Team Building in Johannesburg

LAUGHTER YOGA (45 - 60 Minutes)

Any venue with a presentation area

Kick off your conference with a laughter session, or increase employee integration with an engaging,

high-energy, high-impact team building workshop.

These short sessions can be a fresh alternative to a coffee break between programs at your conference, or an enthusiastic start to the training day.

A room at least 15m X 7m with a carpeted or tiled floor is required

This fun event enables you to experience a riveting evening of 'frog' racing at your own pad or almost any venue. Come and try your luck as a punter and your skills as a jockey. You may even become the proud owner of a "racing frog" but only for the evening! 

Frogs come up for auction and are sold to the highest bidder, betting booths are opened, jockeys selected and then the racing begins. The fastest frogs from each race qualify to "hop" in the Grand Final. Winner takes all!

SCRABBLEMATICS (1-2 Hours)

A large room, with at least one table for every three participants, is required.

If you are looking for a fun “ice-breaker”, a refreshing break between speakers or for some evening entertainment, Scrabblematics is the solution. 

Basic arithmetic and “word games” are the order of the day as “ever changing” teams try and find the best solution within the given time frame.  This is a great way for people to get to meet and at least get to know each other’s names.

Any venue of your choice

Nope, this one ain’t only for the kiddies! The treasure hunt is a great, short activity that requires teamwork and communication.

The Treasure Hunt will be tailored around any message that you want to convey to participants, for example the theme could be 'Hunt for the Mission Statement'

BATWA EXPERIENCE (2.5-3 Hours)

Any venue with a large open area & permission to make small fires

The Ba Twa Experience introduces the teams to an array of survival skills that were commonly used by the BaTwa Bushmen. Teams have to demonstrate their survival skills, similar to the highly competitive corporate business environment.

Challenges Include:

• Fire making for cooking purposes – SURVIVAL
• Rock carvings/paintings known as petroglyphics – COMMUNICATION
• Making traditional art s – TARGETING YOUR CONSUMER
• Hunting with Blow Pipes using their traditional darts – STRATEGY
• Grinding stones – the skill of milling – PRODUCTIVITY

POTJIEKOS SURVIVOR COOK-OFF (3-4 Hours)

Any venue that will permit potjie-kos making

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE (2.5 - 3 Hours)

Any venue with suitable dam / lake / water area

A super exciting and team morale boosting event! The team has to build a boat for themselves, and float a bakkie out of equipment provided. The boat building exercise breaks from the traditional paradigm of using drums and poles and is a lot safer.

People have a minimal chance of getting wet, which makes it an ideal activity even in winter.

FLOATING RESTAURANT OR CONFERENCE VENUE (2.5 - 3 Hours)

Any venue with suitable dam / lake / water area

By making use of lightweight equipment the team must construct a floating restaurant or conference room and equip the said facility with chairs and tables to seat up to 30 people.

Suitable for Lunch, dinner or as an outdoor conference venue this activity provides a unique alternative to your conference or team build.

AMAZING RACE @ GOLD REEF CITY (3-4 Hours)

Gold Reef City, Johannesburg

In this incredible team building experience you get the chance to take part in the past, the present and the future, as you race through time and discover all the little hidden treasures that Gold Reef City has to offer.   Imagine having to face all your fears and embrace the most terrifying rides, scramble to mint your own coins and dig through sandy streams to find your own gold.   Cryptic clues & physically draining tasks encourage team work & ensure that your employees leave as a formidable team. 

Once teams have collected all 13 clues, they will make their way back to the venue where they will have lunch. After lunch Prize giving will take place where teams will receive certificates and medals.  Rides that Teams will go on (subject to maintenance schedules): Anaconda, Golden Loop, Jozi Express, Run Away Train. Rapids, Log Ride, Mermaid, Tornado, U.F.O, Big Wheel.

BAVARIAN OLYMPICS (2 - 2.5 Hours)

Any venue of your choice

The Bavarian Olympics consist of 5 disciplines. The group will be split into teams with equal numbers of male and female. The team with the highest points wins the Olympics.

Challenges Include:

• Stein holding – Maßkrugstemme
• Stein curling – Maßkrugschieben
• Tree sawing – Baumsägen
• Nail hammering - Wettnageln
• Finger hooking – Fingerhakeln

WEDGIE FUN GOLF EXPERIENCE (2 - 4 Hours)

Woodmead, Johannesburg

The Wedge and Putt provides an ideal setting for an entertaining team-building event. General fun activities make the game more exciting and light-hearted, and tend to increase participation. Corporate branding on the course is allowed with pleasure.

