March 13th 2017
Another wonderful tour took place in July 2016, with the largest tour party of 55 boys and 7 staff. We were based around Cape Town for the first part of the tour, driving straight to Hermanus and going on an amazing whale watching trip on our first morning in South Africa. A truly wonderful start! We trained at the beautiful Rugby Performance Centre, before our first matches and enjoyed some brilliant rugby, incredible hospitality and we all made some new friends very quickly.
Our time at the Goedgedacht Trust was inspiring, humbling and life enriching. On top of this, it was also great fun!! A quick visit to Table Mountain allowed us a majestic overview of Cape Town, before visiting our new friends at Eversdal for our 4th match of the tour. Again, the rugby was a great success.
Very sadly Max H then flew home early with a broken arm, with everyone else flying on to Durban. From here we went on safari, seeing some beautiful animals and places, including a boat trip to see hippos and crocodiles very close up!
Swaziland was the next stop, visiting our friends from Estejeni Primary School, some of whom had already visited our school in October 2015. A truly stunning country, with some very inspiring people. It was a true privilege to watch the boys give so much and learn so much, in such a short space of time. I have no doubt that we all returned with life long memories, that will give us a better perspective on life as a whole.
