Sapphire Coast launches inclusive beach programme so everyone can enjoy the festive season fun!
Sapphire Coast launches inclusive beach programme so everyone can enjoy the festive season fun!
This year, alongside the Sapphire Sizzling Summer programme, Amanzimtoti Main Beach will host the Water Sweets ’24 games, an inclusive programme for disabled holidaymakers – all free of charge!
Reece Smith (18) of Rolling with Reece is working with his father, Wesley (43) to make Amanzimtoti an international destination for disabled visitors. Reece, himself a quadriplegic with a love for the ocean, believes that everyone should have access to this incredible resource. In collaboration with the municipality and other stakeholders, the father-and-son team are raising funds to buy Sandcruiser Beach Wheelchairs through their Wheels on Waves programme, to assist getting visitors with limitations into the water.
The Water Sweets ’24 games, running at Amanzimtoti Main Beach, from 20 to 23 December 2024, will encourage able-bodied and disabled holidaymakers with the opportunity to engage in beach activities together. Some of the activities planned include:
· Beach arm golf
· Fishing
· Seated volleyball
· Sports quiz
Also on the programme is Danito, named after the inspirational young man who is completely blind yet worked hard to compete in the Midmar Mile just six months after first entering the water. The game involves being blindfolded and throwing a hacky sack onto a scoreboard. The person with the highest score after three throws wins.
The Water Sweets ’24 games will conclude on the final day with a Santa Surprise Visit, a festive closing ceremony and an afterparty on the beach!
The Sapphire Sizzling Summer programme will run alongside the Water Sweets Games from 20 to 23 December, and pick up again from 27 to 31 December on Amanzimtoti Main Beach. Holidaymakers will enjoy fun beach Olympics, family-friendly games, music, prizes, and great giveaways.
Important Travel Information!
The Sapphire Coast would like to alert motorists visiting the KZN South Coast to the N2 South Detour Routes due to the closure of the Ezimbokodweni Bridge.
Route 1:
After the old airport, stay left and take Exit 149 onto Prospecton Road (R102).
Turn left at the intersection and continue along Prospecton Road for about 5km, passing the Joyner Road intersection.
Stay on Prospecton Road as it becomes Andrew Zondo Road.
Keep straight for about 4km, passing the Moss Kolnik Drive intersection.
After roughly 100m, turn right to rejoin the N2 south.
OR
Route 2:
Turn right onto Joyner Road, continuing into Jeffels Road.
At the intersection, turn left onto Mfundi Mngadi Road (M35).
Continue for 6.6km, then turn left onto Wanda Cele Road.
After 650m, turn left into Moss Kolnik Drive.
Follow Moss Kolnik Drive for about 2.4km, then turn right onto Kingsway Road (R102).
Keep right and after 100m, take the N2 onramp.
