Why leave team buildings up to the boss when you can pitch amazing idea’s and there’s a bonus…the boss is going to love that you are getting deals from FOMO saving your company some extra bucks! 

TEAM BUILDING YEAR-END OFFICE FUNCTION STAFF PARTY IDEAS

Take the lead in making your office party an event everyone will remember. We’ve got some one-of-a-kind venues and team building ideas to raise the bar on all the parties that came before and give the team the end-of-year bash they deserve.

WhatsApp us on 073 673 9974 if you have something specific in mind and we can negotiate bigger group deal prices for you if you do not find your exact group number below.

1. PLAY AN EPIC ESCAPE ROOM OR AMAZING RACE AT HINT HUNT

Let off some steam and take part in a kind of challenge that channels your inner child with HintHunt’s live Amazing Race Games. You’ll quickly realise how fast time flies in the Amazing Race games – Shipwrecked, The Old Hotel and The Cursed Treasure. The rules are simple: solve the slew of complex riddles or perish in a crumbling hotel, sinking ship.  These thrilling group team building adventures take place in Cape Town’s HintHunt in the V&A Waterfront.

The Amazing Race adventure takes place at the V&A Waterfront, you will be running up and done the area, finding clues and solving riddles. Try this after a few drinks, it’s a great fun! This can be one of your activity stops for your on your team building day. FOMO app prices start from R100 per person! The FOMO app will give you 50% off deals when you buy the voucher directly through FOMO below:

Watershed, 17 Dock Rd | Victoria & Alfred Waterfront | Cape Town

Pitch it to your boss: The amazing race games take place in the Watershed at the V&A Waterfront, which means you have a great choice of post game drinks after your victory. The online games accommodate remote teams, and there are more outdoor options.

The FOMO app has tons of restaurant specials you can have a look at, download and use for free: 

2. IF YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE LIKE FAMILY, SHARE A MEAL

Nederberg wine farm celebrates family, and it handles work functions in the same way by making the experience special. There are many options to choose from: wine tastings, lunch, picnics and more. The Nederburg team can serve lunch in a dedicated dining area. They curate and cater for the type of event that creates an intimate, friendly connection at this Stellenbosch vineyard.

Pitch it to your boss: Celebrate your diverse company heritage by having your very own South African table – delicious food and wine pairing that celebrates all things local and lekker. 

Nederburg Wine Tasting & Sensory Experience

Enjoy a leisurely tasting at Nederburg Manor House, or sip and savour under the oaks with something delicious from the kitchen. Nederburg’s friendly and knowledgeable team will guide you through our wide range of wines, with something to suit every preference. For the designated drivers, Nederburg’s bar serves a wide range of non-alcoholic ciders, beers and cocktails, whilst kids and the young at heart will be delighted with the popular hot chocolate experience.
**Pre-booking is advised to avoid disappointment. 

Wine Tasting Deal Price: R100 R70 for a tasting of 5 Nederburg wines

Nederburg Wines | 5 Sense Experience with canapé-style food for 1

Price: R750.00R550.00

Nederburg’s Five Senses Wine & Food Experience is devised to strip away some senses and heighten others to show just how you perceive wine, food and flavours using different senses. Taste your way through a 3-course canapé-style food and wine pairing, first blind-folded, and then sighted. To add an extra dimension to the experience, the second and third courses are presented not only unseen, but also with the addition of evocative sounds, creating a truly emotive and personal experience where your imagination is allowed free reign.

3. ADVENTURES WITH WILDX AND THE FOMO APP

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If the thrill of silver adrenaline pumping through the veins rivals any subsequent notion of a good time, an adventure-filled bachelor/ bachelorette party may be just the thing for you or your soon-to-be-married mate.

