Family Excursion to Benvie Gardens

Once a month, we have a “going out” lesson on a Friday, where we explore the outdoors, experience life learning and take part in activities that are connected our learning themes.

This time we invited our parents join us and turned it into an overnight excursion.

Children’s laughter mingled with the whispers of wisdoms from the ancient forests, picnicking next to the tranquil ponds, climbing giant tree trunks and pretending to be trees. We found ourselves rolling down the green hills, wandering through the beauty and breathing in the fresh air as we basked in the freedom of nature’s embrace.🌱🌳

After exploring the glorious Benvie gardens, we made our way down the road to our accommodation at Kululapa. We had plenty of bunk beds, a house full of excitement and laughter, a communal kitchen, fire place, comfy couches, forests, quant homes and nature surrounding us. It was the perfect space for togetherness and to spend the evening. 

We quickly set to work cutting our Potjie ingredients, cooking the rice and chopping the herbs. After a busy day, a hearty big family Potjie dinner was exactly what we all needed! 

On our last day, we all ventured down to the waterfalls to explore our surroundings. The children bravely dipped into the icy water and had such a fun time! Later we made our way back to warm up with coffee and hot chocolate while packing up our belongings. 

What a special time with such special families! 

Our hearts are filled with gratitude for moments like these.