Beginner
Essentails
"Learn the basics of Tramping in the waitakere ranges in west auckland
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Beginner
"Learn the basics of Tramping in the waitakere ranges in west auckland
Learn moreTramping Essentails
Technical skill: 🟢 Perceived exertion: 🟢
A practical one day intro to hiking that covers safety, clothing, food, and basic overnight gear.
Perfect for first-time hikers wanting a safe, prepared start for day walks or simple overnights.
Intermediate
A two-day, one-night hiking trip teaching campsite safety, smart packing, and route plans
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Technical skill: 🟢🟡 Perceived exertion: 🟢🟡
A two-day, one-night weekend hiking trip for those ready to build confidence on longer adventures. Learn safe campsite setup, cooking skills, pack packing, and route planning for multi-day hikes.
Perfect for hikers comfortable on day trips who want to step into safe and enjoyable overnight adventures.
Advanced
Two day hiking course that covers river crossing and map navigation in the kaimais
Learn moreTechnical skills
Technical skill: 🟢🟡🟠 Perceived exertion: 🟢🟡🟠
A challenging two-day hiking course for experienced hikers, covering river crossings, map navigation, plant identification, and advanced safety tools like inReach & PLBs.
Perfect for confident hikers wanting to tackle remote backcountry trips with advanced skills and safety knowledge.
Expert
Plan and prepare self-sufficient multi-day Tramps with smart routing and risk management.
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Technical skill:
🟢🟡🟠🔴 Perceived exertion: 🟢🟡🟠🔴
An expert-level three-day tramp for highly experienced hikers that builds advanced navigation skills, ventures above the bushline, and sharpens alpine safety and gear management for long, committing routes.
Expect sustained days above the treeline with early starts, variable conditions, and hands-on navigation exercises. Perfect for expert trampers confident on multi-day backcountry trips who want to operate safely and efficiently in exposed alpine environments.
We want these courses to be as stress-free as possible for the brave participants who sign up
AdventureWorks will provide all the essential gear and equipment needed for the activities. We just need you to bring a backpack full of the essentials.
Closed-Toe shoes
Active clothing (stay away from cotton)
Rain Coat
Warm Layer
Lots of water (1.5L
Food for the day (MOST IMPORTANT)
Learning outcomes can be broken down into four categories that are designed to be super digestible.
1. Connection to plac4
2 Confidence/Independece
3 Connection to people
In terms of organizing these activities, we strive to lower the "faf" time which means that there is more time spent doing the fun stuff
Driving
We will be driving vans to the activities, it's not mandatory to ride with us, but we do encourage it. It's a great time to get to know your group!
Washrooms
all of our Essesntails and Foundation courses are at locations with public bathrooms and nice spots for lunch.
As With the technical skills and Journey courses, these are in slighty more remote locations so we reccomed you get comforbale in nature settings...
Timings
0845 - Arrive at Adventureworks for transport
1000 - Arrive at location,
(location is subject to change, we will confirm closer to the start date)
1500 - Finish activity
1630 - Arrive back to Adventureworks
All of our activities are held in the greater Auckland area, so they are all extremely accessible and awesome.
Auckland has a little bit of everything for outdoor lovers.
MTB – We ride at Woodhill for all our courses. They have delicious food trucks and a great variety of trails that meet everyone’s needs.
Tramping – Our tramping activities will be held in the stunning Waitākere Ranges in West Auckland. When the time comes to tackle some larger hills, we will head to the Southern Kaimais.
Sea Kayak – Our sea kayaking will all be done on the east coast, north of the Harbour Bridge.
Rock – The Essentials and Foundational courses will be held at Vertical Adventures in Glen Eden. For the Technical Skills and Journey courses, we’ll take you to quarries and exposed rock faces in Auckland for some true outdoor experience.
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