South Africa+Adventure+Campervan=Gravity Adventure Festival

A Volkswagen Westfilla at a San Diego State Beach in California.

Imagine if Yellowstone National Park held an adventure festival. Three summer days centered around competitions involving kayaking, mountain biking and river swimming. Sure, we have the ESPN X Games, but this is would be a completely different beast, pinning competitors against the wilderness as opposed to man-made obstacles like at the X Games. And there would be camping too! Campervans from all over the Americas would descend on the park. Oh, what a joyous occasion this would be. If you don’t believe me, just look to South Africa.

For seven years now, the country has hosted the Gravity Adventure Festival. Initially, started as a kayaking event, South Africa’s Gravity Adventure Festival has ballooned into a three day adventure jamboree. The festival, which takes place in August, now features seven adventure disciplines spanning kayaking, mountain biking and swimming; its held in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve (approximately one hour from Cape Town).

Map for 2010 Gravity Adventure Festival in South Africa.
A map from the 2010 Gravity Adventure Festival in South Africa.

 

I wish I could say we were booking our flights to Cape Town right now, but I can’t. I found this while researching another story, and I think there’s a strong possibility we will be in South East Asia in August (maybe we’ll make Cape Town in 2012). Regardless, I think the Gravity Adventure Festival sounds pretty rad, so I figured I’d give it a Sunday shout out (ahh, the joys of self publishing).

If you happen to be going to the Gravity Adventure Festival or something similar, we’d love to hear from you. While we have been to the X Games and music festivals, neither Beth nor I have been to an adventure festival, so we are both curious to find out more about it.

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Randy Kalp is a semi-intrepid journalist traveling the world and missing his 7-pound hound. He smells of rustic cherries and smiles like a pineapple. He is the all round awesome sauce that keeps the wheels of Beers & Beans 'a spinning. He also loves the Lakers.

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  1. I have never done it, but seems like it’s full of activities and adventures.

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