• Quad Biking South Africa

Price: from R399 per person

See quad biking deals:

South Africa is one of the most beautiful counties in the world and what better way to explore it’s terrains than to go quad biking whilst looking at the scenery. There are a many places in South Africa offering quad biking namely in the Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape and the lush Western Cape. The FOMO app will show you the best quad biking deals and specials in your area.

The FOMO app has quad biking deals all over South Africa. From quad biking in Cape Town to Quad biking in Johannesburg to quad biking in the winelands from R400 per person

FOMO even has quad biking with a 2 course meal on Morgenhof wine farm here. How epic does that sound?

• Paintball South Africa

Price: From R300 per person with the FOMO app, check out paintball in your area:

Paintball is one of the best outdoor fun games that you can play and get the satisfaction of eliminating your friends and family in a friendly shooting game. Various games and scenarios can be played depending on your team, or you can simply come and shoot each other. What can be more fun than this.

Offer Includes

• Paintball Gun
• 100 balls
• Gas
• T-shirt chest protector
• Full Face Mask
• Safety Marshall to watch over your game

• Archery in South Africa

See Archery deals here from R175 per person:

Rally your thrill-seeking friends, family and colleagues and prepare for an action-packed, adrenaline-pumping outdoor adventure with Wild X and the FOMO app. This should be an activity that happens before you start having a few drinks for you bachelor or bachelorette party. Archery is an ancient sport of warriors that provides a change of pace where skill, judgment and a level head count for more than adrenaline.

Archery is a fun and challenging individual or team activity, perfect for your stag party.

• Segway Off-road ride for 2 South Africa

Price: R999.00 R249.00

Location: Paarl, Garden Route

Explore our off-road trails on a Segway and come and experience a different type of ride. Fun and easy and for everyone. Technical off-road trails to test your skills can be done for the more advanced riders.  Perfect for families and kids parties as well. All rides are guided and include instruction.

Deal:

• 1 Hour GUIDED Segway Off-road Ride for 2 people
• Segway
• Safety Equipment: Helmet, Elbow and Kneepads
• Guide

Segways will get the entire team excited. What’s awesome about them is that they move intuitively with your body, which you’ll learn to do in a 30-minute lesson at the start. Once you’ve mastered this, there’s the whole of wine farms to explore – imagine gliding through glowing green vineyards, 360° views of mountains. If the team loves a bit of rivalry.

Pitch it to your boss: This is active, but not sweaty-active, plus it’s adaptable for the whole team (and there’s the best wines to taste afterwards).

4. Sandboarding in South Africa

Location: Atlantis Dunes, Cape Town

Price: from R499 per person

Tackle the tallest dunes ever with an amazing outdoor activity – a classic sandboarding experience with BBG Adventures at the Atlantis Dunes of Cape Town, also known as the Witsands Aquifer Nature Reserve.

BBG Adventures provides all outdoor adventures such as offroad 4×4, ultimate sandboarding, 4×4 quad biking and photo shoots, kids parties, bachelor parties and team building.

What you Get

• Classic sandboarding experience for 2 (depending on offer chosen)

About the offer

• Duration: 2-Hours
• Gear & permit included

5. Wine Tasting & Vine Bikes

Don’t be fooled by the pretence associated with wine tasting; this particular wine tour gets pretty rowdy. Wine Flies provides the transport, takes care of the wine and supplies a designated driver, so you can see, swirl, smell, sip and savour grape nectar to your heart’s content. Francois van Binsbergen and the rest of the Wine Flies team take you on a curated wine tour of the region, stopping at the quaintest and best-kept vineyards. You can go on a tour of the wineries in Stellenbosch. You can find wine farms on the banners at the top of the FOMO app, it’s free to download and use:

Vine Bikes | An e-bike wine farm tour courtesy of Vine Bikes

Location: Stellenbosch, Cape Town

Price: R1,180.00 R899.00 (Save: 24%)

• A e-bike wine farm tour for 2

Does it feel like you’ve run out of interesting outdoor activities to enjoy in the Mother City? You’ve done them all and now you’re just working your way through the list again? Let us introduce you to Vine Bikes, a fun new way to explore the Cape Winelands!

