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South Africa
With a spectacular coastline and majestic mountains, South Africa draws anat adventure around the world. South Africans boast the highest bungee jump platform of the world (a fall of 216 meters from the Bloukrans Bridge). The offer is not made available to adventurous tourists missing trips alpine climbing routes of varying degrees of difficulty, mountain biking, horseback riding and hiking. If you prefer spending time in water, you can try scuba diving, snorkeling, fishing, water skiing and surfing. Besides South Africa's national parks, private reserves offer excellent opportunities to view elephants, lions, zebras, African penguins, rhinoceros, leopards, hyenas, giraffes, hippos and cheetahs, but you can do boat tours to see whales and if you're lucky, even precious white shark.