2010- 2011 Gap Year & High School Semester Destinations
On this page you can review one of three high school kayak semester destination options: Chile Gap Year Semester 2011 for graduates or a high school semester to Chile or South Africa. You may also be interested in our endorsed kids and teen summer kayak camps.
Applying for a semester offers you an advanced education, cultural exploration, and lifelong friendships.
Chile Gap Spring 2011 “Best Program for High School Graduates”
The gap year semester is designed for high school graduates and offers an exciting and productive leadership development opportunity. Traveling with your kayak to Chile´s best rivers is the fun part. But did you realize that the immersion Spanish, leadership development, and participation in a service learning project are also rewarding? Click here to read more “Chile Gap Spring 2011.”
Gap Year Student Kyle Bisset documents kayaking the Seven Teacups
Chile Fall Semester 2010
Chile has become the student’s top choice destination due to offering the world´s best whitewater, an inviting and warm culture, and the stability of your own Pucon home base. On this trip you will master your boof on the Seven Teacups, playboat on the Rio Nuble, surf the point breaks of Pichilemu, and both playboat and run waterfalls at your Pucon home base. Read more “Chile Fall Semester 2010.”
South Africa Spring Semester 2011
“I want to surf great waves and master freestyle skills.” Everyone regards the White Nile as the world’s best freestyle destination and with the 2011 World Championships approaching this semester will be your advantage. Add New River Academy’s reputable college prep education, a perfect safety record, cultural exploration, and you get to take photos of super cool giraffes and elephants and you have a super cool high school year that awaits. Read more “South Africa Spring Semester 2011.”
Video of students catching goats falling into river.
Yes, the education is great. But maybe more impactful than the education and the kayaking is a new worldly cultural perspective you will gain.
There is still time to Apply. Check out the "Easy to Apply Application."
Endorsed Kids and Teen Kayak Camps
Huge Experiences is proud to endorse the best kids and teen kayak camps in the United States and Canada. If you are trying to decide which program is the best for you then click the “Endorsed Kids and Teen Kayak Camps” link.
How can you know which is the best kids or teen kayak camp? Just for this reason we researched and identified the points you will want to review prior to deciding one a summer kayak camp. Read more, "How to choose the best kids and teen summer kayak camp."
Photo Credit and Teen Kayak Camp with NOC- New River Academy director David Hughes will be leading this unique course offering a photography high school credit as you kayak this summer. Students will master fundamental components of photography while parents can check out the blogs. Plus you get to kayak daily.
Downstream Edge Freestyle Junior Kayak Camp- New River Academy director David Hughes will co-lead this Colorado freestyle kayak camp with Downstream Edge coaches. If you want to master freestyle and compete then this is a great short Colorado camp.
Keeners Teen Kayak Camps on the Ottawa River- New River Academy instructors and students have been a part of the Keeners teen kayak camps for years. This camp is phenomenal with a riverside base next to the world´s best waves. The Keeners are producing the best freestyle kayakers in the world plus it is a super fun river.
Check out our "Easy to Apply Application."
New River Academy Kayak School
Rt. 2 Box 245
Fayetteville, WV 25840
(304)- 574-0403
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