of the Namib Desert. So rather than hand you a fixed itinerary and hope it fits, we build the trip around the matches you secure, the places you’ve always wanted to see, and the time you’ve got to play with. You don’t need your tickets in hand to start planning. You just need to tell us you’re coming.
Demand in the ICC ballot has been extraordinary - millions of applications already. It doesn’t matter where you’re from, if you’re coming to follow your team, you’ll know that the game is only the beginning, and the trip has to be just as memorable as what happens on the pitch. That’s where we come in.
How It Works
Enter the Ballot
If you haven’t already, apply for your matches through the official ICC ticket ballot. It’s free to enter and closes on 21 November 2026. You can enter for as many matches as you like, from group games to semi-finals at Newlands and Centurion and the final at the Wanderers.
Go to the official ICC ticket ballotWe Build Around What You Win
The moment you know which matches you’re going to, we know where to start. Your trip is designed around the fixtures you’re going to: where you stay, how you travel, and what you do on the days between games. Safari lodges or city hotels. A guided small group or a private itinerary for your own crew. You bring the fixtures; we bring southern Africa.
Illustrative Journeys
Here's a taste of what your World Cup trip could look like.
Cape Town & the Winelands
For the fan whose fixtures are in the Western Cape.
Base yourself in Cape Town for matches at Newlands, arguably the most scenic cricket ground in the world, with Boland Park in Paarl a short trip away. Between games: sunrise or sunset up Table Mountain, the penguins of Boulders Beach, and long lunches in the winelands of Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Constantia. October and November are whale season on the Cape coast, southern right whales come remarkably close to shore around Hermanus. End the trip with a few days of rest on the Atlantic seaboard, or extend along the Garden Route.
A sample week: days in Cape Town around your Newlands fixtures, winelands lunches on rest days, a Paarl match day, and whales and Cape coastline before flying home.
Durban & KwaZulu-Natal Safari Country
For the fan who wants beach mornings, match days and Big 5 evenings.
Kingsmead in Durban is cricket with the Indian Ocean in the air, and the Golden Mile is a perfect base for a fan. From Durban you’re a short hop from some of South Africa’s finest game country: Big 5 reserves where you can do sunrise game drives, guided bush walks and boma dinners under southern stars.
A sample week: days in Durban around your Kingsmead fixtures, then two or three nights at a Big 5 safari lodge between matches.
The Wildcards: Zimbabwe or Namibia
For the fan whose World Cup needs a once-in-a-lifetime backdrop.
The 2027 tournament spreads across three countries, and the co-hosts beyond South Africa are a gift for travellers. Explore Zimbabwe around your match days: play at the brand-new Mosi-oa-Tunya stadium at Victoria Falls and wake up to one of the Natural Wonders of the World. Or take in Namibia. World Cup cricket in Windhoek, with the dunes of Sossusvlei and the waterholes of Etosha waiting on your rest days. Either way, you come home with stories no other World Cup trip can match.
A sample ten days: your choice of host country, matches in between, and safari, dunes or falls filling the days the cricket doesn’t.
Why Game On Travel
The fine print (honesty box)
Joining our mailing list doesn’t enter you into the ICC ticket ballot and doesn’t secure match tickets. Apply for tickets through the official ICC ticketing website and we’ll help plan the travel around the matches you secure. Game On Travel is not affiliated with the ICC.
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