Leadership & teamwork
Leadership development, team building and grade camps, including Grade 7 camps. Professional leadership sessions can be added on request.
Adventure with a purpose
School Groups
Leadership, teamwork and adventure on the Vaal. A camp built around your learners, in English or Afrikaans.
Plan your school campBeyond the classroom
One camp.
Many ways to grow.
Teachers set the goals. Dimalachite’s facilitators plan and run a programme around them, using outdoor activities to practise communication, responsibility and working together.
English or AfrikaansTailored programmesMeals & accommodationFacilitated activities
Adventure & outdoor learning
Adventure camps, veldskool, Voortrekkers and boy or girl scout groups, with activities selected for the group.
Study, sport & culture
Study camps, sports and cultural groups, conferences and first-year student camps. Include time for your own sessions.
Youth & family groups
Church and youth camps, Dad & Lad and Dad & Daughter weekends, plus other programmes arranged with your organiser.
Standard camp programmes include meals, accommodation, team games, group activities and recreation. The itinerary and final inclusions are confirmed in your tailored quotation.
Purpose behind the programme
Confidence through
participation.
The camp’s aim is to support young people’s life skills, personal leadership and positive group relationships. Reflection is part of the experience: recognising progress and considering how to improve.
Start with team spirit
Arrival, unpacking and icebreakers lead into teams creating their own flag and war cry. Materials and paint are supplied. Teams present their designs and explain what they represent. Allow around two hours for the flag and war cry activity.
Give everyone a turn to lead
Activities can rotate the leadership role so every learner listens, plans and participates. Guided blindfold challenges practise trust and clear instructions.
Make space for your school’s goals
Agree outcomes with the facilitators beforehand. Teacher-led sessions can cover school rules, responsibilities and discipline. Facilitator-led topics include identifying leaders, leadership styles, listening and making a difference. One or two professional sessions can be requested, including subjects chosen by the organiser.
Build your programme
Challenges, games
and shared discoveries.
Choose a mix that fits your camp length. Durations below are approximate planning times from the school quotation form.
Around 2 hours
T.E.A.M. challenges
Teams rotate through golf ball challenges, five-person 4×4 slides, pool puzzles, netball challenges and Toxic Waste. Mine Field and other team challenges develop planning, patience, listening, trust and communication.
Around 1 hour
Minute to Win It
Quick team challenges such as Blow the Can, Elephant March, Water Bottle Flip and a water-carrying relay. The aim is energy, cooperation and friendly competition.
Around 2 hours
Obstacle course & mud pool
An outdoor adventure combining obstacles and mud, with teamwork, communication and planning at its centre.
Around 1 hour
Night hike
An evening adventure that adds a different setting for trust and shared discovery. Campfire songs can also form part of the evening programme.
Flexible programme
Survivor Challenge
A themed team-building programme combining selected challenges. Teams can compete for points across the day, with tasks chosen for the group and available time.
Build confidence
Motivational sessions
Choose leadership, team goals and teamwork, positive attitude or believing in yourself. Request another topic in your enquiry. Swimming pool games can add teamwork, fun and relaxation.
Out on the Vaal
A river adventure
they will remember.
Mild to Wild white water rafting
The longer white water option takes on nine rapids and is listed at approximately four hours on the school enquiry form. Guided rafting includes helmets and life jackets.
Gate to Dome paddling & rafting
A shorter option with one long set of rapids, listed at approximately two hours. Discuss the appropriate trip for your learners and current river conditions.
Raft relay
Teams use a raft, two paddles and two life jackets to race around the island in front of camp. They compete to finish the agreed number of rounds. Allow around one hour.
Raft building & river games
Teams combine three rafts with planks, poles and ropes, then launch their creation with their team flag. Flat-water paddling can include ball games using paddles. The enquiry form offers a flat-water paddling and raft-building option of around one hour.
Explore white water raftingAfter the day’s adventure
Campfires.
Time together.
The programme continues after sunset with food, conversation and group moments that learners remember.
Campfire evenings
Choose a 1½-hour campfire session with marshmallows or s’mores, or a campfire where teachers run their own programme. Songs and group activities can be arranged.
Potjiekos competition
Teams cook and decorate their tables. Dimalachite supplies the raw ingredients, spices, campfire and coals. Facilitators judge the results.
Team braai competition
Teams prepare their own braai and decorate their tables. Campfire, coals, spices, meat and stokbrood dough are supplied.
Movie night
A hamburger followed by a movie, with popcorn or chips, chocolate and a cool drink. Choose nature or wildlife, educational content, or request another theme.
The practical details
Room to learn.
Space to unwind.
Everything needed to support the programme, from catered meals and session spaces to supervised downtime.
Accommodation & ablutions
Learner accommodation and ablution facilities support overnight camps. Agree sleeping arrangements and provision for teachers and bus drivers when planning your visit.
Dining & catering
A dining hall and catered meals support the camp programme. Include dietary needs and special requirements in your enquiry.
Conference facilities
Equipped conference halls are available for scheduled sessions. The quotation form offers morning, afternoon or full-day teacher-led use.
Free time
Swimming pool, putt-putt, trampolines, a kiosk and river paddling are listed on the school camps website. Agree access, supervision and teacher responsibilities as part of the itinerary.
A weekend together
Dad & Lad.
Dad & Daughter.
A dedicated bonding weekend with a full programme available on request. Meals can be included, and exclusive camp use can be arranged when group numbers justify it.
Dimalachite describes Dad & Lad events with up to 400 participants, including schools that return annually. Confirm capacity and exclusivity for your dates.
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Your school. Your programme.
Plan the camp.
Request your quote.
Pricing is tailored to your group, dates and selected programme. Send your requirements using Dimalachite’s school quotation form.
Have these details ready
- School or group name, town and organiser’s full name.
- Email, telephone and mobile number.
- Numbers of male and female teachers, bus drivers, learners, girls and boys.
- Grade or age group, arrival and departure dates and times.
- Programme, activities, evening options and conference sessions.
- Supervision arrangements, preferred language and budget per learner.
- How you heard about Dimalachite, special requests and acceptance of the booking terms.
The current form lists Grades 6–12 and students or youth over 18. Contact the team about other ages. Its budget question uses a two-night, three-day camp.
For that camp length, the form suggests planning roughly eight hours of activities on the middle day and one to two hours each evening. Final scheduling is agreed with your organiser.
Complete the school camp quotation formThis opens Dimalachite’s existing form. A quotation request does not confirm a booking. Review the terms and cancellation policy with the team before confirming.