Adventure Guide
Welcome, we have received your application to participate in the Senior Scout Adventure.
The Senior Scout Adventure is one of South Africa's coolest events on the Scouting calendar. The programme provides unforgettable adventure and fun in the famous backpacking country of the Cederberg Wilderness Area.
Programme features combine the best of advanced Scouting to provide you with fun and a real challenge – water activities, rock climbing, paintball guns, sailing, underwater diving, mountaineering and many more! This is an unbeatable recipe for fast-moving enjoyment and action.
You will be camping and hiking with your Patrol in the mountains, as well as meeting and sharing experiences with others from all over our country and overseas. This is an opportunity for fellowship and understanding un-equalled anywhere in South Africa.
Here is a super-activity you and your Patrol will never forget. When you come to the Adventure, take advantage of these opportunities. It is one of the best investments you will make - the returns are great.
You will receive and Adventure Badge, scarf and T-shirt at the Adventure on 12 December 2024. If you have not yet completed filling in all your personal particulars in the online application at www.scouts.org.za/adventure, please can you do so before the 30 September 2024.
The Indemnity/Consent Form should be uploaded to the website and not emailed.
Contacts and Links
Adventure Organiser
Website: www.scouts.org.za/adventure
Facebook: www.facebook.com/CederbergAdventure
Instagram: seniorscoutadventure
Postal address: PO Box 2434, Clareinch, 7740
Emergency Telephone Number at Camping Headquarters - (Number to be announced and available from 2-23 December 2024)
The Cederberg
The Cederberg mountain range lies some 250km north of Cape Town and extends southwards from just south of the Pakhuis Pass near Clanwilliam to the Middelberg Pass near Citrusdal. It is some 130 000 hectares in extent of which 71 000 ha comprise the Cederberg Wilderness Area managed by CapeNature. It is renowned for its spectacular landscapes and rock formations as well as the increasingly rare Clanwilliam Cedar Tree, from which it got its name. The Senior Scout Adventure is held within this huge stretch of rugged mountains, wide vlaktes, and spectacular kloofs with the altitude varying from 300m to 2028m on top of Sneeuberg.
The original inhabitants of the Cederberg area were the hunter-gatherers and the Khoi. Evidence of the occupation by the Khoi may be seen in the rock art of the area which is one of the richest regions of southern African rock art, with an estimated 2000 or more painting sites.
The Cederberg boasts diverse and largely unspoilt plant habitats, which provide shelter and hunting grounds for various fauna, such as Leopard and Black Eagle. The Olifant’s River system, part of which runs through the Cederberg Wilderness, has a wealth of endemic fish species. Bird watchers can view more than 100 bird species at the reserve, such as Rock Kestrel and Jackal Buzzard.
