Media Release
World Environment Day 4x4 Excursion – Valley of 1000 Hills
Sunday, June 5 is World Environment Day, and well-known 4x4 enthusiast and instructor Travis Duggan, is putting his money where his mouth is. He has gathered a group of 4x4 enthusiasts to join him in assisting Sibusiso Shangase, owner and manager of the picturesque Green Corridors’ Mqeku Picnic Site in the Valley of 1000 Hills to rebuild and clean-up the site left devastated by the recent floods.
Travis Duggan and Sibusiso Shangase at Mqeku Picnic Site in Valley of 1000 Hills
This is one of Duggan’s DO GOOD events in which he leads a 4 x 4 tour through the Valley of 1000 Hills with 50% of the proceeds going towards the rebuild of the Mqeku Site.
“Sunday is World Environment Day, and what better way to celebrate than to help this green space get back to a fun, recreational space where families and friends can enjoy the outdoors,” enthuses Duggan. “The site is hugely popular with the SA 4x4 community, and we want to help him get it back to the incredibly gorgeous site it was prior to the floods.”
Mqeku - a Green Corridors Pop-Up Camp at the site
“We has been visiting Mqeku picnic site since 2015,” continues Duggan. “Sibusiso and I met and I said I had a 4x4 route in the Valley if 1000 Hills but wanted to have our end point at his Mqeku Picnic Site. I fetched him and he showed me how we could tie the two routes together. We then hired local residents to help maintain these route along the trail. For 7 years I have been enjoying the Valley of 1000 Hills. When I saw his pictures of the detestation of the flooding after all he had put into this site, I knew I had to assist. We have approached Build It to assist with Cement to rebuild his braai’s.”
The tour meets at the Polo Pony Engen Garage Polo Pony (Shongweni/Hillcrest) to depart at 8am and depart for the Valley of 1000 Hills. Then you will climb up to the top of the Valley of 1000 Hills with breathtaking views of Dusi/Umgeni River Valley and Inanda Dam. The convoy will make its way down to Toleni Falls and the Mqeku River and 4x4 down to the Mqeku Picnic Site. At the picnic site you can pick your own place to set up with your family or friends Pack a picnic basket or charcoal and Braai meat and enjoy a fantastic experience with your family and friends.
Tubing at Mqeku
Cost is R 650 per vehicle which includes entry to the site, with 50% being donated to the site to help them rebuild it.
Duggan, will be arranging another event, together with the 4x4 community to help Shangase rebuild the site.
For more information or to book contact Travis on 0832327065.