South Africa's diverse landscape of mountains, forests, rugged coast and sandy beaches, as well as miles of veldt (veld - Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch, field) and game-trampled national parks, make this supreme outdoor terrain.

This fact hasn't been overlooked by South Africans themselves, who have been playing in the outdoors for decades.

The result is a well-developed infrastructure for activities, an impressive national network of hiking trails and plenty of commercial operators selling adventure sports