Tandem Skydiving 'Cape Town N7'

Tour Pricing

📌 Altitude Adjustment Policy: If you book the 12,000 ft package but changing weather variables restrict the aircraft to a maximum altitude of 10,000 ft, you will still execute your jump from 10,000 ft and the rate difference will be refunded to you.

Essential Details

Experience Overview

The skydiving drop zone is located just a 50-minute drive north of Cape Town's city centre along the N7 highway. In less than an hour, you'll be whisked away from the urban environment, ready to enjoy one of the best views in the world from altitude.

During a tandem skydive, you are securely attached to a Tandem Instructor using a specialized harness connected to a state-of-the-art parachute system large enough to support both of you.

After just a 15-minute ground briefing, you'll enjoy a spectacular aircraft ride up to 10,000ft above the ground, taking in the finest views of the West Coast, Cape Town, Robben Island, and Table Mountain.

Then the action begins! It's out the door for a thrilling 35 second freefall at speeds of over 120mph/200kph. Your instructor will deploy the parachute at roughly 5,000ft, initiating a peaceful, 5 minute parachute ride back down to Earth. During this gentle descent, you may even get a chance to help steer the parachute!

Critical Arrival & LogisticalInstructions

• Arrival Notice: You are required to arrive at the venue strictly 15-30 minutes prior to your scheduled slot. This buffer is essential to handle mandatory check-in steps, including completing indemnity waivers, conducting safety briefings, and fitting helmets. For example, if your session is booked for 10:30 AM, you must be on-site and ready by 10:00-10:15 AM.
• Location Warning: You must go straight to the airfield. Do not go to Maitland / Cape Xtreme's offices. You will be at the wrong location and you will miss your booking/forfeit your booking entirely (no refund/reschedule).
• Time Slot Availability: Your selected time slot is a preference and is not guaranteed at the time of submission. Once we receive your request/booking, we will check availability and confirm your slot. We will either send over your official confirmation or immediately contact you with alternative times or dates if your preferred slot is not available.

Inclusions & Exclusions

• ✅ What’s Included: Comprehensive ground instruction by a certified tandem master, professional instructor fees, the scenic aircraft flight, use of state-of-the-art parachutes and an integrated X-point safety harness and parachute packing fees.
• ❎ What’s Excluded: Round-trip transport (hotel pickup & drop off), meals, snacks, refreshments, jumpsuits/coveralls, digital souvenir pictures/video footage (available as an extra), and all items of a personal nature.

What to Wear & Bring

• Clothing: Highly comfortable clothing suited for cooler, high-altitude temperatures. Long jeans/pants or sports shorts paired with a t-shirt or warm sweatshirt are ideal.
• Footwear: Well-fitting, lace-up athletic shoes are mandatory. Footwear must be entirely flat with no heels, hooks, or potential line-snag points.
• Supplies: Bring a hat, high-factor sunscreen, a valid credit card for any optional on-site media add-ons, and a great sense of adventure. Specialized skydiving goggles are provided by the operator and fit comfortably over standard prescription spectacles.
• Spectators: Friends, family, and spectators are very welcome to relax at the drop zone and watch you land.
• Valuables: You are not allowed to take personal cameras, cell phones, or any other loose objects on the aircraft or during the skydive.

Altitude Configurations & Media Packages

• Altitude Adjustments: If you booked the premier 12,000 ft jump package but changing weather variables prevent the pilot from safely ascending past 10,000 ft, you will still execute your jump from 10,000 ft. You will be refunded the baseline rate difference upon landing.
• Optional Media Capture: Photos and high-definition video footage are available at an additional cost. You can select between an internal wrist-cam rigged directly to your instructor, or an outside camera flyer package where a dedicated camera person flies alongside you in freefall. Please note that as cameras may malfunction for a variety of reasons, footage and pictures are not guaranteed. In such a case, the relevant camera fee will be refunded. The edited footage and high-resolution photographs, are downloaded onto a USB wristband for you to take home, or can be emailed on request
  • Handycam @ additional R 980 per person
    • Handicam video plus still photographs - A handicam video and still photo package is available on request on the day. Handicam is done by the Tandem Instructor who wears the camera on their left hand to film your skydive experience from a first-person, "selfie" perspective including freefall and the parachute flight to landing.
  • Outside camera video @ addtional R 2,350 per peson
    • Handicam and Outside camera video plus still photographs - The full package consisting of outside camera in addition to handicam video and still photos is available on request on the day. Limited to staff availability.
      Outside camera is done by a professional camera flyer who joins you and your instructor in the air to film the freefall part of your skydive from a wider perspective.

Safety Rules & Participant Requirements

• Indemnity Waivers: All participants must sign an indemnity waiver to partake in the activity. Guests under 18 years old require a parent or legal guardian to sign on their behalf.
• Minimum Age: Participants must be at least 12 years old to join.
• Height Limits: All participants must be a minimum of 1.2 meters tall. Final participation always remains at the absolute discretion of the tandem instructor.
• Weight Restrictions:Participants are weighed on scales immediately upon arrival to facilitate accurate aircraft load configurations. The maximum permissible weight limits are strictly capped as follows:
  • Females: Maximum 90 kg (198 lbs) or less.
  • Males: Maximum 100 kg (220 lbs) or less.
  • Minimum Weight: Everyone must weigh at least 35 kg (77 lbs).
  • Weight Warning: If you fail to meet these parameters on the arrival scales, you will be barred from skydiving and will not receive a full refund.
• Physical Fitness & Health Profile: Tandem skydiving requires generally good health. Pre-existing conditions such as advanced age, a history of major illnesses, recent operations, or severe injuries may exclude you from jumping (please consult your doctor if in doubt).
• The Landing Maneuver: To ensure a safe landing, you must possess the physical ability to lift and hold your legs aloft in a seated position prior to and during touchdown. Depending on wind variables, the instructor will either slide into a soft, seated landing or land on their feet before asking you to stand.
• Experience Requirements: No prior technical skydiving experience, qualifications, or certifications are required. This activity takes place "at your own risk".
• Load Seating Dynamics: This is an individual experience. While staff try to keep groups together or accommodate special requests, specific aircraft seating configurations depend entirely on size, weight, and instructor availability, meaning group pairings cannot be guaranteed.

Booking Terms & Cancellations

View our full Terms & Conditions online here: www.capextreme.com/terms

Cancellation / Refund Policy

GENERAL/STANDARD CANCELLATION POLICY
Please be advised that the cancellation fee & refund percentage (%) is applicable to the TOTAL tour/activity price LESS a less 5% transaction fee in the case of online or POS card transactions made for payment. This represents a direct bank processing cost and is not a revenue-generating charge.

Cancellation or changes:

• 15 days or more prior to tour date = 100% Refund
• 14-4 days prior to tour date = 50% Refund
• 3-0 days prior to tour date, late arrivals or “NO-SHOWS” = 0%/No Refund

❗️Late arrivals and/or no-shows for a tour/activity/time slot, regardless of the reason, unfortunately forfeit the full booking. Similar to booking an airline ticket; the plane will not wait for any passenger that is late. Please ensure you are on time for your booking.
❗️All transaction/transfer fees and/or forex conversion costs charged by the banks during the refund process will be billed to you (the client/booking holder)
❗️Refund and credit values are calculated in our local ZAR (South African Rand) currency. Transaction values in your own currency could be affected due to bank fees and currency exchange fluctuations.