What is an e bike? 

An e-bike, or electric bike is a bicycle with assisted battery power. You still have to peddle and you’ll still get your steps in, but the activity is not so strenuous because the bike helps you to peddle. This is a great way to take in the beauty of your surroundings! You’ll see more than you ever would in a car, but also won’t end up hot and sweaty from too strenuous a ride.

6. Adventure Freaks | Adventure Package: Go-Karting, Paintball & Drift Trike for 6, Choose any 2

Location: Hartbeespoort, Gauteng

Price: R3,660.00R1,020.00 (Save: 72%)

See Adventure Freaks Deals:

Situated on a farm, you’ll have ample space to explore and get your adrenaline pumping. Play and have fun without being bothered. So join us if you’re ready for adventures like never before.

Birthday parties, team buildings, reunions you name it we’ve got you covered, whatever your party needs. Feel the tension and adrenaline rush through your body, it’s a fantastic mixture of fear and excitement that’ll have you raring to go!

What’s the Deal?

• Adventure Package: Go-Karting, Paintball & Drift Trike for Six – R1020 (valued at R3660)

Package includes:(Choose any 2)

• Go Karting – 10 laps
• Paintball – 100 paintball
• Drift Trike – 10 laps

1. Drift trike rides: We were without a doubt fist to do this activity commercially in South Africa.. we provide training and couching to best equity you to master the art of drifting, by using our custom build drift trikes and purpose build track. Each session consist of 10 min rides and we allow max of 3 trikes on the track at any given time.. difficult level 5/5 energy level 2/5.. enjoyment levels as rated by clients 4/5
   2. Of road go carting.. well who can’t remember the times you got on your first soap box Kart.. we add some steroids to that nostalgic feeling…We will thrill you with on our oval track with our powerful legendary 212 engines.. Due to the short track and high speeds we will only allow a max of 4 karts on the track.. and at times even reduce it to 2 go karts…difficult level 2/5 energy level 3/5 enjoyment level as rated by clients 4/5
   3. Maize paintball game.. well this is not for the faint hearted.. 250 meter maize with plenty of place to hide.. but.. devastating when caught.. A True combat style game where the fittest will survive.. Difficult level 3/5 energy level 5/5 enjoyment level as rated by our clients 4/5… this can be substituted for the interactive target shooting game.. game played with 2 competitors shooting targets and with some nasty defensive targets shooting back.. unique to us..difficult level 2 energy level 3 enjoyment level as rated by clients 5

7. Honest Travel Experience | E-Scooter City Tour for 2

Price: R1,250.00 R759.00

Discover and explore your city in the most unique on the back of a scooter with an E-scooter tour with Honest Travel Experiences. These experiences focus on different precincts and suburbs in Johannesburg or Cape Town with the idea to give you a wider understanding of the city.

Deal:

• E-scooter,
• Tour guide,
• 1 x Drink

Tour routes:

Johannesburg: Graffiti & cultural experience route, Wits Art Museum, Mandela Bridge, Constitutional Hill

Cape Town: Street Art and History is what this experience is about, Cape town as a deep hidden History covered by the mountains and the Ocean.

8. Chef n Guests | Private Chef 3-course custom menu for 6 people

Price: R6500.00 R4500.00

Location: Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban

Enjoy a private Chef in the comfort of your own home who will cook your and 5 if your friends a 3 course dinner.

A FINE DINING EXPERIENCE IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME

Choose your chef, a gourmet menu, and let us take care of everything else!

