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Home of Adventure Sports

Welcome to the home of adventure sports. Because of South Africa’s all-year-round sunny weather most people can participate in adventure activities throughout the year.

There are adventure sports for daredevils and there are many others for those that are still young at heart. Abseilling, bungee jumping, hand gliding, paragliding, mountain biking and many others are all here all year round.

 
Scream Your Fears Away
South Africa has the highest bungee jumping and abseiling spots in the world. Here you can scream your fears away in some of the most spectacular scenery on earth....
 
A Mountain of Adventure
Table Mountain, Cape Town's imposing landmark, is 1 086m above sea level and a Natural World Heritage Site. On and around Table Mountain there’s something to enjoy for just about everyone, from spectacular scenery to adrenaline-pumping adventure....
 
Bungy jumping in South Africa
It's official - South Africa is home to the highest commercial bungee jump in the world.
 
Exploring Neptune’s World
For scuba diving enthusiasts, the possibilities are endless: there are coral reefs with brightly-coloured inhabitants that enjoy the warm Indian Ocean, the wrecks of dozens of ships that struck rock along the treacherous Cape south coast, and the icy waters of the Atlantic West Coast that offer a completely different scuba-diving experience....
 
Skiing and Snowboarding
You’re not likely to come to South Africa for the snow. We’re a sun-blessed land and we don't get much snow at all, but what snow we do have, we make good use of....
Sandboarding
South Africa is not well-endowed with snow, but we make up for it with some excellent sand dunes, and a great outdoor sport called ‘Sandboarding’....
Up Close and Personal with the Great White...
Seeing a Great White for the first time is nothing like the movies. There is no sudden burst of foreboding music, no triangular fin cutting ominously through the water, just the crying of gulls, the braying of seals and the slapping of waves against the hull....
 
Canyoning
Canyoning, or ‘kloofing’ (as it is called in South Africa) is the adventure sport of following a mountain stream down its course by floating, flopping, jumping and swimming....
 
Canoeing
If you’re most at home in a boat, our fantastic rivers will ensure that you’ll be spoiled for choice.
Drop Zone
There are skydiving clubs in the major city centres and in even some unexpected places like Grahamstown, Pietermaritzburg and even Nylstroom, in Limpopo Province....
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