We are hosting the IPL what to expect and how to experience it.

South Africa has been elected as the host nation for the 2009 Indian Premier League. The Indian Premier League (IPL) will take place from 18 April until 24 May at eight different venues across South Africa. There will be 59 matches in total involving the eight franchises of the Indian Premier League.

Interestingly, the IPL has chosen to have ‘roaming’ teams. This means that each team will not have a home base in a particular South African city, as is the case with most large scale international sporting events of this nature. This is because most people of Indian origin living in South Africa are in Durban and so any team based in Durban, would have a huge ready-made ‘home-base’ of Indian fans. So instead each team will have its fair share of the popular Durban crowd support by rotating their matches.

The majority of matches will take place in Durban (16 matches) and Pretoria (12 matches) with Cape Town, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth hosting 8 matches each. Other matches will be held in East London, Bloemfontein and Kimberley. The two semi-finals will be in Pretoria and Johannesburg on 22nd and 23rd May whilst the final will be in Johannesburg on Sunday 24th May.

Tickets for the earlier matches should be readily available, given the change of venue from India to South Africa, so this is an excellent opportunity to enjoy world class cricket in sunny and warm South Africa.

Cedarberg African Travel will be able to assist with arranging tailormade accommodation, transport and flights to all the Indian Premier League matches. We can also put together safari visits to the game reserves in between the cricket matches.

Contact us with your specific arrangements.

Alternatively we have a series of three night tours on offer in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg/Pretoria which will enable you to plan your IPL tour of South Africa. Contact us to ask us for these tour itineraries.