2012年6月8日星期五

Cape Town Adrenalin Activities

Cape Town Adrenalin Activities

Cape Town blend of mountains and oceans,mbt schuhe, balmy Mediterranean climate and unrivalled natural beauty is the ideal destination for thrill seekers. Commercial operators have cottoned on to its extraordinary riches up for grabs, so if you are more inclined to test your nerve under the watchful eyes of the experts,hogan vendita, Cape Town adrenalin activities are both safe and value-for-money.

Some of the more formidable and popular challenges take place in and around the city and are all within a 200km radius of luxurious waterfront apartments in Cape Town,Christian Louboutin Pas Cher, the preferred choice of discerning visitors to the other City?

Kloofing

A perennial favourite for both locals and the legions of visitors who pour into the country each season is undoubtedly that of kloofing, referred to as anyoning?in the rest of the world. A decidedly unique Western Cape experience,mbt schuhe günstig, kloofing demands a relatively high level of fitness as participants often have to endure long and sometimes back-breaking ascents and descents in an effort to get into the kloof.

Once in the bowels of the earth,Christian Louboutin, the strenuous exercise really begins with boulder hopping, swimming, wading and extreme leaps off sheer cliffs of up to 15 metres in height. This may all appear rather tame to the adrenalin junkie, but when you consider kloofs like the famed Wit Els, which takes 4-5 days to discover with a 20kg backpack pitching precariously from side to side as you make your way down the river, this activity will soon separate the men from the boys!

Deep water diving

Although the Cape oceans can never rival their warm water counterparts,hogan, where flotillas of kaleidoscope-coloured fish keep divers entranced, there are literally dozens of fascinating shipwrecks and thick kelp forests just waiting to be discovered.

Commercial dive operators offer scheduled dives from both the shore and dive boats. One of the most popular shore dive sites is Oudekraal on the Atlantic Coast, literally 10 minutes?drive from the V&A Waterfront. Apart from the colourful and spooky Justin Cave,christian louboutin soldes, dive enthusiasts are treated to a viewing of one of the oldest known shipwrecks in South Africa: the Het Huis te Kraaienstein that sank in 1670.

Skydiving

About 20 minutes from the marina apartments in the fabled V&A Waterfront, intrepid skydivers are treated to one of the best drop zones in the country. It has unparalleled views of the arid West Coast, Robben Island and Table mountain from on high. And if a solo leap of faith is out of the question, then opt for a tandem dive with an experienced instructor. A 200km freefall of about 3-4 minutes in length will have even the most hardened thrill-seekers gasping for breath.

Other evergreen and challenging activities available in the Cape include

mountain biking
rock climbing
paragliding
wave jumping
abseiling
sand boarding
jet skiing
kite boarding
a whole lot more

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