Clothing brand, Superdry, has analysed 99 countries according to their outdoor activity offerings and South Africa has made it into the top 10 camping hotspots around the world.
Their research looked into a number of activities that included hiking, camping, surfing, rock climbing and kayaking. South Africa was listed as the sixth-best camping hotspot in the world, With Australia taking the prize for first.
For camping, Superdry analysed Instagram data to reveal the number of countries under the hashtag #camping to indicate popularity in the area.
Australia scored 193 000 hashtags, comfortably beating second-placed Thailand with 63 840 hashtags. South Africa narrowly missed out on a top-five finish with 22 895 to France’s 23 296, who are in fifth place.
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