The Facilitators
Lucille Greeff is an Organisation Development Practitioner, Facilitator and Poet. Her work focuses on personal transformation, integrating aspects of Deep Ecology with process work and identity maturation. Lucille is a Director with Aephoria Partners. 
Tatjana Zaayman is a trained tour guide and nurse who has deeply explored the concepts of immersive nature connection in several wilderness philosophy processes. Her love for people and nature and the transformations that are possible through spiritual connection and presence are her lifelong passion
James Eckley is a trained Social Worker with a deep love for nature-based facilitation processes. Over the years he has run nature-based programmes as part of his community work with men at risk and he has been part of Vision Quest facilitation teams for the past 14 years. Partners. 
Bukelwa Sigila is a Clinical Social Worker and Sangoma. She has a deep connection to ritual and her work is rooted in African Spirituality. She is also a member of The Haven Board of Management. The Territory
Mountain time is spent in the Groot Winterhoek, a 2.5 hour drive from Cape Town. The area is tucked high up in the Olifantsriver valley, close to Porterville in the Western Cape We are hosted on a secluded, privately owned, 5000 hectare farm and surrounded by mountains and wild nature. The areas is a National Heritage site with a rich history. The memory of the indigenous Khoisan people is still strong in the land.
The preparation time before going to the mountain takes place in Cape Town, South Africa. Integration after the fast also takes place in Cape Town. We travel to and from the mountain as a group with shared transport.
Pre-Course Preparation
At least a month (usually two) before the start of a vision quest, each delegate receives a comprehensive manual to help begin their preparation work, which includes:
- The history and ethos of vision quest and its practice through the decades.
- The Medicine Walk – a day spent walking in a wild place, one month prior to the start of the programme.
- Clarifying intention. What is it that I hope to take away from this experience. Writing it down.
- What to expect in the mountains, in the way of weather, terrain, animals, the physical challenge.
- Dietary preparations. What to eliminate and how to prepare our bodies for a fast.
- The gathering of equipment.
Costs
Local Cost : R12 500 (excludes your travel costs to and from Beaverlac and a shared meal in a restaurant upon return)
International Cost: $1000 (excludes your travel costs to and from Beaverlac and a shared meal in a restaurant upon return)
When: 21 November – 1 December 2024
Make a voluntary contribution to the scholarship fund:
Participants who are in a financial position to pay R2000 / $200 additionally to support a local South African participant without the means to pay for the quest, are encouraged to do so in support of equitable access for all.
You are responsible for your own travel costs to and from Cape Town. All costs covered once the Vision Quest starts.
N.B. Scholarships available on request. Please contact us if you would like to sponsor a participant or loved one.