South African Airways (SAA) is offering special holiday fares from the United States of America to select destinations in Africa for travel in early 2017.

The fares are offered from SAA's gateways at New York-JFK International Airport and Washington, DC-Dulles International Airport to Johannesburg, Accra, and Dakar starting at just $660.00 round-trip.

Travel on these fares is applicable for an extended period between January 15 and May 31, 2017, with tickets purchased by December 26, 2016.

The special holiday fares are available for 7-days only, so travelers must hurry to unwrap this gift and purchase tickets by visiting www.flysaa.com.

South African Airways is the only airline to offer daily nonstop service from New York – JFK and daily direct service from Washington, DC-Dulles to Johannesburg, South Africa.

It also offers nonstop service from Washington, DC-Dulles to Accra, Ghana, four-days per week and from Washington, DC-Dulles to Dakar, Senegal, three-days per week.

From its hub in Johannesburg, SAA offers travellers convenient connections to over 75 destinations on the Africa continent in partnership with its regional airlines SA Express, Airlink and Mango.