Firelight Day Tours

Canopy Tours
Experience the thrill of a 2.5 hour canopy tour through the Ysterhout Kloof. Set in the 2,400 year old Magaliesberg Mountains, this tour comprises 11 platforms built high on the rock faces of the Kloof and joined by 10 slides up to 140meters long and 30meters above the stream below.
Trained guides assure the safety of the participant while describing interesting facts about the ancient mountain, surrounding ecology, bird and animal life.
An exhilarating experience, all safety gear and certificate is supplied.
Length of this tour is 6 hours

De Wildt Wild Cheetah Project
Visit the De Wildt Cheetah project and see how Ann van Dyk in conjunction with the South African National Parks, have managed to save the Cheetah from extinction and remove them from the endangered list. An educational tour conducted in an open vehicle, you get to see the animals at close quarters.
Because of the success of their programme, this has now been extended to include the Wild Dogs and the Brown Hyena, both these species are also in need of revival, collecting information of how they live is very important, if we are to make a difference in their survival which includes their breeding and reintroduction back into their natural habitat.
Length of tour is 6 hours.

Elephant Sanctuary – Interaction, Hartbeespoort Dam
Nestled in the Magaliesberg Mountains, 1 hour from Johannesburg and Pretoria, 4 km from the Hartbeespoort Dam. The sanctuary lies in natural indigenous bush and is home to local species impala, klipspringer, baboons, porcupine, and a host of other small animals and birds.
This is a ‘hands on elephant experience’ conducted on foot you will have the opportunity to walk and interact with these majestic creatures, touching and feeling the hair on their bodies and experience the language of communication. Your understanding of elephants will be changed forever.
This is a Malaria-free area.
Length of tour is 5 hours

Hot Air Balloon Flight
Balloon Safaris, not only offer chilled champagne while hovering gently above the tree tops of the beautiful Magalies River Valley, but also the experience of drifting majestically over views high above the Magaliesberg range, just 45 km north of Johannesburg’s northern suburbs, a region boasting some of the best ballooning weather in the world. Fly this experience, a once in a lifetime, and let Bill and his team thrill you, on landing you will be collected by vehicle and driven back to the beautifully appointed country base where you will be served a freshly cooked “ champagne breakfast.“
The length of this tour is 6 hours, with a very early morning start.

Lesedi Cultural Village
Lesedi Cultural Village is a multi culture village set amongst the pristine bushveld and rocky hills less than an hour’s drive from Johannesburg.
Live the Lesedi experience – experience the vibrant and colorful traditions of the Zulu, Pedi, Xhosa, and Basotho people.
The tour includes an introduction to various different cultures and how this fits into the new South Africa, you get to tour their villages and see how they live and watch them in tribal dance in their dance amphitheatre. This is followed by a meal, a chance to taste some of the traditional savoring of the various cultures.
Length of the tour is 6 hours.