For fun activities we suggest events on the following holes:

• Hole 1: Nearest to the pin
• Hole 3: Putt blind-folded
• Hole 5: Miss the green and down a shooter
• Hole 7: Hit the ball in the water and down a shooter
• Hole 9: Tee off with putter and putt with wedge

Packages includes the following:

• One hour lesson with our Telkom Business Gary Player Golf Professionals
• Fun competition on the Wedge & Putt course
• Traditional Braai on the lower terrace at Café Mulligan

SUSHI MAKING TEAM BUILD

Any suitable indoor or outdoor (shaded) area)

Note: Sushi is not only about raw fish. Many delicious Sushi dishes can be prepared using the rice and other delicious cooked and vegetable ingredients.

Learn more than you ever dreamt about the food fashion of the times. This fascinating and fun course covers different types of Sushi (Maki, Sashimi, Nagiri, Hand Rolls etc..), how to prepare Sushi Rice & Preparation of fillings, etc.

Demonstration is over an hour and delegates then have the satisfaction of preparing their own sushi including California rolls with plenty of Sushi & Sashimi for even the most ardent fan to feast on.

We organize a day where individuals/teams challenge each other on various games and we then determine who is the best of the best.

Be it individual games, team games, karaoke, guitar hero we'll find a way to ensure everyone competes. At the end of the day its about winding down and having a laugh, but being competitive at the same time!  Choose from the PS2, Nintendo Wii and PS3 Consoles and get your game face on!

Bar Olympics is an indoor interactive social occassion perfect fer getting company staff to interact in an enjoyable relaxed facilitated atmosphere.  The concept from borrows the general theme around and "OLYMPICS" with various "sports" disciplines, medals, anthems and competing countries but instead substitutes tradional SPORTS with those associated with ""BARS & ARCADES"

Games include:

• FOOSBALL – “Table Soccer”
• BOAT RACES (the Drinking Type)
• PLAYSTATION and NINTENDO WII games – (F1, Rugby etc)
• Traditional “BAR” sports such as POOL & DARTS
• QUIZZ – Sports Trivia Quizz

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CRAZY SPORT (2, 3 or 4 Hours)

Any venue with sufficient indoor or outdoor space

You get to choose from a wide selection of activities and design your own customised event. Each team will create a flag and an anthem. On the day of the event your group will be divided into teams. Each team will create a flag and an anthem.

The teams will then rotate between the challenges every fifteen minutes. Points are awarded to the teams according to the positions in which they finish.

INFLATABLE SPORTS (2 Hours)

• A large and reasonably flat grassed area of about 50 x 50 meters is required

Inflatable Sports & Events is a giant colourful obstacle course, providing great spectator value and participation excitement. We provide a powerful sound system contributing to the carnival atmosphere.

Teams of participants compete against the clock, as they have to make their way through the obstacle course. The obstacle course has something for everyone and physical strength and fitness is not a pre-requisite to be able to participate. We have various programs which can be “toned” up or down depending on the individual or group.

BOERESPORTS (2 - 3 Hours)

A large and reasonably flat grassed area is ideal

A series of tradional boere games ranging from 3 legged racing, tug of war, wheel barrow racing and other "lekker" games to determine the best team or competitor for the day.  Boere sports promises to put the “WoW” back into fun, no matter what age, fun for young and old!!  Games include:

Egg Throwing – Team throwing and catching before the egg is splatted.
4 legged racing - Three participants, one backwards, tied at the legs
Land Ski-ing - A team-building game using wooden skiis to complete an obstacle course
Sack Races - Good old-fashioned sack racing
Drinking Competitions - Depending on the social vibe Sportsman facilitates a host of fun games

WATERKASKENADES (2 - 3 Hours)

A large and reasonably flat grassed area is ideal

We setup 5-8 stations and competitiors have to negotiate there way through slippery water challenges, carry water over and through inflatables. It's a great day out, but remember to bring a spare change of clothes.

SUIKERKASKENADES:

A combination of Boeresports and Waterkaskenades

SOCIAL SPORTS (2 - 3 Hours)

A large and reasonably flat grassed area is ideal

The following are a selection of socially orientated sports. Special rule adaptations have been made by professional sportsman to ensure great fun and maximum participation.