How it works with Chef n Guest:

1.Your chef buys and brings fresh ingredients

2.Your chef sets up the table and cooks in your kitchen

3.Relax and enjoy your chef culinary creations

4.Your chef cleans your kitchen before leaving

9. Bungee Mogale | Bungee Jump Experience for 2

Price R800.00

Location: Krugersdorp

Take the plunge and experience the thrill of bungee jumping. Step onto the platform and then fly off to have the most amazing experience of your life! Bungee Mogale offers 50 meters of pure adrenaline as jumpers hurl themselves headfirst from the Kings Kloof Bridge, soaring through the air, attached by the ankles to a slender elastic lifeline or by a chest harness that keeps them upright for exhilarating views.

The expert team at Bungee Mogale conduct thorough equipment checks and secure jumpers in a full-body harness combined with an ankle connection to ensure that everyone is safe.

10. Morgenhof | Quad biking experience including a 2-course meal & wine for 1

Price: R1,699.00 R950.00

Location: Stellenbosch, Cape Town

Enjoy time outdoors where fun and beautiful views await you with our quad biking experience including a 2-course meal & wine at Morgenhof Wine Estate, located in Stellenbosch. Take in the beauty of the estate and everything the Cape Winelands has to offer.

Deal:

• Activity duration: 60-minute
• 2-Course meal includes a choice of main meal and dessert from a select few items on the menu
• A bottle of wine

11. Waterfront Charters | Cruise And Dine Sunset Cruise for 2

Price R1,800.00 R1,530.00

Location: Waterfront , Cape Town

The perfect waterfront combination: a Sunset Champagne Cruise followed by a gourmet dining experience at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. Our unique Cruise and Dine package includes a 90 minute ocean cruise followed by a 3-course meal at a choice of two top V&A Waterfront restaurants.

With the Atlantic Ocean stretching away from the majestic Table Mountain range, this is certainly a ‘must do’ cruise for locals and tourists alike.  Toast the setting sun from the deck of a luxury vessel with a complimentary glass of local sparkling wine (two glasses per guest, or a bottle for a couple). Closer to hand you’ll have an opportunity to observe amazing marine life, with regular sightings of dolphins, whales, penguins and many more aquatic creatures

After building an appetite at sea, you have the option of choosing between two gourmet restaurants to suit your culinary desires: the Meloncino Restaurant, specialising in Italian food & the City Grill for local flavour.

12. Yacht Trip as a team building… OH YES PLEASE!

Waterfront Charters and the FOMO app have come up with some discounted deals for yacht parties, exclusive parties or buy a cruise tickets, it’s all discounted. 

There will always be music onboard or a DJ, which is such a great vibe for an end of year or team building function:

See cruise deals at the Waterfront in Cape Town from R540 for two people:

BOND OVER A SHARED BOTTLE OF DISTILLERS & UNION GIN

Capetonians love gin, it’s no secret and what better way to celebrate your team’s wins for the year than over a shared bottle of personalised gin. At Distillers & Union, you can handpick the complete flavour profile you want, from the spices, citruses, herbal notes and floral fragrances, even your own logo. Plus, if you’d like to taste exceptional gins produced by master distillers, the distillery is home to brands such as 5 Pence, Ora, Enigma and Dragon Brewing Co., all of which are available for tastings at Distillery & Union in Woodstock. 
Pitch it to your boss: You get to take home your own bottle of gin and show it off to your friends and family.

AN END OF YEAR GOOSE CHASE THAT’S WILD BUT NOT POINTLESS

Put your team’s communication skills, creativity and endurance to the test with this app-based scavenger hunt in and around Cape Town or Stellenbosch. Teams use an app that is pre-loaded with 16 to 30 challenges, all of which they’ll need to complete using a combination of strategic, tactical, navigational and common-sense skills. Rain or shine, the game plays on, all during the day. In case of rain, one can always choose the game that has been designed indoors and explore the wild underwater world of the Two Oceans Aquarium. As of May 2019, a wheelchair-friendly version of the game is available, so no-one gets left behind in a game with The Gallivanting Goose.
Pitch it to your boss: This is a fun, interactive way to get to know your colleagues while also working on team uniformity and productivity.
Please note: The wheelchair-friendly game is venue specific.

