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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. There are a number of superb rivers which are regularly ‘kloofed’ (with or without additional floatation).
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The Tugela Gorge, in the Drakensberg, and
some of the gorges in the Magaliesberg near Johannesburg can be kloofed without a guide, although it is always advisable to do the trip with someone who knows the area.
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In the Western Cape, Suicide Gorge and the Riviersonderend Gorge, both of which involve quite high compulsory jumps, can be done as an escorted trip.
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Storms River, on the Garden Route is absolutely beautiful with towering cliffs, wonderful plants and lots of birds. The best way to navigate this river is on an escorted tubing trip which ends at the river mouth in the Tsitsikamma National Park.
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Closer to Cape Town, the Kamikaze Kanyon trip is a combined abseiling/kloofing trip. [It's not quite kloofing, as it involves walking up the river and doing optional jumps into deep pools and then braving a 65m abseil over a magnificent waterfall].
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