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Ocean Sailing (International Approved Course)
Presented by one of South Africa’s recognised Sailing Institutions who will issue a Yacht hand certificate to the students after completion of the course. This is an excellent four to five days open ocean course that will allow
students to experience true live aboard condition. Students will receive a temporary membership card for the Royal Natal Yacht Club that will allow them to the full use of all club facilities during the duration of the course. Should students wish to further their career in sailing, this course serves as the first module of completing his/her training. Each day the hour theory lecture is followed by practical sailing.
Course outline:
- Sea terminology
- Sail handling
- Rope work
- Man overboard and personal safety equipment
- Distress Signals
- Etiquette
- Rules of the sea
- Meteorology, helmanship and taking the first steps to navigation
Scuba Diving (International Approved Certification.)
Certified Course presented by qualified Dive Masters and Instructors. The course is divided in Lectures, pool work and qualifying open water dives. This course includes a trip to Mozambique or Swodwana bay in Natal where student will do part of their qualifying open water dives. This trip is combined with the Dolphin experience, and has become an all time favorite with the Warriors. Past Warriors often join the group, broadening new friendships and support for the future in a way that only a Warrior can.
Course outlines:
- Equipment
- Physiology
- Environment
- Dive Planning
- 4 qualifying dives on location (Sodwana or Mozambique)
Water sports
- Water-skiing
Divided into small groups, students will learn the essentials of boat handling, launching and signals. Each will have the opportunity to experience tubing and/or water-skiing behind a boat.
- Kayaking and/or Rafting
A experience presented by professional instructors and guides who introduce the students to the basic skills of safely navigating a kayak or raft in average weather conditions. The excitement of sleeping on a river bank under the stars creates a newfound experience.
- Extreme White Water Tubing
on the highly rated white water rafting on a good old black tube. This extreme activity takes you hurtling down the frothing, white rapids that will keep the adrenaline pumping for hours.
Horsemanship
A specially designed riding workshop for the students of the WARRIORS Programme, offers the following:
- Basic Horse Riding Skills
- Grooming and Daily Care
- Stable Management
- Basic Skills e.g. what signs to look for in a sick horse, and treatment
- An outride programmed with each lesson
Riders need not necessarily be experienced as we offer instruction to make the rider comfortable and confident. We offer our Warriors something different. They head off into the wilderness on horseback with well school horses and competent guides. The horse trail through lush indigenous vegetation, forest area and grass plains makes a truly remarkable experience. On these trails there is a variety of small game, various birds, including the endangered blue swallow, odd klip springer, mountain reedbuck, grey duiker and sightings of wild horses.
Mountain Biking
A big part of our exercise is done on our mountain bikes. Several off road out-rides will introduce the Warriors to this exciting and healthy lifestyle. The following topics will be covered:
- History of the mountain bike
- Riding techniques
- How to equip yourself
- Frame, group set and tyre selection
- Basic maintenance of your mountain bike
- All about “safe riding”
- Cross country riding
- Mountain biking - part of adventure racing.
Hiking
Various hiking trips are planned during the programme. As part of the hiking experience students will receive guidance on the following:
- Correct set up of hiking equipment
- Correct packing of backpack
- Outdoor food preparation
- Route planning and Navigation
- Outdoor emergencies and first aid
- Hiking hints
- Trail ethics
Trails are chosen carefully to maximise the experience and diversity of our country and gradually increase in difficulty levels as student proficiency increases. Some of the areas where the Warriors will be hiking include the following:
- Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve (One of the largest canyons in the world):
This 30 000 hectares contains well-known attractions such as the pinnacle rock formation, God’s Window, Burke’s Luck Potholes, The three Rondavels and the Belvedere hydro-electric power station(Built in 1911 to supply power to gold crushers). The overnight hut is situated upstream of a magnificent rock pool where they spend the afternoon swimming and relaxing. The hike meanders through weathered quartzite rocks and across grassland to the watervalspruit valley. Then from paradise pool the trail rises gently and descends into the deep cut gorge where the blyde and treur river have eroded spectacular cylindrical potholes into the rocks.
- Lesodi Trail:
The Lesodi Trail between Heanertsburg and Magoebaskloof is steep climb with a drop in grasslands and indigenous forest. Bird and small animals are abundant on this trail and includes the rare Cape Parrot and Samango monkeys. A few points of interest are:
- The nineteenth century sawpit where woodcutters dug a pit beneath large felled trees so that they could saw them into plank with one person above and one below.
