The first South African Adventure Summit will be held over four days, from September 26-29 in the Overberg, Western Cape.

After attending the 2016 World Adventure Summit in Alaska, Johan Radcliffe, Owner of the adventure holiday and activity directory, Dirty Boots, was prompted to try to recreate the same experience in South Africa.

"For a while, I have thought about arranging the first-ever get-together of the South African adventure community – operators, event organisers, participants and competitors. Attending the summit in Alaska provided the stimulus to start working on it," said Radcliffe.

Radcliffe researched the South African adventure industry to gauge their interest and for an indication of their willingness to attend. 

“Without exception, there is a lot of excitement about the possibility of such a gathering. The emphasis will be on the technical aspects of adventure operations and our theme for the summit will be ‘Keep it real!’.”

Speakers have been confirmed and topics that may be covered are international and domestic adventure marketing, SANParks and adventure tourism, adventure tourism, regulations, risk management and adventure guiding and guide registration.

"We already have over 100 fully sponsored seats available on different adventures in and around Cape Town, including kloofing, sea kayaking, sand boarding, chauffeured vintage sidecar tours, shark-cage diving, canopy tours, hot-air ballooning and many more great adventures," said Radcliffe.

For more information contact Johan Radcliffe,

Office: 021 713 1491

Email: johan@dirtyboots.co.za