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KIDS OF NATURE DIRECTORY OF USEFUL CONTACTS   

The idea behind the directory is to list places where children can connect with nature.  Campings, cottages or guesthouses must be located in settings with a good degree of wilderness, where immediate interaction with nature happens as you step out of your tent or room.

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LEISURE & TRAVEL

SPORTS & ACTIVITIES

WATER SPORTS & ACTIVITIES

MOZAMBIQUE

• Indigo Bay Resort, Bazaruto-Island
  Enjoy the beach and marine life! Holiday atmosphere!
  

SOUTH AFRICA

• Aliwal Dive Centre, Umkomaas (KwaZulu Natal)
  Dive with Tiger sharks on Aliwal Shoal, up close and personal. The real thing. Experience the sharks and other marine life on their terms.
  


• Aqua Planet Dive Centre, Shelley Beach (KwaZulu Natal)
  Aliwal Shoal and Protea Banks offer the scuba diver plenty of opportunities to view coastal marine life unique to KZN shores. Aliwal's reef is world famous and offers diving for beginners to experienced divers.
  


• Calypso Diving & Adventure Centre, Durban (KwaZulu Natal)
  Diving at uShaka Aquarium from age 8, also for people with certain disabilities, under supervision of a PADI instructor. Fun, family experience for qualified or unqualified divers. Boat launches daily for sea dives. Wheelchair-friendly retail area.
  


• Cape Sports Centre, Langebaan (West Coast)
  Sea Kayaking. Sit-on type extremely stable. Can be used by anyone regardless experience. Explore West Coast.
  


• Dyer Island Cruises, Gansbaai (Overberg)
  5 star boat-based whale watching. Specialist whale guides.Whale sightings guaranteed (July to mid December).
  


• Eco Adventures Gansbaai, Gansbaai (Overberg)
  Boat rides. Whale watching and resident seal colony. Take a break halfway to swim in famous miracle pools in private cave.
  


• experiencethis.co.za, Morningside (KwaZulu Natal)
  Durban-based canoeing paddling classes. Boats kayaking jackets and paddles provided.
  


• Gravity Adventures, West Coast National Park (West Coast)
  Sea Kayaking and accomodation at Flaming Joe's Beach Camp. Secluded tent camp on private beach.
  


• Hermanus Whale Cruises, Hawston (Overberg)
  Boat-based whale watching, eco-marine and cultural tours- interact with marine mammals and seabirds. Meet local people - learn more about environment, history and culture.
  


• J Bay Wind, Jeffreys Bay (Wild Coast)
  Kite-surfing lessons. Custom board manufacturing and equipment sales and repairs.
  


• Jamin Adventures, Plettenberg Bay (Garden Route)
  Surf lessons for absolute beginners up to advanced riders of all ages six and older. Specialising in small groups and individual lessons.
  


• Jeffreys Bay Surf School, Jeffreys Bay (Wild Coast)
  Enjoy the thrill that surfing gives you on the world-famous waves of Jeffreys Bay. On offer is daily beginner and advanced surf lessons with SSA-qualified surf instructors, all equipment provided.
  


• Lambertsbaai Boat Trips, Lambert's Bay (West Coast)
  Boat trips. To be seen : Whales - Southern right and humpback, Heavyside dolphins. Pelagic bird trips arranged. Cell Nr : 082-4570402
  


• Lightleys Holiday Houseboats - Vaal, Vaal River (Gauteng)
  Take the helm of a houseboat and navigate the Vaal Barrage. Cruise the 55km navigable inland waterway. Chart your course and become a skipper of your river adventure.
  


• Miracle Waters Scuba Resort, Brits (North-West)
  Experience scuba diving with indigenous freshwater fish, and the comfort of huts, camp sites, and restaurant, nestled below the magnificent Magaliesberg mountains. Ideal for beginners and advanced recreational divers.
  


• Mossel Bay Deep Sea Adventures, Mossel Bay (Little Karoo)
  A fun-filled adventure for the whole family. The tackle and assistance enable even young children to land big fish, as there is an abundance of bottom species.
  


• Shayamanzi Houseboat, Pongola (KwaZulu Natal)
  Superb wildlife to be seen on the shores of Jozini Lake. A 30m houseboat with comfortable furnishing with a lounge, dining area, bar, jacuzzi and sundeck. DSTV, surround sound music system and games. Fully serviced with crew. Tiger fishing and game viewing.
  


• Simon's Town Sea Kayaking, Simon's Town (Western Cape)
  Sea kayaking. Easy to adventurous. No experience necessary.
  


• Southern Right Charters, Hermanus (Overberg)
  The Whale Shark. Boat-based whale watching. Specialist whale guide. Informative and educational. Daily trips, weather permitting. Sundowner and eco-marine cruises.
  


• Surfers Ballito Bay, Ballito (KwaZulu Natal)
  Kiteboarding training centre and multi branded surf clothing store. Learn to kitesurf in a safe and controlled environment with IKO qualified instructors, dedicate to provide an exciting experience. From beginners to advanced levels.
  


• Trouthaven, Dwarsberg (Du Toit's Kloof)
  Deep in the Stettynskloof Valley other side of Rawsonville next to the Holslootriver. Ideal for fly-fishing.
  


• Ultimate Watersport, Mossel Bay (Garden Route)
  Activities include Scuba-diving and Deep-sea fishing charters, Whale watching cruises as well as for the more adventurous waverider, jet-boat rides, parasailing, tubing.
  


• uShaka Marine World, Durban (KwaZulu Natal)
  The Oceanwalker Experience: the only place in SA where you can walk among the sea's creatures using an innovative device such as the Oxygen Oceanwalker. Open sea tank has marine life such as rays, sand sharks, tuna and pomppano, etc. You don't need any qualifications. Age 12 and above are welcome.
  


• Vis Agie Fishing & Diving Resort, Sodwana (KwaZulu Natal)
  Diving courses and swimming pool training. Deep sea fishing, diving and whale adventures.
  


• Walker Bay Adventures, Hermanus (Overberg)
  Sea-kayaking experience. Stable kayaks. 2hr trip into Walker Bay Whale Sanctuary. See whales, seals, dolphins, penguins and sea birds. Novices welcome.
  


• West Coast Kayak Trials, Cape Columbine Nature Reserve (West Coast)
  Guided sea kayak trials. Enjoy seals, whales, birdlife and scenery. Relax at The Beach Camp near Paternoster.
  

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