Makahika OPC provides all components of the Adventurous Journey programme. 

Annually, over 1600 students participate in training programmes; group sizes vary to accommodate your needs; 5 to 120 2–5-day programmes; combinations of both training and practice journeys can be undertaken.

Locations are flexible – our instructors travel to a location of your choice, or you can bring students to Makahika OPC in the base of the Tararua Ranges, near Levin. 

The Kaweka’s, Rimataka & Tararua Ranges, Abel Tasman, Egmont-Taranaki and - locations nationally to meet your needs.

Makahika OPC is a certified Adventure Activities Provider registered with Work Safe NZ, subjected to external annual audits of our Safety Management Plan, Instructors Qualifications and annual training; our bushcraft instructors are part of this process.

Our instructors are industry-qualified, experienced bush-craft and/or Search and Rescue specialists.  We carry Garmin inReach devices (personal locator beacons with text/email messaging capability), allowing our teams to be ‘live-tracked’ by our Director from Makahika OPC, and receive regular text message updates via satellite. Teams can also text communicate between groups enroute.  Our military operations backgrounds provide extensive knowledge of SAR protocols and Risk Management.

All instructors are Outdoors First Aid qualified, and carry group emergency equipment.