Zip Line in Elgin Valley, South Africa.
Elgin Valley is a picturesque place as you can get. Encircled by mountains, it's an intensely farmed area but its apple and pear orchards blossom prettily in the spring and blaze green in the summer. More recently it has also become an area for growing grapes for cool-climate wines. The little farmstalls that proliferate this higher-altitude valley used to sell apple pies and crocheted dollies but most of them are now more sophisticated eateries…
Zip Line in Elgin Valley, South Africa.
Elgin Valley is a picturesque place as you can get. Encircled by mountains, it's an intensely farmed area but its apple and pear orchards blossom prettily in the spring and blaze green in the summer. More recently it has also become an area for growing grapes for cool-climate wines. The little farmstalls that proliferate this higher-altitude valley used to sell apple pies and crocheted dollies but most of them are now more sophisticated eateries with fabulous coffee counters operated by cool baristas.
Elgin Valley is packed with outdoor adventure options servicing weekend visitors from Cape Town, especially in the mountain biking space. Incredible single-track courses start on farms and head up into the mountains. It’s also only 15-minutes from Elgin’s main town of Grabouw that an inspiring zipline adventure operates. This zip line expedition makes the 70-kilometer drive from Cape Town more than worthwhile. You’ll get access into one of the most beautiful mountainous areas near Elgin and whizz through the air on cables from platforms suspended in the most astounding places.
