Our legendary birthday parties are 3.5 hour long adventures including survival/bushcraft, combat archery and the obstacle course. All three activities are tailor made to suit party goes of all ages.
We can offer Birthday Parties on Saturday and Sundays only
Party Alpha runs from 9.30am-1pm
Party Bravo runs from 10am-1.30pm
Party Charlie runs from 2pm - 5.30pm (this option is suspended during winter months due to early sunset times)
Each party will have their own storage area and toilet.
Please bring in your own refillable water bottles.
Please arrive 5 minutes before the start time, in your active clothes and ready to go.
STRICTLY 7YRS AND ABOVE ONLY. IF YOU BRING CHILDREN UNDER 7 YRS THEN THEIR PARENTS WILL NEED TO STAY WITH THEM AT ALL TIMES
Food is not included but the last 30 minutes of the party is set aside for birthday cake and food (3hrs activities and 30 mins for food). You can cater this yourself (sandwiches, crisps, sweets etc) or you can order and collect yourselves hot food to be brought by you at the end of the 3 hrs. We no longer accept hot food deliveries to the site as we have found that they do not arrive on time causing issues with later parties.
Hydration is the most important thing from our perspective as the children will be very active. You can either ask the children to bring refillable water bottles with them (they will have them from school) or you can supply water bottles and write their names on them with a sharpie or other pen to stop cross contamination.
A black plastic sack to take away your rubbish, a knife to cut the cake and paper plates are a must. A pack of wet wipes would also be useful!
If it is wet a change of clothes may also be advisable.
Please wear old clothes and bring a change of clothes in case you have incidental contact with mud and the great outdoors in general.
Footwear (runners you don’t mind getting wet)
Cool or rainy: Light fleece, thermal top, woolly hat
Warm: Sun hat, sun glasses (string attached), sun screen
Please note booking closes 24 hours in advance
We can cater a party for over 15, each additional participant is €25pp.
Additional participants can be booked via our office (021 465 2004). Please check with our office BEFORE booking that we can cater for the size of your party and then AFTER booking, when you have settled on the time and date of the party, give our office a call to confirm and add the extra numbers to your booking.
YOU ARE BOOKING 1 PARTY FOR 15 PEOPLE, WHEN BOOKING INSERT THE NUMBER 1 IN THE NUMBER SECTION OF THE DROP DOWN MENU
IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE LOCATING US RING KEN 086 020 9252
Obstacle Course
The cornerstone of the adventure campus is the custom built obstacle course. This sounds like a half kilometer of hell but don’t be afraid, it’s also the most fun on the island. You can run through it in time trails or you can work as team taking the “dead bob” through it. Whatever your choice it is an absolute must as part of your visit.
Archery
We have a purpose made archery section in the adventure campus, where your instructors will fully equip and demonstrate how to use your bow and arrows. The environment is totally different from the norm, the woodlands are your playground and your targets are among the trees. Test your skills and become an excellent marksman or “toxophilite” if you please.
Combat Archery
Experience the hunger games in real life, but without real arrows tips. Instead we have foam tipped heads. We operate under licence from Battlezone Archery, so our combat zone is one of the safest in Europe. We set up the combat zone to cater for the numbers booked in, up to a maximum of twenty people at any one time, so let the games begin…
Bushcraft
Survival
We have purpose made pod areas for bushcraft and survival skills, where you retire over to the knoll and begin your return to the wild. You’ll learn a variety of new skills, including shelter building, fire starting and bush cooking. You may even pick up a bit of whittling, trapping and tool making to prepare for “outback way of life”.
Find the Sniper
If Fota Island Resort is your own private island, then “Find the Sniper” is the fort you build out of couch cushions in your front room. We have purpose made Ghilley suits that match our surroundings, so this is the ultimate hide and seek, military style. This is a game truly adored by all and provides memories for a lifetime, provided we find everybody at the end of the day…
Field Games
Adventure can be quite tiring, so not everything has to be high octane, all of the time. This is where the field games come in. Our instructors have a vast array of purpose made games, some of them require team work, some require problem solving and some just involve basic participation (so let the others do the work). The key aspect of the field games is the social interaction with each other.
Orienteering
We have a variety of different orienteering trails throughout the resort, with different levels of difficulty depending on your requirement. All of the equipment is provided in order to give you a fun filled adventure, but be warned, some of the trails have hidden tasks and all is not always what it seems to be…
