Cape Town Activities

Cape Town activities usually tend to be outdoor activities. With its unique topography, Cape Town offers a great variety of activities, from diving in the sea to flying over the city.
From Cycling to surfing. From Sandboarding to bird watching.

Enjoy

Abseiling Step off Table Mountain at 1000m for a 112 meter controlled descent. Indulge in the world's highest commercial abseil surrounded with the privilege of awesome views.

Birding Cape Town is blessed with 57 of the Southern Africa's endemic species and 32 of the near endemic species.

Boat Trips Cape Town has one of the best locations to see the Sunset from the Sea. Fabulous Table Mountain and city views while the sun dips into the sea at sunset. This is certainly a "must do" trip whilst visting Cape Town.

Catamaran Sailing Catamaran sailing in Table Bay on board the "IQ" sailing catamaran, offers you the opportunity to view the abundant marine life.

Combat Flying Experience the exhilaration of flying in an ex Vietnam US Marine Corps Huey Helicopter. All doors stay open during the simulated attack flying trip adding to your adrenalin rush.

Cycling Experience Cape Town on ground level! Choose from a selection of bicycle tours for all fitness levels, with knowledgeable guides and vehicle support.

Diving Learn how to scuba dive and enjoy the exhilaration of diving with great white sharks in and around Cape Town. Each person gets at least one turn to get into the cage.

Helicopter Trips Experience the wonder of the fairest Cape from above and indulge in scenic flights along the Cape Coast, romantic fly-in lunches on a wine farm, aeroplane charters to anywhere in South Africa.

Hiking The Western Cape offers what must be the most varied and interesting concentration of hiking trails in the world. You will find craggy cliffs, forests, waterfalls, caves, beautiful beaches and spectacular indigenous flora and wildlife.

Horse riding Discover the beautiful Western Cape and the Winelands on horseback. Trail options to suite various tastes and budgets, from luxury trails budget alternatives.

Indoor Karting Expect a fast, well-built track, high-quality, regularly maintained karts, electronic timing and results printouts at the Kenilworth Indoor Karting track.

Kayaking Seeing the whiskers on a seal, hearing a dolphin blow, feeling your skin tingle when a whale surfaces close by is what sea kayaking is all about.

Kiteboarding Consistent wind, great waves and unbeatable scenery make Cape Town one of the worlds kiteboarding hotspots- come find out why!

Paragliding Tandem paragliding above the beaches of Camps Bay and Clifton with Table Mountain and the Twelve Apostles as a backdrop.

Quadbiking Quad bike rides in the Atlantis Dunes Nature Reserve or nearby areas of Melkbos where the trails wind through sand and bush, offering climbs, descents, technical sections and flat out straights.

River Rafting Spend the day on the Breede river; drifting, sunbathing, swimming and generally enjoying yourself.

Rock Climbing City Rock Indoor Rock Climbing Centre is based in Observatory and they provide all things related to rock climbing.

Sandboarding Sandboard in the stunning nature reserve at Atlantis with its incredibly white sand dunes and great views of Table Mountain and the City.

Shark Cage Diving Experience the biggest thrill of a lifetime diving with the Great White shark. Diving takes place in Gansbaai and Hermanus, where an abundance of great white sharks is prevalent.

Skydiving Find out why Tandem Skydiving is hailed as the ultimate adrenaline sport. Jumping out of a aeroplane at 10 000 feet and free falling for 25 - 30 seconds at 200 km per hour will absolutely blow you away!

Surfing Cape Town offers the most highly concentrated number of surf spots in South Africa. Big Bay near Table view which offers a great range of waves in the safest waters in the Cape.

Whale Watching Each year between June and December, Hermanus becomes home to a large number of Southern Right Whales.They flock to the shores of the Western Cape to mate and calve.

Windsurfing The shape of the Western Cape Peninsula and abundance of beaches on both the Atlantic and Indian Ocean side of Cape Point, insures that there is always an off-shore to take off in.

Wreck Diving The Cape, sometimes referred to as the Cape of Storms, is a graveyard of shipwrecks. For today's scuba diver these wrecks provide fantastic dive sites that can be accessed from the shore or by boat.

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