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Western Cape road trip

Watch this video to find out what experiences await you in the Western Cape including a visit to the quaint Cape Karoo.

Experiences to rave about in Cape Town & the Western Cape

1. Get up close & personal with Southern Right Whales on the Cape Whale Coast
   

   Visit the villages of Cape Whale Coast and Hermanus - the best land based whale watching site in the world and get within 20 metres of a whale.

   
2. Sail up Table Mountain by Cable Car & abseil your way down
   

   Abseil Cape Town's Table Mountain, South Africa's most internationally recognisable icon but if that idea makes you break out in a sweat, then hop aboard the rotating cable way for a smooth glide up to its summit.

   
3. Scramble through the Cango Caves & go ostrich racing in Oudsthoorn
   

   The Cango Caves in Oudtshoorn with its limestone cavern roofs, exquisite calcite flowers, stalactite and stalagmites formations are more than 20 million years old.

   
4. Come face to face with the Big 5 on a game drive
   

   Visit any number of Western Cape game reserves and experience the thrill of being surrounded by a pack of hungry lions, the sight of elephant bulls jousting with each other, the speed of a hunting leopard or the exhilaration of being pursued by a thundering rhino or wildebeest!

   
5. Dive with Great White Sharks in Gansbaai
   

   Toss any fear overboard, climb into a reinforced steel cage and get lowered into the deep blue for a close encounter with the oceans deadliest predator.

   
6. Hit the greens for an exquisite game of golf along the Garden Route
   

   Visit any number of world class golf courses along the Garden Route for some of the most spectacular golf you're ever likely to play.

   
7. Swim with Penguins at Boulders Beach
   

   Boulders Beach in the naval town of Simon's Town in Cape Town is the only place in the world where you can actually swim freely amongst the penguins, who are remarkably untroubled by us humans.

   
8. Launch your sails & go kitesurfing at Big Bay on the West Coast
   

   The long stretches of open beaches along the West Coast, with their steady side shore winds are rated amongst the best locations for kitesurfing in the world.

   
9. Discover wine tastings & cellar tours in the Cape Winelands
   

   Take a slow ramble along the breathtakingly beautiful wine routes of the Cape Winelands and sip some of the world's finest wines on a wine tour.

   
10. Bungee Jump off Bloukrans - the world's highest commercial bungee jump
    

    The ultimate thrill! This IS the highest commercially operated Bungy Jump in the world, all 216 meters above the Bloukrans River.