ORLANDO TOWERS

WE MAY HAVE TAKEN IT TOO FAR WITH THIS ONE....but its 100% the one thing that has to be in your TOP 10 on your BUCKET LIST.

In FITNESS TRAINING & ACTIVITIES this month we decided not to go with the norm, as we wanted to focus on EXERCISE disguised as REALLY FUN DAYS OUT!!! You know, where you are having so much fun and are so distracted that you don't realise how much energy you've burnt, or how many calories you've lost, and where you wake up the next day and think , 'OMG, what did I do that I am so stiff???!!!"

That, that's what we are going for, exercise disguised as fun, shouldn't it always be...?! 

Please meet your ultimate challenge...

 

This is one serious full-on day outing that will leave you breathless, tired, exhilarated, and fully charged to take on life and anything it throws at you, bugger lemons, bring me something more hard-core...LIKE THROW BUSES AT ME!!! 

We did this, and we LOVE IT. 

The ORLANDO TOWERS VERTICAL ADVENTURE CENTRE was the brain child of Rob Woods, back in 2001.Now owned and managed by NICO MYBURG who has 20 years on extreme sports experience, motivated by introducing people to the world of adrenaline. 

They have taken the cooling towers in SOWETO and made them into the best playground you'll ever find, its amazing what they have brought to this game, and its includes, Bungee Jumping (100m) between the towers, the worlds highest SCAD Freefall, in the towers from 70m up, the SWING in between the towers, the ABSEILING or RAP-JUMPING down the outside of the towers, to the WALL-CLIMBING up the towers, and they even added PAINT-BALLING....its a full-day, BUT WORTH EVERY BIT OF FEAR YOU HAVE WHEN YOU ARRIVE....it becomes full-on ADRENALINE PUMPING POINT-PROVING, LIFE CHANGING, MIND-ALTERING FUN....oh, and there's BASE JUMPING, just because, why not?!

At the end of a hellish day, there is an awesome restaurant aclled CHAF POZI, its a Shisa Nyama Restaurant & Shebeen with the best AFRICAN BRAAI styled food, entertainment and some of the best DJ's you've heard in a long time. (Maybe we enjoyed that part because we could drink afterwards.) But that was the cherry on the cake, didn't expect to want to stay into the late evening.

Seriously, do yourself a favour, go check out orlandotowers.co.za, you may be scared, but you will never ever regret it...DO IT!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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QUAD BIKING with INDUNA ADVENTURES

Whoohoooo, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!!!!

TRAVEL & RELAXATION, ok, so you might think we've got things wrong here, as this may not come across as relaxing, at all, but its the fun factor, the thrill factor, THAT, that part that excites us, creates endorphin rushes and all that stuff, which ultimately makes us happy,which relaxes us! See, we are still on that part, the relax part, and we make you travel to parts of the country you should be seeing more often...ahem, done, dusted, sorted!!!

Meet, QUAD BIKING with....

Quad Biking & Quad Bikes, or, to be more precise, ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES, are fun things, toys,  really big ones. They are noisy, like a motor bike, and whatever you do with them, you will more than likely get messy, but more likely than that, you wont want to get off, ever, like in ever ever.

They are so easy to ride, especially if an automatic, and they really can cover most terrain thrown at them, you don't have to balance them like a bike, which requires clever 'leaning' techniques, but then fun part is riding it like a biker, acting all cool, but safer, but still just as cool... its also the best way to view the world.

Located outside HAZYVIEW on the PANORAMA ROUTE, just 20 minutes from the KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, INDUNA ADVENTURES is one of the biggest QUAD BIKING TRAIL operatorsin the country with more than 40 quad bikes in their fleet. They take pride in their unique trails, professional guides and Quality Suzuki Quads. The trails follow hand cut quad tracks through indigenous forests and blue gum plantations, through to spectacular waterfall view points. 

They have 1-hour, 2-hour and our best, a 4-hour trail. (DO THAT ONE!)

They also have a whole host of other really cool activities, such White Water Tubing, River Rafting, Paintballing, Zip-lining...REALLY a playground of adventure and fun!!!

To find out more, go to Induna Adventures Quad-Bike Trails

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BLACKWATER TUBING STORMSRIVER

TOTALLY CLAPPING HANDS LIKE A RETARDED SEAL ON CRACK RIGHT NOW, we LOVE this adventure, it really is exercise, but they lie to you and sell it sugar coated in fun and excitement. 

This month in FITNESS TRAINING & ACTIVITIES, we are giving you alternatives to 'normal' exercise and sourcing OUTDOOR ADVENTURES that are so exhilarating that you wont know, til its over, that you've just had the workout of your life. 

Meet....

Tsitsikamma Black Water Tubing, A.K.A "Storms River Tubing", takes you on an unforgettable and totally unique adventure that includes TUBING, SWIMMING & BOULDERING, through the world renowned Tsitsikamma National Park on the Garden Route. 

