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Overview

Host your next event at Chrysalis Academy

Our facilities are accessible to students and teams to grow individual confidence, overcome fears, test physical abilities, practice problem-solving and self-discipline.

The facilities offer a great platform for team-building exercises and activities that promote and enhance trust, endurance, character development and social skills.

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Facilities & Accommodation

Daisy Hostel

Pax 24

  • 24 x single rooms
  • Mid-section fit as meeting area/dining space
  • Fireplace
  • Kitchen
  • Communal restrooms

Strelitzia Hostel

Pax 50

  • 5 x Dormitory style accommodation (10 beds per room)
  • Men’s and women’s restrooms
  • Dining hall
  • Kitchen
  • Braai space
  • Recreational hall (if open to use)
  • Quad area for recreational use

Porter Hostel

Pax 50

  • 5 x Dormitory style accommodation
  • Male and female ablutions

Camelia flat

Pax 4

  • 2 x Bedrooms
  • Restroom
  • Kitchen area
  • Lounge/dining area

Outdoor camp

Pax 80

  • 10 x Chalets (2 rooms each) with braai and stoep area
  • Bunk beds
  • Serving kitchen
  • Hall (50 pax) with patios on both sides
  • Each unit has its own outdoor hot water showers
  • External toilets 
  • Situated on a slope with beautiful views towards False Bay and a natural splash pool.
  • A lapa with a braai pit

Tented camp

Pax 80, more rustic set up

  • 20 Canvas dome tents pitched on a platform with a roof (each tent can host 4 people)
  •  Kitchen
  • Enclosed dining/lecture room
  • Men’s and women’s washrooms
  • It is situated on a slope with beautiful views towards False Bay and a fire pit in the middle.

This environment is beautiful and tranquil, with trees and mountains as a backdrop and dams, ideal for water activities.

Erica Hall

pax 400 – cinema seated / 250 pax for table seating

  • Normal school hall with stage
  • Sound system
  • Projector
  • Men’s and women’s toilets 
  • Large quad area 
  • Parking space

Pincushion Hall

pax 80 – cinema style seating / 50 pax for table seating

  • Smaller hall with stoep area
  • Small kitchen area
  • Projector
  • Men’s and women’s toilets
  • Patio section overlooking False Bay and Tokai forest and quad area on the mountain side.

Watsonia Studio & Watsonia Hall

Pax 50 / pax 20

  • Small kitchen
  • Bathrooms
  • Small storage space
  • Patio section overlooking False Bay and Tokai forest.

Classroom(s)

Pax 30

  • 1 x Lecture room
  • Bathrooms

Sports field

  • 400m grass track
  • Ideal for sports events

Swimming pool

dependent upon availability

  • 25m swimming pool
  • Bathrooms
  • Adjacent braai area

Training Kitchen

dependent upon availability

  • 10 x ovens plus hobs
  • Ideal for basic cookery courses
  • 1 x fridge/freezer
  • Small lecture room

Technical workshop

dependent upon availability

  • 1 x Plumbing workshop
  • 1 x Electrical workshop
  • 1 x Welding workshop
  • Hair Skills Training Workshop
  • Bathrooms

Outdoor Facilities

  • Climbing wall
  • Obstacle courses
  • Zipline
  • Water activities
  • Letra course
  • Mountain hikes
  • Outdoor gym

Other Services

  • Laundry services
  • Catering services: Catering services are available upon request depending on the budget of the client.
  • Film shoot locations: The estate and buildings are well suited for film shoots due to their nature and historicity.
  • Well-equipped indoor gym

Services

Services

Nature Worx

We cater for all your Educational Camps, Retreats, Conferences and Team building Programme needs at our Outdoor Campsites which includes halls, chalets and a tented campsite.

View Nature Worx brochure.