- The Cathedral tree, this is a strangler vine which strangled several trees and now remind one of a Cathedral vault
- The nose, the Pipe and the Knoll are other attractions on this trail
- Louis Changuion Trail:
Louis Changuion trail is an easy fun hike in starting and ending in the Haenersburg Village. This beautiful hike meanders through indigenous forest and grassland area.
- Serala Wolkberg Wilderness area:
The Serala Wilderness area has no set trails in the area and the hiker therefore has to plan his own route with the help of a map. Because there is no set route, there is no limit to the number of days that can be spent in the area. The Serala mountains are part of the Northern Drakenberg mountains, where thick layer of quartzite rest on dolomite and granite-gneiss. Prominent Serala Peak (2050m) is South East inside the wilderness area on the edge of the lowveld. The well-known “Face of President Paul Kruger” is found due south of Serala Peak. The Forehead and nose are easily recognisable as is the beard, where the Wonderwoud trees are visible in the low neck of the Mountain.
- Magoebaskloof trails:
Various trails in the Magoebaskloof Mountains are covered. The Magoebaskloof Mountains where two Warrior Chiefs dueled takes it’s name from the Tlou tribes chief Makgoba, who lived in this area. Surely this must be one of the most beautiful trails in South Africa, and possibly the world nestled in the indigenous forests of Magoebaskloof. These trails take you to beautiful areas steeped in Mystery.
Extreme Adventures Challenges
The venue’s are Sabie, Pilgrims Rest and Graskop in Mpumalanga province, as well as the magnificent mountains and gorges in the Georges Valley area in the Limpopo province. The students will experience extreme adventure on different occasions throughout the programme. Dedicated professionals committed to providing comprehensive small group instruction will accompany the Warriors on these adventures. Safety and fun are here the key words.
Activities includes:
- Kloofing or Canyoning is an adventure hike in a deep gorge with pool crawling, bum sliding, waterfalls and holes ending at the bottom of the largest tourist waterfall in Mpumalanga as part of the programme.
- Waterfall abseil of 25 m on Wet or Dry surfaces, subject to weather conditions.
- Bridge Swing of an ultra smooth 30m experience.
- Candle light caving (or is it crawling) in the extreme and muddy chambers of caves, at the Lone Creek waterfall.
* All of the above activities are subject to availability and weather conditions.
Wild Life Experiences:
Bird & Tree Identification Workshop
Presented by experienced guides specializing in Birding, Trees and Wildlife.
Learning Outcomes of the workshop:
- Students will learn to apply principles and work out birds and trees to check if the id is correct and understand why.
- Students will learn to apply these skills to continue the journey of understanding the interaction of man and the environment.
Other
- Moholoholo Animal Rehab Centre where students will get to interact with various animals that where rescued and rehabilitated to be release back into nature.
- Bombyx Silk worms.
- Reptile Experience.
- White Lion project.
- Cheetah breeding project.
Survival, Orientation & Quest challenges
Our modern world is fast. If any one of us is not up to speed we are simply left behind and no one wants to be left behind. It is the aim of the survivor quest challenge to encourage all WARRIORS to find the courage to stand up for themselves and express the true individual they want to be. Through direct experience under the full force of nature every WARRIOR is part of this exciting adventure.
- The Physical Survivor challenge
Iis an outer journey of tough and demanding skills designed to open the WARRIOR to their physical limits; not to break the individual; not to dehumanise any one; but to find the physical limits of their endurance. Once a WARRIOR is aware of their limits they are free to choose, either to:
- go back to a point of safety
- grow within their limitation
- grow beyond their limitation or
- to ignore all of the above and carry on as before.
- The Quest Survivor challenge
Is an inner journey of personal discovery. Through participation, exploration, play-acting and obstacle courses every WARRIOR is invited to express himself/herself and in so doing acknowledge his/her individual magnificence.
- Study the stars
- Learn about the dangers in and around the bush
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- Identify animal spoor, droppings and animal behavior
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- Identify birds, trees and insects
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- Handling and safety of guns (target shooting)
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- Learn aspects of water life
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- Apply basic survival skills (building shelters, finding of natural food, basic first aid (Bush Pharmacy), finding water, making fire, setting and making traps, etc)
First Aid and CPR
In this course students will realise the importance of being competent in performing the necessary skills in the event of an emergency. Courses are designed to teach students the following knowledge:
- Patient Assessment
- Shock Treatment
- Fractures / Dislocations
- Splint improvisation
- Soft Tissue Injuries
- CPR
Self Defense
Basic self-defense instruction will be given to students encompassing the following situations:
- Strangling situation
- Hi-jack situation
- Gun- or knifepoint confrontations
- Rape situation
- Danger signs to be aware of
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