Price
From $2500pp
Duration
5 Days
We offer custom experiences for leadership and personal development through our partnership with Pakari Adventure, a specialist in resilience and leadership training.
Pakari’s Resilience Programme is an epic multi-day experience where participants are supported through a unique developmental journey.
It is a deep dive into highly effective resilience techniques that will serve you for life. Our staff and equipment are handpicked to be of the highest quality and participants are supported through comprehensive pre and post adventure learning programmes. Resilience is not just a concept. It is an active state of being, it is multi-faceted, and it is essential.
Resilience can be thought of as a modifiable, learnable process that is encountered through challenge. We believe it to be the ability to encounter resistance and grow through it. At Pakari we have separated resilience into seven ‘strands’ that can be explored individually to produce a more cohesive whole. The Resilience training programme is a personal journey through our ‘Seven Strands’ model, learning about yourself and in doing so embedding highly effective tools and techniques to incorporate into your daily routines.
Your personal state has a direct effect on your personal resilience, and your ability to own the situations you encounter in your life.
Programme outcomes
Sense of Purpose
- Commitment to Teamwork.
- Enhanced Resilience.
- Sense of Optimism.
Sense of Identity
- Greater understanding of self.
- Ability to change personal state.
- Ability to determine best personal course of action.
- Positive mindset.
Sense of Belonging
- Ability to communicate with others.
- Be present and connected.
This is an enquiry only trip please contact us directly for dates.
- Check-in: 8.15 am
- Age:
Over 18
- Open:
By enquiry
- Food: Fully catered
- Paddling: Approximately 4 – 5 hours per day interspersed with breaks. No prior experience required
- Abel Tasman Great Walk: Coastal and inland track & Canyoning
- Water Taxi: One water taxi cruise
- Bus: $80 Nelson return, $40 Motueka return operating 1 Oct – 30 Apr. On request outside of these times
Itinerary
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Day 1
Focus: Alignment Dinner
Meet and greet group, includes briefing of the weeks activities. Platform laying for the culture needed to succeed. Introduction to the Seven Strands tool kit that underpins the entire Pakari journey and a preview of its application and how it is interwoven through all aspects of the experience. -
Day 2
Focus: Self regulation & self awareness
On to the water and into the wild. Todays adventure begins to scaffold the learning intentions set yesterday. High level kayak training and personal development framed in the beauty of the Abel Tasman National Park. -
Day 3
Focus: Self regulation, coping & optimism
Venture up into the interior of the park with Abel Tasman Canyons. This is a day of awe and wonder, of moving outside our comfort zone, and of re-discovering the pure joy of fun and play. Back to Anchorage for evening activities and dinner around the campfire. -
Day 4
Focus: Control, connection & purpose
This is a day of movement, by kayak, on foot and in our own personal journey. We head toward the more secluded northern section of the park, taking in the utter magic of the famous Abel Tasman coastline. This is a transition point where we start to look forward, and putting our learnings toward the future. Evening activities and dinner around the campfire. -
Day 5
Focus: Reflect and transfer
The final quest. We launch our kayaks into the sunrise and head north on our final kayak journey around Separation Point into Golden Bay. The boat ride back along the coastline gives time to retrace our movements of the week, and reflect on quietly on our personal learnings before we arrive back at our Marahau accommodation for our celebration dinner. We debrief together before our final session where we take our learnings, transferring them into an active plan to use in our daily lives. This is where the real fun starts.
*Please note: These are an estimate of timings.
What to bring
Personal water bottle, hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, towel, swimwear, warm top (wool or fleece), wind jacket, a change of clothes, camera and any medication. Evening: Long pants, t-shirt, warm top (wool or fleece), trainers and socks, rain proof jacket. Personal: Toiletries, sleeping bag (we can provide this), torch.
We provide
A double sea kayak, buoyancy vest, paddle, spray skirt, paddle jacket, 1 30 ltr drybag for personal items, dry bags for cameras, 2 person tents, thermarest inflatable mattresses, sleeping bags if required, plates, cutlery, cups, gas cookers, filtered water, all meals, accommodation in beachside campsites and of course an awesome Abel Tasman Kayaks guide.
FAQS
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Environment Access Fee
Your trip includes an Environmental Access Fee which goes directly towards preserving the Abel Tasman National Park.
A portion of your ticket price goes directly towards preserving the unique environment you will enjoy on your trip in the Abel Tasman. This includes the compulsory concession fees paid to the Department of Conversation as well as voluntary contributions to local organisations and projects to improve the environment, ecology and access to the National Park. Fees are adjusted according to your trip, you can see your contribution when you purchase a ticket.
Find out more on how we are looking after this special place including our commitment to the Mārahau Pledge.
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What is the minimum age for guided kayaking?
Guided customers need to be 12+. Under the age of 18 you need to be accompanied by an adult for all tours excluding Split Apple Classic. The age for Split Apple Classic Guided is 8+ and anyone under the age of 18 needs to be accompanied by an adult.
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Is food included on our tour?
Lunch is included in all our guided tours, except for the Split Apple Classic, making it one of the many reasons to join Abel Tasman Kayaks. Summer lunches are a freshly baked roll filled with local produce, a sweet snack and fruit. We also provide fresh plunger coffee, tea and local juice; however, drinks are not included on the Earth Sea Sky trip due to timing. In winter we offer hot seasonal soup, home made bread rolls, fresh plunger coffee and local juice. Vegetarian and dietary requirements can be catered for, please ask at time of booking. Two, Three & Five Day Classic’s & Source to Sea are fully catered. Two Day & Three Day Tiki Tour trips require some catering by you. Check out the trip description to see what meals are required.
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More FAQ’s
A full list of our FAQ’s can be found here.
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What our customers say
Great outfit, great guide (Mitchel), beautiful itinerary (3 days)
Udi Nir
3 daagse kayak trip gemaakt met deze organisatie. Mooie plekken en veel wildlife gezien aangevuld met de verhalen van de guide.
Suus van Veen
The tour is excellent. From the scenery which includes beautiful coves, cliffs, and forests, to the wildlife that includes many seals, birds, stingrays, and even orcas, to the logistics that include delicious food and modern gear. Everything just worked.
Ehud
Absolutely spectacular experience out on the 3 day classic
Tom was such a knowledgable and fun guide, we were even able to explore the intertidal lagoons at high tide which was unbelievably beautiful. From start to finish it was a wonderful experience and would highly recommend exploring the park with ATK!!!!
Malia Harmony Cedar
By far the best experience of our entire holiday. Whitney was a brilliant guide - relaxed, chatty and very knowledgeable on the national park and all the wildlife. Mega cook too! The scenery around the Abel Tasman is incredible. We saw dolphins, seals and sting ray in beautiful clear waters. We absolutely loved the whole experience
markmB37KD
Our kayak adventure with Able Tasman Kayaks was well managed from beginning to end. Every staff member from was friendly, helpful and efficient but Mitchell, our guide, was amazing. His ability to anticipate our needs, keep to the schedule, to provide the details we needed, to make the necessary adjustments (on the third day he provided us with a walking option that was very satifying) and to prepare healthy, delicious meals and snacks for up to 10 of us was truly amazing. The campsites were set up for us and we even had air mattresses. We are not strong paddlers so a kayak/walk/kayak may have been a better choice for us as the waves and headwind around a couple of of the points were hard but Mitchell made it work for us. Thank you Mitchell! I highly recommend Abel Tasman Kayaks for an adventure in a stunningly beautiful place.
Diavan2014
