Garden Route Adventure Activities

The Garden Route is paradise for anyone searching for pure adventure. Below are just a few examples of the Garden Route adventure activities that are available to the avid advenure lover.

Tubing

Storms River is the place to be for the ultimate tubing experience, a place that is both magical and scenic. Start off by climbing down a "rope ladder" into the almost unreachable canyon, clamber onto your black tube and follow the winding river ends at the suspension bridge across the river in the Tsitsikama National Park. Can you imagine anything more exhilarating?

Bungee jumping

This one is for serious adrenalin junkies. Bloukrans Bridge in Plettenberg has been recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the highest commercial bungee jump it the world at an amazing 216 m high!

Scuba diving

If it's diversity you are looking for in diving, South Africa’s Garden Route is the place to be, thanks to its enormously long coastline. Rent out equipment and enjoy some of the most exquisite dive spots along the garden route. A local favourite spot is Mossel Bay. Located at sea, marine life is plentiful; there is a lot of fun to be experienced while learning if you are not a certified diver.

Sky Diving

Sky diving is one of the most exhilarating experiences. This can be experienced on the Garden Route, where you will be given a morning lesson, after which you should be able to dive on your own the very same afternoon. If you don’t fancy the morning lessons, you could receive a short briefing, after which you should be ready to dive with a tandem master while taking in the spectacular aerial view of the Cape Peninsula.

Horse riding trails

Taking a ride on horseback on some of the numerous horse trails along the garden route exposes you to fresh air and quiet quality time to soak in the wonders that nature has to offer. Horses are available for all levels of riding ability, and there are several opportunities to ride on the beach.

Township tours

Experience the interactive cross-cultural tours to Qolweni Township. This give tourists the opportunity to gain insight and even help to develop the essential facilities needed within a disadvantaged community. Local clinics, schools and arts and crafts Centrex's can develop themselves further with your help.

• Contact Vuya Africa for your township tours

Whale watching

The Garden Route is the best location for whale watching in South Africa. Schools of whales can be seen breeching along the small bays off the coastline. During whale season tourists flock to the coastal regions of the Garden Route to watch the aquatic mammals, take photographs and just experience all that the Garden Route has to offer.

Shark Cage Diving

This is a rare opportunity to get up and close with the Great White Sharks, so close in fact that you can even count its razor sharp teeth. This is all in the comfort of a metallic cage, which is lowered into the water swarming with Great Whites. If going down into the depths of the waters is not your idea of fun, you can still watch the sharks from the safety of the boat.

• Contact Tours South Africa for shark cage diving

Crocodile Cage diving

Crocodile cage diving is the latest innovative tourism venture that has been launched in Oudtshoorn. Those who are courageous enough can dive with nile crocodiles in the safety of a cage and get their adrenaline pumping while witnessing these creatures up close and personal. Crocodile cage diving is only available to visitors over the age of 12.

Quad biking

Riding on quad bikes is a great way of exploring the numerous indigenous forests and national parks along the Garden Route. Visitors have an opportunity to view wildlife such as zebras, giraffes, kudu, impalas, and waterbuck while gaining optimum bird’s eye view of the Mossel Bay region.

• Quad biking along the Garden Route

Tsitsikama Canopy tour

The Tsitsikamma Canopy tour is the first activity of this kind offered anywhere in Africa , and offers you the opportunity to slide between 8 tree top platforms while attached to a professional guide, who’ll be explaining the ecology and birdlife of the region.

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