Senior Journey

Let your tamariki go on a journey of discovery with our Senior Journey holiday programme, to explore the outdoors and discover their potential.

The Senior Journey adventure holiday programme allows tamariki to step up into an expedition format and build their resilience and teamwork skills while exploring spectacular local environments.

The outcome of completing a Journey is a great sense of achievement, increased confidence and a memorable experience that will be shared with new friends made along the way. Tamariki will not only discover the more remote places in Te Tau Ihu (the top of the South Island) but also their inner adventurer.

Learning Objectives

  • Increasing willingness to learn
  • Understanding and assuming personal responsibility
  • Developing belief in self and increasing confidence
  • Developing a positive attitude
  • Recognising and developing potential
  • Developing resilience skills (coping with challenge and change)
  • Developing positive communication skills

Participants will leave with a bunch of new friends and on an adventure buzz! Check out our latest adventures on Facebook and Instagram.

With each Journey I have watched my son becoming a competent, confident young man. His self esteem has grown. This has had a “knock on” affect at school.

Journey Parent

Duke of Edinburgh

You might like to consider counting your Senior Journey towards the Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award! This international award is considered the leading youth achievement award – we can help you plan your award training & assessment. Find out more….

There is an additional cost of $50 to cover Award administration and you must be enrolled in The Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award before you go on a programme – we can help get you started with this, please contact us.


View all course options at Whenua Iti Outdoors – Programmes Overview

Further resources

| Holiday & Award Programmes | Download our brochure

| Safety First | Find out more about our safety policies

| FAQs | Find answers to most commonly asked questions

| Gear Lists | Go to our Downloads page to find a generic gear list

| Experiential Learning | Find out more about the philosophy that underpins our programmes

 

Key Components:

  • Adventure
  • Environment

Open to:

14 - 16 yrs*

Duration:

4 days / 3 nights

Delivery:

Expedition Format

Location:

Local National Parks

Cost:

$360pp** – for Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast participants
$600 pp** – for all other regions of NZ
$760 pp** – International students

Additional Costs If Required:

$50 pp – for Duke of Edinburgh’s Award admin fee
$50 pp – return airport or local transfers (set times)

Dates:

Mon 27th Jan – Thurs 30th Jan 2025

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Notes:

*Age ranges can vary for some intakes please enquire.

**The difference in cost pp is due to region-specific funding.

Cost includes: Food, equipment, tuition, adventures and fun!
Payment plans are available, please ask.

Awards:

  • Duke of Edinburgh

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You're in safe hands. Our friendly & highly professional instructors are all industry qualified for a wide range of activities.

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NZQA Qualified and NCEA Aligned

We are NZQA accredited, can offer NCEA Level 1-3 assessments and all programmes align with the NZ Curriculum key competencies.

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Safety Accredited

We put safety first. We are a registered provider of Adventure Activities with Worksafe NZ, and are Safety audit certified with OutdoorsMark.

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