| In South Africa we are blessed with the finest | | | | finest wines. |
| weather and a diverse, attractive landscape that | | | | Formula One fantasy |
| offers a full range of top birthday activity ideas for | | | | If the roar of the racetrack and the acrid smell of |
| men. Whether it’s the big blue ocean, the | | | | burning rubber is his preferred aroma, then round him |
| expansive skies, the crystal clear streams or the | | | | up, together with his best buds, for a day at the |
| hubbub of the race track that beckons, South Africa | | | | races. Nothing is quite like the sensual thrill of the |
| has it all. | | | | purest form of motor racing – Formula One - and |
| The lure of the little, white ball | | | | every man has secret fantasies of becoming the |
| Nothing appears to seduce men more, apart from | | | | next Senna, Schumacher or Button. |
| women of course, than the lure of the dimpled white | | | | Whether its Kyalami, Zwartkops or Killarney, the |
| ball. Fortunately, South Africa is literally chock-a-block | | | | boys can put foot and experience the raw power of |
| with pristine golf courses and estates. | | | | serious speed. A range of racing cars is at hand, from |
| Some are carved out of the African bush with | | | | customised sedan cars to the stallion of motor |
| hazards more bestial in nature than the Royal and | | | | vehicles, the F1 Racing car. Don the suit and drive an |
| Ancient can ever hope to emulate, while others have | | | | F1 car by participating in a genuine race or simply |
| been constructed on rolling hills above the | | | | cruise around the track at full throttle. |
| tempestuous Indian and Atlantic Oceans – the | | | | Fly-fishing without the guilt |
| local version of links. | | | | If track racing appears to be more of a ‘fear |
| Once the location has been chosen then it’s a | | | | factor’ than a ‘fun factor’ for the man |
| question of a quick flight from Cape Town, Durban, | | | | in your life, head for the hills, where bubbling streams |
| Port Elizabeth or Johannesburg. On landing, the | | | | are thick with bass and trout. Learn the finer points |
| birthday boy and friends will be collected and | | | | of fly-fishing, where the fish may well be his quarry |
| transferred to the preferred championship course for | | | | but not his lunch – catch-and-release practices are |
| a round of golf. | | | | generally followed by the fly-fishing faithful. |
| Once the birdies, bogeys and occasional eagles have | | | | After a day in the sun, a sumptuous picnic lunch that |
| been carded, it’s off to one of the top | | | | includes some locally brewed ale should lift his spirits |
| restaurants on the leader board for a meal to | | | | after yet another year is checked off for good. |
| remember, resplendent with some of the Cape’s | | | | |