In Fly Cape Town Paragliding case, an immaculate feature is the outstanding tandem paragliding Cape Town experience that it offers. It would be safe to say that no other paragliding firm comes anywhere close to the kind of experience that Fly Cape Town Paragliding is able to offer to patrons, that too on an absolutely consistent basis. Feel free to peruse our reviews on Trip Advisor.

At the heart of this brilliant facet in the Fly Cape Town Paragliding case is the very high quality of pilots that it has. They have all undergone rigorous training over a number of years and only then arrived at a stage where they are able to fly tandem with patrons with ease.

This high quality is something which is not merely confirmed by word of mouth but actually ratified by the South African Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association that duly licenses us (a mandatory requirement as per the Civil Aviation Act anyway). Therefore, with regard to the quality and reliability of pilots that we have on board, you can be reassured beyond the slightest hint of doubt.

Further, you also need to look at the outstanding vantage points which we have chosen for our paragliding Cape Town sessions. Typically, we take off from Signal Hill or Lions Head, both of which are remarkable locations that offer an exhilarating view of the entire Table Bay shore and indeed the whole of Cape Town city. No other experience offers the kind of views which we are able to ensure on our paragliding sessions. After all, here you are remarkably close to the land area, to at least be able to discern from above the view below, while still having the same experience of wafting through the air as you would be you to fly by yourself.

A final note also needs to be made about the paragliding equipment that we deploy here at Fly Cape Town Paragliding. Strictly following industry norms, we use only the very best paragliding equipment available, not only as per local South African standards but internationally whereby you are assured of safety and security which is second to none on a global scale.

All of these factors together have put us at a pedestal where we are clearly a force to reckon with as far as tandem paragliding in South Africa as a whole and Cape Town, in particular, is concerned so why not come down and experience first hand the enthralling experience that tandem paragliding with us has to offer?

Visit Fly Cape Town to book your next paragliding experience

Do South Africa Travel Online offer any services whatsoever that may benefit clients of Fly Cape Town Paragliding?!

More About South Africa Travel Online: Now that we’ve got the formalities out of the way, a bit of background: South Africa Travel Online is an online travel agency started in 2006 by Rob and Karen Baker. It specialises in helping people book Cruises in Cape Town and Durban, cheap flights, car hire and travel-related services to customers all over the world, and has a newsletter it sends out on weekdays which includes travel specials and news.To state the obvious, Fly Cape Town Paragliding readers want to, well, paraglide in Cape Town! Thus South Africa TO’s Cape Town travel services are the ones you (our much-loved reader) are most likely to find of use: Flights to Cape Town Cape Town Car Hire (to drive to Signal Hill/Lions Head for your paragliding flight)

Accommodation in Cape Town (preferably Cruises from Cape Town, from Table Bay Harbour (We also offer tandem paragliding in Cape Town, through our much-loved partners, Fly Cape Town Paragliding, but it would feel a bit silly writing about that on their site!) It’s one of the worst kept secrets in the travel industry that much of South Africa TO website is written by its clients, South Africa Travel Online give away travel vouchers for any reviews sent in. So after your paragliding jump, email a review of your flight to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. be sure to include photos and send that crazy video of yours via Dropbox (the more and better quality material you send the more vouchers you get). Travel vouchers can be used for flights, car hire and cruise bookings.

On the website, you can contrast airline flight prices, and easily identify and book the cheapest flight to Cape Town. Now, in my experience, most people are willing to walk over hot coals to book a cheap flight, but they don’t spend half as much time comparing car rentals the Cape Town car hire comparison tool makes it easy to find the cheapest car rentals.Did you know that South Africa Travel Online sells the most South African cruises every year of any South African-owned travel agency? Perhaps whilst paragliding high above Signal Hill and Lions Head you spotted a cruise ship in Table Bay Harbour the MSC Sinfonia, MSC Opera and RMS St Helena cruise ships are all regular visitors to the Cape. Cape Town cruises allow one to see the views that the first European settlers in South Africa experienced when the Dromedaris entered Table Bay Harbour in April 1652, and to feel the waves moving the ship about in the seas that were originally named The Cape of Storms. Of course later the Cape was renamed The Cape of Good Hope, but the seas don’t know that, and cruises from Cape Town typically start a bit later in the summer than cruises from Durban, to try to avoid Harbour closures due to the Cape Doctor (as the South-Easter prevailing wind is named) blowing a bit too hard. Combine Cape Town cruises with a visit to Namibia, where you can see the newly renamed town Namibia (previously called Lüderitz) and the nearby abandoned diamond town of Kolmanskop which the Namiba desert is slowly reclaiming. Or perhaps you want to cruise a little further north and visit Walvis Bay, where you can go quad-biking & sand-boarding in the dunes (you haven’t truly visited Namibia if you haven’t felt its sand in your hair!), and perhaps head a little further north to see the quaint little German seaside resort town of Swakopmund.

