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| Adventure Ropes Course: | A series of activities following the Project Adventure philosophy, which promotes self confidence, trust, team building, personal and social development. | |
| Low elements: | Electric Fence, Prouty’s Landing, Tension Traverse, Wild Woosey, Chicken Walk, Criss Crotch, Spiders Web and many more. | |
| High elements: | Two Wire, Burma Bridge, Chicken Walk, One Person Multi Vine, Two Person Multi Vine, Vertical Play Pen, Dangle Trio, Pamper Pole, Rickety Bridge, Balance Beam, Centipede, Flying Kiwi. | |
| Two Wire: | The Two Wire Bridge crosses the Boyle River just below the Heaphy camp site. It can be used to create a tramping loop up the river to the Heaphy camp site and back down the other side. Crossing the Two Wire requires a climbing harness and short cows tail for self belay. Another team work activity! | |
| Heaphy Camp Site: | This site is large enough to accommodate up to 30 people. It has an established fire place and a limited supply of wood. It also has a long drop toilet. Other camp sites are also available for overnight expeditions. | |
| Small Abseil: | Situated about 30 minutes’ walk from the Lodge, this activity is a great introduction for people who have never abseiled before. The abseil is about an 8 metre drop from a safe and easily controlled site. | |
| Large Abseil: | Situated at Windy Point this 55 metre abseil is far more challenging and ideal for senior students and adults. Since it drops onto a ledge that is subject to flooding, it is not an all weather activity. It also requires transport from the Lodge to Windy Point. (15 k) | |
| Rock Climbing: | Our rock climbing site is in the same area as the large abseil. There are four climbs with bolted top rope anchors. They are close together and range in difficulty from simple to moderately hard. | |
| Tubing: | This fun activity takes place at a variety of sites depending on river flow. It involves entering the river above a safe rapid, floating down the rapid on an inner tube to a designated get out point and walking back up the river to the entry point for another turn! Transport may be needed. | |
| Rafting: | Rafting usually takes place on the Boyle or Hope Rivers. The Boyle is a section of Grade 3 water, which flows through three gorges, finishing at Windy point. The Hope trip starts at the Hope road bridge and finishes at the Waiau confluence. This trip is suitable for all groups and is mostly on Grade 2 water. Both trips require transport. | |
| Nature Trail: | Beginning at the Lodge, this trail through the native beech forest takes about an hour to complete. Marker posts indicate areas of interest and a short worksheet is available for groups to photocopy. | |
| Navigation: | A series of three progressive navigation exercises, teaching compass skills and how to follow a compass bearing through the bush. | |
| Orienteering: | There is a permanent orienteering course set up with six courses, each with four controls. It is designed to be run from the Lodge. | |
| Night Orienteering: | This is a short course that has ten controls with reflectors visible in torch light, so that it can be run at night. | |
| Nightline: | A fun blind fold activity that is run in the dark. The aim is to encourage communication skills and trust. Participants are blindfolded and lead into the bush a short distance from the Lodge. They are handed a piece of rope that weaves in and out of the trees and have to follow the rope to the end. | |
| Canyoning: | This activity involves a river crossing and a short bush walk before descending into the canyon. You then float and abseil down the canyon waterfalls. This activity is for senior students and adults. Participants must be confident on the small abseil before attempting the canyon trip. | |
| Tramping: |
There are lots of great tramping routes in the
Lewis Pass area. Groups based at the Lodge can do a 40 min tramp up to the
’Bald Patch’, a longer bush walk to the ‘Mud Run’, a river and bush bash or
a number of valley walks into huts, There is also a harder day tramp up to
Mt Faust. The Faust trip involves a steep climb through the beech forest and tussock. Tarns at the top make a great place for lunch. The decent loop track follows a steep ridge down to a scree slope and then along a bouldery stream to join the St James Walkway. This is an 8 hour trip for seniors. |
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| Swamp: | A pool located near the Ropes course is a great site for this activity where participants problem solve to plan a method of crossing the ‘swamp’ with the planks provided. Success means you don’t fall in! | |
| Solo: | A night time walk with time to reflect and listen to the sounds of the bush. | |
| Hot Pools: | Many groups use the Sylvia Flats Hot Pools as an evening activity. The pools are normally large enough to cater for up to a dozen bodies and are best visited after dark when the local sand fly population disappears! Pools are subject to flooding after rain and not always available. | |
| Overnight Tramps | There are many options in the area for longer tramps with an overnight stay in a tent or hut. Tramps may be in the valleys, on the tops and include river crossings | |
| River Art | A teachers pack is available explaining how to run an absorbing creative session using natures gifts. | |
| River Crossing | This can be included in a tubing session or taught in more detail on its own. | |
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