Things to do

There is an abundance of superb things to do and here's a great selection.

The bulk of these will be from Get Your Guide (and some from Viator). If you use one of these links the price should be exactly the same as booking directly. We receive a small affiliate fee for the link being used.

The big advantage of these links is that most of them are cancellable until 24 hours before going (do check each one as some might be a day or two longer). If any trip plans change you aren't committed at all. In addition, Get Your Guide have a great app where you can manage your bookings and save your ticket for use offline.

We'll update these as we discover more great ideas. Some of these will be covered in greater depth on our favourites page.

There are a number of great links below and under each image a brief description - just click on the image to access the relevant link.

You will find below ideas for

• Cape Town

• Addo

• Plettenberg Bay

• Knysna

• Franschhoek and Stellenbosch

• Hermanus and Gansbaai

• Storms River

• Oudtshoorn

• Hoedspruit

• St. Lucia

• Pilanesberg

Cape Town

Table Mountain Cable Car ticket - take a trip up the mountain for great views of the city below

Kirstenbosch Gardens entry ticket - fantastic planted gardens demonstrating the local fynbos flora and more

Cape Town Hop On bus - a great way to explore Cape Town, the stop at Table Mountain is a lot easier than parking there

Table Mountain Hike - let an expert guide you to the top

Robben Island tour - take the ferry out to the Unesco recognised site, the prison that held Nelson Mandela

Cape Town Wheel - take the wheel to get high level views of the city and ocean

Pre-sunset cruise - enjoy a one hour trip from the V&A out into the Atlantic

From Cape Town - half-day wine tour - enjoy a cellar tour and tasting in nearby Stellenbosch

V&A Marine Tour - one and a half hours on an eco-tour spotting marine wildlife

Shark dive - head out to Gansbaai from either Cape Town or Hermanus and enter a shark cage for a close up encounter

Beach Ride - an hour on the beach next to the Atlantic

Diamond Museum Private Tour - get close to the diamonds in this short tour

District Six Museum entry - discover the history and memories of apartheid

Lion's Head hike - pick the sunrise or sunset option for dramatic views close to Table Mountain

Table Mountain Abseil - make your way down over a hundred metres of cliff with expansive views of the city

Cape Town Cultural Tour - this walk heads through numerous culturally significant locations from Bo-Kaap to District Six

Cape Point and Boulders Beach - stopping at more besides, take in the most south-westerly point of Africa as well as the penguin colony

Skeleton Gorge hike - take an alternative route up Table Mountain from Kirstenbosch Gardens

Cape Town sea forest snorkel - a guided tour of the Great African Sea Forest for two hours

Cape Town Marine Big 5 Cruise - from the V&A spend ninety minutes looking for sea creatures

Gansbaai Marine Big 5 Cruise - transport from Cape Town or Hermanus, then a full day at sea

Cape Town cruise with prosecco - a ninety minute cruise from the V&A into Table Bay

Cape Town 12 minute helicopter ride - get a bird's eye view of Cape Town's highlights

Cape Town Kayaking - head into Hout Bay for a two hour guided trip

Cape Town Tandem Skydive - take in the amazing views as you free fall for half a minute then descend over the winelands and Cape Peninsular

Cape Town Tandem Paragliding - take off from Signal Hill and forty five minutes make your way back there

Cape Town Quad Bikes - a guided fast moving hour in the sand dunes

Cape Town 24 minute helicopter flight - see all that Cape Town has to offer from above

Cape Town wildflower hike

Addo

Full day trip - two 3 -hour drives, lunch, park entry fee included and pick from four places

Half-day trip to the park, pick up at Addo village. Park entry fee is not included

Plettenberg Bay

Plettenberg Bay Whale Cruise - a guided trip lasting two hours

Plettenberg Bay Swim with Seals - after a boat ride spend thirty minutes snorkelling among the seals

Plettenberg Bay Canyoning - using all sorts of methods, head down the canyon over a couple of hours

Knysna

Knysna Quad Bikes - take a 12 to 15 km route through the forests

Knysna Whale Cruise - two hours at sea in search of whales

Knysna Lagoon Cruise - seventy five minutes on a guided cruise in the lagoon and to the Knysna Heads

Franschhoek and Stellenbosch

Franschhoek hike at Mont Rochelle

Stellenbosch half day hike with wine tasting

From Cape Town - Half-day wine tour - enjoy a cellar tour and tasting in nearby Stellenbosch

Hermanus and Gansbaai

Hermanus Whales and Dolphins - spend two hours at sea with a specialist guide on board

Gansbaai Marine Big 5 Cruise - transport from Cape Town or Hermanus, then a full day at sea

Shark dive - head out to Gansbaai from either Cape Town or Hermanus and enter a shark cage for a close up encounter

Storms River

Storms River Zipline Canopy Tour - a guided journey 30 metres above the Tsitsikamma National Park

Storm River tubing - after a walk down the gorge head down the river for a breath taking journey through Tsitisikamma national Park

Oudtshoorn

Klein Karoo Quad bikes - an off-road forty five minutes near Oudtshoorn

Oudtshoorn Swartberg Mountains hike with lunch

Klein Karoo - ninety minute ride

Hoedspruit

Hoedspruit Blyde River Canyon Cruise - cruise through the stunning canyon for ninety minutes

St.Lucia

St. Lucia lake cruise - to hours on the water in a lake with a huge hippo population as well as crocodiles

Pilanesberg

Pilanesberg Hot Air Balloon - spend several hours floating over the savannah, seeing what you can spot