Looking for a spooky, scary, spine-tingling or adrenaline-fuelled experience gift for Halloween?
You’ve come to the right place.
Here at Experience Gifts, we’ve rounded up our favourite scary adventures for October.
Halloween is all about the concept of fear… ghosts, ghouls, witches, vampires (and the occasional knock-off Harley Quinn) paint their faces, get dressed in their Halloween garb and revel in the streets and bars every October, celebrating all things spooky.
While some of us fear ghosts, vampires and the paranormal, others of us are much more frightened of real, tangible things that challenge us and get out heart rates up: sharks, heights, and stunts that turn our legs to jelly beforehand… but that we’re always glad we did afterwards!
This Halloween, face your fears (real or paranormal) and take part in one of our favourite scary experience gifts – or treat the daredevil in your life to a Halloween experience gift with a difference.
Read on to find out our top picks!
Ceres Valley Zipline Tour - R 500.00
Get ready to challenge any fear of heights you may have, and take an aerial adventure over Ceres Valley from hundreds of feet in the air.
You’ll start your Ceres Valley Zipline Tour at Schurweberg Mountains, below the Koekedouw Dam in Ceres. Professional guides will transport you to the start of the course where you'll get strapped in, and ready for ‘take off’.
As you ready yourself on the side of the mountain, your pulse will no doubt be racing as you look down at the incredible view. Then it’s time to take the scary plunge, zooming along eight ziplines of varying length and height to conquer your fear!
Book the Zipline Adventure in Ceres Valley on your next Witzenberg vacation or treat an adrenaline junkie to a unique experience gift!
Mystery Ghost Tour - R 400.00 +
Continuing on with that well-loved, ubiquitous cornerstone of Halloween: The ghost.
Treat yourself or a ghoul-obsessed loved one to this spooky ghost tour in Johannesburg, Cullinan, or Parys.
From ghost stories being told around a cosy campfire, to a paranormal guide leading you through the supposedly haunted streets of your city, to a terrifying journey on a ghost bus… there’s options for every paranormal enthusiast.
Learn about the history of your city, and the ghosts, ghouls and spectres who are said to still haunt the streets today!
Gansbaai Shark Cage Dive From Hermanus - R 1,800.00
You can't visit Hermanus, one of South Africa's most popular coastal retreats, without booking a shark cage dive - it's a rite of passage! Sharks are, decidedly, a fairly common phobia. If you fear these complex creatures, a life-changing shark dive in Gansbaai might just open your eyes to the true beauty of the white shark.
When better than Halloween to face up to your fears, and take the (literal) plunge?
This thrilling and heart-pounding experience is truly out of this world - once you've stepped into the cage and sunk beneath the surface, you'll feel as though you're on another planet entirely.
Run by experts with a 100% safety record, you're in sure hands on board the boat, in the water, and on the ride back to Hermanus, guaranteed to be an experience you'll never forget.
Tick off your next bucket list item or treat a daredevil friend to a Gansbaai Shark Cage Dive gift certificate!
Spooky Escape Room - R 590.00
Being locked in a room with no way out except with the use of your problem-solving skills is a scary experience… but a fun challenge nonetheless.
Escape Room South Africa has a variety of themed escape rooms to choose from, so this Halloween challenge yourself and your friends to a puzzle-solving day out with a difference.
Will you be piecing together the mysterious case of the vanishing person? Helping fictional colleagues escape from the mine? Or maybe proving yourself worthy of a role as a magician's assistant?
Whatever you choose, you'll need to keep your wits about you, as you only have 60 minutes to crack the code that opens the room to set you free!
Zipline and Cable Swing Graskop Gorge - R 570.00
Scared of heights?
Consider this zipline and cable swing in Graskop Gorge a fun version of exposure therapy!
Take on one of the world’s highest cable gorge swings and free-fall 70 metres into the valley below, then zoom across on a high-speed zipline with this unique combo experience!
The Graskop Gorge Cable Swing and Zipline are two of Mpumalanga's top attractions, and must-do activities on vacations in Hazyview and Nelspruit, perfect for outdoor adventurers. Highly trained instructors and professional-standard equipment mean you're in safe hands, so wait for the 3, 2, 1... and swing across the Graskop Gorge at speeds up to 140km/h and zip along at 135m high!
Scary experience gifts don’t get much better than this.
Thanks for reading!
Thanks for reading our Halloween gift guide full of experiences that excite, challenge and maybe even scare you.
If you’re still looking for the perfect experience gift, you can browse our full range here.
Have a question about one of our spooky experiences, or a Halloween adventure you think we missed? Feel free to leave a comment; we’d love to hear from you.
From all of us at Experience Gifts, Happy Halloween!
