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School groups and activities

We enjoy having school groups for camping holidays at Mutinondo. Available activities are: -  Guided tours around Nachikufu Caves. -  Visit a local village and school - soccer and netball matches can be arranged -  Look for evidence of stone and iron age relics in Mutinondo Wilderness -  Guided walks in the hills and along the Musamfushi river -  Camp outs with a guide -  Introduction to birdwatching by Mike Merrett - bring binoculars if possible -  Introduction to local tree and wild flower identification by Lari Merrett -  Swimming in the river under supervision and responsibility of your School staff -  Canoe X 2 please bring life jackets if required -  Introduction to "star gazing" -  Kite flying - bring your own kites -  Quiz and or treasure hunt based on trips activities and studies

The following is the basis on which we run our school trips, but we welcome suggestions and are happy to tailor make the trip for your group.

COSTS (in US Dollars)

CAMPING AND CATERING (excluding tents)
Based on a maximum of 20 students and 4 teachers staying for 4 nights, @ $20 per person per day $1920 - (Catering includes full breakfast, picnic lunch and a two course supper. Please advise on any special requirements, allergies etc.)

ACTIVITIES
$150 per group per day

TENTS
7 small two man tents available @ $4 per night
1 four man tent available @ $6 per night

CATERING AND ACCOMMODATION FOR DRIVERS
A staff house is available for drivers and child minders wishing to stay with our employees. Our staff welcome guests and are very hospitable. The campers ablutions are available to paying drivers and child minders.
Catering: We suggest that the drivers buy from our competitively priced farm shop or bring their own food. The farm shop stocks relish (dried and tinned fish and beans), maize meal and other basic supplies such as tea, flour, sugar, salt, soap etc.
Optional meals: Should your driver wish to join us in the Nsaka for meals in camp and on picnics, the price is $6 per meal per person.

BAR FACILITIES
Soft drinks (cokes, fanta, and sprite) are available (beers, spirits and wine are available for the adults). A variety of other cool drinks can be supplied, please advise us of your requirements. There is a bar book to keep your own tally in. Staff will need to arrange with the children what the limits should be and to ensure that all drinks are recorded. Water is plentiful, clean and drinkable. Cordials and fresh fruit are freely available. Staff, bring your own spirits and wine if you wish.

SUGGESTED ITINERARY DAY ONE - Talk about Mutinondo Wilderness - Introduction to different aspects and activities of the wilderness, including introduction to botany and tree classification - Walk to Charlie's rock, waterfalls, rapids (plenty of swimming) DAY TWO - Visit to Nachikufu caves - Introduction to Archeology DAY THREE - Introduction to gemstones - Walk up Mayense - Introduction to map reading - Treasure hunt or quiz (depending on time and light) Click Here to see a SAMPLE MENU

SELF-CATERING
Campers can cook in the camp area or have meals from the restaurant. We don't offer self catering service through the lodge and camp kitchen.

Click here to see SUGGESTED THINGS TO BRING

GUIDELINES FOR CAMP LIFE IN OUR WILDERNESS

THINK BEFORE YOU THROW ANYTHING AWAY!
-  We try to recycle most of our rubbish so please help us by putting your rubbish in the correct bins in the best possible condition.
bottles will be reused so please keep their lids on them
-  Please burn any "untouchables or non re-usables" in the fire below the boiler
-  Decomposables (which are not fit for the food basket) are welcome in our compost drum
-  Please place any unwanted food in the basket provided in the kitchen. Town food often gets thrown away in our bins, not because its bad but usually because its not wanted. Maybe someone else would like it.

Basically we are trying to keep our wilderness as clean as possible and therefore want to throw away as little as possible. It is also worth considering that people have different needs and values in the rural areas due to the limited access to things which many town people take for granted.

FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY
We hope that you will feel free to thoroughly enjoy our wilderness. You can do anything and go anywhere as long as you take full responsibility for your (and others) safety and well-being by being careful and considerate of other people, creatures, plants and features sharing the wilderness with you. We ask our guests to respect the wilderness and not to collect plants or pick flowers etc and not to leave litter anywhere but in the rubbish bins. Our staff are an integral part of the development of Mutinondo Wilderness and are knowledgeable and helpful if you require directions, information or advice. Everyone in around camp have their various tasks to do. We don't employ "waiters and cleaners" and ask you all to help yourselves (and others), please keep the bar book up to date and clean up after yourselves. This will ensure a much better quality of life for everyone which we will all appreciate.

FIREWOOD AND WATER
Please respect these resources and don't waste them.

THE HOT WATER SYSTEM
Please do not put extra wood into the boiler, this causes it to boil and result in airlocks which require a lot of work to clear to restart the hot water flow.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS AND REQUESTS
We thoroughly enjoy being surrounded by content customers. Please tell us as soon as you can if there's something we can do, or need to know to make your stay more comfortable. Catering is pretty versatile with reasonable notice. Please tell us if there are any special requirements within your group. (e.g. vegetarians, religious requirements, definite dislikes, allergies, requests for nshima, favourite dishes, low cal diets etc..

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