Watersports
How to buy a kayak
7 May 2013 | Evan Haussmann
If you ask me, everyone should have one, but consider these points before sinking hard-earned cash into your first kayak.
3 of the best snorkelling spots in Dahab, Egypt
13 March 2013 | Claire Hearn
On Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Dahab is laid-back different world and a must for any tourist wanting to do some diving, snorkelling or just-plain relaxing.
Rafting down the Zambezi versus the everyday grind
23 January 2013 | Kerry Peers
I recently travelled to Livingstone, Zambia, to experience a three-and-a-half day rafting trip down the Zambezi River with Safari Par Excellence.
How to organise a whitewater rafting trip down the Zambezi River
23 January 2013 | Kerry Peers
Ever dreamed of experiencing the beautiful Zambezi River as first hand as it gets? Here is a guide to the basics of planning a white water rafting trip down the Zambezi.
Capturing Africa’s underwater wonders
9 January 2013 | Aaron Gekoski
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'Smiling' sharks, playful seals, and mysterious wrecks: Africa is home to some of the best diving in the world. Here are some of my photographs taken from around these shores over the last few years.
Free-diving allows you to dive like a dolphin
17 October 2012 | Getaway
Eleven-time South African free-diving record holder Hanli Prinsloo shares her passion for the underwater world.
In photos: ragged-tooth shark diving at Aliwal Shoal
26 September 2012 | Geoff Spiby
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In winter, ragged-tooth sharks congregate at Aliwal Shoal on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast to mate. Photographer Geoff Spiby donned fins and an underwater camera to check out the action.
Big-wave surfing in Cape Town
7 August 2012 | Dylan Kotze
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There’s surfing and then there’s big-wave surfing – the two are entirely separate sports and it’s the people who set them apart.
Diving with dinosaurs: the cow sharks of Cape Town
4 June 2012 | Aaron Gekoski
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Just off the Cape Peninsula, close to the pretty bay of Simon’s Town, a short drive from Cape Town city lies an innocuous short stretch of ocean, home the broadnose sevengill shark, or cow shark.
Photo album: Diving in Sodwana Bay
25 April 2012 | Geoff Spiby
After an absence of about 10 years I returned to dive at Sodwana Bay and was impressed with the beautiful reefs and huge schools of fish.
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