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Explorers Academy course description

Adventure Travel Guiding
3 weeks hands-on experience

Next course starting dates: - no dates fixed -
All inclusive cost: EUR 2195,- / USD 2525.- / GBP 1,525.-
Or take your own group of 8-10 participants for a course at any time.
Courses can also be tailored to your requirements and budget

Tourism is the world's largest industry, and Adventure travel is the fastest growing tourism sector. The adventure travel guide, or tour leader, has the most demanding and challenging job in the industry. He or she has to develop a mix of knowledge and skills in very diverse areas: tourism industry and regulation, group psychology, leadership and teamwork, foreign cultures and customs, and adventure disciplines.

Our 3-week course goes beyond ordinary guide courses and aims to introduce the participants to these important aspects of guiding and tour leading.


Adventure Travel Course outline:

  1. 3 days per week are used for experimenting adventure disciplines with experienced guides, such as: hiking, wilderness excursions, mountain-biking, overlanding, and depending on the season and your interests, whitewater rafting, canyonneering, cave exploration, skiing, snow-boarding, horse-riding, mountain-jeep safaris, diving, sailing, windsurfing…
  2. The other 2 days are used for classroom study where you develop your knowledge and skills relative to tour guiding.

A typical week is organized according to this model:

  Day time Evening
Day 1 Classroom (1) Special issues discussions (2)
Day 2 Adventure Travel Activities The theory beyond the activity (ies) experimented
Day 3 Adventure Travel Activities The theory behind the activity (ies) experimented
Day 4 Adventure Travel Activities The theory behind the activity (ies) experimented
Day 5 Classroom Special issues discussions
Day 6 Cooking, health and physical well being (morning) Free
Day 7 Free (great possibility to explore the region)