Makahika OPC | 2-4 Night | School EOTC Programmes
170m Zip Line | 14m High Ropes Course | Survival Training | Problem Solving and Leadership
Join us now for Terms 2 & 3. Terms 1 & 4 are fully booked annually with 2000 students joining us.
Makahika’s clients are predominantly Year 5-8 students. Why? Our activities are just in the right challenge range; 9–12-year-olds still think camp is cool, so we love having happy Tamariki at camp; our/your teaching teams are not subjected to behaviours that go hand in hand with the dopamine withdrawals that we experience with the teenagers, and therefore our instructors (and your teachers) experience is just as joyful as your students; and better still, you can bring parents to camp to do the dishes!!
PROGRAMME EXAMPLE | (GROUPS ROTATE AROUND OUR 3 ACCOMMODATION LOCATIONS, 3 SEPARATE DAY PROGRAMMES)
Example | Day 1 Arrive with 90 students. We will split you into three groups.
Group 1 | Accommodation | The Lodge | Activities - in camp adventures with high ropes, low ropes, and zip line.
Group 2 | Accommodation | Tent City (near the lodge) - Survival Training! Fires and Bivvie making.
Group 3 | Accommodation | Bush Hut Tents | bushwalk adventure, with navigation, and environmental study.
Each day of your camp, your groups will rotate through another set of activities and accommodations.
We can accommodate groups in size from 20 through to 120. We are booking years in advance with 95% of our clients, returning either yearly or every two years. Please contact the Director to check availability for your team.
Our Food | Absolutely No Yukky Camp Food
Our operations and catering lead, Jules, buys her food from the markets daily. Her halal meat is sourced from Otaki Butchers with free range and organic meats being chosen when available. Fresh vegetables and fruit come from Garden of York in Levin, providing fresh delicious seasonal meals.
All dietary needs are catered for, inclusive of but not limited to | Gluten free, Vegetarian, Vegan, Allergies, Raw food only, Halal.
Please note there is a $11.50 per day additional investment for special dietary needs. We have a member of our catering team whose role is to cater for our Coeliac, gluten free, vegan and other dietary needs to ensure the absolute wellbeing of your tamariki.
Accommodation | The 3 Options
School Groups of up to 120 persons (rotations of 3 groups of 50 can be accommodated over programmes ranging from 1-4 nights)
lodge@makahika - 46 bunks (six bunk rooms) are available in the main lodge building with a large dining space, adult lounge, dining and kitchen facilities. Bathrooms and shower block. We also have available extra tents directly outside the lodge for the ‘overflow’ or for parents who wish to sleep away from the tamariki!
tentedcamp@makahika - 11 x 6 person tents (with mattresses) set up with a 6 x 9 metre marquee for the in-camp tenting village - dining for up to 50 - close to the lodge@makahika. Portaloos for overnight convenience for this group, however you are close to the lodge and are able to share facilities with the lodge group.
bushhut@makahika - 18 x 4-person alpine tents (with mattresses) permanently set up at our divine bush camp with the river meandering through the site, campfires, and little whare kai, to support your group - remotely located at the back of our property.
Risk Disclosure, Safety Management Plans & Instructors
Makahika OPC runs a comprehensive Risk and Safety Management Programme. We enjoy the privilege of external annual auditing with AdventureMark; this ensures we ‘visit’ out activities, processes and emergency responses regularly. You can find us as a registered provider on the Work Safe NZ site - Accredited Adventure Activity Providers.
All adventurous activity contains an element of risk, both physical and mental. MOPC has endeavoured to recognise and mitigate risks for each activity. You will be actively encouraged to participate in this process.
All activities have a Risk Assessment Management form completed and available. You will be required to participate in the identification and mitigation of possible risk at MOPC.
Makahika OPC instructors are extraordinarily talented both in their skills within the experiential learning world and their knowledge of our processes and programmes. Most importantly, they love children (and adults), and enjoy their days filled with up to 120 students every day of terms 1 & 4.
Our instructors never leave! Makahika is privileged to lead a team of between 5 and 10 highly qualified instructors with fabulous personalities some who have been with us since 2006. The students and teachers leave with knowledge that they have been in safe and caring hands for the endurance of their annual camp.
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