Caravans are towable living units with sleeping, cooking and storage built in, sized from compact two-berth vans to full off-road tourers. TRAILERS SA supplies caravans from Hartswater in the Northern Cape and delivers them to every province in South Africa.
A caravan is a different purchase to a trailer, and it is worth being clear about why. A utility trailer is judged on payload and deck size. A caravan is judged on how it tows, how it sleeps, and how it holds together on a gravel road at the end of a long day. Mass still matters, but so does the layout, the water capacity, and whether the chassis under the bodywork was built for tar or for the Kalahari.
South African buyers split fairly cleanly into three groups. Touring caravans spend their lives on tar between the coast and the Highveld, and they are bought on interior space and towing weight. Off-road caravans carry a heavier chassis, independent suspension and more ground clearance, because they are going to Botswana or up a pass with a corrugated surface. Compact and teardrop vans suit people who want a bed and a kitchen without moving up to a bigger tow vehicle.
Towing law is the part people get wrong most often. The caravan GVM decides the licence code you need and whether the van must be braked. Your tow vehicle rated towing capacity caps what you may legally pull, whatever the caravan is rated at. Both numbers matter and the lower one wins.
Our caravan range is being built now. Tell us the layout, the berth count and where you tow, and we will quote from current and incoming stock. Free nationwide delivery applies over R20,000 with code TSA26.