Awesome scenery goes hand-in-hand with awesome adventures at Mpumalanga’s Blyde Canyon Adventure Centre. Get your adrenalin pumping with white water rafting, abseiling or kloofing, get high in a hot air balloon or microlight, tackle quad bike trails, or just mosey along in a boat and spot crocodiles and hippos.
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Kyalami, which hosted the South African Grand Prix between 1967 and 1985, as well as in 1993, is South Africa's premier motor racing circuit. There are numerous racing events here throughout the year, providing great entertainment for motor sport enthusiasts.
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Sani Pass is one of the most spectacular mountain passes in South Africa, meandering over the Drakensberg escarpment into Lesotho. It’s accessed via 4x4, mountain bike, quad bike or motorcycle – or you can join legions of runners who tackle it on foot each year – if you’re up for the challenge!
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Game viewing while sitting on a horse just feels a lot more adventurous that watching them from a vehicle, there is a more authentic feel to the experience and you will get to see a lot more than those bumping about in their 4X4s.
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The thrill of karting can be experienced at various racing circuits around South Africa, all of which adhere to strict driver safety regulations. Travellers searching for adrenalin behind the wheel can test their stamina and skill at very affordable rates. Choose between a variety if engine sizes.
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Enjoy the beauty of the Tsitsikamma forest and the Garden Route on Tsitsikamma EEZI Bikes. Pedal yourself if you like, but when it comes to those long uphills just turn the quiet battery-powered motor on to help you along the way. No fumes, no fuss, just enjoy the ride.
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The Namaqua Adventure Route is one of the most challenging yet rewarding 4x4 trails in South Africa. It's challenging because of the Northern Cape's isolated semi-desert terrain, mountain tracks and testing dunes. It’s rewarding because you test your driving skills to the utmost amidst awesome scenery.
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The taxing, tricky 155km Mabuasehube Wilderness Trail, which ends in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, takes 4x4 drivers through parts of the remote Kalahari Desert in a challenging test of both driver and vehicle. But your rewards are dramatic views, great game viewing and blissful seclusion.
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If you've had your fill of the beautiful beaches, great seafood and whale watching that Hermanus is famous for, and now feel the need for some adrenalin-fuelled activity, head off to SA Forest Adventures in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley and get your adventure started.
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Mountain biking in the Kruger National Park is a fun and thrilling way to experience one of the world’s great game reserves. If you're reasonably fit, are confident on a bike and have a sense of adventure, then cycling through this great wilderness area is an awesome experience.
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Adventure motorcycling is big in the Western Cape where long, winding ribbons of open road hug the sides of dramatic cliffs, offering some of the most breathtaking views on the continent. Grab a motorcycle and see the fairest Cape like never before.
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Helshoogte Pass in the Western Cape province is one of the most scenic biking routes in South Africa, with views out across the lush vineyards of Stellenbosch. Various mountain ranges provide a scenic backdrop for cyclists as they take on the challenge of this route.
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From the scenic zig-zag of the Sani Pass to the green sugar cane plantations of the north and south coasts and in between in the Midlands, KwaZulu-Natal caters for off-road bikers and drivers of all ages and abilities.
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Visit an exclusive game lodge in northern KwaZulu-Natal, and see the Arabian horses at Pakamisa Private Game Reserve where Isabella Stepski, renowned international Arabian horse expert, breeds horses. Take a horseback safari, a game drive, a bush walk or just relax in beautiful surroundings.
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The Cederberg Odyssey Trail forms part of the Rim of Africa initiative, a proposed 650km mega-trail that will create biodiversity conservation corridors and linkages from the northern Cederberg in the Western Cape to the Outeniqua mountains of the southern Cape.
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