ADRENALIN ADDO, EASTERN CAPE
If you’re the competitive type, listen up: At Adrenalin Addo, you can ride what is claimed to be Africa’s longest double zipline. Ever wanted to race your best bud? Now you can! The zipline spanning the Sundays River is 65 m high, 500 m long and allows you to reach speeds of up to 80 km/h.
Pant your way to the top of the hill with your harness, leaving the aloes and prickly pears behind. Turn your head and you’ll see the Zuurberg, where Boer, British and Xhosa soldiers fought and fell more that 100 years ago. Running below is the unstoppable Sundays River, like a metaphor for the history that flows along with it.
“Three, two, one!” Suddenly you’re flying high above the river, as…