Information & Fact Sheet
Accommodation:
Kwa Madwala – Students will be housed at the Gazebo Lodge or any of it’s extended accommodation areas, such as the Bush Cottage within the private game reserve, located on the southern side of the world renowned Kruger National park. Please see www.kwamadwala.net.
Cape Town - Conveniently located just outside of Cape Town and within walking distance from the beach, the Saltycrax Backpackers Lodge serves as a central location from where to embark on all Cape Town’s sites and adventures. Please see www.saltycrax.com.
Meals and Dining:
Meals at Kwa Madwala Private Game Reserve:
- Breakfasts: 4 of the 5 breakfasts will be yogurts, fresh fruit and cereal’s with toast and spreads served out in the bush, in the boma area or under a thatched dining area at the lodge. One breakfast will be a generous South African cooked Breakfast and will be prepared around the fire.
- Lunches: Light lunches some of which will be packed with options such as: fruit, sandwiches, pizza’s, pies, rolls, hamburgers and sausages.
- Dinners: Good wholesome South African meals will be prepared invariably around the fire. These will include dishes such as stews, barbeques (braai’s), casseroles, a variety of South African vegetable’s, salad and starch combinations.
- Tea, coffee and fruit juice will be available daily at breakfast.
- A generous amount of food will always be available.
Meals at Saltycrax Backpackers Lodge in Cape Town:
- Breakfast: Continental breakfasts are served in the morning.
- Lunch: At own discretion, each day different ethnic establishments will be visited with a choice for all.
- Dinners: Healthy buffet served at the lodge each evening with large choices of meats, vegetables, pastas, etc.
Transportation:
All transportation will be in fully licensed Mini Busses or Game viewer vehicles. All
vehicles are fully covered by liability, public and passenger insurance.
Supervision / coordination:
The team will be assigned a guide/supervisor whilst at Kwa Madwala. This person will
have cellular communication and be in contact with the emergency services and the
responsible person on site at Kwa Madwala. The same team leader will be with the
students for the duration of their experience. The team leader will also take care of
the day to day running coordinating and scheduling of events. Although Kwa
Madwala will make use of various other professional individuals throughout the
experience, one team leader will be responsible on site and such person would take
total responsibility for all aspects of the programme from start to finish. The team
leader’s contact details will be made known to South African Safaris well in advance
of the arrival date of group. Similarly, whilst in Cape Town, the team will be met by
a guide at the airport that will accompany them for the duration of the Cape Town
portion of the package. Additionally, each group will be accompanied by at least one
teacher/organizer from the school and maintain a ratio of no more than 6 students per
guide/supervisor at any time.
Emergency procedure.
An additional supervisor will be available after hours and be equipped with a vehicle on
site at camp so as to ensure that participants have access to the nearest town which is
Malelane (30 KM away) or the nearest private hospital in Nelspruit (90 KM away).
An emergency contact is on call 24Hrs a day whilst in Cape Town. Additionally, a
contact person is available 24Hrs a day for any questions, comments or concerns that
may arise.
Included in your educational travel package:
- All accommodation for duration of stay.
- All ground and air transportation for the entire programme which includes:
- Internal flight from JNB (Johannesburg) - KMIA (Nelspruit).
- Internal flight from KMIA - CT (Cape Town).
- Internal flight from CT - JNB.
- Road transfer to and from KMIA to the Kwa Madwala Private Game Lodge.
- All transportation and transfers within the Cape area.
- All meals, snacks, and drinks whilst at the Kwa Madwala lodge.
- All breakfasts and dinners in Cape Town (except dinner at Mama Africa’s).
- All entrance fees, tickets and permits for activities and excursions as
mentioned in proposed itinerary.
- Students will receive the following safari activities included in their programme:
- 4 x 3 hour game drives on the Kwa Madwala Private Game Reserve.
- 2 x 3 hour walking safaris.
- 2 x Night drives.
- A one hour Elephant Back Safari.
- A one hour walking safari with the elephants.
- A 10 minute Microlight Safari (optional).
Cost: Packages start at $1,490 per person sharing based on groups of 10 or more
students.
International airfare: arranged on request at group rates that vary depending on city of
origin.
A quick overview of the Leopard Conservation project.
The conservation project which will be running at Kwa Madwala over the next three
years is Project Leopard. Although students would be actively involved and
working on the project in a dedicated manner, and their assistance will be greatly
appreciated, it would continue to be run by a team of Kwa Madwala’s own staff on
an ongoing basis irrespective of the youngsters participation or not. The Leopard
Project aims at the following objectives over the
next three years:
- Conditioning of leopards in the Kwa Madwala reserve so that their fear of
man is broken down and that they start to associate man with Game Viewer
vehicles and camera’s rather then guns, hunting and fear.
- Creation and enhancement of a safe haven for Leopards in the area.
- Establish regular sightings of Leopard.
- Establish and compile statistics on Leopards in the area.
- Establish feeding traits and patterns.
- Contribute to ecotourism and indirectly to job creation in the area.
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