Kon-Tiki
Kon-Tiki is a competition where Scout Troops build a raft from drums, rope and poles using pioneering. In the Western Cape and Gauteng Kon-Tiki events, a patrol or team stays on the raft for 24 hours and completes various challenges while other Scouts who assisted in raft construction take part in "fringe" events on shore while the raft is afloat. Cub and Meerkat activities also take place as part of the overall Kon-Tiki event.
The Kon-Tiki competition is named after Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 expedition from Peru to the Tuamotu Islands.
The first Kon-Tiki Scout competition took place in Cape Town in 1978 where is has become an annual event for the Western Cape. Gauteng (Transvaal) adopted its own Kon-Tiki competition in 1985. More recently, other Kon-Tiki competitions have taken place around the country including Eastern Cape South, and even in Australia (based on the South African competition).