This term’s journeys
Grab your mates and
get out there
Kia ora, here are some journey options coming up across Bronze, Silver and Gold — plus one exciting new opportunity. Adventurous Journeys are always better as a crew, so round up your friends and lock in a date together. You’re not limited to these either; they’re a starting point if you’re looking for one.
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Remember: you need to complete Adventurous Journey Training for your level before you can do a Practice Journey. Bronze and Silver participants can do this on ACORN — you should have received a login when you enrolled with Auckland Challenge. If you can’t find it, go to the ACORN login page, click “Forgot password” and enter your ORB email.
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Bronze Journey
Run by Adventure Specialties
Training, practice and qualifying at Whatipu.
9 Dec
Training morning (location TBC)
10–12 Dec
Practice & qualifying journey
$585 per person — includes training, transport Henderson–Whatipu, and campsite fees.
Gear hire available: camping kit $13/day, tramping kit $8/day, boots +$2/day (limited sizes), sleeping bag $5/day + $7 cleaning, all + GST.
Register for Bronze
Adventure Specialties can also help plan a journey to suit your group — tramping, sea kayaking or trail riding, including in Christchurch and Waikato. See their other programmes →
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Silver Complete Journey — Hiking
Run by Auckland Sea Kayaks
A four-day hiking and camping journey at Whatipu.
Mon 14–Thu 17 Dec
4 days / 3 nights camping
Whatipu
Journey starts here
$595 per person — secure your place with a $150 deposit.
Tent, sleeping pad, cooker and gas, and cooking set provided free. 60L Macpac pack hire available for $50 for the whole journey.
Book Silver Journey
Auckland Sea Kayaks also runs other hiking and kayaking journeys — worth a look on their website if this one doesn’t quite fit.
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Sailing Trust Voyage
Run by New Zealand Sailing Trust
A five-day youth leadership and motivation voyage in the Hauraki Gulf — 23 places for participants aged 14–17. Crews plan the route, prepare meals and share life on board, with around eight hours of purposeful activity a day, including a community litter-collection project for Auckland Council. May suit a Silver or Gold Adventurous Journey. For a Gold participant who doesn’t already know anyone else on board, it could count as a Residential Project instead — we can also take a couple of 20–25 year olds completing their Residential Project.
11–15 Jan 2027
Hauraki Gulf
Up to $1,200
$600 deposit by 31 Oct, rest by 30 Nov
We’re gathering interest only right now — this voyage runs only if we reach the minimum group size, so please register even if you’re just considering it. Let us know by Saturday, 19 September 2026.
Register your interest
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Journeys with Afoot
Run by Afoot, Hastings
A run of Bronze, Silver and Gold journeys over the term break and into Term 4 — a few places open on each.
28 Sep–1 Oct
GoldKaipo River, Kaimanawas
All suit Practice or Qualifying Journeys. Practice-level participants need AJ Training completed first — except at Gold, where Training is the first 24 hours of the Practice Journey.
Information sheets and registration on the Afoot website.
View journeys & register
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“I’ve discovered resilience, perseverance and a deeper sense of self-belief. I’ve learned that I’m capable of more than I thought — not just physically, but mentally as well. I’ve also grown in confidence and leadership.”
Gold participant, on their DofE journey
Questions about any of these journeys? Reply to this email and we’ll help you sort it.
Feel free to look beyond this list too — check the providers’ own websites for other journeys that might suit you.
National Office will no longer allow us to approve journeys that are not run by an accredited journey provider.
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