School Trip to South Africa?

0 Votes
    48 Views
Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Pinterest

My 11 year old daughter is desperate to go to South Africa with her school on their netball and hockey tour. I went to the meeting a couple of nights ago and I would love for her to go as it is a fantastic opportunity for her and it looks absolutely beautiful.

I am worried because of her age and just want some opinions as to what it is like there – she has been abroad with family but never abroad on her own.

They are flying to Cape Town, and staying in Stallenbosch overnight, then Kynasa overnight then onto, Port Elizabeth then flying to Johannesburg to go out to Pilanesburg National Park to hopefully see the big 5, Sun City for the day and then onto a theme park – playing hockey and netball along the way before coming back home.

Do the places she will be visiting all seem good for her school to go to?

I would really appreciate some input from people who know the areas well just to put my mind at ease. Thank you
Thank you all for your answers – she does realise how lucky she would be and when I was in school like one of the other answers we didn’t venture too far – they do the usual trips to France and Switzerland but this is the first time they would be going to South Africa. I fell in love with it when I saw the film the tour company played. I must admit I didn’t realise it was such a beautiful country

11

Answers


  1. Traveller
    Wow a far cry from my school days where my most exciting trip was to the Isle of Wight lol. You've had some good answers already and I think your daughter will love SA but please ask yourself one thing as only you have the answer...is your daughter responsible enough to behave appropriately. If I was sure that my daughter would do as she was told then I would be happy for her to travel but if she is the mischievious type I am not so sure. It is not somewhere an 11 yr old should be wandering about alone. I do also agree with Alf in that has safety been discussed if not please raise the issue and make sure you feel happy with the answers. However I have been providing holidays to SA for 5 years and have had trouble free visits with all my clients. If your daughter is staying in Stellenbosch then I imagine she will go to the Cheetah Conservation Project at Spier where she will stroke cheetahs - fabulous experience. Also at Knysna not only is the scenery stunning there is Knysna Elephant Park where elephants were rescued from being culled in Kruger and you can feed them and learn more about them. To then finish in Sun City (childrens paradise) and Pilanesberg the grand finale - she will come home a very happy / educated girl. Please feel free to contact me if you want to.
Please signup or login to answer this question.