Location
  • New Zealand
    • Queenstown
Length
4 - 12 weeks

Program Details

Activities
Animal Viewing Backpacking Beer Tasting Boating Bungee Jumping Canyoning City Exploring Cliff Jumping Cycling Farming Hiking Horseback Riding Kayaking Mountain Biking Paddleboarding Paragliding Rafting Rock Climbing Sightseeing Sky Diving Swimming Trekking Wine Tasting Yoga Ziplining
Timeframe
Fall Spring
Housing
Guesthouse
Primary Language
English
Age Min.
18
Age Max
22

Pricing

Starting Price
25000
Price Details
$2000 USD Enrollment fee and $23,000 Tuition= $25,000

Tuition Covers:
✔ Pre-travel virtual orientation
✔ Elevated accommodation
✔ Program transportation
✔ 3 Meals per day & meal planning,
shopping, and cooking lessons
✔ Farm and entrepreneur internship
✔ 20 adventure days
✔ 60 volunteer hours
✔ On site therapeutic coach 24/7
✔ Wellness & life skills workshops
✔ Weekly coordination with at-home
talk therapist
✔ Weekly group parent call
✔ Coaching towards next steps-
college/ future program/ career
✔ End of program individual
summary

Tuition Does Not Cover:
✗ Participant’s at-home therapist weekly
virtual meetings
✗ Flights or visas
✗ Medical and travel Insurance
✗ Any medical expenses
What's Included
Accommodation Activities Airport Transfers Some Equipment Meals Park Fees Transportation Wifi
What's Not Included
Some Activities Airfare SIM cards Travel Insurance Visa
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About Program

10-Week New Zealand Young Adult program for all genders ages 18-22 with therapeutic support

FALL | SEP 17 – NOV 25, 25
SPRING | FEB 17 – APR 27, 26

Rooted Life Adventures combines outdoor adventure excursions, cultural immersion, volunteer service learning, group living, and internships abroad in a fun, safe and supported environment. Our students stay together in a beautiful home where they learn essential life skills which equips them to live independently.

Our Wellness Director, a therapeutic coach, offers 24/7 support, individual in-the-moment coaching, wellness workshops and ongoing guidance for students to develop their sense of self, belonging, capability, and purpose- and of course have an absolutely life changing adventure.

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Program Highlights

  • Cultural immersion activities including Maori art and immersion, gold panning, seeing kiwis, and working sheep farms.
  • Internship on sheep farm and volunteering in the community
  • 19 adventure excursions including luging, canyoning, rock climbing, mountain biking, zip lining, boating, seeing the glow worms in Te Anau, Milford Sound, and hike Mt. Cook National Park.
  • Live-in therapeutic coach who provides coaching in a wellness environment
  • Group living in an incredible house in Queenstown, explore South Island

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Savannah
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

I 💖 Rooted Life Adventures

I LOVE NEW ZEALAND!!! (And this program) The people are great, I love the weather and the mountains and trees many amazing trees, & I learned that this might be a nice place to live or at least come visit again. I tried to make friends and I did make a few, we had some fun times. I made some of my favorite memories ever. Spa nights with my roommate and the moon parties were my favorite. Also the horror movie nights in October. Even making dinner sometimes was fun listening to music and laughing with people. I am really grateful for this program existing and for all the angels I’ve met. thank you for creating a safe space for me to exist.

Pros
  • Trees
  • Memories
  • Austin is an artist
Cons
  • I got bored of my clothes. I just needed a bigger suitcase or 2 tho.
  • Sometimes I had to socialize when I didn’t want 2. But that’s good i guess.
  • None
22 people found this review helpful.
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Mitch
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Rooted Life Adventures-New Zealand

Rooted Life Adventures came highly recommended to us and met or exceeded our expectations. We were looking for a unique supportive gap-year program for our son and Rooted Life Adventures is certainly unique in every way. From the surrealistic landscape and culture of New Zealand to the caring and nurturing program’s qualified leaders, our son was supported in his needs and in working to reach his goals. The regular video communications and updates kept us informed of our son’s experience and progress. We highly recommend Rooted Life Adventures for individuals seeking this type of growth opportunity.

23 people found this review helpful.
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Chris
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Rooted Life was the ideal program for our son.

Our son was struggling to figure out what was next for him after graduating high school. He didn’t have the confidence he needed to explore all the options available to him, and wasn’t showing much motivation. We tried so many things here and Rooted Life adventures felt like our last trick since he returned. He has clearly matured greatly, is more confident, is comfortable in his own skin and most importantly seems truly happy for the first time in a long time. This experience exceeded even our highest expectations. We are so grateful for the lasting impact this experience will have for our son and for us as a family. Thank you Rooted Life!

23 people found this review helpful.

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