Adventure

Seeing South Africa from above with SA Forest Adventures

SA Forest Adventures offers a variety of adventure activities in Hermanus, Knysna, Caledon and Cape Town. From river rafting down the Orange River to zipline tours, SA Adventures has a thrill for anyone and everyone.

Essentially, think of a zipline or canopy tour as a twenty-first century foefie slide. However, it is faster, safer, longer and a lot scarier than the old wire-across-the-river-and-jump-before-you-hit-the-pole type of fun!

What, you may ask, is the difference between a canopy tour and a zipline? Well, on the basics they are very similar. There is a long steel cable that slopes from one end to the other and the adventurer, using a well-oiled pulley, rides the length of the wire while attached to the pulley by a harness. Yip, upper body strength is no longer required.

Also, in both cases, a huge amount of attention is given to safety and to the location of the cabling. The scenery in every one of the canopy tours and ziplines featured in our article is beautiful.

What to expect from SA Forest Adventures

Number of Routes: 1 | Longest Route: 500m | Highest Route: 155m

Max Speed: Varies person to person | Duration: 1 hour

For this edition, we tried out the SA Forest Adventures Cape Town Zipline.

Whether you are new to the Mother City or have lived there your whole life, you definitely need to take a trip on the Cape Town zipline, which lets you experience blazing speeds as you practically fly over a scenic landscape.

The Cape Town zipline is located on the Silvermist Estate, and is accessible from all major transport routes, even the Hop-On, Hop-Off Sightseeing Cape Town Bus. The Silvermist Estate also offers a restaurant, conference venue and is great for teambuilding activities during corporate getaways.

The Cape Town zipline is reputed as one of the highest and longest ziplines in South Africa – reaching 500 meters in length and 155 meters above the tree canopy. Everyone understands that the higher the zipline is, the faster you will fly!

To book the Cape Town zipline, contact SA Forest Adventures on 021 795 0225 or email bookings@saforestadventures.co.za or visit www.saforestadventures.co.za.

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Our team of journalists are seasoned travels and love visiting the myriad of exciting places around South Africa. Whether it is off the beaten track or in the heart of the top attractions of the country, we’ll be there,

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So what is the right accommodation? Well more often than not, it’s your travel budget that dictates the type of accommodation that you choose.

Expensive is not always better. Our team at Home Food and Travel will tell you that they have camped in areas with limited ablutions and had a wonderful holiday. They have also spent a night in a five star hotel only to be disappointed because their expectations exceeded the experience.

The reason for your travels will also affect your choice. A business trip requires different amenities to a beach holiday.

Our articles, reviews and experiences can certainly help you make your decision.

Restaurants with a good mix of service, food and ambiance

To my mind a great restaurant offers three things – excellent service, great food and a wonderful ambiance. Of these, service is the most important.

No matter that the food is delicious and the setting delightful, poor service can ruin the occasion. However, great service combined with mediocre meal and a plane jane restaurant can still be a pleasant night out.

We’ve eaten in restaurants that are really dirty but with incredible food and couldn’t help but give a rave review. We’ve also hardly noticed what we ate because the setting was just amazing.

However, the best restaurants come with the best of service, food and ambiance.

Spas are the ultimate relaxation aid

How do you know when you have had a great spa experience? The answer, of course, is when you doze off on the treatment table.

Well that’s our theory anyway. It also doesn’t take a grand location with enormous facilities for a spa to be really good

A small, personal spa that is owner run can result in the best massage you have ever experienced. However, the grand spas in five star hotels offer unsurpassed facilities in an environment that just makes the stress in your shoulders and neck melt away before you even finish checking in.

Adventure!

You don’t have to be an adrenaline junky to enjoy an exciting experience. In fact, what are commonly termed adventure activities usually have incredibly high safety standards and unblemished safety records.

Ziplining, bungy jumping and shark cage diving are all very safe. It’s just that our mind tells us we are craaazzzzyyyy to be doing this.

On the road to great places of accommodation, restaurants, spas and adventure activities

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We’re out looking or those great places of accommodation, restaurants, spas and adventure activities.

See you on the road!