From Coast to Caves our School Adventure
Our school experiences are designed for children aged 10 - 16 years old. We use 4 seater Sit-on-Top Kayaks to create a fun wet session that combines an education about the geopark and its conservation.
We paddle through several sandstone and limestone sea caves to a remote beach. Where we look at our very special and protected fossils. We will also enjoy a beachfire and toast marshmallows to create a fun action filled beach stop experience.
Children can swim at the discretion of the teachers. We expect 1 teacher per 12 pupils for our ratios, however, they do not have to have any experience paddling. The duration is 1.5 to 2 hours.
Our school tours can be combined with a Kents Cavern experience and educational visit where they also teach the students all about stone age man.
Geology can be a difficult subject to harness or find interesting if you live in a city or a relatively flat area. With a clean dissection of the earths crust, you can clearly see and start to understand rock history. Torbay is blessed with such geo-diversity that it has played an incredible part in the story of Western geology.
Join an experienced, local, coastal guide in an extraordinary discovery of our geological past. Learn what a Geopark is, how it was created and how it is an ever-evolving canvas! Meet the pioneers that shape our coastline to the ecosystems and marine wildlife that live within! Forage and taste wild marine vegetation and find our very special, protected fossils from the early Devonian era. Get up close and personal with our rocks and learn about the events that shaped our landscape!
Join an experienced, local, coastal guide in an extraordinary discovery of our geological past. Learn what a Geopark is, how it was created and how it is an ever-evolving canvas! Meet the pioneers that shape our coastline to the ecosystems and marine wildlife that live within! Forage and taste wild marine vegetation and find our very special, protected fossils from the early Devonian era. Get up close and personal with our rocks and learn about the events that shaped our landscape!
In the months of April to June, our Guillemot colonies return to the Orestone Rock to nest and mate, along with many other local and migrating sea birds. At the nature reserve we have fantastic opportunities to see lots of different marine wildlife. Our Guillemot Safaris are for adults or older families due to the location of the islands. All tours are delivered by a local expert.
This tour offers the likely hood of seeing cetaceans and over the past 12 months sightings in South Devon have risen dramatically. We have resident pods of harbour porpoises and common dolphins and each season we are finding species of Shark and Whales are attracted to our warming waters.
The 7 LNT principles;
The Leave no Trace training introduces its participants to the 7 principles in a fun structured session. Through discussion and group work the participants will learn the principles and take part in an active learning experience.
Plan Ahead and PrepareTravel and Camp on Durable SurfacesDispose of Waste ProperlyLeave What You FindMinimize Campfire ImpactRespect WildlifeBe Considerate of Other Visitors
All participants will leave with a certificate on course completion. Duration is 2 hours.
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