It’s that time of year already, December, and the holidays are upon us. It has been a good year for Cloudbase Paragliding Wilderness, we finally managed to have our 25th Smile You Scream Alpine Tour , and had amazing weather with some amazing flights and some very happy pilots with…
We are pleased to announce that the take off site at Gerickes Point is being re-opened. The Simbavati Group (www.simbavati.com) is now operating the property and has opened a beautiful lodge with a bistro, fine dining and accommodation called Fynbos-on-Sea. The use of the take-off is for recreational and…
The top 10 Adventure Companies for 2022 Dear Cloudbase Paragliding Congratulations to the following 10 companies, firstly for surviving COVID and secondly for making the top 10! These companies are truly magnificent in many ways and can be extremely proud of their achievement. A special big shout…
With great fun and excitement we unpacked our recent shipment from SUPAIR, because we had just taken delivery of 8 new EN A Eona 2 paragliding wings from SUPAIR for the school. Jan had attended the Stubai Cup in March 2020 and test flew lots of new model gliders. He…
By Don Pinnock (originally posted on Daily Maverick) That clouds are water vapour, snow or hail is common knowledge. But, for centuries their shapes were a puzzle – until Luke Howard marshalled them to order. At six o’clock one evening in December 1802, clouds ceased to be the exclusive domain…
Cross Country Magazine gave Wilderness a great write up in the January 2020 edition. So if you haven’t been to visit us yet, here are some good reasons why you should. cross-country-issue-206-south-africa…
Jan Minnaar, is the Chief flying Instructor, and proprietor of Cloudbase Paragliding School, and has been paragliding since April 1991. He learnt to fly in Cape Town with Daedalus Paragliding under the instructorship of Kobus Botha and Springbok Parachutist and multiple National Paragliding Champion, Jay van Deventer. In April 1992…
As humans, our natural instinct is to resist change, so when the new EN certification for paragliders arrived, we resisted the A, B, C and D class and insisted on still referring to the DHV system of a ‘1-2’ or a ‘2’. Today, seven years later, as dealers, we still…
Since the dawn of history, man could not fail to have been impressed by the mysterious phenomenon of flight. As birds and insects were constantly around for him to observe and admire, he must have longed for wings of his own so that he, too, might take off and experience…
