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A corporate group in hard hats warming up together at a Tautona team-building day

Team building in the Pilanesberg.

Twenty activities that build trust, communication and a bit of healthy rivalry. Pick the ones that fit your team.

Built for teams that work together on Monday.

The aim is a team that trusts each other, talks properly and solves problems together. The activities are how we get there.

Every programme opens with an ice breaker, mixes physical and mind challenges, and finishes with something social. We bring the equipment, the facilitators and the transport, and can add motivational or celebrity speakers on request.

Two colleagues working through a partner challenge on red sand

The activities.

Filter by type, add the ones you like to a shortlist, and send it to us on WhatsApp.

Colleagues warming up together under a thatched boma
Culture & food

Ice breaker

A light opener that breaks the tension, gets people talking and clears heads before the real challenges.

A team in matching shirts lined up on Tautona quad bikes
Outdoor & adventure

Quad bike trail

Experience nature as a team on a guided trail. Orientation for everyone, no riding experience needed.

A team lifting a tyre over a pole in the Giant Finger challenge
Mind games

Giant finger

Lower every tyre down the pole without it touching. Touch the pole and the team starts again.

Team games

Tug of war

Strength, timing and leverage. Get the technique right and the stronger team does not always win.

A team walking in step on shared wooden planks across a lawn
Team games

Trolley walk

Everyone on the same planks, moving as one. A real sense of achievement when the team reaches the line.

Four players in paintball masks and overalls in the bush arena
Outdoor & adventure

Combat bush paintball

Shake off the day-to-day and wake up your sense of adventure. Character-building, and mostly just fun.

Mind games

Chess, the game of brains

Logical thinking and strategy for every age. Young can play old and old can play young.

A big group in an interactive drumming circle on a lawn beside a lodge
Culture & food

Interactive drumming

The rhythms of Africa, led by an experienced artist. One of the oldest forms of communication there is.

Team games

Volleyball

Mental toughness matters as much as skill. Train the mind and the body and the team follows.

Mind games

Traffic jam

Two lines of chairs and one free seat. Group A must end up where group B started. Focus wins it.

Mind games

Nail balancing

Problem-solving and decision-making under pressure, the skills that matter most in management and leadership.

A guest drawing a recurve bow at the Tautona archery range
Outdoor & adventure

Archery

The ancient art with modern equipment. Competent instruction gets everyone shooting a recurve bow.

Outdoor & adventure

Treasure hunt in Pilanesberg

Teams follow clues by safari vehicle through the national park, with questions to answer at every stop.

Outdoor & adventure

Treasure hunt, Tautona Soul Adventure

The same clue trail on our grounds next to the park, outside the wildlife area. Great for all ages.

Outdoor & adventure

Amazing race

Fast tasks and discoveries, tailor-made to start and finish where you want. The end point stays a mystery.

Culture & food

Potjiekos cook-off

Each team tends its own potjie, the judges taste, a winner is crowned and everyone eats together.

Mind games

Five by five

A quick, interactive exercise in participation, communication, negotiation and leadership.

Mind games

Rist ropes

Poor communication sits behind most team problems. This one shows it, then fixes it.

Mind games

Spider web

Every member passes through a different hole in the web without touching the rope. One touch and everyone restarts.

Team games

Five-a-side football

For men, women, veterans and players with disabilities, including walking football for the over-50s.

How a team day comes together.

  1. Brief us

    Headcount, date, venue and what you want the team to get out of the day.

  2. We plan

    A programme of activities, meals and timings, with a quote to match.

  3. We fetch you

    Our coach collects the team from the office or the hotel.

  4. You play

    Our facilitators run every activity. You just turn up.

Rates are quoted per group.

Tell us your headcount and date, and we will build the day around it.