Warriors Academy Gap Year Program in South Africa

When I was thrust into the program, I didn't believe it until the morning I was greeted by my peers and my first day at Warriors had officially begun. I thought this was it, when in fact it WAS it, but not in the context I'd originally thought. Warriors was supposed to be just an occupation of time in my eyes, when it was in fact the time period in which I discovered my strengths and weaknesses, was equipped with the skills and knowledge to improve the former, remove the latter, and learned to strive for greatness.
The values that are instilled by this Gap Year program is what will set you apart and above the norm, and if you have doubts about joining this program, I guarantee you that it will impact your life in the most positive of forms.

Life changing experience. Would recommend to anyone and everyone. Learned a lot and gained a lot of new life skills (most mental ;). Made a bunch of new friends. Did things I never thought I would do. Saw the most amazing things. 10 out of 10 would definetly gap year hete again.

Amazing staff and accomodation. Great chef; makes verrrryy nicd burgers. Would go back for one of those bad boys alone.

Have never been this fit in my life.

In short: if youre looking to fill in your gap year I would 100 % recommend you doing it here.

I joined the Warriors Acadamy in 2019 for the 4th quest, and it was by far the best 2 months of the year. In just 7 weeks we hiked down the wild coast, paddled the orange river, skydived, bungee jumped and went kloofing. Through all these adventures the warrior's group welcomed me into their family even though they had known each other since the beginning of the year and I had only just met them. The Warriors Acadamy is such a unique program, I can not express to you the amount of positive impact it leaves on the students that attend and for that reason I'm going back in 2020 to do another quest or two.

This adventure tour was absolutely amazing, the howl week we did all tipe of adrenaline pumping stuff like kloofing ,jumping of a bridge and all other crazy stuff. I also absolutely loved meeting new people and form new frendships and get even closer with eatch other . The food was amazing it was really cool to make a belly on a fire and it was so dellicious . The big swing was amazing , dont let me even get starded on all the crazy stuff we all did. This is truely a awesome camp that helps people to get over their feirs . All the people that came on this tour was really cool they helped every were they could and we never had a depressing or negative moment that i also really enjoyed . The groups spirit and energy was really out of the ordenary this was truely a awesome camp with really fun activities .

This was honestly one of the best experiences of my life. Every day promised something new and exciting. From walking on fire to jumping off of a 70m high cliff. This tour teaches you that you can do anything you set your mind to. There are so many things to recount I can barely think 😂. We ate mopani worms and took chocolate shots (instant diabetes). There was also a cuddle puddle every night in one of the tents. I really loved it, I made so many new friends.
I’m definitely coming back next year. We were such a positive group through tour the entire trip. We supported each other and I created relationships with people that I will never forget. The facilitators and guides were great and they really made you feel at ease, they helped you face your fears!

The most exilhirsting journey making amazing friendships and bonds. Absolutely loved stepping out of my comfort zone and pushing my limits. I absolutely will always stay with je theoughout the rest of my lifetime and the fun that i had is unfirgettable. The camping and positive attitudes was definately thr best energy one could ever surround themselves with. All of the activities teach one to become the best person they can possibly be and it teaches one how to handle situations in real life. We even kissed a hippo how amazing is that. We walked on coals and caving as well as long hiking trips learnong new food types. The best experience for me had to be making the entire trip with new friends and growing together and creating these unbelievably strong bonds.

The last 6 days I’ve conquered more fears that I could in a year, the children I went with, we became very close very quick. The facilitators we also grown close with and loved to hear the stories from them. This camp also made me appreciate the things back home. We also experienced African culture and foods, kissing and feeding a hippo, riding an elephant, caving through old gold mines, hiking along with an awesome bumslide. We also did awesome exercises like obstacle courses, jogging and swimming. On the driving we also saw a rhino, and how many people can say that? . After all this it was a bittersweet moment, with not seeing my new friends again but excited to see the family again. Thank you for the love, care, gratitude and support, had best time ever!

Everyone who went on this tour loved it , it created new friendships and close bonds . All of us learned so much and enjoyed all the fun the tour guides are awesome people. We really learned how to work as a team. We did a lot of team building cooking exercises it was so fun we all enjoyed preparing the food , cooking it ,presenting it and of course we all definitely enjoyed eating it. We closely interacted with elephants . We had so much fun we walked over coals.We jumped down a 60 meter swing and down a 30meter bridge. We went through an amazing hike in the mountain to reach the waterfalls which was incredible and also rainy so we did not get too hot. We also completed a militarily obstacle course and we visited and actually kissed a hippo which is a once in a life time experience so I would highly recommend it this tour (I still remember those chocolate shots we had) and the best part it that all of us get treated as adults and equals