UPCOMING PROGRAMMES
BOOK NOW TO JOIN THE ADVENTURE.
2025 Lions Youth Leadership Course
Join us for six days of adventure based at Borland Lodge, in beautiful Fiordland. The course covers a range of adventure activities, including rock climbing, kayaking and caving, as well as a multi-day journey through Fiordland National Park. If you’re aged between 16 – 19 years, and looking to push your limits to build valuable skills, then get in touch!
MULTI-DAY TRAMP | ABSEILING | ROCK CLIMBING | KAYAKING | CAVING | TEAM BUILDING | AND MORE!!
Course Dates // 12th – 17th April 2025
Location // Borland Lodge
Cost // $850 per person (Please Note: District 202f Lions Clubs may be able to offer full or partial sponsorship of the course fee)
Risk Management Training Course | One-Day
Aimed at leaders working in EOTC, outdoor education, and tourism, this course takes the challenge out of safety-related paperwork. Completing this course provides peace of mind that teams are current with Health and Safety good practice and processes.
The one-day Risk Management Training (RMT) course will provide participants with:
- A systematic approach to identifying and managing risk in their EOTC programmes
- A further understanding of risk management principles
- Methods of evaluating and aligning programme risk with legislative and societal expectations
- Techniques for effective crisis resolution
Course Dates // 28th May 2025 and 1st August 2025
Location // Adventure Southland, 810 North Road, Lorneville, Invercargill
Cost // $255+GST per person
River Crossing Course | One-Day
This one-day course is aimed at keen hunters and trampers looking to learn, expand, or refresh their knowledge of river crossing and travelling in rivers or waterways.
This course covers, but is not limited to:
- River hydrology
- Hazard identification and management
- Safe decision making
- Current good practice techniques
- Group, and self, rescue techniques
Course Dates // 11th May, 12th October and 23rd November 2025
Location // Fiordland (transport available from Invercargill)
Cost // $230 per adult
Navigation Course | One-Day
This one-day course is aimed at keen hunters, trampers, or adventure racers looking to learn, expand, or refresh their knowledge of navigation. Novice or expert? Our qualified team can modify the course to suit your experience level.
This course covers, but is not limited to:
- Using navigation aids, including compass and GPS device
- Topographic map use
- Navigation on-track, and off-track in challenging terrain
- Timings, and pacing distance
Course Dates // 10th May, 11th October, and 22nd November 2025
Location // Fiordland (transport available from Invercargill)
Cost // $230 per adult
Sea Kayaking Course | One-Day
This one-day course is aimed at sea kayak owners or groups who use closed-cockpit sea kayaks on fresh or saltwater, who are wanting to learn, expand, or refresh their knowledge of sea kayaking and associated skills or be motivated to travel to further remote places with greater understanding of techniques and equipment.
This course covers, but is not limited to:
- Effective paddle strokes
- Railed turns and rudder/skeg use
- Current equipment for safety
- Self and group rescue
- Simple and safe towing methods
- Basics of weather, tides, navigation and charts as they apply to sea-kayaking.
Course Dates // 15th March and 8th November 2025
Location // Bluff (transport available from Invercargill)
Cost // $230 per adult
Weather Course | 3-Session Night Class
Join us in the classroom for this three session night-class, aimed at people who recreationally, or commercially, undertake outdoor adventurous activities and want to learn, expand, or refresh their knowledge of New Zealand weather, where it comes from, and what it all means.
This course covers, but is not limited to:
- Global weather
- NZ weather
- Charts and maps
- Clouds and lifting air
- Forecasting while out of “coverage”
Course Dates // TBC
Location // 810 North Road, Invercargill
Cost // $180 per adult