An outer wilderness journey becomes an inner wilderness experience. Form an intimate relationship with nature. Gain insights into your life by connecting with your full wild self. Remember your ancient human belonging with all life.


Saturday, 29 March 2025

Cape Point National Park

07:30am - 05:30pm

7km Round-trip nature walk

10 Participants

R1450 per person 

ITINERARY


A 7km round-trip migration from Buffelsfontein Visitor's Centre to Venus Pools and back again.


Our focus for the day is on slowing down, paying close attention to all our senses and what draws them, and allowing newness and discomfort as a form of intimacy with the land and with our own wild hearts.


Morning

Afternoon 

Evening


NOTE: Timing and acitivies will change and evolve over the course of the day according to group needs and natural cycles. 

WHAT TO BRING


YOUR FACILITATORS

Nicola Lazenby

MA Modernity and Literature

Psychology Honours (B.Psych Equivalent)

Registered South African Counsellor


My 4 month long 1000km journey on foot through the wilderness of the Pacific Crest Trail evoked a special interest in ecotherapy,  and how our connection with nature shapes our wholeness and healing. When we peer long enough into our depths, we find the same magic and resilience that we see in undisturbed wilderness. And when we journey far enough outside of our civilised lives, far enough into nature, we see reflected back to us the very wonder and wholeness of the human spirit. I have been training and guiding peer support groups with Women for Afrika (sister project of the Mankind Project) since 2016. I'm in private practice under the supervision of Jeffrey Rink (Clin. Psych), founder of Ecopsychology Africa. I look forward to joining you as a fellow curious and searching journeywoman along the coastline that shaped our very species.

Dr. Elizabeth Kruger

PhD Anthropology


I am an environmental anthropologist by training, and a nature lover by birth. My work and my personal endeavours centre on a fascination with human-nature connection. This has led me to dig deep into exploring how we humans think about ourselves in relation to what we think of as nature. The natural world has since childhood been a great teacher of mine and continues to show me how important our connection with the non-human world is to our health and well-being. This ongoing quest for healing and connection with self and the land has led me on deep pilgrimages over a year long up the length of Amazon River, across the Atacama Desert to the crest of the Andes and the shores of Lake Titicaca, as well as the forests of South Africa, extensively exploring my interest in traditional healing and shamanism. Marrying the questions of the intellect with the light of intuition, I join you as a pilgrim to explore the heart of our nature on this day-long immersion at the Southern Tip of Africa.