AWOL Tours recently conducted an overnight hike with local school girls on our popular Hoerikwaggo Table Mountain hike. The Webbers accompanied by their daughter and her three school mates, embarked on the hike with me. The girls’ aim was  to complete the adventurous overnight journey of 24 km of hiking in two days in order to qualify for the Bronze Medal in the President’s Award programme.

AWOL Tours recently conducted an overnight hike with local school girls on our popular Hoerikwaggo Table Mountain hike. The Webbers accompanied by their daughter and her three school mates, embarked on the hike with me. The girls’ aim was  to complete the adventurous overnight journey of 24 km of hiking in two days in order to qualify for the Bronze Medal in the President’s Award programme.

AWOL Tours recently conducted an overnight hike with local school girls on our popular Hoerikwaggo Table Mountain hike. The Webbers accompanied by their daughter and her three school mates, embarked on the hike with me. The girls’ aim was  to complete the adventurous overnight journey of 24 km of hiking in two days in order to qualify for the Bronze Medal in the President’s Award programme.

The Award Programme was first introduced in the United Kingdom in 1956 as The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. The aim was to motivate young people to become involved in a balanced programme of voluntary self-development activities to take them through the potentially difficult period between adolescence and adulthood. In 1994, with the dawn of the new democratic South Africa, was relaunched as The President’s Award for Youth Empowerment, with then South African President, Nelson Mandela as the Founding Patron-in-Chief.
School children are encouraged to a spirit of adventure and discovery whilst undertaking a journey in a group. The minimum requirement for the Bronze award is 2 days and 1 night of 6 hours planned activity each day in a group of people of either
  • Walk    24km  or
  • Cycling     80km or
  • Horseback  48km or
  • Canoeing/Rowing 4 hours per day   or
  • Sailing       6 hours per day.
As the girls were out of their comfort zone, my challenge was to leave them with an appreciation and an enjoyment of the mountain. We all finished the first day of the hike easily and enjoyed the conversations and supper around the campfire at the Orangekloof Tented Camp. The hike up from  Orangekloof through Disa Gorge with all its beauty never ceases to amaze. The four girls were very relieved that we reached the upper cable station, I told them that I was very proud of them as not many local Capetonians venture to hike up Table Mountain.
AWOL Tours are proud to be associated with The President`s Award and have ambitions to conduct more overnight hikes for this empowering initiative.

The Award Programme was first introduced in the United Kingdom in 1956 as The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. The aim was to motivate young people to become involved in a balanced programme of voluntary self-development activities to take them through the potentially difficult period between adolescence and adulthood. In 1994, with the dawn of the new democratic South Africa, was relaunched as The President’s Award for Youth Empowerment, with then South African President, Nelson Mandela as the Founding Patron-in-Chief.
School children are encouraged to a spirit of adventure and discovery whilst undertaking a journey in a group. The minimum requirement for the Bronze award is 2 days and 1 night of 6 hours planned activity each day in a group of people of either
  • Walk    24km  or
  • Cycling     80km or
  • Horseback  48km or
  • Canoeing/Rowing 4 hours per day   or
  • Sailing       6 hours per day.
As the girls were out of their comfort zone, my challenge was to leave them with an appreciation and an enjoyment of the mountain. We all finished the first day of the hike easily and enjoyed the conversations and supper around the campfire at the Orangekloof Tented Camp. The hike up from  Orangekloof through Disa Gorge with all its beauty never ceases to amaze. The four girls were very relieved that we reached the upper cable station, I told them that I was very proud of them as not many local Capetonians venture to hike up Table Mountain.
AWOL Tours are proud to be associated with The President`s Award and have ambitions to conduct more overnight hikes for this empowering initiative.

The Award Programme was first introduced in the United Kingdom in 1956 as The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. The aim was to motivate young people to become involved in a balanced programme of voluntary self-development activities to take them through the potentially difficult period between adolescence and adulthood. In 1994, with the dawn of the new democratic South Africa, was relaunched as The President’s Award for Youth Empowerment, with then South African President, Nelson Mandela as the Founding Patron-in-Chief.
School children are encouraged to a spirit of adventure and discovery whilst undertaking a journey in a group. The minimum requirement for the Bronze award is 2 days and 1 night of 6 hours planned activity each day in a group of people of either
  • Walk    24km  or
  • Cycling     80km or
  • Horseback  48km or
  • Canoeing/Rowing 4 hours per day   or
  • Sailing       6 hours per day.
As the girls were out of their comfort zone, my challenge was to leave them with an appreciation and an enjoyment of the mountain. We all finished the first day of the hike easily and enjoyed the conversations and supper around the campfire at the Orangekloof Tented Camp. The hike up from  Orangekloof through Disa Gorge with all its beauty never ceases to amaze. The four girls were very relieved that we reached the upper cable station, I told them that I was very proud of them as not many local Capetonians venture to hike up Table Mountain.
AWOL Tours are proud to be associated with The President`s Award and have ambitions to conduct more overnight hikes for this empowering initiative.