Explore Cape Town
Adventure & Adrenaline
From a 112 metre abseil off Table Mountain to the dunes at Atlantis and an indoor wall when the wind shuts everything else down.
26 experiences · Indoor to open mountain
Cape Town packs a lot of vertical and a lot of coast into a small area, which is why so much of this is within an hour of the city. The mountain, the dunes on the West Coast and the reserves behind the Hottentots Holland all carry something.
The thing worth planning around is wind. The south-easter closes the cableway, shuts crags, grounds rooftop rides and fills the dunes with flying sand, and it builds through summer afternoons. Each record below says what actually stops it, and which of these still run when the weather turns.
Acrobranch Constantia
Treetop obstacle courses for children, families and adults in the forest at Constantia Nek.
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Acrobranch Stellenbosch
Treetop obstacle courses, ziplines and family activities at Klein Joostenberg Farm outside Stellenbosch.
Explore activityAdventure Diving, Two Oceans Aquarium
Dive the kelp forest, the ocean exhibit or the shark tank, with an Open Water card.
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Archery
Traditional bows, foam animals in the trees, and a sport with a famously low barrier to entry.
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Axe Throwing, Axe-O
Two hours, a coached lane and a target, in a Salt River lounge ten minutes from town.
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Bungee Jumping at Bloukrans Bridge
A 216-metre bungy from Bloukrans Bridge in the Tsitsikamma, with the jump platform suspended above the Bloukrans River gorge.
Explore activityCable Waterski at Blue Rock
A five-tower cable pulls you round a private lake below Sir Lowry Pass, with no boat involved.
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Cape Canopy Tour
A guided zipline adventure through the mountains and gorges of the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve near Grabouw.
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Coasteering, Gravity Adventures
Swim the gaps, snorkel the clear bits and jump the drops, on a sheltered stretch of coast near Simon’s Town.
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Cool Runnings Toboggan Park
Control your own speed down a winding 1.25 km toboggan track of twists, turns and drops in Tygervalley.
Explore activityEscape Room, Breakout Quest
Three sixty-minute rooms at Warwick Square, for groups of two to eight.
Explore activityGuided Jet Ski Tour, Jet Ski Cape Town
Half an hour or an hour along the Atlantic coast from Hout Bay, with a skipper alongside.
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Guided Rock Climbing
Sandstone above the city, with a guide, a rope and routes that start at beginner.
Explore activityHorse and Quad Trails, Wine Valley Adventures
Horse, quad and carriage trails through the vines at Vrede en Lust, near Simondium.
Explore activityIndoor Karting, Century Karting
Arrive and drive karting on the mezzanine at Canal Walk, seven days a week until nine.
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Indoor Rock Climbing
Bouldering floors and roped walls in converted warehouses, open late and open in the rain.
Explore activityKalk Bay Caves, Caving Kalk Bay
A day scrambling through Boomslang and Robin Hood above Kalk Bay, with nothing lit.
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Quad Biking at Atlantis Dunes
Guided quad riding across open white dunes, about an hour north of Cape Town.
Explore activityRush Extreme Sports, Claremont
Interconnected trampolines, foam pits and a ninja course on Stegman Road.
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Sandboarding at Atlantis Dunes
Modified snowboards, a face full of white sand, and a dune field an hour north of the city.
Explore activityScootours Table Mountain
Guided downhill scooter runs on Table Mountain, with a passenger option for younger children.
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Shark Cage Diving
A cage off the side of a boat at Kleinbaai, and sharks that are no longer reliably white.
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Sky-Hi Ride
A high-speed drop ride on the 28th floor of Hotel Sky, reaching speeds of up to 100 km/h above Cape Town’s city centre.
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Table Mountain Abseiling, Cape Town Abseil
A 112 metre controlled descent off the top of Table Mountain, with no experience needed
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Tandem Paragliding
Run a few steps off Signal Hill with a pilot behind you and the city drops away underneath.
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Tandem Skydive, Skydive Cape Town
A tandem skydive from 10,000 or 12,000 feet, with views across Cape Town, Table Mountain, Robben Island and the West Coast.
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