Activities in Africa
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Scuba Dive or Snorkel with Great White Sharks
11 hours (Departs Cape Town, South Africa)
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Join this tour for the underwater experience of a lifetime as you scuba dive or snorkel with the Great White Sharks of South Africa! Take the opportunity during…Not LP reviewed
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Tandem Sky Dive
Skydivers can experience awesome views and possibly a beach landing when they jump with Tandem Sky Dive.
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White Shark Africa
Full-day cage diving trips to view great white sharks include breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea.
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Adventure Centre
Offers activities including canoe safaris and kloofing.
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Hippo Dive Campus
There are plenty of other activities on offer in the area; start by making inquiries at the Hippo Dive Campus. Among the possibilities are boat and short-entry scuba dives to some of South Africa’s best spots. Snorkelling equipment can be rented for R150. Ask the guides to point out the good snorkelling trails. They may even go with you.
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Mitchell’s Brewery
Drop by Mitchell’s Brewery to the east of town. The beers, which include a draught lager, a bitter, a stout and an ale, can be found all over Western Cape.
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SEAL Adventures
Quad-biking trips in the Featherbed Nature Reserve are available with SEAL Adventures. The company also runs an Awesome Foursome adventure trip – quad biking, abseiling, canoeing and cliff-jumping for R460.
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Eco Afrika Tours
Follow Gray St uphill and eventually you’ll leave town and emerge on the wooded slopes of the hills behind. On top is the sprawling township of Concordia, best visited on an excellent tour (R300) run by Eco Afrika Tours. The morning tour can include lunch (R45); proceeds go entirely to the family cooking for you. You can also stay overnight (per person R170). Knysna’s townships have a different look from others in South Africa: homes are built mostly with timber from the nearby forests. The two-hour tours are led by local guide Cynthia Gobeni and take you through the usual township sites – schools, a visit to a sangoma (traditional healer) and a shebeen (unlicensed bar) –…
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Komatiland Forests Eco-Tourism
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Lawson’s Bird Safaris
Birdwatchers will enjoy exploring the area surrounding Nelspruit; contact Lawson’s Bird Safaris to organise day trips in the vicinity.
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Wylde Ride
‘Action Jacksons’ should try Wylde Ride, which offers single and multiday rafting, mountain biking and cycling trips and a cycling-rafting combination in the area and beyond. Transfers to and from Durban (R200) are available.
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Balloons Over Africa
Offers balloon flights over the Sabie River Valley. Flights leave early in the morning and last about an hour. They include a glass or two of Cape sparkling and breakfast.
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Induna Adventures
Organises a number of adventure activities in the Hazyview area including rafting on the Blyde River (R1260 for a full day) and quad biking (R370 per hour). It’s at Idle & Wild, 10km from Hazyview on the Sabie Rd.
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Eco-Ist
Offers 14-day combined Cape–Kruger tours for about R25,000.
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eholidaysTours
At the upper end of the price spectrum, or if you’re on a tight schedule and want to connect directly from Johannesburg (Jo’burg) or Cape Town, try eholidaysTours, which runs flight-accommodation packages between Jo’burg and central Kruger.
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Funky Safaris
Based at Funky Monkey Backpackers, this place does one- to three-night safaris to Kruger where it has its own tented camp, as well as day trips to Blyde River Canyon.
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International Travel & Tours
Organises a 10-day combined Kruger-Swaziland–KwaZulu-Natal itinerary from R15,000 per person.
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Kruger and More
A well-organised company leading tours to Kruger, Blyde River Canyon and Mozambique.
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Olifants River Backpack Trail
There’s the considerably more strenuous four-day, three-night 42km Olifants River Backpack Trail, which departs from Olifants Rest Camp on Wednesdays and Sundays from April through October. There are no huts, and hikers must bring and carry their own tent, gas cookers and all provisions, and are responsible for their own cooking, tent set-up etc. The trail needs to be booked in its entirety (up to eight hikers, maximum) and costs R14,030 for the group.
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Olifants Trail
Based in eastern Kruger on the Olifants River, the trail’s superb riverine setting offers the chance to get close to elephants, hippos, crocodiles and more. It’s also known for its birding, including sightings of fish eagles and the rare Pel’s fishing owl.
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Kasbah Le Mirage
For family adventures with built-in holiday card photo ops, go for a camel ride. Camels usually camp out in the Palmeraie; a 15-minute traipse-about is Dh30 to Dh50. Kasbah Le Mirage organises dromedary rides through the Palmeraie with Moroccan pancakes at the end.
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Actions & Loisirs
For mountain bikes, racing bikes and biking trips through the High Atlas and desert, contact Actions & Loisirs. To escape city traffic, head for the Palmeraie, the palm-shaded district 5km northwest of the centre where you’ll spot mud-brick villages and celebrity villas.
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Bains de Marrakech
Marrakesh offers upscale spa experiences with Moroccan trappings. One of the best-value treatments are the massages run Dh350 per hour at Bains de Marrakech, but treatments should be booked at least two weeks in advance.
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