Rooted Life Adventures

I went on the New Zealand Rooted Life Adventures Gap-year program this past fall and had a blast! After graduating high school I didn’t quite know what I wanted to do with my life (yet), but I knew I wanted some time for myself to do things I may not be able to do in the future. Rooted Life Adventure’s program checked all the boxes for me! I loved that they offered a variety of things from internships to bungy-ing off a bridge, and all the in betweens. They also incorporate “side quest” time where we as students get to pick what we wanna do and then get the opportunity to do it which I really appreciated! Something that also stood out to me was how structured their program is. A lot of the time people think of gap year programs to be just sending your kid off into the wilderness on their own and waiting for them to return someday. But this program we had staff and friends there every step of the journey always offering a safety net to bounce back on if we needed it. Our group grew super close over the 10 weeks and it really added to overall experience because we became a sort of found-family; all on this program for different, sometimes similar reasons, but working towards a common goal and bonding through our journeys toward it. This program was one I’ll never forget, and one I’ll take the skills I’ve learned and apply them to various aspects of my life going forward. Forever grateful and would recommend to everyone!!! :)