Various locations in and around Cape Town or Stellenbosch | www.thegg.co.za | +27 (0)82 468 3052 | [email protected]

MAKE A DAY OF IT AND DO YOUR YEAR END AT THE WATERFRONT

With over 80 eateries and tons of unique experiences, you’ll be able to curate a fun-filled itinerary for the entire day to reconnect with your team at the V&A Waterfront. Start your day at a restaurant and then head to Cause & Effect Cocktail Kitchen & Cape Brandy Bar for an unforgettable cocktail mixing experience. In between, maybe jump on the Cape Wheel (which offers a spectacular 360-degree panoramic view of the city), go bar hopping, play a live escape game at HintHunt or find your way out of a 3D maze at SuperPark. There’s also stand up paddling and kayaking at Battery Park, gin making classes at Radisson Red Hotel and chocolate making at Lindt Chocolate Boutique & Studio at the V&A Waterfront.
Pitch it to your boss: With such a variety of choices, from restaurants to dozens of activities, there will be something to keep the whole team happy.

19 Dock Road  | +27 (0)21 408 7500 | [email protected] | waterfront.co.za

IF IT’S TIME TO LOOSEN UP AND ROCK OUT

Celebrate the end of the year rock ‘n’ roll style at Sgt Pepper. There are three fully licensed bars (including an eight-metre long, non-smoking bar) serving beer, wine, cocktails (think the Tattoos & Tequila Cocktail: El Jimador Blanco shaken cold with triple sec, lime and lemon juice) and shooters. The venue caters for up to 140 guests inside and the balcony overlooks Long Street. The menu is broad: snacks, pizzas, burgers, salads, ciabattas, wraps and desserts at Sgt Pepper in Long Street.
Pitch it to your boss: Rock out to the best of ’70s rock, from Freddie and Jimi to Bob, on the dance floor

194 Long St, Cape Town City Centre, +27 (0)21 424 5608, [email protected]

A STYLISH AFFAIR AT THE END OF YEAR – FIT FOR A PRINCE

Haskell Vineyards in Stellenbosch is a classy choice. It offers year-end gatherings for up to 45 guests including welcome drinks, wine tasting and a cellar tour with the winemaker (this estate’s wine was chosen by Monaco’s Prince Albert for his wedding when he married Zimbabwean-South African former Olympic swimmer, Charlene Wittstock). Wines are balanced by a harvest table laden with different platters. Think slow-roasted lamb shoulder with rosemary caper mustard sauce, Peruvian roasted baby chicken with coriander, lime and pickled red onion, dukkah roasted cauliflower with avocado dressing, seasonal salads, and more for R300 per person at Haskell Vineyards.
Pitch it to your boss: No venue fee is charged if the function is in normal trading hours, plus you can also get wine at cellar-door prices in the restaurant

Annandale Rd, Lynedoch, Stellenbosch, +27 (0) 21 881 3895, [email protected]

ACTIVE YEAR END WITH THE TEAM:

CLAY SHOOTING, GIN TASTING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES WITH KIFF KOMBI TOURS

If the best way to get your colleagues to gel is through an activity, here’s another idea: an epic road trip through Cape Town. Kiff Kombi Tours is perhaps the city’s ultimate company year-end experience as it’s so much fun, but chilled at the same time. The Gin Jol, Craft Beer Safari and Wine, Beer & Biltong Safari that takes you from Cape Town to picturesque Stellenbosch are recommended. These offer fun activities such as clay-shooting, paintball and bubble soccer. However, you can also custom-make a tour.
Pitch it to your boss: Kiff Kombis is all about good vibes, plus it’s as active or chilled as you want it to be. Get your bosses in the mood, let them watch this video of Kiff Kombis’ one-of-a-kind tours

