{"id":483,"date":"2012-05-05T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T06:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=483"},"modified":"2012-05-05T08:00:38","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T06:00:38","slug":"skydiving-swakopmund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/05\/skydiving-swakopmund\/","title":{"rendered":"Skydiving Swakopmund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I can never forget the first time I jumped out of a plane in Swakopmund, Namibia at 10,000 feet. The sheer anticipation of the unknown while sitting on the edge of the plane with the crisp air on my face looking out into the clouds put me into perfect clarity. As the instructor counted down 3 2 1 we pushed out of the plane flying through the sky at 120km\/hr. truly an unbelievable experience! I have done 36 jumps now and I still find it hard to put these words on paper. However, my excitement of sharing this experience with fellow travelers will never fail.<\/p>\n<p>To fly like a bird is totally one of the best experiences I have had in my life and must say it is one of the TOP activities to add onto your African safari. It\u2019s time to fly and experience landing in this amazing desert of Namibia!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Michelle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-484\" src=\"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Michelle-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I can never forget the first time I jumped out of a plane in Swakopmund, Namibia at 10,000 feet. The sheer anticipation of the unknown while sitting on the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16,32],"tags":[346],"class_list":["post-483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-acacia","category-namibia","category-overland","tag-skydiving"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Skydiving Swakopmund - Acacia Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Acacia Blog - Skydiving Swakopmund -\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/05\/skydiving-swakopmund\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Skydiving Swakopmund - Acacia Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Acacia Blog - Skydiving Swakopmund -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/05\/skydiving-swakopmund\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Acacia Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/Acacia.Africa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-05-05T06:00:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Michelle-300x225-3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"225\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SamW\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AcaciaAfrica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AcaciaAfrica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SamW\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/05\\\/05\\\/skydiving-swakopmund\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/05\\\/05\\\/skydiving-swakopmund\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SamW\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/816bcb9243d5dc1f5f89ecb6ca23f1ed\"},\"headline\":\"Skydiving Swakopmund\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-05-05T06:00:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/05\\\/05\\\/skydiving-swakopmund\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":152,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/05\\\/05\\\/skydiving-swakopmund\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/05\\\/Michelle-300x225-3.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Skydiving\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Acacia\",\"Namibia\",\"Overland\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/05\\\/05\\\/skydiving-swakopmund\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/05\\\/05\\\/skydiving-swakopmund\\\/\",\"name\":\"Skydiving Swakopmund - Acacia Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/05\\\/05\\\/skydiving-swakopmund\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/05\\\/05\\\/skydiving-swakopmund\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/05\\\/Michelle-300x225-3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-05-05T06:00:38+00:00\",\"description\":\"Acacia Blog - Skydiving Swakopmund -\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/05\\\/05\\\/skydiving-swakopmund\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/05\\\/05\\\/skydiving-swakopmund\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/05\\\/05\\\/skydiving-swakopmund\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/05\\\/Michelle-300x225-3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/05\\\/Michelle-300x225-3.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":225,\"caption\":\"Michelle-300x225.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/05\\\/05\\\/skydiving-swakopmund\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Skydiving Swakopmund\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Acacia Africa Blog\",\"description\":\"Overland Africa, Africa Tours, Adventure Tours\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Acacia Africa\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Acacia Africa\",\"alternateName\":\"Overland Africa, Africa Tours, Adventure Tours\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/android-chrome-512x512-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/android-chrome-512x512-1.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Acacia Africa\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/web.facebook.com\\\/Acacia.Africa\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/AcaciaAfrica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/acaciaafrica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tripadvisor.co.za\\\/Attraction_Review-g312659-d6888728-Reviews-Acacia_Africa-Cape_Town_Central_Western_Cape.html\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/816bcb9243d5dc1f5f89ecb6ca23f1ed\",\"name\":\"SamW\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9f642ffa2cf3f3c277e80e27601668864b765a46b7bdbe57c7ba93f87f056a47?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9f642ffa2cf3f3c277e80e27601668864b765a46b7bdbe57c7ba93f87f056a47?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9f642ffa2cf3f3c277e80e27601668864b765a46b7bdbe57c7ba93f87f056a47?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"SamW\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acacia-africa.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/samw\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Skydiving Swakopmund - Acacia Blog","description":"Acacia Blog - Skydiving Swakopmund -","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/05\/skydiving-swakopmund\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Skydiving Swakopmund - Acacia Blog","og_description":"Acacia Blog - Skydiving Swakopmund -","og_url":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/05\/skydiving-swakopmund\/","og_site_name":"Acacia Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/Acacia.Africa\/","article_published_time":"2012-05-05T06:00:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":225,"url":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Michelle-300x225-3.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"SamW","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AcaciaAfrica","twitter_site":"@AcaciaAfrica","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"SamW","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/05\/skydiving-swakopmund\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/05\/skydiving-swakopmund\/"},"author":{"name":"SamW","@id":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/816bcb9243d5dc1f5f89ecb6ca23f1ed"},"headline":"Skydiving Swakopmund","datePublished":"2012-05-05T06:00:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/05\/skydiving-swakopmund\/"},"wordCount":152,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/05\/skydiving-swakopmund\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Michelle-300x225-3.jpg","keywords":["Skydiving"],"articleSection":["Acacia","Namibia","Overland"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/05\/skydiving-swakopmund\/","url":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/05\/skydiving-swakopmund\/","name":"Skydiving Swakopmund - Acacia Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/05\/skydiving-swakopmund\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/05\/skydiving-swakopmund\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Michelle-300x225-3.jpg","datePublished":"2012-05-05T06:00:38+00:00","description":"Acacia Blog - Skydiving Swakopmund -","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/05\/skydiving-swakopmund\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/05\/skydiving-swakopmund\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/05\/skydiving-swakopmund\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Michelle-300x225-3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Michelle-300x225-3.jpg","width":300,"height":225,"caption":"Michelle-300x225.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/05\/skydiving-swakopmund\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Skydiving Swakopmund"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/","name":"Acacia Africa Blog","description":"Overland Africa, Africa Tours, Adventure Tours","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Acacia Africa","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Acacia Africa","alternateName":"Overland Africa, Africa Tours, Adventure Tours","url":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/android-chrome-512x512-1.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/android-chrome-512x512-1.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Acacia Africa"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/Acacia.Africa\/","https:\/\/x.com\/AcaciaAfrica","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/acaciaafrica","https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.co.za\/Attraction_Review-g312659-d6888728-Reviews-Acacia_Africa-Cape_Town_Central_Western_Cape.html"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/816bcb9243d5dc1f5f89ecb6ca23f1ed","name":"SamW","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9f642ffa2cf3f3c277e80e27601668864b765a46b7bdbe57c7ba93f87f056a47?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9f642ffa2cf3f3c277e80e27601668864b765a46b7bdbe57c7ba93f87f056a47?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9f642ffa2cf3f3c277e80e27601668864b765a46b7bdbe57c7ba93f87f056a47?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"SamW"},"url":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/author\/samw\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Michelle-300x225-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}