Lethabo is 150 acres of Riverine Nature Reserve and due to its size and varied landscape we can offer almost any teambuilding activity you can imagine through outsourced suppliers.
Our unique Firedancing Team build is a must! Great fun and wonderful de-stressor it builds team spirit through choreography and at the same time is fabulous entertainment!
Horse Play at Lethabo Estate. Our ‘Join Up’ Horse Team build
Horses have much to teach us. Both predator and prey, we humans long to shine as individuals (hunter), but we crave the safety and ease offered by the group (herd).
Our Equine sessions are mind expanding journeys into our psyche. During the team dynamic interactions, our beautiful and gracious horses provide a ‘mirror’ to reflect us as we really are.
We start the session with a “join up”. A person with NO horse experience can learn to speak Equus.
Relationship is THE most important thing for horses. It’s key to their survival. The workshop covers body language and emotional congruency. If you are not in touch with your real feelings and act out something else – putting on a happy face when you feel murderous, for example – the horse will know this since they are acutely “tuned in” for their survival.
With a horse, if you scream shout and cry, they will move closer and even put their heads on your shoulder, because you are being ‘real’. The term ‘join up’ was coined by the renowned horse expert, Monty Roberts. A human who has never been closer to a horse than a television screen can learn to ‘horse whisper’ or enjoy a deep and meaningful conversation in Equus, the language of the horse. You will learn to connect, communicate one on one and earn the co-operation and trust of these magnificent being’s - a soul expanding and emotionally enriching experience. Team or herd elements are addressed in the next phase, the Paddock Team building exercise, where we take our new ‘Join Up’ skill into a group activity and then also work individually with the horses. The basic session takes around four hours. Time becomes a little elastic as when issues come up and it is helpful to work through them immediately. Discussion time afterwards is also important to gain the full benefit from these sessions.
The cost is R1500 per person with a minimum of fee of R 15000.
Groups can braai next to the river.
