Sky-Hi Ride
Sky-Hi Ride sits on the 28th floor of Hotel Sky in central Cape Town, with the attraction extending 146 metres above the city bowl. The 35-metre ride carries passengers upward in a chair before releasing them into a high-speed drop. The descent reaches free-fall speeds of up to 100 km/h and forces of nearly 4G. […]
Acrobranch Constantia
Acrobranch Constantia is set in the forest at Constantia Nek, with four courses designed for different ages and confidence levels. Acro-twigs is the children’s course for ages three to six, while Monkey Moves introduces older children and adults to the park’s elevated obstacles. Swinging Tarzan steps up the difficulty for participants aged seven and older […]
Noordhoek Beach Ride, Imhoff Equestrian Centre
The ride does not start on Noordhoek beach. It starts at the stables at Imhoff Farm in Kommetjie, and the first twenty minutes or so are the crossing — out through the wetlands on the protected side of the valley, before the sand opens up ahead of you. Once on the beach the ride works […]
Stand-Up Paddle to the Penguins
Simon’s Town sits on the sheltered side of the Peninsula, which is what makes this work. False Bay here is calm enough that a first-timer can stand up on a board within a few minutes, and the operator runs guided sessions from the Simon’s Town Boardwalk Centre, on the water’s edge next to the False […]
Assegaai Submarine Tour
The SAS Assegaai is a real submarine, displayed on land at Cole Point on the Simon’s Town waterfront, and the tour takes you inside it. A guide walks you through the boat compartment by compartment — the control room, the torpedo space, the cramped bunks wedged between machinery — explaining how a crew lived and […]
Cape Point & Seal Island Eco-Cruises
Two boat trips run out of the same private marina in Simon’s Town, and between them they cover most of what False Bay has to show. The Seal Island cruise heads eight nautical miles north to the real Seal Island, a two-hectare rock carrying a large Cape fur seal colony along with seabirds and a […]
City Sightseeing Cape Town
City Sightseeing Cape Town works as a sightseeing network rather than a single guided trip. The Red City Tour takes about 90 minutes for a complete circuit, the Blue Mini Peninsula route about 140 minutes, and the Purple Wine Tour about 30 minutes. All ticket types include access to all three routes. Visitors can hop […]
The Spa at The Twelve Apostles
The Twelve Apostles stands alone on Victoria Road, with the mountain behind it and nothing but the Atlantic in front, and the spa makes the most of the position. There are seven treatment rooms, a tranquillity lounge, a Rasul chamber, plunge pools and a hydrotherapy pool, and treatment gazebos set out on the mountainside for […]
The Gym Hout Bay
The Gym Hout Bay sits on Main Road as you come into the valley, and it works as three things at once: a CrossFit box, a Hyrox training venue and an ordinary gym floor you can use without a coach standing over you. There is a recovery area alongside the training space. Visitors are catered […]
Woodstock Pilates
Woodstock Pilates is on Queenspark Avenue in upper Woodstock, and it teaches a wider range than the name suggests: mat Pilates, reformer work, BootyBarre, rebounding on mini trampolines and yoga. A drop-in covers a single group class as a pay-as-you-go rate, with no package or monthly commitment. Five, ten and fifteen class packs are available […]