Adrenalin Junkie Activities in the Northern Cape

White Water Rafting

The gor­geous Northern Cape fre­quently gets a raw deal. Often ignored or over­looked for the more obvi­ously excit­ing altern­at­ives of the Eastern and Western Cape or the Limpopo, it doesn't deserve its Cinderella com­plex, des­pite its appar­ent desert or semi-desert state.

If any­thing, these beau­ti­ful arid plains inter­spersed with haphaz­ard rocky out­crops, bril­liant blue skies, unique fauna and flora and the icy Atlantic that washes its west­ern bound­ary give it a unique beauty all its own. And when it comes to beauty noth­ing beats the floral car­pets that cover these scrub-covered plains come spring, or the star-filled skies dur­ing evenings.

What makes this province par­tic­u­larly attract­ive to adren­aline junkies is its largely open and unpop­u­lated spaces. Rugged trails, dusty back roads, enchant­ing caves, dia­mond fields and the Northern Cape's oasis – the Green Kalahari – offers end­less out­door adven­ture pos­sib­il­it­ies ... Continued

Adrenalin Junkie Activities in the Free State

River Rafting

Don't let the fact that the Free State is com­pletely land­locked, and described with  reg­u­lar­ity as 'flat', deter you from seek­ing adven­ture in this hid­den treasure.

The Northern Free State, pos­sibly because of its prox­im­ity to Gauteng, is fast earn­ing itself a repu­ta­tion for per­fect week­end get­aways that include the Vaal River, Vaal dam and numer­ous game farms that together with the Vredefort Dome, pretty undu­lat­ing hills, and the 'golden coun­try' of the Central Free State — dot­ted with fields of corn and sun­flowers and plenty of mod­ern little towns — and not for­get­ting 'Bloemies', as Bloemfontein is fondly known, com­bine for per­fect, sun-filled adven­ture oppor­tun­it­ies ... Continued

Adrenalin Junkie Activities in KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu Adventures

KwaZulu-Natal — the part of South Africa endowed with a per­man­ently tem­per­ate cli­mate, the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Mountains, the Isimangaliso Wetland Park (Greater St Lucia Wetland Park), the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Park, the Elephant and Hibiscus Coasts, the Dlinza Forest and the Battlefields of the interior. There is enough adven­ture oppor­tun­ity here for months of enter­tain­ment, never mind days.

This is the land of end­less sum­mer. The coastal heart of Ethekwini-Durban and the beaches of the north and south coasts offer end­less play­ground mater­ial – extreme water sports, sea and wild­life adven­tures are two to a dime all the way to the most south­ern resort town of Port Edward and the far reaches of Kosi Bay and Lake Sibaya. KwaZulu-Natal is where the giant sardine shoal run occurs, and where man fol­lows suite in rig­or­ous events like the Comrades Marathon, the Amashovashova road race and the Dusi Canoe Marathon.

Whether its boat­ing, turtle spot­ting, canoe­ing, snor­kelling, scub diving, hik­ing, quad bik­ing, whale watch­ing, rock climb­ing or moun­tain bik­ing you're after, KwaZulu-Natal has some­thing for every­one seek­ing a thrill ... Continued

Adrenalin Junkie Activities in Gauteng

Gauteng Adventure

Addicted to adren­aline and you find your­self in the place of gold? Then you haven't far to look for activ­it­ies that will keep you out of doors under a wide sky and push you to the limit. The gate­way to Africa, Gauteng might be the smal­lest province, but what it lacks in size it makes up for in dazzle and action, par­tic­u­larly when you con­sider that the young Johannesburg is the power­house of Africa.

Not every­one is work­ing and net­work­ing all the time, how­ever, and there is plenty of action activ­ity avail­able if you but look.

One is sel­dom short of some­thing to do in Johannesburg, Pretoria and the sur­rounds. The Cradle of Humankind, the Magalies Meander, lion and nature reserves, beau­ti­ful gar­dens, an ele­phant sanc­tu­ary and two major cit­ies make for a pretty power­ful col­lec­tion of excit­ing altern­at­ives ... Continued

Adrenalin Junkie Activities in the Garden Route

Paragliding in Wilderness

The Garden Route is treated as a province in its own right there is so much to do and see. It is not only one of the most scenic and pos­sibly most vis­ited parts of South Africa, but the Garden Route is also high on the adven­ture seeker's list of places to visit because of the imme­di­ate access to incred­ible, sel­dom over-explored nooks and cran­nies on beaches, forests and mountains.

The Garden Route is described as a 'secret place' and for many it is just that. This slender stretch of coast man­ages to remain wild and some­thing of a garden of Eden with infin­ite for­es­ted areas, rivers that tumble from moun­tains to wild rocky beaches that refuse to con­form to the 'expec­ted' sed­ate, to-be-tanned-on expanses so many prefer.

From extreme adven­ture day trips to mildly adven­tur­ous, pur­su­ing an adren­aline rush takes on new pro­por­tions in the Garden Route ... Continued

Adrenalin Junkie Activities in the Eastern Cape

Mountain Biking

If you are after the unusual; that excit­ing exper­i­ence that will get the blood pump­ing and the exhil­ar­a­tion bub­bling up to behind the teeth. If it's adven­ture with a cap­ital 'A' that takes you out in any weather on any ter­rain, then the Eastern Cape of South Africa is a good place to begin.

You won't struggle to find adven­ture in the country's second largest province. The Eastern Cape is one of the country's most diverse and inter­est­ing provinces to visit – from the mag­ni­fi­cence of the rural Wild Coast, the semi-arid plains of the Karoo, the Sunshine Coast's effort­less hours of sun­shine and pearly beaches, to Big 7 game view­ing or bun­gee jump­ing off one of the highest jumps in the world, there is little that will not meet your expect­a­tions ... Continued