Camp Friends are the Best Kind of Friends

We know you love our staff members.

You love that they're quirky

You love that they're fun
Parents love that they protect you from the sun.

But do you know how they came to be

Spending time with you in the Zinkwazi sea?

We thought you'd be keen to learn more about 

The great Sangi & Wave, so we gave them a shout:

 

The Wise & Wonderful SANGOMA

Years at Sugar Bay: 9 sweet sweet years of wonder
Fav Camp Food: Chef's Chicken Curry
Fav Camp Tradition: Camp-Out, it's the best!
Fav Camp Activity: Movie making for Sangoma FM Productions and Sugar Bay's Youtube Channel

Sangoma is an outdoor educator and camp extraordinaire who has worked at camps in America, South Africa, Croatia and the UK, where he's originally from. You name it and this hero has done it! Sangoma has travelled to 60 countries, worked in an orphanage in Vietnam and is obsessed with spicy food. Some even say he puts chilli on his corn flakes, but you'll have to catch him at breakfast to see if the rumours are true! Sangoma studied performing arts and enjoys acting, dressing up and all things summer camp. He also likes cartoon drawing, although we won't judge his efforts by what can be seen in his Attack of the Fizzy Monster video from Sugar Bay's Fizzy week. When not throwing bones and telling the future, Sangoma also goes by the name of Banana Man, but you'll need to ask him to explain why. 

Give us a WAVE

Years at Sugar Bay: Around 6 fun-filled years of awesomeness
Fav Camp Food: Banana & Ham Pizza (he's a weird combo kinda guy, keep reading...)
Fav Camp Tradition: Final Campfire for sure!
Fav Camp Activity: Kayaking

Wave crashed onto this earth in the far away land that is the United Kingdom and moved to South Africa when he was 14. After 4 years of high school in SA, he went on to study Business Economics and has been flitting back and forth between SA and the UK ever since. Wave also spent some time as a professional poker player which may have been when he started eating his favourite (and oh-so-weird) sandwich - Peanut Butter and Marmite. On the same sandwich. Unique to say the least! Wave's favourite thing about camp is seeing the campers grow up as they return to camp year after year. Some of Wave's first campers who met him at the tender age of 8 are still coming back to our holiday camps at age 14 and might even go on to do their Counselor in Training course like he did! 

 

Some more fun facts about the dynamic duo: 

 

 

Sangoma & Wave were at the same camp at the same time over in England - Wave was a camper and Sangoma was a counselor. They met again in sunny South Africa during Wave's time as a CIT in our Simpsons Week and have been working together ever since. Sangoma even looked after Wave's brothers when they were campers at Sugar Bay!

Now that they're co-squad leaders, Wave and Sangoma work closely together to ensure that everything at camp runs smoothly, whether it's an exciting evening program, cabin time or camp fire, Sangi and Wave make sure it's non-stop fun. As the ever-wise and all-knowing Sangoma says, it's great because at camp age becomes what it should be - just a number. No matter the years between them or the vast differences in their food preferences, camp friends are the best kind of friends, and we think these two British buddies would agree.  

Come to Sugar Bay and meet friends for life through camp!

The holiday experience of a lifetime is waiting for you at Sugar Bay, so check out our rates & dates. And here's the great news - our April Holiday Camps are on special, saving you a whopping R1900 off the regular price! If you'd like to find out more, here's a sneak peek into what the camp experience at Sugar Bay is like. For more information or to secure your spot, call us on (032) 485 3778, email holidays@sugarbay.co.za or simply book online.