In October 2006 Magic Bus completed phase one construction of India’s first world-class centre for outdoor experiential learning and sport for development, 75 km from central Mumbai. Just an hour and a half from the city, the 20 acre plot lies in a naturally beautiful and secluded area which features forest, river, open sports fields, and an abundance of flora and fauna. The Magic Bus Centre for Learning & Development has the capacity to offer programmes to well over 10,000 children every year, and has residential capacity for over 100 children each day.

The Centre provides a benchmark for experiential-learning child development programmes in India and is home to the most sophisticated outdoor equipment in the country. It features India’s first international standard challenge course, designed and built for us by Adventure Rope, including a high ropes course, artificial rock climbing tower which includes a rappelling face and a breathtakingly fast zipline. The Centre is also home to a low ropes and a bouldering wall and an obstacle course, the latter specifically designed by our in house team. 

The objectives of the Centre are to:                                          

• offer the highest quality of outdoor development
  learning to children & youth
• offer a safe and secure environment for children
  to learn and play
• offer a stimulating environment for capacity building
  trainers to deliver the Magic Bus programme and sport
  for development, on a large scale To see an ariel view of the Centre, click here

To read more about how we designed and built our Centre, click here 

We would like to thank the following friends who have helped support building the centre through funding, design and advice:

• Kadoorie Charitable Foundation
• Kai Taraporavala
• Sanjeev and Kathy Malaney
• Asif Rangoonwala
• Donald Lobo
• Rahul Mehrotra
• Aileen McEachen
• Brathay
• Rob Thomas
• Pete Kirkpatrick
• Steph and Kim Williams
• James Cantor
• CK Chan
• Dasra
• Sir Michael Kadoorie
• Christopher Lavender
• Nisreen Ebrahim
• J Kirby Simon Trust
• Anup Sharma
• Viresh Kothari
• Derrick D’Souza
• Bim Sandhu
• Lou Stanion
• John Hepburn
• Atul Mathur
• British Deputy High Commission Mumbai
• GE
• Canara Bank
• Lewis Family Foundation
• Manoukian
• Ralph Oppenheimer