For more information, contact natureworx@chrysalisacademy.org.za

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Our Facilitation Services include:

  • Adventure Leadership
  • Environmental Literacy Programmes
  • Camp Craft & Raft Building
  • Outdoor Climbing Wall Facility
  • Guided Day Hikes
  • Zip lining
  • Team Building
  • Leadership Development Activities
  • Therapeutic Nature based Circle Work.

Services

Multimedia Hub

The Chrysalis Academy, in partnership with Yearbeyond, has created On the Pulse, a multimedia platform to amplify youth voice.  Our podcast space is available for hire by communication professionals, particularly youth keen on elevating their podcasts.

For more information, contact info@chrysalisacademy.org.za

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Services

Tension & Trauma Release Exercises (TRE®)

TRE® is a body based (somatic) process which, when facilitated and supported by a certified TRE® Provider, can allow the individual to discharge tension, stress and trauma from the body.

Benefits of TRE® include: 

  • Less Worry & Anxiety 
  • A Reduction in PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) Symptoms
  • More Energy & Endurance 
  • Less Workplace Stress
  • Better Sleep 
  • Less Relationship Conflict

 

Chrysalis Academy offers both one-on-one and group sessions.

For more information, contact: counselling@chrysalisacademy.org.za

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Hire our facilities or services

Submit your booking request!

Banking details (required for refund of deposit)
Please indicate exact date and time of proposed booking
Select Venues or Services Required
Chrysalis Academy Banking Details:
Bank: Nedbank
Branch Code: 198765
Account Number: 111 520 8357
Account Type: Current
Reference: Client’s name and surname
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
  • Bookings are only confirmed on receipt of a completed booking and a 50% deposit on the full amount, the balance owing is payable no later than one week (7 calendar days) before the booking date.
  • Any damage to property or failure to ensure that the venue is kept tidy and clean, may lead to its forfeiture of the deposit.
  • Any beds/tables/chairs removed and not replaced where found will result in monies being deducted from deposit.
  • The deposit will be refunded in the event of a cancellation more than three weeks prior to the booking date. However, the deposit will be forfeited in the case of a cancellation of less than three weeks prior to the booking date.
  • Cancellations made one week or less before a booking shall make you or your organization liable for the full amount of the booking.
  • All external caterers to pay a refundable deposit of R3500.
  • Check in time is from 2pm while check out time is not later than 10am. Failure to adhere to these times can result in the forfeiture of the deposit.
  • Day Camps and day visits are 8am till 5pm
  • Please note that Chrysalis Academy is an alcohol, drug and smoke-free zone.
  • We ask that you comply with this regulation in the interests of our students and our partner SANPARKS. You are also requested to ensure that all persons in your party do not feed the baboons, do not litter and do not partake in activities that will put the Academy’s students, staff and visitors at risk in terms of acceptable health and safety standards
  • All prescribed protocols in terms of the COVID 19 should be adhered to.
CONDITIONS
  • Upon departure, please hand back the facility in the same condition as you received it;
  • Please be careful not to damage or break anything as it will be fixed or replaced at your cost;
  • No fireworks, candles, fires or other open flames are allowed at all, anywhere;
  • Braai’s only by prior arrangement with management, and only charcoal is allowed- no wood fires.
  • No amplified sound or public address equipment allowed at all
  • No music, singing or loud talking/laughing after 12H00 and before 08H30
  • Lights out by 23H30
  • Beds and/ or mattresses may under no circumstances be removed from the rooms, and beds may not be moved around in the rooms
  • Please keep the rooms, bathrooms and kitchen clean
  • No graffiti, writing or scratching on any walls, beds, furniture, decking, fences, trees.
  • Please use electricity/gas/water sparingly
  • Camp leader/organiser to inspect grounds, each cabin, bathrooms and kitchen before departure and ensure cleanliness, and report breakages to person on Duty
  • ALL KEYS TO BE RETURNED TO THE DUTY MANAGER (HOST/HOSTESS) UPON DEPARTURE.