Things to do

Adventure in Hazyview

From R120 per person

A short zipline of about 120 m at Perry's Bridge Trading Post in Hazyview, run by Skyway Trails, which lands on the Tower Jump platform. The ride itself takes only a few minutes.

Experience in Hoedspruit

Mid-range

Bushwack Birding by WEST RADIUS offers specialist guided birding and wildlife photography experiences from Hoedspruit and surrounding areas. Led by Sarel van der Westhuizen, the service includes private birding outings, hosted birding weekends, tailored multi-day programmes and photography-friendly field experiences. Bushwack Birding also supports lodges and reserves with birding experience development, routes, hotspots, species knowledge and practical product guidance. Experiences are grounded in responsible wildlife viewing, local field knowledge and practical experience.

Experience

Mid-range

We are a small South African safari company offering mindful safari experiences in Kruger National Park. Our guided Kruger safaris invite you to slow down, listen deeply, and experience the African bush with presence, awe, and appreciation.

Adventure in Raptors View

Mid-range

The Equine House offers horseback safari rides into a 600 hectare wilderness area in Hoedspruit. We cater to riders of all experience levels and can do 1 or 2 hour trails. Surrounded by nature and getting to explore it on a horse with an experienced guide is a special way to reset and relax!

Experience in Hoedspruit

Mid-range

Wild Camping South Africa offers an exclusive, fully hosted wild camping experience in the heart of Big Five country. Camp unfenced and immersed in the African bush, where wildlife roams freely around you. Enjoy morning and afternoon guided game drives, bush walks, our bush spa, bushveld gourmet meals prepared by our executive chef, sundowner stops and unforgettable evenings around the fire under the stars. Bring your own camper or rent one from us and experience the bush the way it was meant to be — untamed, unfenced and unforgettable.

Experience in Hoedspruit Wildlife Estate

Price on request

Guided horseback trails of one or two hours through the bush of Hoedspruit Wildlife Estate, plus a longer equestrian and wildlife holiday programme for young adults. Riders need some experience and there is an 85 kg weight limit.

Experience in Hoedspruit

Price on request

Guided night sky safaris and stargazing evenings around Hoedspruit, run by astronomer Ben Coley, who also trains lodge guides in astronomy.

Experience in the Panorama Route

Price on request

A lift experience that takes visitors down into the Graskop Gorge, open every day just outside Graskop on the road to Hazyview. The same site sells Big Swing, zipline and cliff walk tickets and has two cafés.

Experience in Hoedspruit

Price on request

A wildlife conservation centre on the R40 near Hoedspruit that cares for endangered and injured animals. Visitors join guided tours of about two hours, run several times a day.

Day trip in Hoedspruit

From R115 per person

A reptile centre on the R527 about 15 km from Hoedspruit, open daily, where visitors can learn about local snakes and other reptiles. It also runs a free snake rescue service and snake awareness training.

Day trip in Kampersrus

From R205 per person

Wildlife rehabilitation centre near Kampersrus on the R531 that cares for injured and orphaned animals and runs guided educational tours. There is no animal contact.

Experience in Hoedspruit

Price on request

Guided horseback rides through the bushveld near Hoedspruit, with one and two-hour trails and overnight camping trails. Also runs a 14-day equine and wildlife veterinary volunteer programme.

Adventure in Hazyview

From R695 per person

A guided aerial cable trail of about two and a half hours over a forested valley on the Sabie River near Hazyview, linking ten platforms with eight slides. Groups are capped at eight, from age three, with a 120 kg weight limit.

Adventure in Kampersrus

Price on request

Group adventure camp on a 14-hectare fenced property beside the Blyde River near Kampersrus, at the foot of the Northern Drakensberg. It hosts school, church, family and corporate groups of up to 300 in chalets and dormitories, with all meals, a facilitator and team activities included, and runs tubing on the Blyde River, day visits, kids' parties and functions. Its sister company, Blyde Canyon Safaris, runs the Blyde Dam boat cruises.

Experience in Hoedspruit

Price on request

Axe-throwing venue at Bosveld Village on the R40 outside Hoedspruit.

Adventure in Hazyview

From R180 per person

A tower jump at Perry's Bridge Trading Post in Hazyview, run by Skyway Trails, where you step off a platform and a Powerfan device controls the descent. Each jump takes about 10 minutes.

Experience in Balule

Price on request

Adventure in Blyde River

Price on request

Sunrise hot air balloon flights of about an hour over the Blyde River, 15 km west of Hoedspruit at the foot of the Northern Drakensberg escarpment, all year round. Tea and coffee while the balloons are inflated, then sparkling wine and a flight certificate after landing.

Adventure in Hazyview

From R220 per person

High ropes course of about 19 obstacles, including rope bridges, balance beams and a spider's web, that finishes on a 50 m zipline in the gardens of Perry's Bridge Trading Post in Hazyview. Participants must be at least 1.3 m tall.

Experience in Hoedspruit Wildlife Estate

Price on request