Craig’s List of Activities & Adventures in and around Cape Town and the Winelands

Whether you are booking tours with me and would like to fit some of these activities in, or are just browsing to pick up some tips, I hope you find something fun to do! Feel free to share and pass it on. Things change, so if you make any fantastic discoveries, you can let me know!

Let’s Go Bowling
Stadium-on-Main, Claremont
021 – 671 1893

Magic Bowling
Grandwest Casino
021 – 535 4582

Abseil Africa on Table Mountain and in Kamikaze Kanyon, Steenbras River (including kloofing)
021 – 424 4760 / 072 – 065 1520
https://abseilafrica.co.za

High Adventure
Ross Suter
021 689 1234 / 082 437 5145
https://www.highadventure.co.za

Venture Forth
Walther Meyer
021 55 3864 / 084 700 2867
https://www.ventureforth.co.za

City Rock Climbing Wall
Unit 5, Table Bay Industrial Park, 9 Milner Street, Paarden Eiland
021 447 1326
https://cityrock.co.za

UpCycles
Hire simple bicycles (no gears, back pedal brakes) from any of the-pick up /drop-off points at Camp’s Bay, Sea Point Pavilion next to the Sea Point Swimming Pool, or Silo 5 at the V&A Waterfront.

You can return your bicycle to the same place where you picked it up, or a different one.

074 100 9161 / 076 135 2223
https://upcycles.co.za

Pisces Divers
Simon’s Town
021 786 3799 / 083 231 0240
https://piscesdivers.co.za

Diving in the Two Oceans Aquarium
021 – 418 3823
https://www.aquarium.co.za/content/page/diving

Century Karting (indoor)
West Mezzanine Level, Canal Walk Parking
021 525 1720
https://www.karting.co.za

Wine Valley Adventures
at Rhebokskloof Wine Estate, outside Paarl
083 226 8735 / 083 657 5135
https://winevalleyadventures.com

Guided Tours:

AWOL Tours
021 418 3803 / 083 234 6428
https://www.awoltours.co.za

Bike and Saddle
021 422 3302 / 082 626 8381
https://www.bikeandsaddle.com

Bicycle hire in Franschhoek:

Franschhoek Cycling
Shop 6, Le Rue des Roses, 2 Main Street, Franschhoek

021 876 4956 / 081 401 5352
https://bicyclesouth.co.za/listings/franschhoek-cycles
https://www.franschhoekcycles.co.za

Parapax
082 881 4724
https://www.parapax.co.za

Birdmen
082 658 6710 / 082 606 6412
https://birdmen.co.za

Jump onto a fat-wheeled mountain scooter and freewheel all the way down!

Different routes available: Signal Hill + Table Mountain, Stellenbosch or Franschhoek.
082 776 0557
https://scootours.co.za

From Three Anchor Bay (Sea Point)
Cape Kayak Adventures
083 346 1146 / 074 810 2224
https://kayak.co.za

From Simon’s Town harbour to see the penguins from the water:
Kayak Cape Town
Wharf Street, Simons Town
065 707 4444
https://kayakcapetown.co.za

From below Seaforth restaurant, at Seaforth beach, to see the penguins from the water by kayaking OR stand-up paddling
Shark Warriors
Jon & Terry fund their non-profit marine conservation & education NGO by running these water activities, with a great passion for everything they do, including sharing their wealth of knowledge and conservation message as they go.
082 843 5776
https://www.sharkwarrior.com/adventure-centre

At Spier wine farm outside Stellenbosch
021 809 1157
https://segwaytours.co.za

Marine Dynamics
Gansbaai
079 930 9694
https://sharkwatchsa.com

Skydive Cape Town
Delta Airfield, 8km past Melkbosstrand turn off on R27
082 800 6290
https://www.skydivecapetown.co.za

Gary’s Surf School
Muizenberg
021 788 9839
https://garysurf.com

Southern Right Charters
Operating out of the New Harbour from June to December
082 353 0550
https://www.southernrightcharters.co.za

Silvermist
Near Constantia Nek
021 795 0225 / 079 495 3987
https://www.saforestadventures.co.za/index.php/cape-town-adventures/cape-town-ziplines

Cape Canopy Tour
Between the towering mountain peaks in the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve near Grabouw
021 300 0501
https://www.canopytour.co.za/locations/cape