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South Africa: get your rand here ready
Breathtakingly beautiful, culturally diverse and easier on the wallet that you might expect, South Africa has to be seen to be believed.
If you’re making the trip, order your South African rand online from Post Office, buy currency in thousands of branches or load it onto a Travel Money Card.
Order holiday money online for home delivery or to pick up at your nearest branch. Orders placed before 3pm on a working day will be ready the next working day.
Buying online could get you a better rate than in branch. And buying when the rand exchange rate is good will save you more.
We’ll buy back any spare currency notes you bring home or refund your currency if your trip gets cancelled. And we can arrange travel insurance for your trip too.
Get our best rates online. The more you buy the better the rate.

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Click & Collect in branch
Order your money online and pick it up in your nearest participating branch.
Click & Deliver
Order between £500 and £2500 for free home deliver on a working day.

How far will your money go in South Africa?
Although more expensive than many of its neighbours, travelling through the cities and savannahs of South Africa is normally cheaper than touring Europe or North America. You’ll be astounded by the awe-inspiring beauty, magnificent wildlife, cultural diversity and high levels of comfort your money can get you.
Budget travellers are best off concentrating on the more out-of-town areas where prices will be more modest. If you’re willing to stay in hostels and cook for yourself it can help keep your daily spend down.
At the other end of the scale, the country’s more upscale hotels and wildlife lodges can cost several thousand rand per day. But there’s also plenty of middle ground and most visitors should be able to travel comfortably on a few hundred rand per day.
According to research by Post Office Money:
- A three-course meal for two with wine in Cape Town costs £36.20 on average
- A glass of wine costs about £2.83, a beer £1.98 and a coffee £1.70
- Essentials like insect repellent and suntan lotion cost about £5.66 and £8.48 respectively

Some common questions
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