The Trust has enjoyed a long term association with many schools nationwide who annually send their children to Thalatta for the unique experience of ‘5 days in another world’. This regular return of children of a given age (9 to 16) demonstrates the value schools – and the parents – place on the unique experiences provided in a safe, but challenging, environment. Children leave Thalatta enriched with enhanced values of teamwork, loyalty and trust and, over the years, many have said how their outlook on life was fundamentally revised by the care and encouragement of Thalatta’s crew.
Many schools
return year
after year for
their children to
enjoy ‘5 days in
another world’
A maximum of 12 from the school, including teachers, can be accommodated which means each can receive personal attention and guidance. Log books compiled by children over the last 40 years make fascinating reading, and copies of entries can be provided to present-day adults who recall their happy cruises as a child.
Thalatta is based at Maldon in Essex and cruises the East Coast of Essex and Suffolk, with overnight anchorages in the tranquil rivers which abound. However, a cruise may start or end at a number of places in this region such as the wet dock in the centre of Ipswich.