Seeing South Africa from above with Wild 5 Adventures

Wild 5 Adventures

The gorge swing, operated by Wild 5 Adventures, is rated as the highest on the planet. Think 55 storey building… In fact, if you can’t think that high, it’s no surprise because the highest building in Africa is just 50 stories high.

“If you are a thrill seeker looking for the adrenaline-rush of a lifetime, the Wild Gorge Swing in Oribi Gorge will offer you guaranteed over-the-edge excitement,” says Melanie Trytsman, one of the Wild Five crew.

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!

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 at Wild 5 Adventures

Number of Routes: 1 | Height: 165m | Max Speed: 120km/h | Duration: Just a couple of seconds but they’re some of the best of your life!

Wild 5 Adventure
What an amazing view!

This magnificent jump means that you stand on the edge of Lehr’s Falls where it plummets into Oribi Gorge. You then fall with the water and plunge for an eternity, accelerating to 120 Km/h in just 2.5 seconds, before the rope catches you and swings you into the massive open space of the gorge itself.

Safety, of course, is very important to Wild 5 Adventures and it is taken very seriously. You can expect skilled guides and top of the range equipment, but you can also expect plenty of fun.

Apart from the Gorge Swing, Wild 5 Adventures also offer a range of exhilarating adventures including a 110m abseil, a zipline, an 85m suspension bridge, white water rafting on the Umzimkhulu River, paintball and guided trails.

Melanie adds, “We are based at the Oribi Gorge Hotel and the setting is of phenomenal natural beauty. The fresh air and adrenaline does wonders for the appetite, and so why not round off the perfect day with a bite to eat at the Oribi Gorge Hotel’s Wild Fig Café.”

For more information, visit www.wild5adventures.co.za or call 082 566 7424.

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Actually, Home Food and Travel offers a lot more than just reviews of accommodation, restaurants, spas and adventure activities.  We also visit great destinations, receive advice from interior designers and stop to smell the roses and taste the coffee.

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,

Home Food and Travel advice on finding the right accommodation

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

If you’re driving, be safe and make use of all the wonderful farm stalls that populate South Africa’s open roads.

If you overhear somebody asking a lot of questions or see someone taking photos of empty bedrooms chances are it’s one of our Home Food and Travel team members.

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

See you on the road!

 

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