WHY QUEENSTOWN, NEW ZEALAND?
You will have the opportunity to gain guiding qualifications, industry experience and key outdoor skills in this awesome three month adventure in the stunning South Island of New Zealand. New Zealand is on every adventure traveller’s bucket list, with its awe-inspiring mountains, empty beaches and vast landscapes, providing the ultimate classroom for outdoor adventure and personal growth whilst making some pretty awesome lifelong memories. The jewel in the crown is Queenstown, and that’s where Pure Exploration was born, and where our New Zealand Adventure Guide Program (AGP) is based. The AGP offers so much more than just outdoors training and relevant qualifications, however they are an incredibly important part of the program for many of our students.
This twelve week program is broken down into different key areas that focus on building your repertoire of skills and broadening your outdoors experiences. Your time will be split between intensive practical and theoretical training, you’ll also be trained to a standard that is recognised globally.
- Month 1: Nailing the fundamental skills
- Month 2: Focus on building those practical skills, AND First Aid Training
- Month 3: Industry networking events and assessments
WHO IS THIS PROGRAM FOR?
This outdoor adventure course is suitable for anyone who wants to embark on a career to become a global outdoor guide, or simply to challenge their own understanding of what it means to take on the wild. Gain skills you'll use your whole life as a hiker, climber and lover of exploring untouched regions. Bring on the adventures!