Presently the choice regions include the Magaliesberg on the northern fringe of Gauteng; the Mpumalanga Drakensberg, including Blyde River Canyon; the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg; the Bushman's River, parts of the Tugela River and the Maputaland coast in KwaZulu-Natal; the Eastern Cape Wild Coast; the Garden Route; the Cape Peninsula; the West Coast, the Richtersveld and Namaqualand; the Kalahari; and the Middle and Lower Orange.
Hundreds of farmers across the country have responded to the need for affordable adventure options, many hosting youth adventure camps. Hiking, horse-riding, 4X4 and mountain bicycling trails have become a common ingredient of the farmstay experience. Community and forestry lands have also been opened up for adventure
The country is generally dry, and perennial rivers suitable for rafting, canoeing and kayaking are limited in number. But the Orange is one of the great river adventure destinations of Africa.
Massive thermals over the hot interior favour record-breaking cross-country flights and hot-air ballooning conditions south of the central Magaliesberg are among the best in the world.
And the adventure traveler attracted by the African bush can experience the wildlife on foot, by mountain bicycle, on horseback, by canoe and by hot-air balloon.
A few decades ago, the main adventure activities in South Africa included hiking, hunting and surfing. They are still mainstream, but river rafting, canoeing and kayaking, mountaineering, scuba diving and guided foot safaris are among options that now also enjoy that status. Foot safaris, typically offered at destinations that are home to large and dangerous mammals, have become the norm in national parks and in leading private reserves -- and in some cases trails are filled up many months in advance.
There's an "adventure" to suit almost everyone -- with "value adding" offering unlimited design possibilities.
ALTERNATIVE TOURISM SOUTH AFRICA (ATSA)
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ADVENTURE TOURISM
South African activity menu ranges widely. adventure athlete's competitions, abseiling, adventure for the disabled, ballooning, bungi-jumping, bridge-swinging, bushcraft and survival courses, canyoning, caving, cycle tours, foot safaris, four by four driving, hanggliding, high-ropes courses, hiking, horse-riding, hunting, gliding, offroad motorcycling, mountain bicycling, paragliding, river rafting, rock climbing, kayaking, shark-cage diving, skydiving, snorkeling, surfing and whale - watching.
The country has many distinctive adventure regions, although activities may be similar from one to the next.
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