Do you love learning new things? Well, we have great news for you! So does the Bucket List Genie! That’s why she’s searched high and low for the most exciting skills experiences available in South Africa. Most of these options are available in Cape Town, Gauteng and Durban, so take your pick and expand your horizons. You never know where that new skill might take you…
After all, Marc Anthony said that if you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life. Make your downtime count with amazing skill building experiences. We’ve seen this happen with people who have attended perfume making and beer making courses, as well as chocolate workshops. Learn to pair wine with chocolate, or chocolate with whiskey for pure tasting pleasure. There’s a class to enhance your natural-born skills!
A number of South African institutions offer cooking classes to suit your needs. Whether you’re looking to learn how to bake artisan bread or learn to cook before you leave your parents’ home, there’s a class for you! Bring your partner along as you join other couples in an evening of cooking enjoyment, as each couple contributes a dish or two to a shared feast and a few choice beverages, or attend sushi classes with the masters and enjoy your favourite food at home.
No meal is complete without a good beverage on the side, so consider booking cocktail making classes or a beer making course with a group of friends. Imagine introducing everyone to your very own brew next time they come over to your place to watch the game…
If you have a need for speed, don’t hesitate to sign up for our flying lessons. Various flight training schools in South Africa have introductory lessons as well as advanced flying courses for aspiring pilots. If you’d like to keep your wheels on terra firma, you could attend drifting lessons at your nearest drifting school.
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This full day course, enhances confidence & builds awareness. Our Expert Instructors will guide you through advanced driving skills, collision avoidance and skid control. You will practice emergency lane changes, controlling under-steer and over-steer; all part of the morning session out on the skidpan. After a short break for lunch, our advanced driving instructors will take you through brake recognition, high-speed braking, steering slaloms and swift lane-change disciplines. Book early to avoid disappointment. -
This is a realistic and effective process of learning skid-control techniques, and the ideal safe environment to test your handling skills. Our Dynamic Experience is great fun and educational; a must for all drivers! Allow our team of experts to educate you on becoming a better driver; one who anticipates, plans and executes safe driving practices on our deteriorating roads. Book early to avoid disappointment. This event is for one person and forms part of a group event, taking place monthly. Allow half a day for this experience. All events are weather dependent. Drivers must have a clean drivers license. Vehicles and instructors are included. Location ~ Sandton -
Golf is a precision club-and-ball sport, in which competing players (golfers), using many types of clubs, attempt to hit balls into each hole on a golf course while employing the fewest number of strokes. Golf is one of the few ball games that does not require a standardized playing area. Instead, the game is played on golf "courses", each of which features a unique design, although courses typically consist of either nine or 18 holes.  Golf is defined, in the rules of golf, as "playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules."  Golf competition is generally played for the lowest number of strokes by an individual, known simply as stroke play, or the lowest score on the most individual holes during a complete round by an individual or team, known as match play.  This experience includes a lesson pack to include 4 lessons @ 30 mins each. This activity is for one adult and takes place JHB or CPT, 7 days per week, subject to availability and ideal weather conditions. -
Develop your off-road driving skills with a half day introductory course to gain a greater understanding of vehicle control, obstacle handling and how to safely assess challenging environments. We'll also explain various Land Rover technologies such as Terrain Response and other handy features which make off-roading even more pleasurable. Our expert instructors will help you hone your off-road driving skills during this adventurous lead-follow, convoy experience.
Book early to avoid disappointment.
This event is for one person and forms part of a group event, taking place monthly. Allow half a day for this experience. All events are weather dependent. Drivers must have a clean drivers license. Vehicles and instructors are included. Location ~ SandtonÂ
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Discovery Flights are short introductory flights for people interested in learning about flying or taking the first step toward earning their pilot's license.
Every participant is assigned to a certified pilot instructor who walks you through the step-by-step procedure of how to safely fly an aircraft.
Taking place in CPT, DBN & Gauteng | Weather Dependent | 100kgs Weight Limit | Participation Is At Your Own RiskÂ
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Develop your off-road driving skills with a full day introductory course to gain a greater understanding of vehicle control, obstacle handling and how to safely assess challenging environments. We'll also explain various Land Rover technologies such as Terrain Response and other handy features which make off-roading even more pleasurable. Our expert instructors will help you hone your off-road driving skills during this adventurous lead-follow, convoy experience.
Book early to avoid disappointment.
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With decades of experience under their perfume belts, the scent savants at Perfume Prive Workshop assist an endless number of groups to create their signature scent. Using the highest-quality fragrances from around the globe, these specialist scent creators produce sweet-smelling serums free of any harsh undertones associated with low-quality chemical-based scents.  Allow two hours for this experience. Workshops take place by appointment only. Included | Hot drinks, your self-created bottle of concentrated perfume; 10ml Oil and a 60ml Perfumed Body Cream for you to take home.  No experience required. This package is for one person only and forms part of a small group.  Location | Franschhoek, Western Cape *Please note that the perfumery requires a minimum of two guests in order to host this experience. This is not a private experience* -
The BMW X Lifestyle Park offers a controlled environment in which you can test your car’s abilities under the guidance of seasoned instructors. The 1,3 km off-road track contains twelve off-road modules and was specifically developed to showcase the capabilities of the xDrive system. The BMW X off-road experience is more than just fun, though. It puts your mind at ease knowing that if you ever end up in a sticky situation, you’d be just fine. The X-series BMW can handle whatever the road throws at it - be it water crossings, loose sand or steep inclines. Need to know ~Â- Courses take place at BMW's X Lifestyle Park, Midrand.
- Allow half a day for this experience.
- Courses take place on prescheduled dates.
- Pre-Booking essential.
- BMW Off-Road Vehicles are provided.
- Vehicles are shared.
- Courses take place in all weather conditions.
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If you've been looking for an exhilarating adventure in Cape Town, you've come to the right place. This Constantia Nek zipline experience will help you put another tick on your bucket list! The highest points on the zipline tour peak at up to 155 metres above the tree canopy and some cables reach distances of up to 500 metres. Longer, higher cables result in faster slides!- Regret no children under 6 years, no pregnant ladies, no heart conditions or physical disability and no person over the 120kg weight limit.
- Ziplining takes place throughout the week.
- Participation is entirely at your own risk.
- Ticket price includes VAT and service fee.
- Transfers are not included.
- Booking confirmation to include directions, what to take and what to wear.
