Introduction to Sondela Facilities

25 January 2011

The students went on a tour to see what is all happening on sondela. The first group went on a driving tour where we went to the adventure camp where people can do all sorts of activities like quad biking, archery, paintball, target shooting ect. 

Then we went to the Tamboekie bush camp to see the tent stands that can sleep 4 people at a time. There is no electricity but running water it is very primitive and all bathroom facilities are outside in the open.

Next we went to the SSB (sondela shared block) where all the washing of the chalets (Karee, Acacia, Maroela) and Mokato houses are done. The workers at SSB also do maintenance of these. The Maroela entertainment centre has a swimming pool, put-put, trampoline, Jacuzzi and a bar that can only be used by the people that occupy the chalets.

The Mokato houses are where some of the owners stay.  Other houses are rented out at any time for outside visitors. It is rated 4 star houses and are in different phases.

26 January 2011

The groups of students went on walking tour of the facilities close to the reception. We went to the wildlife centre where wild animals are raised and rehabilitated. The students that work there must take care of the animals. The students must build all the cages for all the different type of animals. There is also an ICU where the injured animals that arrive there are cared for. Students that work there must also learn about ecology.

The Moselesele Tent Camp is for guest who prefer to self cater but also can get a chef to prepare any food brought by the guests. There are 4 Tents in total.

There is horse stables that is used to send guests out on safaris with a guide.

The Pak Stoor is where the maintenance of the game farm is operated from, where the staff must book out all tools that they use for maintenance.

There is also a Security business that operates on the farm for the Mokato houses, if anything suspicious is happening on the farm the security can check it out.

The Food and Beverage (FNB) department run all the FNB on the farm. They are responsible for the bars, restaurants ect. 

The reception is the heart of sondela where everything is run from. All complaints are reported there and all bookings for all the activities on the farm are done there.

The beauty salon is where guests can go to get pampered and all sorts of treatments. 

The Guest house is rated 5-star. It has 7 rooms and offer silver service. It is run by a manger and the chef is the menu and has to explain to the guest what he/she will prepare for each meal.