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Welcome to South Africa, the ultimate destination for adrenaline junkies. If you want some excitement in your life then hit the ultimate adrenaline junkie tour on our backpacking in South Africa Adrenaline tour!

This customisable extreme sports tour is the ultimate in adventure travel backpacking in South Africa! It is all about pushing the limits of your comfort zone,  whilst exploring and backpacking in South Africa: one of the worlds most beautiful backpacking destinations and haven for extreme sports adventures. The backpacking tour of South Africa enables you to  meet loads of new friends and  share exciting extreme sports experiences while having the time of your life.

As Extreme sports and adventure backpacking tours go, this is a must for the independent backpacker. The tour is designed to give you the freedom travel where you want, for how long you want and do what you want. We cut out the hassle by sorting out the logistics and providing some of the most extreme action the worlds top extreme sports destination has to offer, at the same time we offer exceptional value and promise you a once in a lifetime trip!
The extreme sports backpacking tour in South Africa comprises of a flexible hop on hop off ticket
on a backpacker tour bus network (Baz bus) and a tailor made mix and match set of adrenaline activities guaranteed to deliver extreme sports excitement! The backpacking tour route travels to all the major destinations in South Africa and will drop you off at your desired hostel. For details about the route and bus click here.  It is a great way to see the country and meet fellow Backpackers and share adventures. You will see South Africa in all its beautiful diversity, from the worlds greatest game parks, rich tribal culture, stunning beautiful countryside and crap your pants thrill seeking all at the same time.

You can go with the flow or  you able to pre-book your  South Africa backpacker hostel accommodation through our site.

Note: All bookings also come complete with a free cape peninsula tour and Kruger park Safari included.

In association with South African Tourism

Great White Shark Cage Diving, South Africa                                                

Text Box: This is possibly the greatest extreme sports thrill that you will ever experience while backpacking in South Africa. Just imagine pulling up on the boat in 'Shark Alley' with Shark man Mike Rutzen,  and climbing into a cage surrounded by great white sharks!

Sky Diving in Cape Town                                                                                     

Text Box: Sky Diving while backpacking in South Africa has got to be one of the most exciting experiences in the world. Find out why tandem skydiving is hailed as the ultimate extreme sport. No adventure travel extreme sports backpacking tour would be complete with out a jump now would it?

The Worlds Highest Bungee   (Plettenburg)                                                     

Text Box: At a staggering 216m, South Africa’s Bloukrans is the highest commercially operating extreme sports bungee jump in the world,  The setting is breathtaking. 40 km from Plettenberg Bay, you will find the highest single span arch bridge in the world. Every year people go backpacking in South Africa just to do this alone!

Paragliding over Cape Town                                                                               

Text Box: Discover the rush of paragliding over Cape Town on our  extreme sport and adventure travel backpacking tour in South Africa. A beautiful setting as you glide over table mountain with a huge smile on your face.

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Xtreme Gap South Africa Adrenaline Tour:

Extreme Sports & Adventure Travel Backpacking in South Africa

If you are looking to combine adventure travel and independent backpacking in South Africa, with an adrenaline filled extreme sports experience. Have we got the adventure for you.

Text Box: This is extreme as it gets. Our extreme sport shark diving expeditions will give you incredible access to the sharks, to experience, study and learn about these magnificent creatures while backpacking in South Africa. Freediving or Scuba with Tiger sharks.
Text Box: Sour above the game parks surrounding the Kruger park spotting game of fly through the worlds 2nd largest canyon for some awe inspiring views. A great prelude to the kruger park safari. adventure travel in south African airspace!

Tubing Storms River                                         

Text Box: Tubing in the Storms River.
Tubing, sometimes adrenaline filled, some times more of a relaxing adventure is a great way to spend a day.

The Worlds Highest Abseil & Mountain Bike Adventure                                From €125

Text Box: Cape Town in South Africa is home to the worlds highest Abseil. Rappel down table mountain and then continue you adventure on mountain bike as you bomb down the rest of the mountain. The highest abseil in the world is an extreme sports adventure travel experience not to be missed!

Kite Surfing in Cape Town                                                                                    From €120

Text Box: Kite Surfing in Cape Town is great extreme sport, and a great way to kick off your back packing in South Africa. The setting is spectacular, Kite surfing with Table mountain as a back drop. Just spend a day learning the ropes or take a 2 day IKO certified course.

Sand Boarding                                                                                                        From €45

Text Box: Want a great day out during your backpacking in South Africa? Try sand boarding! You will be taught to easily master the basics to more advanced sand boarding techniques, and of course, ensuring exciting, fun filled action is a stunning movie set location close to Cape Town.

Crocodile Cage Diving                                                                                           Enquire

Text Box: Extreme sport with teeth.  Ok may be not an extreme sport, but definitely one for the adventurous. Get in a cage surrounded by African nile crocodiles before seeing some more wonderful animals at a tiger sanctuary

Tiger Shark Free Diving in the Aliwal Shoal                                                   

South Africa Adrenaline Tour

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