Quad Biking at Atlantis Dunes

The Atlantis dunes are a field of mobile white sand inside the Witzands Aquifer Nature Reserve, about an hour north of Cape Town. It is open, unvegetated and considerably larger than it looks from the entrance. Riding is guided and starts with a safety briefing and an orientation lap. The bikes are stable and forgiving, […]

Archery

Archery splits into two shapes. Target archery is shot at a known distance onto a paper face and is about repeating one motion precisely. Field and 3D archery move you through a course, shooting foam animals at unmarked distances among trees, which adds range judgement and a walk to the problem. Both exist around the […]

Wing Foiling

Wing foiling is the newest of the wind sports here and the one with the shortest run-in. You hold a hand-held inflatable wing and stand on a board with a hydrofoil under it. Once the foil lifts, the board leaves the water and the noise stops. Lessons are taught on the Langebaan lagoon and at […]

Kitesurfing

Cape Town’s summer south-easter is the reason kitesurfers arrive here from all over the world. It blows hard and it blows reliably, which is exactly what the sport needs. Beginners usually start on the Langebaan lagoon, where the water is flat and shallow, before moving to the surf at Blouberg. An introductory session runs around […]

Tandem Skydive, Skydive Cape Town

Skydive Cape Town operates from a drop zone reached via the R27 West Coast road, around 50 minutes north of Cape Town’s city centre. Its introductory tandem skydive is designed for first-time jumpers, with each participant attached to a tandem instructor throughout the jump. After around 15 minutes of ground briefing, the aircraft climbs to […]

Malmesbury Golf Club

This is a nine-hole course, not an eighteen. The club prices both nine and eighteen-hole rounds, so a full round means going round the nine twice, and the eighteen-hole layout that appears in some listings is something the club states as a plan rather than as a course you can play today. Booking is best […]

Milnerton Golf Club

Milnerton reserves a named set of days for members, and it is the first thing to know before you plan a round here. The club publishes the list as Wednesday afternoons, Saturdays all day, Sunday mornings and public holidays. The online tee sheet has looked tighter still, showing no visitor times at all on Saturdays, […]

Atlantic Beach Links

One rule is published in writing and it matters: the course is closed on Mondays. Weekends are less clear. The club’s rules restrict how members book guests at weekends but say nothing about green-fee visitors, and yet the visitor tee sheet has shown no times on any Saturday or Sunday across a thirty day window. […]

Darling Golf Club

Booking is by phone or email. There is no online tee sheet and no booking system of any kind, and the number the club publishes is a mobile rather than a clubhouse landline. Published hours run Tuesday to Sunday. Monday does not appear on the list at all, so check before planning a Monday round. […]

Langebaan Country Estate Golf Course

A round here starts with an enquiry rather than a click. The estate’s golf page carries two separate booking routes, one for members and one headed Golf Bookings – Visitors, and the visitor route opens a golf-specific enquiry form asking for your date, the number of golfers and the number of carts. The estate then […]