Transforming Corporate Wellness: How Outdoor Adventures Botswana Engages Employees Through Virtual Challenges

Southern Africa, Sports and Recreation
Ginger Zheng
Updated: Feb, 6, 2025
3 min read

Introduction

Outdoor Adventures Botswana is a leading adventure tourism and corporate wellness provider, dedicated to promoting fitness and well-being through outdoor experiences and endurance events. Led by founder Stefan Ortwein, the company specializes in corporate wellness initiatives, helping businesses integrate movement into the workplace. To enhance engagement and provide measurable wellness solutions, Outdoor Adventures Botswana turned to Pacer for Teams, introducing virtual challenges that have transformed employee participation and workplace health.

The Challenge: A Scalable Solution for Corporate Wellness

Before implementing Pacer for Teams, Outdoor Adventures Botswana identified several key challenges in corporate wellness programs:

  • Scalability – Companies needed an easy-to-manage, digital wellness platform.
  • Employee Engagement – Many corporate wellness managers were not personally engaged in fitness, making adoption difficult.
  • Measurable Impact – Clients required detailed participation data to track progress and justify wellness investments.
  • Inclusive Challenge Design – Businesses needed flexible challenge formats to accommodate employees of all fitness levels.

To address these needs, Outdoor Adventures Botswana sought a user-friendly, cost-effective wellness platform that could deliver engagement, motivation, and measurable results.

Solution: Virtual Challenges that Inspire Movement

After extensive research, Pacer for Teams emerged as the ideal solution, offering:

  • Step tracking and real-time leaderboards to foster friendly competition.
  • Customizable challenges that fit different corporate cultures and employee fitness levels.
  • Seamless onboarding and automated engagement tools, reducing the need for manual program management.
  • Comprehensive reporting features that provided clear participation metrics for corporate clients.

By leveraging step-based virtual challenges, Outdoor Adventures Botswana helped companies promote daily movement, improve employee engagement, and create a culture of active well-being.

Results: A New Standard for Corporate Wellness

The introduction of Pacer for Teams has transformed corporate wellness programs, with remarkable engagement and participation growth.

  • Higher employee participation in wellness programs.
  • Stronger engagement in physical activity across all fitness levels.
  • Improved teamwork and motivation, driven by competitive step-based challenges.
  • Enhanced reporting and data analytics, allowing companies to assess wellness program success.

Outdoor Adventures Botswana's custom approach to virtual wellness challenges has positioned the company as a leader in corporate fitness solutions, helping businesses prioritize health in the workplace.

Conclusion

Through Pacer for Teams, Outdoor Adventures Botswana has successfully introduced scalable, engaging, and data-driven corporate wellness programs. By integrating virtual challenges that encourage daily movement, they have empowered companies to invest in employee health, making workplace wellness an accessible and rewarding experience.

As demand for corporate fitness solutions grows, Outdoor Adventures Botswana continues to set the standard for workplace engagement, proving that movement isn’t just about fitness—it’s about fostering a healthier, more motivated workforce.

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