Rooted Life Adventures

Why choose Rooted Life Adventures?

We put the fun back in mental health support. At Rooted Life Adventures, our mission is to provide a transformative experience through international adventures, cultural immersion, volunteering, internships, and group living. Participants gain essential life skills while living in a supportive environment with a dedicated therapist offering in-the-moment coaching and therapeutic support.

We believe in making extraordinary adventures accessible to "kids who have been through hard," helping them develop a sense of self, belonging, capability, and purpose. Our program emphasizes love, laughter, messy fun, nature, and friendship, creating a foundation for holistic growth. By prioritizing these elements, we ensure that personal development and mental well-being come naturally and joyfully.

We provide a supported gap year program for young adults of all genders ages 18-22 in New Zealand and a summer camp in Costa Rica for teen girls ages 14-17.

Website

rootedlifeadventures.com

Community Photos

Reviews

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

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.

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!