Our Alumni

"As soon as I got my qualifications through Pure Exploration I hit up Wild Wire Wānaka for a job and now I'm guiding people up waterfalls on a via ferrata route. I'll be staying in this industry for sure, it's the career change I wanted and I love it!"

"As soon as I got my qualifications through Pure Exploration I hit up Wild Wire Wānaka for a job and now I'm guiding people up waterfalls on a via ferrata route. I'll be staying in this industry for sure, it's the career change I wanted and I love it!"

"It had been a long time coming thanks to Covid, but I finally got to do the Adventure Guide Program and went straight into a program advisor role with Pure Exploration. I wanted to see the behind the scenes of an outdoor company and the program advisor role was perfect for that!"

"I work form Nomad Safaris and basically I take people on guided quad bike tours up mountains and into valleys. I wanted to get into the industry and the program was a great start for me and landing this job is a great introduction to the guiding industry."

"I currently work as an outdoor instructor in the industry. I have worked for Pure Exploration and for three other travel companies since doing the program. So, my outdoor career really did start when I booked on my New Zealand Adventure Guide Program."

"Life after the program has been nothing short of absolutely amazing. I moved up to Fairbanks, Alaska and I accepted a job with Northern Alaska Tour Company working as a Tour Guide. But not just any Tour Guide, I am a Tour Guide who operates a 25-passenger coach and I drive 200 miles on one of the world’s most dangerous highways all the way up to the Arctic Circle and then I turn around and go right back to Fairbanks."

"What I've really loved about this program is just being out in the incredible nature of New Zealand, especially during the hikes where you will camp, do overnights in these beautiful valleys surrounded by the mountains and having the stars above you at night and not having any other people around you, that's just amazing."