Outdoor Adventures: Raft Building

Outdoor Adventures offers raft building at many locations across Wales. It is an excellent activity and ideal to include in your activity programme when you are on your residential school trip to Wales. Just call or e-mail us to include this activity in your school activity programme. It also has great benefits for those looking for a team building exercise.

School Activity Residentials:

Raft Building is a classic outdoor activity, adventure. Its great fun for everyone because you get a chance to get completely soaking wet for a legitimate reason! Due to the fact that most pupils will almost guarantee that they get wet, during the spring and late autumn, we always choose to put this on at the end of the day so that you can get back to the centre to warm up and dry off.

We can deliver raft building as a fun event or if you wish as a little more involved event that helps to develop team work, communication, design and budgeting. How do we do this? Well, firstly you will be split into teams, then given a financial budget. Then they will be given the task of designing and build a raft that is within budget and able to carry your team on a course to race with the opposing team(s).

They will have on offer from our trailer shop a selection of large plastic barrels, wooden poles, ropes and paddles. They will have to buy the pieces that they need to build their raft, using your allocated budget. The winning team is the team that completes the race course carrying all it’s team members and has the greatest allocated budget remaining. This is a great competitive exercise for groups, which brings out the real characters within your group.

Team Building Activity:

This problem-solving task requires your team to listen to each other, decisions will need to be made about which materials to work with and who will do what jobs. This will require people to compromise and work together. The raft building exercise encourages teamwork, planning, fosters communication skills, teaches overall project management, and requires co-operation.

Fitness:

Basic, however if there are any issues please discuss this with us so that we can ensure the activity is fully inclusive.

Other Requirements:

Must be able to swim 10 meters with a buoyancy aid fitted.

Duration:

3.5 Hours

Other Locations Where Raft Building Is Available:

1. Conwy: North Wales Coast
2. Llanberis: Snowdonia National Park
3. Snowdon Ranger: Snowdonia National Park
4. Brecon Beacons
5. St Briavels: Forest Of Dean
6. Manorbier: Pembrokeshire
7. St Davids: Pembrokeshire

Available:

April 30 – October 31

What We Provide:

• Wet suit
• Safety helmet
• Buoyancy aid
• Components to build a raft
• Paddles

What You Will Need To Bring:

• Swim wear
• Towel
• Old boots or strong trainers
• Extra pair of baggy sports shorts (Essential extra to your swim wear)
• Warm clothes for when you get out

Other activities available through Pro-Active Adventure include the list below. However, please be aware that what is available at different locations may vary, very slightly. Check on the page of your chosen location to see what is available there, or simply Contact Us on the details below for full information:

Office Mobile: 07866 630123, E-Mail: office@proactive-adventure.com

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