Life at the Bay

Sorry it's been so long people, camp has been so fun I lost track of time. New Years camp was a blast, Back to the Future Week was awesome, the Party Night and the fireworks were amazing and the best thing of all was that Sangoma came back to camp. Everyone was so happy to see him again. After that was Funsunzi Week - also so much fun.  Lots of time spent on the beach, going nuts by the pool and on the last day we had a Colour Fest. There was colour being thrown everywhere and everyone came back looking like a Picasso painting, so much fun. Then we had Disney Week. Although there were not as many campers as other weeks we still had a blast with who was still here, especially with Disney Channel All Camp Games at the end of the week Sadly, that was the end of the holiday camps but we still have school camps to look forward to like Crawford Sandton, who we just hosted. Cool bunch of people and really enjoyed theie henna tattoos. Then the counselors and myself had a weeken...

Sandton is in the House!!! Last Week Sugar Bay was lucky enough to have Crawford Sandton join us! Well it was definitely a week to remember! Imagine 120 senior campers coming through the gates, suitcases in hand - the girls bags obviously way to big for a five day camp! But in other words they were on a mission and ready to tackle Sugar Bay! The seniors started off with Skit and Stunts on their opening night and enjoyed watching the counselors perform at their best for the crowd! Their first day began and the seniors enjoyed going down to the beach and swimming in the sea but of course getting a tan was definitely on their to do list. For those that were on land they really enjoyed Henna which was done by Hilton and then of course a huge hit with the boys was BMX with Veggie and Twitch!  Campers loved our high ropes course and the boys loved to get down and dirty and of course full of paint in our paintball arena!! The Seniors did love the ...

from the dawning of a new day brimming with possibility, heralded in by liquid golden sunlight...   to the invigoration of the ocean, pumping life to the spirit as blood does the body...   the boys and girls of summer leave their footprints behind but take their memories... velvet green swathes of sugarcane sweeten the air, luscious - redolent... and surrender their hold on the earth as the mighty Zinkwazi scythes through - to rest awhile at the lagoon before joining the sea... the celestial veil rests gently over the place of the fish eagles... there's a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they're absolutely free - don't miss so many of them... 'sunset is still my favourite colour & rainbow is second'...mattie stepanek good night sugar bay... by blue...

Hi there, thought I would share some comments from our December campers... "Camp is fun, camp is amazing, the food is nice and it is the best place to have a holiday". Khanyisa  "I really loved spending money at the tuckshop. The fireshow was amazing. My cabin was extremely cray cray but I loved them. I will never forget my time at Sugar Bay. I learnt how to live with others and to swim". Charne "I love Sugar Bay because I feel that I can be who I  want to be, who I am or what I want to be. I love socialising and getting to know people I love". Metja "I love Sugar Bay a lot, and especially my cabin Froggy Pond! The girls that were all in my cabin are my sisters! I love you guys and please don't change yourself, I love you the way you are". Sipho  "I would like to come back to camp because of the counselors and the food". Ewuraba (a.k.a. Aba)   "Sugar Bay is awesome. I got new friends. I enj...

Wow! Where do I even begin to explain these past holidays? It has been a long yet very rewarding holiday season. Sugar Bay was on the go every week this holiday, so in this weeks blog I would like to share all my favourite moments from the holidays! Bubble Week! Let's just say this got extremely bubbly and my highlight for this week had to be the FOAM PIT PARTY NIGHT! There was nothing more fun than jumping into a foam pit and partying the night away with our guest DJ!   Holidays Week was definitely a big one with a whopping 211 campers at camp! The first day for me was the most magical! We brought every child's favourite holiday to life outside in our reception area! From Santa's Elves to our counselor witches stirring their pot of poison! We even had Lovers Lane in reception and St Paddy's Bar set up for the campers who were absolutely famished after their long journeys! Wild Valley Water Park Week was definitely a divine and dazzl...

It has been an amazing week at Sugar Bay and the words of the timeless Walt Disney ring so very true, "a dream is a wish your heart makes". I think that many dreams and wishes have come true this week and that hearts are just a little warmer.  As promised, here are a few more of the photos from this epic week - outdoor adventures and indoor creativity, day time adrenaline and night time magic. 'All it takes is faith and trust.' Peter Pan Great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, impossible to forget 'Live every moment as not to regret what you are about to do' Mickey Mouse Chilling with Fresh, Tricksy & Shotgun Putting the 'zinc' in Zinwazi Sugar Bay takeaways at the beach 'The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.' Marcel Proust Smile and the whole world smiles with you One of many exceptional sunrises over Zinkwazi beach ...