Starting time 10am 3 per team. We will also be doing sessions at Chafani Holiday Resort on the 19th December 2012 and 3rd January 2013, so invite family and friends

“BRIDGING THE GAP THROUGH EXPERIENTIAl

Mission
The team at Unexplored Adventures have a shared calling to create a moment of trust, support, inclusion and caring.
At Unexplored Adventures we embrace diversity in terms of gender and race as well as to embrace a culture of ownership and accountability where learning is shared and where success is celebrated. At Unexplored Adventure our philosophy is to strive for experiential learning excellence.

Aim
This adventure centre’s aim is to target disadvantage children and school groups within the Eastern Cape and right through South Africa. The centre will use its tool such as Adventure Based Activities and it links the NCS to teach and guide them in life skills, team building, communication, environmental education, HIV Aids awareness, entrepreneurial activities, working towards a goal, working through personal challenge and therefore understanding the reason of these challenges and using them towards their advantages.

Underprivileged Children’s Camps
All programmes are based on the premise that experiential learning is the best way to learn. The nature of Unexplored Adventure centre’s programmes will vary according to the age groups therefore setting up camps for different grades e.g. April Holidays Grade 4 – Grade 5, July Holiday Grade 6 – Grade 7, September Holiday Grade 8 – Grade 9, December Holiday Grade 10 – 11.

Skills Development Programs
All children are observed and those who show an interest in adventure based activities will be invited to enter the instructor hood training programmes, where they to will have the opportunity to lead in some of the camps and therefore can gain working experience, which also gives allowance to thought of what they would like to do in the future. Once these learners have been through the programme we will offer a post matric programme where learners will have to study a correspondence course of their choice and will be sent on instructor courses i.e. abseiling, first aid, drivers licence, hiking etc… Through ARA (Adventure Recreations Association of South Africa) and MDT (Mountaineering Development Training), they will then be offered the opportunity to work at the centre for a minimum of two years.

School’s Outdoor Adventure Programs
We aim to cover the following aspects of the National Curriculum Statement, Life Orientation, Languages, Natural Science and Social Science. Our programmes incorporate aspects of the above learning areas where learners will achieve these outcomes through experiential learning. These programmes will be included with outdoor environmental education, team building, group dynamics , leadership activities and individual challenges.

Location
Unexplored Adventure Centre is based on the East Coast near Chinsta East in the East London on Yekelela Playing Guest Farm The centre offers full board and lodging and self-catering facilities. The adventure centre boasts a full ropes course in the high element and low elements. The mobile centre offers tailor made courses that can be taken anywhere in the country to run the programmes at venues of our clients choice.

School Camps

We aim to cover the following aspects of the National Curriculum Statement, Life Orientation, Languages, Natural Science and Social Science. Our programmes incorporate aspects of the above learning areas where learners will achieve these outcomes through experiential learning. These programmes will be included with outdoor environmental education, team building, group dynamics, leadership activities and individual challenges.

Foundation Phase

Pre Primary and Grade 1 Outings

Small nature hike
Basic Orienteering (Treasure Hunt)
Identifying animals and insects
All outings are combined with play in playground and touch farm

Grade 2 and 3

Day Excursions
Environmental Hikes
Basic Group Dynamics
Basic Orienteering including Numeracy
Teambuilding Games
Overnight Camp
Night Hike
Water Activities
Teambuilding Games
Camp Cooking
Treasure Hunt
Basic Group Dynamics

Intermediate Phase

Environmental Education is incoporate in our programs and we cover Indigenous and Alien Vegetation, Alternative forms of energy, etc. Schools can specify topics they would like covered in their program and we will try to meet that need.

Orienteering
Group Dynamics
Raft Building and knots
Ropes Course
Teambuilding Skills
Leadership Program
Specialised Camps i.e Cycling
Night Hikes
Introduction to Compass and Map Work

GET and FET Phase

The centre uses Adventure Based Activities and it links the NCS as a tool to teach and to guide young people in life skills, team building, communication, environmental education, HIV Aids awareness, entrepreneurial activities, working towards a goal, working through personal challenge etc. By understanding the reasons of these challenges we use them to develop young people into respectable adults.

Environmental Education

Habitats
River Systems
Estuaries
Climatology
Geomorphology

Activities

Group Dynamics
Orienteering
Leadership Activities
Team Building Activities
Ropes Course
Abseiling (Pre arrangement)
Overnight Camps
Specialised Camps

Amatola Hike (75km 5 Days) (Seasonal)
Gubu Dam (Leadership combined with Survivor Camp)

Day Excursions
Night Hikes
Group Dynamics
Appreciation for our environment
Life Skills – Communication, Time management , decision making etc
Orienteering and Map Work
Group Dynamics
Abseiling
Environmental Education

Specialised Excursions

These camps are offered to give learners an opportunity to be taken out of their comfort zone and experience a different environment with a whole new program. These programs are suited to accomplish the objectives once again teachers can cover certain environment issues.

Cycling – Through the Wild Coast from Kei Mouth to Morgan bay and The Gates.