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Every year in July, Jeffrey's Bay plays host to the Billabong Pro Surfing competition. This event marks the halfway point on the ASP World Tour – a series of 10 world wide surfing events which determine the annual world surfing champion.
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| Travel Routes in Southern Africa |
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Occupying the southern tip of Africa, South Africa has a long coastline stretching more than 2 500 kilometres from the desert border with Namibia on the Atlantic coast, around the tip of Africa, then east and northeastwards to the border with Mozambique on the Indian Ocean. This diverse and fascinating country has a perfect mix of landscapes, people, history and culture, offering the traveller a unique experience. With its temperate climate, long stretches of beautiful beaches and a multitude of spectacular game reserves South Africa is a country filled with endless adventure and exciting activities ranging from bungy jumping and surfing to hot air ballooning and playing golf.
Drawing people from all corners of the globe, Namibia is desert country, situated on the south western coast of Africa. The coastal areas are often foggy or overcast and cooler whilst the interior of Namibia has temperatures synonymous with a desert landscape - hot during the day, cool, sometimes cold nights and very little rainfall. This friendly country, with diverse cultural groups has its own rich heritage and traditions, with 60 per cent of the population living in the North while the southern and coastal areas are almost uninhabited. Namibia provides the visitor a journey of incredible peace and tranquility whilst still offering equally exciting adventures and activities as South Africa, i.e. sandboarding, breathtaking scenic flights, horse riding and more. |
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| From the Editor |
To adventure is to live. To break free from the shackles of habit and custom, to shake off the ordinary and the mundane is to make life a never ending journey of discovery and reward. Our December edition gives the traveller every possibility to explore the beautiful and diverse countries of South Africa and Namibia from an adventure perspective. Take all the opportunities that present themselves to you - be daring and take that leap off a bridge, surf the wildest waves or simply relax whilst playing a round of golf. Whatever you decide, you are assured of wonderful lifetime memories!
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| Yours in Travel |
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Bungy Jumping
South Africa |
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Sandboarding
Namibia |
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Horse Riding
South Africa & Namibia |
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Bloukrans Bridge on the Garden Route has worldwide the highest commercial bungy jump site from a bridge. At 216m above the Bloukrans River, you are able to jump 365 days of the year unless there are gale force winds. The rest of South Africa offers other bungy jump sites including a jump off the towers of an old power station in Soweto, south of Johannesburg. |
With some of the largest sand dunes in the world, there is no better way to experience the thrill and excitement of the Namib Desert then zooming down the dunes on a sandboard. Warm temperatures allow sandboarding to be done in shorts and a t-shirt and as the sand is non abrasive, if you fall you will only be a little dusty. No experience is necessary. |
Horse riding safaris are available in South Africa and Namibia. The Limpopo Province in South Africa offers the chance to see lots of game, while the Western Cape takes you through mountains and along sandy beaches. Experience the magnificence of Namibia on a horse trail through the desert, surrounded by the dramatic and austere beauty of sand dunes.
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Tree Top Canopying
South Africa |
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Scenic Flights
Namibia |
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Hot Air Ballooning
South Africa & Namibia |
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Originally designed to allow biologists access to study the hard-to-get at plants and insects, tree top slides have become a fun way to see the forests of South Africa. Started in the Tsitsikamma Forest on the Garden Route, other sites can be found in the Karkloof Forest of KwaZulu Natal as well as in Magaliesburg. |
Tailor made packages take you on scenic flights, in light aircraft, over the incredible Namib Desert, as dry as the Sahara but richer in fauna and flora, attracting visitors worldwide. The Sossusvlei dunes, constantly changing in colour are spectacular from the air and special flights allow one to glimpse old coastal diamond camps. |
Balloon Safaris are the perfect way in which to observe your natural surroundings. From South Africa, with its vast expanse of wildlife and open plains to Namibia with deserts and canyons, indulge in this wonderful pastime whilst sipping champagne and hovering over beautiful Africa.
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Surfing
South Africa |
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Golf
South Africa & Namibia
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Boat Cruises
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South Africa, with its spectacular coastal scenery and perfect surf, boasts some of the best surfing spots in the world. From the warm waters of Durban, southwestwards down the coast to the ever popular Jeffrey's Bay, along the Garden Route to the colder waters in Cape Town, whether you are a novice or surf junkie, the waves are enticing and captivating. |
Golf enthusiasts to Southern Africa will be delighted by the perfect climate for 18 holes of the game. Besides world famous courses at Sun City, Fancourt, near George and Leopards Creek in Malelane, almost every South African city has a golf course. Whilst in Namibia, Rossmund in Swakopmund, is one of only five registered all-grass desert golf courses in the world. |
With whales and dolphins a common site along the Namibian and South African coasts there are many boat cruises available. This is your chance to view the Southern Right whales in coastal towns such as Plettenberg Bay and Hermanus from June to November and the rare and endemic Heaviside dolphins along the Namibian Skeleton Coast near Swakopmund and Walvis Bay. |
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