 
kiffkombitours.co.za | [email protected] | +27 (0)72 213 3888

LET A CHEF TEACH THE TEAM TO COOK OFF 2020 

Matt Manning’s The Chef’s Studio is an industrial space kitted out with state-of-the-art cooking stations. Chef Manning, who has worked with legend Gordon Ramsay, offers an interactive cooking demo and hands-on cooking experience in which you share a station with a colleague, before dining with your group in a private dining area. It’s a great option for year-end functions with menus ranging in price from R750–R1 950 per person at Grub & Vine.
Pitch it to your boss: Start with canapes and bubbly on arrival and depending on which package you choose, make a four- or five-course menu with wine pairing

103 Bree Street, City Centre, +27 (0)76 256 8654, [email protected]

EVERYBODY LOVES SUSHI WITH A VIEW FOR AN END OF YEAR

Blowfish Restaurant in Blouberg is a firm favourite of Capetonions largely because of the picture-perfect view of Table Mountain – but the food and cocktails are delicious, too. There are three sections to choose from: the private wine cellar, for up to 25 guests; the deck, with breathtaking views for up to 90 guests; and the conservatory, with mountain views for up to 40 people. Get a two-course meal from R185 per person, or book a sushi-making workshop for the team for only R350 per person at Blowfish restaurant.
Pitch it to your boss: Complementing the view of Table Mountain is the hundreds of kites flying through the sky

1 Marine Drive, Table View, +27(0)21 556 5464, [email protected]

BRING OUT THE KID IN YOUR TEAM

Anyone for golf? 3D mini-golf, with glow-in-the-dark hats, hair, armbands, glow sticks – what’s not to love about Glowing Room SA glow-in-the dark mini-golf? It’s a pimped out 18-hole course for a fast-paced game where you can leave the politics of the office behind and the team can bond over some light-hearted competition.
Pitch it to your boss: Some healthy competition to release office tension and break away from adulting for a bit, good enough reasons to consider planning your work function at Glowing Rooms SA.

Shop 16 | The Gallery | Milnerton | +(0)21-551 22 44

MY BEST FRIEND: YEAR END OFFIC GET TOGETHER

Make it magical and exploratory, with this maritime experience. The state-of-the-art Two Oceans Aquarium accommodates big (1000 guests) and small (25 guests) teams. Host a sit-down dinner just metres away from ragged-tooth sharks or let the jellyfish fascinate your guests during a walkabout cocktail party, it’s your pick at Two Oceans Aquarium.
Pitch it to your boss: There are different packages to fit various budgets. These can include catering, evening tours, bar staff and even recommendations for entertainers.

Dock Road | V&A Waterfront | +27 (0) 21 814 4547

GET EVERYONE END THE YEAR ON CLOUD 9

This one-in-a-million experience on Cape Town’s number one rated helicopter operator, where you get helicopter rides at 10% discount as a reader, overshadows the average office soiree – without costing as much as you’d think. Cape Town Helicopters does daily flights to 25 routes on the latest Airbus, and you can team it with another activity such as shark cage diving, clay pigeon shooting or a Harley Davidson ride through Constantia at the other end of the chopper ride.

YEAR ENDS IN THE CAPE WINELANDS 

IF YOUR COLLEAGUES FEEL LIKE FAMILY – GET THEM AT THE TABLE

Leopard’s Leap Family Vineyard celebrates family, and they handle work functions in the same way by making the experience special. A wine tasting in the private room, or a cooking demonstration, following which you sit down to enjoy the meal. They’ll serve your lunch in a dedicated dining area. They curate and cater for the type of event that connects at this Franschhoek vineyard.
Pitch it to your boss: You could also celebrate your diverse company heritage by doing your very own South African table – delicious food and wine pairing that celebrates all things local and lekker about South African food, in a way that encourages sharing stories and personal experiences.

Main Road | Franschhoek Valley | www.leopardsleap.co.za | [email protected] | +27 (0) 21 876 8002