A 10-week supported gap year in Queenstown, New Zealand, blending epic adventure, cultural immersion, volunteering, and a hands-on sheep farm internship with life skills and wellness coaching. Live with peers in a gorgeous home, explore the South Island, and get wrap-around support from a live-in wellness director while staying connected to your home therapist. Build confidence, independence, and unforgettable memories.
Participants live in the adventure capital of the world—Queenstown, New Zealand—surrounded by stunning mountains, lakes, and endless opportunities for exploration. Guided by a live-in, 24/7 therapeutic coach, students engage in intentional personal development and ongoing coordination with their home therapist. Each week blends life skills training, cultural immersion, wellness workshops, community volunteering, and an entrepreneurship-focused sheep farm internship, where they learn animal care, and how to start and a business of their own. Students master independent living skills—cooking, budgeting, cleaning, and maintaining a home—while intentionally planning their futures through college and career guidance. Two days a week are devoted to epic adventures like rafting, hiking, rappelling waterfalls, kayaking, and exploring glow worm caves and glaciers, fostering confidence, resilience, and lifelong friendships.
10 weeks = $25,000 USD
Tuition Information:
Rooted Life Adventures offers an all-inclusive program, covering meals, accommodation, coaching, and activities. In addition, students may bring extra spending cash for snacks, souvenirs, or additional activities. This page aims to provide you with all the financial information you need to progress.
Tuition Covers:
Pre-Travel Virtual Orientation
Elevated Accommodation & Facilities & WIFI
3 Meals per day and meal planning, shopping, and cooking lessons
Program transportation
All adventure and cultural activities
Internship
Volunteer hours
All services on program
On site therapeutic coach 24/7
Wellness & life skills workshops
Weekly coordination with participants home talk therapist
Weekly parent group call
Coaching towards next steps/ college/ future program/ career
Individual program summary
Tuition Does Not Cover:
Participants home talk therapists weekly virtual meetings
Flights to/from program
Travel Insurance
Passport or visa fees
Phone Sim cards etc.
Any and all medical or vaccination expenses
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