Contact a South Africa TO travel consultant to find out what Cape Town cruises are on offer. Hint: there are ALWAYS Cape Town cruises deals on offer from early-bird specials, to seniors specials, honeymoon specials & even sometimes buy-1-get-1-frees. And as a special deal to readers, South Africa TO are throwing in R500 onboard credit per cabin booked for cruises from Cape Town to Southampton to those who package a paragliding flight in with it(cannot be combined with other South Africa TO specials). Simply email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. saying that you want to book the paragliding flight + Southampton cruise package.

Contact Fly Cape Town Today

For more information on paragliding or to book your next paragliding session, Please feel free to contact us at Fly Cape Town and we will be glad to help you.

The Fly Cape Town team are a group of highly experienced Tandem Paragliding Flight Instructors who can provide you with the best paragliding Cape Town has to offer. Come and experience the joy of a tandem paragliding flight in the beauty of Cape Town.To have the experience of a lifetime. You can contact us either by email or contact number

Paragliding is a relatively niche sport, but there are a surprising number of choices out there when it comes to paragliding helmets. They range from helmets that wouldn’t look out of place on a motorcycle ride to helmets you might see at a Daft Punk concert. So what should you buy? To help you choose the right paragliding helmet, we broke them down into a few crucial factors.

1. Open Face, Full Face, Or Visor 

There are two basic shapes to helmets: open face and full face. Open-face helmets are shaped like traditional bike or motorcycle helmets. Full face helmets have an extra bar across the chin.There are pros and cons to each shape. People who prefer open-face helmets say that they give a wider range of vision and create less neck fatigue, thanks to their light weight.Full-face helmets, on the other hand, offer more direct protection to the face in case of collision, but are heavier. Full-face helmets also tend to reduce wind noise more. Reduced noise can help if communicating with a radio during flights.Many helmets come with a visor, which is often detachable. These can help reduce wind and sun, just like ski goggles. But many pilots who judge their speed by the sound and feel of the wind on their faces and in their ears actually find the added wind protection of full-face helmets and visors to be a negative.In the end, shape is a matter of preference. But no matter which shape you pick, make sure the opening is shaped so that it doesn’t reduce your peripheral vision too much. Being able to see and avoid fellow paraglider pilots, hang gliders, or other aircraft – not to mention mountains and cliffs – is of course extremely important.

2. Size 

This is probably the most important factor in choosing a helmet. If it’s too small, it will be uncomfortable. If it’s too big, it may obstruct your vision. Having the wrong size helmet, big or small also means you will not be as safe as you should be. Here’s how to make sure the helmet is the right size: put it on and fasten the chinstrap. If you feel continuous pressure somewhere on your head, the helmet is probably too small. Move your head around in all directions. If the helmet falls over your eyes, if you can feel it sliding, or if it begins to slip off when you look down, then it’s too big.Some helmets have removable padding, which can help you adjust and customize the size to your head.

3. Certification 

Any helmet you buy should conform to EN 966 standards. EN 966 are the European standards that specify how flight helmets should stand up to impacts and how to test for that (basically, they drop big anvils on the helmets). EN 966 applies specifically to flight helmets – there are other standards for different sports. Remember: if you’re going to be paragliding, buy a paragliding helmet. It may seem tempting to buy a motorcycle or ski helmet because these are easier to find. But that can be dangerous. A motorcycle helmet is designed specifically for motorcycle impacts – it won’t protect you as well in a paragliding accident. A helmet is there to protect you, after all, so make sure to get one that will really do the job.

