CHALLENGES for impact
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Orbis Challenge Expeditions involve undertaking physically or mentally demanding journeys, often in unfamiliar or extreme environments, to achieve personal growth, build resilience, and foster a sense of accomplishment. Our Impact Challenge Expeditions pushes participants beyond their comfort zones, enhancing problem-solving, perseverance, and self-confidence. They promote teamwork and leadership skills. Additionally, challenge expeditions have a positive impact on mental well-being by boosting self-esteem and providing a sense of purpose. Through these transformative experiences, participants gain a deeper understanding of their capabilities and develop a mindset for tackling life’s challenges.
Pushing Limits, Creating Change.
Impact Challenges are more than just physical or mental endurance tests—they are transformative experiences designed to inspire personal growth while making a meaningful difference. By stepping beyond comfort zones, participants develop resilience, leadership, and adaptability, all while contributing to real-world challenges in communities and environments that need support. These expeditions blend adventure with purpose, fostering teamwork, problem-solving, and a deep sense of accomplishment. Through shared challenges and impactful projects, participants not only push their own limits but also leave a lasting, positive footprint on the world.
What team will you join?
Orbis Trail Challenge
Purpose: Paralympic Sports in Malawi
Alarms set for dawn, kit all laid out ready, what will the next day bring? Excitement, nervousness and an exhilarated tingle pulses through your veins as the evening briefing goes through your mind… Created by Orbis Expeditions and Dame Kelly Holmes this incredible challenge has it all- three fiercely diverse trail runs, time spent within Malawian communities, a riverboat wildlife safari and a day spent on the shores of Lake Malawi.
Orbis Cycle Challenge
Purpose: BMX & Youth Cycling
Join our inaugural Orbis Cycle Challenge! A team of 30 riders will cycle across Southern Malawi taking in the stunning tea estates, foothills of Mulanje Mountain, Liwonde and finish on the shores of Lake Malawi. Each day has a mix of terrain from bumpy off road tracks to stretches of tarmac ideal for getting some speed legs in! The team will be accompanied by members of The Malawi Cycling Federation.
Orbis Family Challenge
Purpose: School Computer Laboratory
Are you keen for your children to connect with the wider world and understand more about different cultures? The Orbis Family Challenge is a chance to take a different Half Term Holiday. To experience something life changing as a family, for your children to understand some of the challenges facing their generation and connect with children their age growing up in Malawi. Inspiring projects, village homestay with a local family, time spent at a local school and an overnight mountain hiking challenge
Orbis Hiking Challenge
Purpose: Mountain Conservation
Brand new for 2025 The Orbis Hiking Challenge is incredibly special! We love everything this expedition brings and the cause behind it. Your week is spent on the beautiful plateau of Mulanje Mountain walking from hut to hut, climbing four peaks including Sapitwa (3,002m). Each night you will sleep in the basic mountain huts, cooking food around the open fire and soaking up this incredible off grid experience.
Orbis Rugby Challenge
Purpose: Youth & Community Rugby
Orbis have partnered with Bhudesi Pride Foundation and you will be spending the week taking part in community outreach sports coaching near their academy base in Lilongwe. The power and impact of sport is at the heart of the organisation and you will be working alongside their local coaches to run training sessions and learning more about their work. We will whisk you off for a safari too!
Orbis Coaching Challenge
Purpose: Youth Community Sport
Seven days visiting a mix of rural and city based sports organisations. A real chance to see the diversity of Malawi and how passionate, and talented, their community teams are. Every community in Malawi plays football and netball and they are so good at it! Prepare for dusty pitches, lots of barefoot playing, hugely talented players and a fantastic competitive spirit!
Orbis Conservation Challenge
Purpose: Lake Conservation
Join an incredible behind the scenes challenge to Lake Malawi and Liwonde National Park. From diving in the clear fresh waters of Lake Malawi with the incredible Cyclid Fish to spending time tracking wildlife at Liwonde National Park this expedition combines culture, sports and global citizenship.