These are located largely in the lusher, eastern part of the country.

A canopy tour is a perfect family activity, combining a nature experience with the thrill of gliding between platforms on a zipline. Tour groups consist of a maximum of eight people at a time and the whole outing is usually a very manageable two-and-a-half hours.

No special level of fitness is required, although there is a weight limit of 120kg.

If your clients are afraid they may not be able to regulate the speed of travelling on the zipline on their own, they can ask for a guide to go in tandem with them.

The tour starts with a safety briefing before clients are kitted out with safety helmets and full-body harnesses and taken to the first platform.

Guides will also pause between slides so that guests can learn more about the unique ecology of South Africa’s rare indigenous forests, and introduce them to magnificent examples of individual trees, like the majestic yellowwood that also happens to be the country’s national tree.

These tours are offered in the Tsitsikamma on the Garden Route, Karkloof in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, the Drakensberg mountains (also in KwaZulu-Natal), Magaliesberg (in North West province close to Johannesburg) and the Magoebaskloof, a forested area on route to the Kruger National Park in Limpopo.