Just five kilometres outside Caledon in the Western Cape is the ultimate thrill with SA Forest Adventures’s new K3 Zipline, officially the longest in the world.
There are adventures to be had in our backyard, go explore them.
In this remote place, there are more polar bears than people, no taxes, visas, or cats, and it’s illegal to die or be born there.
Sitting in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the ‘space graveyard’ is also known as the “pole of inaccessibility,” with the nearest patch of land 2,700km away.
Even though Charles Darwin sailed the HMS Beagle around the world nearly two centuries ago, his epic voyage is still inspiring young environmentalists today.
In 2013, Torbjørn “Thor” Pedersen, left everything behind to begin an epic journey with one goal in mind: To visit every country on the planet.
“I am very relieved that I had what it takes for an adventure like this but also very grateful that it has come to an end. The experience is one that I will cherish for the rest of my days.”
Intrepid adventurer and occasional bug-eater, Bear Grylls, was in Cape Town last week to deliver a motivational speech and climb Lion’s Head.
For some people, getting stuck between a rock and a hard place is completely desirable.
National Geographic covered five categories for its ‘Best of World 2022’ list – Nature, Adventure, Sustainability, Culture and History, and Family.
Some American YouTubers created a bucket list video of 12 epic things to do in our country, and it’s racking up huge views.
The Darvaza crater, which is also known as ‘the Gates of Hell’, has been engulfed in flames for almost 50 years.
What do you get when you combine downhill mountain biker Greg Minnaar, khaki, and the rolling hills of KZN? Well, first place in this competition, for a start.
Thanks to the efforts of tireless volunteers, all of South Africa’s national parks are now on Google Street View. Please do enjoy.
A pilot is replicating an adventure his hero took back in 1929, from Norway to Cape Town, and his ride is pretty cool.
Ugh, in Putin’s latest media stunt, he can’t help but be adventurous and head on to the bottom of the Black Sea – check the video.
Depending on how you feel about heights and enclosed spaces, this hotel could be the coolest night’s sleep you’ll ever get
Mmmm, Sunday nights + Carte Blanche are a South African institution. You don’t get between the two, and this Sunday will be a prime example.
Two men, 19 days and a whole lot of willpower. Mix well, turn up the gees and you have a historic summit of the world’s most notorious cliff face.
Let’s make 2015 one to remember, because being boring is so last year. Now, with a funky new social media campaign, it’s easier than ever to #trysomethingnew.
Soon Doong Cave in Vietnam is the largest cave in the world, and next year you will be able to go on a six day tour there for R30,035! The cave is 5.5 miles long, could house a 40-story skyscraper, has a resident river, waterfall and jungle!
As you may know, I’m going to be racing in the Continental #Run2Stop challenge this November. If you didn’t catch the breakdown of the event, you can read that here. As the designated “blogger” for my team, I’ll be doing the driving charity legs of the race, as well as instagramming photos of flowers and/or […]
Ladies and gents, boys and girls, allow me to jog your memory. Last year you may have caught wind of the Continental #Run2Stop challenge. What is that, you ask? Let’s pause here for a second. Watch the video above to get the gist of of the thing.
At the end of last month, we predicted that these two guys would probably die. Well, here’s our steaming humble pie. Two British adventurers, Philip Young(64) and Paul Brace (45), left Cape Town on 1 February for a trans-continental drive. The two left the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town in their 875cc Fiat Panda, to drive the […]
While on a kayak trip down the Amazon River, a young South African adventurer was ambushed by a pair of youths. His attackers shot him three times and left him for dead but, despite his serious wounds, he got up and ran 5km to the nearest village to receive help.
Lookout, we have a badass on out hands. Although the story is only emerging now, in 1993 Emile Leray’s Citroen down broke in a Moroccan desert miles from nearest village. Unfazed, he took the car apart and turned it into a motorbike.
Even though I don’t have to say it, I will. GoPro has revolutionized the way we see the extreme sports world. Gone are long-shots filmed with super-zoom lenses. With GoPro you’re right in the action, making you wish you were there. Not convinced? Click through to watch the vid.
Sailing around the world, stopping off to bask in the sun on white sandy beaches and exploring the hidden treasures of beautiful remote Pacific islands; these were, most likely, on Stefan Ramin’s lists of things to do when he set out on his adventures. Getting eaten by a cannibal tour guide however, was not.
It’s good to see our antipodean friends still have a sense of humour after all the flooding and disaster that’s hit them. An enterprising couple looked out their bedroom window yesterday, saw the river was coming down hectically and decided to go for a joy ride on blow up dolls when the plan, well, blew up in their faces.