• Rounders - Social form of Softball, with everyone hitting and fielding
• Frizbee Soccer - An hilarious mixture of netball, soccer and Frizzbee throwing
• Social Volleyball - A max of 8 per team. 1 Rule - Get the ball over the Net!!
• 6 A-side Soccer - Knock-out soccer competition on a shortened field
• Touch Rugby - Social 5 a side Touchies.
• Indoor Cricket – Same game but adapated for your venue or on a tennis court

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HORSING AROUND (Minimum 3-4 Hours)

Muldersdrift / Magaliesberg / Dullstroom

Hey y'all - ever wondered what it’s like to don a Stetson, blues jeans, check shirt and kick-ass boots - real McCoy cowboy or cowgirl style? Well it's time to come out the closet and have some good old-fashioned boot-scoot-boogying fun at Horsing 'Round on the Range - we'll even supply the hat.   Activities Include: Responsible horsemanship demonstrations, Roping (lassoing), Safe knife throwing, Cowboy groundwork, Pillow fighting on a balance beam.

FIRE WALKING - IDEAL FOR SALES & LEADERSHIP TEAMS (3-4 Hours)

Any venue with suitable outdoor area, presentation area and permission to make fires

Fire symbolises the challenges people avoid. By discovering that they can walk unscathed across a bed of glowing coals, people master the art of overcoming their personal and professional thresholds, barriers and fears. They admit that fear is merely a belief, an obstacle between them and success. As they step onto the coals, they pass through the “gateway of fear,” and in so doing, learn to make fear their servant rather than their master. This astonishing activity has lasting benefits for the participants.

They learn to singularly focus their minds, take deliberate control of their thoughts and master the ability to actively attain “inconceivable” goals. It provides them with a highly personal reference point to what is humanly possible. In short, participants’ limiting attitudes are literally blown away, and replaced by tangible delimiting beliefs and actions.

This accelerated deep-bonding process is perfect for sales and leadership teams as well as client entertainment and has been known to revolutionise organisations and individuals. In order to accommodate delegate’s needs, facilitators will make themselves available for additional discussion and conversation with delegates after completion of the Firewalk process.

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TACTICAL ASSAULT (2 - 3 hours)

Requires large outdoor bush area

In business today, companies need to position themselves correctly in the market sector –plan assaults on competitors and defend your company from hostile takeovers.

This is far from the usual “rubber tyre Paint Ball” but rather a “Tactical war game”. TAS is designed to test a team’s ability to rise above overwhelming odds. With TAS, teams learn how to plan, art s and implement their assault or defence strategy. The delegates are assured of having a good laugh and loads of fun!

Back to Basics (2.5 - 3 hours)

Any venue with a large outdoor area

In order to succeed teams need to utilize the strengths and resources within their group. B2B challenges the teams to complete specific activities within the set time period. The activities range from physically to mentally challenging. Are they able to decipher the code in time, are they able to delegate correctly in order that the physical challenges are completed successfully.

In amongst the laughter, teams constantly add up the allocated points to see who is on the road to success! The benefits of B2B are effective communication, high attention to detail, delegation, time management, interactive team work, planning and organising successfully.

Datkar Rally (2.5 - 3 hours)

Any venue with a large outdoor area

In today's volatile market, teams need to plan, navigate, position, adapt and drive their business towards the checkered flag to achieve success. Blind folded and navigated through an obstacle course the teams are put through their paces.

Teams must to work together, trust each other & communicate effectively in order to attain their common goal.
 

Project Challenges

Our project challenges are designed to be achievable and stand as metaphors for the transfer of the experience into the workplace. Our courses provide both a stimulating, physical and mental challenge to delegates with the physical challenge being well within the capabilities of the average person (always a much asked question).

The Overlander Challenge: The team must get itself across a series of obstacles in order to take delivery of a vehicle and then to return over the obstacles with the vehicle. This is not a driving skills activity, but rather an activity where the team must build various structures in order to get the vehicle over the obstacles.

The Great Balloon Challenge: The team must build a miniature hot air balloon, its engine, and launch pad, based on specific building criteria and lift capabilities. The program imparts sound project management principles and highlights the critical factor of teamwork.

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CHARITY TREASURE HUNT (1, 2 or 3 hours)

Any suitable indoor or outdoor venue

The objective of these exciting variants of some of our team building activities is for delegates to have fun, experience fantastic venues and visits almost on their doorsteps and be able to provide a toy for a needy child.  At each destination they will also find a part of the toy that they must build at the end of the race.  The toys are sourced from underprivileged sources.

The extreme make-over corporate teambuild is designed as a social responsibility one-day program, where a team relocates to the premises of a charity organization or school and in one day gives the premises a new fresh look.

The selection of the charity organization or school can either be one that the team suggests, or one that Corporate Adventures can select within an hour’s drive of the client’s premises. The charity organization or school is selected on certain criteria, which include what needs to be done vs. number of delegates for the day and material budget.

Everyday, in some way, you are part of a team. The question is not; will you participate in something that involves others? The question is, Will your involvement with others be successful?