Adventure

Bonamanzi River Rafting

We are being hosted by Bonamanzi Adventures for another fun-filled day on the river at their resort near Worcester. Arrival time is 10h00 and we will paddle from 11h00 to 13h00. Please pack a picnic lunch to enjoy afterwards. Each boat can accommodate 2 adults and 1 child.  Please watch this short video and browse the gallery of photos for an idea of what to expect:  [ngg_images sou...
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Media Release | Cape Town Cycle Tour 2018

Posted on by Deirdre Gower
Nine Differently-Abled Children Prepare for the Iconic Cape Town Cycle Tour 2018 Super-Human Cyclists Give the Gift of Adventure On Sunday 11 March 2018 nine differently-abled children, ranging from eight- to twenty-years-old and with varying disabilities, will share in the spirit and camaraderie of the iconic Cape Town Cycle Tour 2018 towed by able-bodied cyclists in specially manufactured bugg...
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A West Coast Getaway at Rocherpan Nature Reserve

Posted on by Deirdre Gower
What makes an establishment or other tourism product universally accessible? Is it 10 out of 10 ticks on a checklist of international standards - or is it something more than this?  As an organisation focused on giving differently-abled children tourism experiences, universal access is the core of what we promote through the adventures we enjoy with our Warrior On Wheels families, and to d...
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Build A Buggy Day

Posted on by Deirdre Gower
Cape Town Cycle Tour 2017
What fun we had on Saturday! We had planned a Meet & Greet for our buggy teams where the cyclists towing the buggies could meet each other and the differently-abled children who will be in the buggies and their parents. The idea was to all meet, have a chat about what to expect on the day of the Cycle Tour, get to know each other and hand over the buggies, followed by a social pizza lunch. ...
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Accessible Kleinmond

Posted on by Deirdre Gower
In August we attended the Cape Whale Coast Mini Indaba held at Arabella Hotel and Spa, listening to key people in the area enlighten delegates as to the area's diverse tourism offerings, and dispelling the common misconception that the whale coast is all about whales... and sharks. On day 2, as attendees dispersed into groups to head out to discover the various regions of the whale ...
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10 Wheelchair Accessible Kids Attractions in Cape Town

Posted on by Deirdre Gower
"Mom, I'm bored!" Haven't we all heard this on a Saturday morning at some point in our parental careers and made a quick decision to load the kids into the car and take a trip through our city to find something interesting for our kids to enjoy. With a wheelchair-bound child, sometimes this takes a little more planning and consideration, but our Mother City doesn't disappoint with wheelchair-acces...
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Why Adventures Are Important for Children with Disabilities

Posted on by Deirdre Gower
Childhood is a time of climbing trees, riding bikes, poking under rocks and tumbling down grassy hills. Little minds are filled with stories of heroic daring through the books we read to them and the movies they watch. Children take these stories away and let them kindle their own desires for adventure and we see this enacted in their role play as they build their make believe forts, slay imaginar...
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Horses for Hope at Pete’s Adventure Farm

Posted on by Deirdre Gower
Warrior On Wheels Foundation
"There is something about the outside of a horse, that is good for the inside of a man" - Winston Churchill could not have been more correct, and the prevalence of therapeutic horse riding centres for children with special needs is testament to this. On Friday 12th February we were joined by 12 differently-abled children with varying dis-abilities for a morning of interacting with and riding th...
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Warrior On Wheels Foundation at Ceres Zipslide Adventures

Posted on by Deirdre Gower
What an amazing day! It was an early morning... a really early morning. We left home at 4:15am to fetch one of our new warriors, Xaiden and his mommy to meet up with the other new warrior, Zeah, her family, and Celeste from Friends Day Centre for the drive through to Ceres. We arrived just after 7am to be welcomed by Angelique and her team for coffee and muffins while we all completed indemnity fo...
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Surf’s Up for Differently-Abled Children

Posted on by Deirdre Gower
Blue skies, gentle swells and sandy toes were in the mix for a fun morning on Muizenberg beach with William 'Surfman' Leadbetter, a team of volunteers, a paramedic from ER24 and the lifeguards giving Damian Gower and Ashtan Davids a surf experience. Damian was rather nervous for his first time and got a little chilly, but came out of the water shrieking with the joy of experiencing a new ad...
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