Black Water Tubing trips are run all year round and the experience varies from a white water action-packed roller coaster ride, to a chilled day out in Mother Nature with optional Tubing Jumps. The adventure starts and ends at TUBE 'n AXE Accommodation in the Storms River Village on the Garden Route. 

They offer half-day & full day trips. The Half-Day Trip is conducted on the upper section of the river where the river is at its widest, and safest, and is therefor suitable for folks with an average fitness level. Here the indigenous Forrest's cascade down to the river edge and sightings of birds such as the half collard, pied and giant kingfishers, fish eagles, and Knysna Louries are common place. 

The Full-Day Trip is taken on the lower section of the river with the exit in the Storms River Mouth in the Tsitsikammma Coastal National Park, and this is NOT for the unfit or fainthearted, as the adventure will take up to 5 hours.

This Tubing experience is a total scenic adventure, that is an fun as it is beautiful, and there are hours of swimming, rock-hopping, tube-jumps, bouncing down small bubbling rapids, and also includes kloofing & bouldering...this is a jam packed adventure!

Please go check out their website and BOOK NOW!!!!

www.blackwatertubing.net

They also have accomodation and awesome braai's.

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KIRSTENBOSCH BOTANICAL GARDENS

When was the last time you took a little trip to your nearest Botanical Garden? Did you know that we have 9 of them? We didn't, and man we sure are glad that this blog has brought us to visit some of the most incredible spaces in the World, right here, in Sunny S.A. 

This month in TRAVEL & RELAXATION, we kinda combined TRAVEL & RELAX,  and remind you of, or take you to, places that really are only a day outing, close enough to the city you are in, or travel to, and show you some FUN DAYS OUT, where you get to engage with the natural wonders we have, and some of the man-made wonders we have generated, and sometimes a combination of both.

Meet...

Firstly, lets remind you of the Gardens we have to view, other than KIRSTENBOSCH, we also have Hantam, Walter Sisulu, Harold Porter, Free State, Pretoria, Karoo Desert, Kwa-Zulu Natal & Lowveld, you can find out more about each @ www.sanbi.org/gardens.

But we want to 'remind' you of whats on offer at Kirstenbosch, we say 'remind', as WE SHOULD ALL KNOW THIS, but we didn't, so you are forgiven if you don't know too. 

ITS AMAZING, firstly, and probably the most important part, THE GARDEN, its truly breathtaking. It's acclaimed as one of the most beautiful gardens in the world, in the Top 7 of Botanical Gardens, and the most beautiful garden in Africa. 

There are very few gardens that can even come close to the sheer grandeur of this garden, as its set against the eastern slopes of Cape Towns Table Mountain...TOTAL WIN RIGHT???!!!

The garden was established in 1913 to promote, conserve and display the extraordinarily rich & diverse flora of Southern Africa, and was the first Botanical Garden in the world to be devoted to a country's indigenous flora. 

Besides the garden itself, it has a custom built glasshouse to grow and display plants from the arid regions that cannot survive outdoors here, and there are over 7000 species in cultivation at Kistenbosch, including rare threatened species. 

This garden is a 36 hectare garden, and is part of a 528 hectare estate that contains protected mountainside supporting natural forest and fynbos along with a variety of animals and birds. The estate borders the Table Mountain National Park, and the Kirstenbosch lies in the heart of the Cape Floral Kingdom.....in short, ITS DAMN BEAUTIFUL!!!!

They have just installed the most incredible TREE CANOPY WALKWAY,  a 130m steel and timber bridge that winds and dips its way through and over the trees of the Arboretum. Inspired by a snake skeleton, and informally called the Boomslang, or tree-snake, the walkway takes visitors from the forest floor into and through the trees and bursts out above the the canopy, giving spectacular panoramic vistas of the surrounding mountains, Garden and the Cape Flats. (Its 12m above ground, so its sure to be exiting too.) 

We also have another favourite feature of the garden, besides the Picnic Spots, or the Hotel, or the Art in  the Garden, the Venue spots, or even the Restaurants, MOYO & THE KIRSTENBOSCH TEA ROOM, being ultra cool, no, OUR FAVOURITE part of the Garden is the fact that it has its own CONCERT VENUE, with the backdrop pf the Garden and the Mountains behind, COULD YOU GET ANY BETTER???!!!!

For the rest of the year they have Carols, Just Jinger, amongst others, and THE BEST NEW YEARS EVE CONCERT you can ever go to, TRUST!!! But next year in January already they have a line up that includes, PRIME CIRCLE, THE PARLOTONES, JIMMY NEVIS, and a very long list of A-GRADE artists from our own shores. 

Time your visit to go early, check out the Gardens, maybe stay overnight at the hotel, its stunning too, and then go see a concert, IT WILL BE THE BEST DAY EVER!!!!

Aaaah, again there is too much to talk about in one setting, so let them say it best, find them @ KIRSTENBOSCH GARDENS.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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