Cape Town Tandem Paragliding
Instructional, introductory tandem paragliding flights in Cape Town
SAHPA Approved
All our instructors are full time professionals with years of experience, approved by SAHPA and licensed by the SACAA.
SANPARKS Registered Operator
We work closely with Table Mountain National Parks to ensure that all introductory instructional paragliding flights are conducted to the highest level of safety and lowest level of environmental impact.
Member of Cape Town Tourism
We are long standing members of Cape Town Tourism. Look for us in the official Cape Town Tourism Visitor's Guide.
Disabled Friendly
We have instructed people with paraplegia, quadraplegia, prosthetics and all manner of other disability. If you want to experience paragliding will make it happen in a safe and fun environment.
Paragliding in Cape Town
In Cape Town, we provide instructional training paragliding flights from Signal Hill and Lion's Head. The paragliding launch site we use depends on the wind direction at the time. Sometimes we start flying from Signal Hill and then move across to Lion's Head as the wind changes throughout the day.
Introductory, instructional tandem paragliding flights vary in duration and it is not possible for us to guarantee a specific flight time due to the changeable nature of the wind and general weather conditions in Cape Town. Instructional training flights only take place in conditions that allow us to launch and land safely. Our tandem paragliding flight instructors (TFIs) are all highly experienced and love to fly. They will always try to prolong the flight while ensuring that they fly within our risk assessment and provide you with all the necessary instructions to experience paragliding in a safe and relaxed environment.
Table Mountain National Parks (TMNP) do not allow tandem paragliding flights from Table Mountain.
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The paragliding school was started by Manu Wegmershaus in 2007 shortly after moving to Cape Town in 2005.
We are a registered Declared Training Organisation (DTO). DTO No. SACAA/0051/DTO
Click here to view our DTO certificate.
All our Tandem Flight Instructors (TFIs) are highly experienced , approved by SAHPA and licensed by the SACAA. Please see our pilot profiles below.
We offer instructional, introductory tandem flights for anyone who would like to experience paragliding.
We provide instruction to students 14 years and above.
We can fly people with disabilities too!
Check it out!
We use the amazing GoPro cameras to capture insane video and photos of your instructional tandem paragliding flight , all the action, all the emotion! Ask your instructor.The inflight photos and video are an optional extra. You can view them after the flight without any obligation to buy them. If you do want to take them (most people do), we upload them directly onto your mobile phone!
Meet the Team
Manu Wegmershaus
Manu started Cape Town Tandem Paragliding in 2007. He was born in Germany and grew up in Zimbabwe. He started paragliding at the age of 14. Manu has flown in many countries around the world, and taught with several schools. He is married to the beautiful and illustrious Tiva, with whom he has two boys.
Allan Gwamure
Allan is our mountain manager. He is the friendly face that will greet you when you arrive and make sure that you are paired up with an instructor. Allan has been working with Cape Town Tandem Paragliding for many years and is an invaluable part of the team.
Carolina Burd-Rocchinotti
Carolina, together with Peter Wallenda, started paragliding in 1987, and is a pioneer of the sport in South Africa. Being an instructor she has taught many people to fly. Married to Steve Burd they, both share the passion of flying and have flown in many different countries. For Carolina, paragliding is about freedom and being in nature. ‘This is as close as you get to being a Bird!’
Frikkie van Rheede
Frikkie started paragliding in 2002 in the beautiful mountains of Bulwer in the Drakensberg. He has 2 awesome boys, and 2 daughters, a wife and 2 dogs to complete the family. For Frikkie, paragliding is about freedom and being one with the sky. "Life is too short to be boring."
Gerrie Booysen
Gerrie comes from the Garden Route but comes down to Cape Town to fly with us during our busy time. Gerrie started flying hanggliders and then moved on to flying paragliders and paramotors. Gerrie loves to fly and share his passion for flying.
Steven Burd
Steve started paragliding in Cape Town in 1989. Steve loves to fly and has been privileged to fly throughout Southern Africa and Europe. He is married to his Swiss Miss, Carolina and together they share their passion for paragliding. Nature and free flight are experiences he loves to share with his fellow passengers, believing that “from the air looking down, one gets a better perspective”.
Tim Henderson
Tim started paragliding in 2011 and was hooked from the very first flight. He loves all types of flying and if he can't fly, he just likes being in the mountains because "it's my happy place".
He is a huge fan of extreme sports and has been since he was a child - whether it be paragliding, mountain biking, rock climbing or anything that gets the heart rate up really.
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