4. Material 

The helmet should have two hard layers: an outer shell and an inner shell. The outer shell is usually made of thermoplastic, composite fiber, or kevlar, combined with carbon fiber. The inner shell is designed for absorbing most of the shock in the event of a collision. It’s also more fragile so check this part carefully for dents or bends. The inner shell is usually made of expanded polystyrene.

5. Colour 

You have to have some fun, after all! Just remember that while black always looks cool, it might not feel so cool when you spend a few hours trapped inside it under the blazing sun.

Our expert Guided Paragliding Tours vary from single day trips to one, two or three week tours.

Normally the best conditions for paragliding tours are from October to April. Our paragliding tours packages includes airport transfers, bed and breakfast accommodation, transport to and from take-off sites, weather forecast and expert site briefings.

We do also offer SIV training and ground handling clinics as optional extras. Guided Paragliding Tours packages are tailored to the specific needs and experience levels of all pilots or groups. Radio instruction (if required) is available from our expert Guides / Instructors. We plan the tour around the local weather patterns.

Cape Town offers a mixture of coastal soaring to thermic cross country conditions. Cape Town is surrounded by the beautiful Winelands of Constantia and landmarks like Table Mountain and Cape Point. On non-flyable days we have the option to go wine tasting in the wine regions of Franschhoek and Stellenbosch or go for a scenic site seeing drive along the magnificent coastline to Cape Point and Hout Bay.

Our very reliable XC site is Porterville where we have hosted a Paragliding World Cup in February 2013. The site record is 170km and this is the Mecca of Cross Country paragliding in South Africa. Here the XC hungry pilots can clock up the kilometers or the lower experience level pilots can work on perfecting their thermalling skills and technique.

The Garden Route offers easy relaxed coastal soaring with some spectacular views of white sandy beaches and the warm Indian ocean. Come brush up your ground handling skills with our optional Expert Ground handling clinics or enjoy soaring the beautiful 12km stretch of beach at Paradise ridge. Sedgefield offers a combination of thermic soaring and short XC flights are possible as well as connecting them to coastal soaring sites like Gericke’s Point and the Beach Hotel.On non-flyable days we have the option to visit Cape Addo Elephant park where you can witness the Big 5 in its splendor or visit the beautiful town Knysna.

Come and experience true South African hospitality coupled with the paragliding experience of your life!

In Fly Cape Town Paraglidings case, an immaculate feature is the outstanding tandem paragliding Cape Town experience that it offers.

It would be safe to say that no other paragliding firm comes anywhere close to the kind of experience which Fly Cape Town Paragliding is able to offer to patrons, that too on an absolutely consistent basis. Feel free to peruse our reviews on Tripadvisor.

At the heart of this brilliant facet in Fly Cape Town Paraglidings case is the very high quality of pilots that it has. They have all undergone rigorous training over a number of years and only then arrived at a stage where they are able to fly tandem with patrons with ease.

This high quality is something which is not merely confirmed by word of mouth but actually ratified by the South African Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association that duly licenses us (a mandatory requirement as per the Civil Aviation Act anyway). Therefore, with regard to the quality and reliability of pilots that we have onboard, you can be reassured beyond the slightest hint of doubt.

Further, you also need to look at the outstanding vantage points which we have chosen for our paragliding Cape Town sessions. Typically, we take off from Signal Hill or Lions Head, both of which are remarkable locations that offer an exhilarating view of the entire Table Bay shore and indeed the whole of Cape Town city. No other experience offer the kind of views which we are able to ensure on our paragliding sessions. After all, here you are remarkably close to the land area, to at least be able to discern from above the view below, while still having the same experience of wafting through the air as you would were you to fly by yourself.

A final note also needs to be made about the paragliding equipment that we deploy here at Fly Cape Town Paragliding. Strictly following industry norms, we use only the very best paragliding equipment available, not only as per local South African standards but internationally whereby you are assured of safety and security which is second to none on a global scale.All of these factors together have put us at a pedestal where we are clearly a force to reckon with as far as tandem paragliding in South Africa as a whole and Cape Town in particular is concerned  so why not come down and experience firsthand the enthralling experience that tandem paragliding with us has to offer?