Melville Koppies hike inspires youth with nature and local history
Over 75 young Pathfinders from the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Berea hiked Melville Koppies, learning navigation skills and local history while embracing the outdoors as part of their youth development programme.
More than 75 pathfinders, aged between 10 and 15 from the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Berea, accompanied by their leaders, visited Melville Koppies as part of the Pathfinders programme.
They hiked up and down the Koppies, revelling in the natural environment. Melville Koppies challenged them to read the map to guide themselves.
At the lecture hut, they grounded sorghum and listened to Wendy Carstens’s input on the history of the people who once lived on the Koppies.
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Many vowed to bring their families.
Melville Koppies is open every Sunday morning from 08:00 to 11:30.
Visitors can guide themselves on a hike from 500m to 5km.
Entry is R100 per person and R50 for those under 18. Children aged five and under enter for free.
Visitors can book a personalised guided tour on 079 532 0083.
Koppies also have storytelling every second Sunday of the month and a long 8km guided hike on the last Sunday of the month, which will be May 25 this month.
Melville Koppies also provides safe parking opposite the entrance to Melville Koppies at Marks Park Sports Club on Judith Road, Emmarentia. All income is used for the conservation of the Koppies.
More details: wendavid@mweb.co.za and 079 532 0083.
