Typical adventures in South Africa

Adventure name : Abseiling
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Descending down a steep vertical face, suspended on a rope
Variations / related adventures : Rappjumping / Rapp jumping / Rap jumping (Rappel jumping)

Adventure name : Aircraft acrobatics
Adventure type : Air
Adventure details : Pilots doing various tricks with aircraft
Variations / related adventures : Air shows, dogfights, co-ordinated flying stunts

Adventure name : Archery
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : The modern Robin hood
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Adventure name : Boat racing
Adventure type : Water
Adventure details : Using motor-propelled boats to do time laps or competition racing on fresh water or the ocean
Variations / related adventures : Speedboats

Adventure name : Bridge swinging
Adventure type : Air
Adventure details : Similar to bungee but instead of going right down, it does a pendulum movement and swing underneath an adjacent bridge
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Adventure name : Bungee Jumping
Adventure type : Air
Adventure details : Jumping off a high base with elastic rope tied to legs or body
Variations / related adventures : Bungee rocket

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Adventure name : Canoeing
Adventure type : Water
Adventure details : Paddling on water with a canoe. The water could be standing, flowing or even rapidly flowing
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Adventure name : Canopy tours
Adventure type : Air
Adventure details : sliding from one high level to another along a cable
Variations / related adventures : “Foefie” slide

Adventure name : Caving
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Navigating through caves by climbing, sliding and swimming through various parts of it with various techniques
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Adventure name : Clay-pigeon shooting
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Disc projected into the air and then ideally shot into pieces in the air, usually with a shotgun
Variations / related adventures : Laser-pigeon shooting

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Adventure name : Fishing
Adventure type : Water
Adventure details : Using a fishing-rod, tackle and hooks and bait or a net to catch fresh water or marine fish
Variations / related adventures : Bass fishing, Marlin fishing

Adventure name : Go-karting
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Indoors or outdoors mini cars, usually with two-stroke engines used for racing around a circuit
Variations / related adventures : Bump cars

Adventure name : Hang gliding
Adventure type : Air
Adventure details : Projecting off a high area with an airframe (lifting wing) and then being suspended below the wing in a harness
Variations / related adventures : (paragliding)

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Adventure name : Helicopter flips
Adventure type : Air
Adventure details : Going for a short distance ride or scenic tour in a helicopter
Variations / related adventures : Helicopter manoeuvres, tricks and acrobatics

Adventure name : Hiking
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Walking in the outdoors (usually with a backpack and supplies)
Variations / related adventures : backpacking

Adventure name : Horse riding
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Age old transport method turned into a sport
Variations / related adventures : Horse racing, horse jumping, horse polo, fox hunting

Adventure name : Hot air ballooning
Adventure type : Air
Adventure details : A balloon like structure with a basket underneath that is lifts into the air by blowing heat into the balloon
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Adventure name : Hunting
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Shooting wildlife for the purpose of meat consumption or trophy-collection
Variations / related adventures : Culling, trophy hunting, fox hunting, spear fishing

Adventure name : Jet flights
Adventure type : Air
Adventure details : A trip inside a jet plane with different adrenaline-rush activities performed by the pilot
Variations / related adventures : Formation flights and air-manoeuvres

Adventure name : Kite buggying
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Three-wheeled vehicle driven with driver’s feet while handling a kite with arms and using wind-power as propulsion
Variations / related adventures : kite surfing

Adventure name : Kite surfing
Adventure type : Water
Adventure details : Using a board almost like a sand board to ride on the water and manoeuvring a kite at the same time to use the wind as propulsion
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Adventure name : Kloofing
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Using one or a combination of techniques to move through gorges and other valley-like areas
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Adventure name : Laser quest
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Special body armour that picks up the beams from a non-penetrative laser gun and scoring based on hits during the game
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Adventure name : Micro-lighting
Adventure type : Air
Adventure details : An airframe with seating structure, wheels and engine propelled to take off from landing strip and fly around
Variations / related adventures : (powered paragliding)

Adventure name : Motor racing
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : High speed competitive racing using various forms of motorcars
Variations / related adventures : Grand prix, formula one, land speed tests, Raleigh, drag racing

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Adventure name : Motorbiking
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Different travelling styles using a motorbike as transport method
Variations / related adventures : Motorbike racing, touring, breakfast runs, motorbike safaris, motocross

Adventure name : Mountain biking
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Cycling Offroad and on obstacle course tracks
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Adventure name : Mountain climbing
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Walking and climbing using various techniques to ascend up against and back down a mountain
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Adventure name : Mountaineering
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Climbing up or down a mountain using various techniques and usually rope for safety
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Adventure name : Offroad/4x4
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Rough terrain travelling in an all-wheel-drive vehicle
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Adventure name : Orienteering
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Finding a route through a piece of landscape and being scored on a variety of criteria (time, accuracy, etc.)
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Adventure name : Paddle skiing
Adventure type : Water
Adventure details : Using a surfboard-like floating board with curves to allow better grip and where feet are hooked into and then using a paddle to navigate through and on waves and the surf
Variations / related adventures : Surfskiing

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Adventure name : Paintball
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Gas-propelled guns shooting balls of paint that bursts on impact and leaves blops of different colour paint on target
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Adventure name : Paragliding
Adventure type : Air
Adventure details : Projecting off a high area with a parachute and gliding through the air, while being suspended in a harness
Variations / related adventures : Parasailing

Adventure name : Quad biking
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Also called four-wheelers, quad bikes make ideal vehicles for rough terrain and obstacle tracks
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Adventure name : Raleighing
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Off-road challenges with various obstacles and teams of drivers and navigators using modified commercial road cars to complete the set route
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Adventure name : River Rafting
Adventure type : Water
Adventure details : Using a one/more person raft to go down a river and paddling to navigate through rapids and other areas of the river
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Adventure name : Scuba Diving
Adventure type : Water
Adventure details : Diving into the ocean or other water-containing area with oxygen containing devices and flippers
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Adventure name : Shark Diving
Adventure type : Water
Adventure details : Diving with and around sharks in the ocean
Variations / related adventures : Shark cage-diving, White-shark diving

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Adventure name : Skydiving
Adventure type : Air
Adventure details : Jumping out of a perfectly functional aeroplane and making use of a parachute to slowly descend, navigate, approach and land
Variations / related adventures : Static line, accelerated free-fall, tandem

Adventure name : Snorkelling
Adventure type : Water
Adventure details : Using a snorkel and usually flippers to dive just below the water surface in order to experience the underwater life
Variations / related adventures : Cave diving

Adventure name : Surfing
Adventure type : Water
Adventure details : Using a surfboard to ride waves in the ocean
Variations / related adventures : Long boarding, body boarding

Adventure name : Tree Top Swinging
Adventure type : Air
Adventure details : Swing through treetops from one rope to another
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Adventure name : Wildlife Safaris
Adventure type : Earth
Adventure details : Going on a trip in wildlife area for a certain period of time, be it by foot or other transport method
Variations / related adventures : Night-drives, game drives, game viewing, off-road trips

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