Seychelles explores new adventurous zone |15 October 2011

Those who are daring enough or simply seeking more thrilling activities in Seychelles can now have fun wall-climbing and abseiling with the Smac crew – Crunchie (Johan) and Wynie (Wynand) who have worked together in the adventure zone for 15 years on end.

Both activities are carried out in a totally controlled environment, where the adventurers are strapped in harnesses and tied to 12 Newton tested ropes, secured in two marine grade stainless anchors on top of the wall.

Smac’s wall-climbing is open to anyone interested, meaning you do not have to be a climber. The activities can be enjoyed by both young and old, while strength and skills are not issues in order to engage in this adventure.

“’Every body’ and ‘any body’, kids, the wife and of course the man, can have a go at climbing,” says the Smac crew.

Smac is open to both locals and visitors and it offers the activities in two categories – the Smac Crag and the Smartie Wall.

The Smac Crag consists of 10 remarkable routes, with a difficulty between grade 12 for beginners and grade 24, which is the intermediate level. The Smartie Wall, on the other hand, has been designed especially to cater for children.

Smac provides four packages that suit different ages and every climbing level. ‘The Introduction’ package to introduce you to the world you have been missing out. This package includes three magic routes with a difficulty level graded between 12 and 16. The second package is ‘The Confident’ which includes three new routes that are more challenging and graded between 16 and 18. Then there is the ‘The Brave’ that has four routes with the difficulty level graded between 19 and 23 which allows your courage and ego to shine. Smac’s last package is the ‘Belay Certificate’ which allows you to exploit all aspects of climbing, belaying and abseiling of the Smac Wall.

Smac is based at the Ephelia Resort with its wall located on the road to the hillside villas next to the resort’s Cayenne Restaurant.

Smac operates on the wall from 8am to 11.30am and again from 2.30pm till dark, and bookings can be made at the Smac office on 2536029 or 2518864 as well as through Ephelia Resort on 4395000.