Adventure Travel Jobs Worldwide
Have extensive experience working with teenagers and have a passion for the outdoors.
Lead teens around the globe climbing, rafting, backpacking, surfing, and more.
Engage groups in community service, language learning and cultural immersion.
Join a 2012 summer team from around the world and live the dream with Bold Earth!
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• ISV Project Leaders who have experience facilitating children's education programs and community construction projects, a broad knowledge of cultural, social and sustainable development issues in the Dominican Republic/Latin America, and understanding of and experience in working with young adults in outdoor volunteer and educational programs will thrive in this position. |
Amazing trips in amazing places need amazing leaders! |
• Whether venturing to Hawaii, Fiji, Bali, South America or other unique locales around the world, Bold Earth Trip Leaders get teenagers excited about adventure travel, community service, leadership and learning. |
Creating life experiences that spark both physical and intellectual growth, The Road Less Traveled encompasses summer wilderness adventure, service learning and language instruction programs for young people ages 13-19. Participants have the opportunity to venture to unique and culturally rich spots in the American West, Alaska, Hawaii, the Gulf Coast, Florida Keys, Chicago, Michigan, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, India, Tanzania, Namibia, Norway or Spain. Trip Leaders begin their summer with eight days of paid staff training, then guide and engage participants in service learning projects, language immersion programs, backpacking, ice and snow mountaineering, rock climbing, biking, kayaking, trekking and whitewater rafting. Co-leaders and Interns work in conjunction with the trip leader in a variety of supportive roles. Candidates must be at least 21 years of age, Wilderness First Responder (WFR) and CPR certified, have experience working with teenagers and solid wilderness and international travel skills. Spanish fluency is required and/or helpful for some programs. Benefits include a salary, living expenses, a stipend towards certifications and the opportunity to work with world-renown and expert guides. The hiring season runs from October to late April. There is no official closing date, but the earlier you send in your application, the more likely you will be hired and placed on one of your trip preferences. |
• Adventure travel and service learning your thing? The Road Less Traveled Trip Leaders are selected for their ability to prevent and solve problems in the field, their capacity to relate to and enjoy travelers, and their language, travel and wilderness experience. |
Rustic Pathways offers the world's finest international high school service, adventure, and foreign language programs, with destinations that stretch from the white-sand beaches of Fiji to the rainforest canopies of Costa Rica, the high Himalaya to the Great Barrier Reef, and many points in between. Global Summer Program Leaders will have the responsibility of ensuring a life changing experience for students; providing appropriate supervision and managing the day by day logistics of the program; responding to students needs and issues; being role models and mentors; and providing a positive working environment. Positions are available in Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, China, India, Mongolia, Tanzania, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, and Morocco. Benefits include international travel, a stipend, housing, travel insurance, food, airfare & transportation while working, and the opportunity to work with expert guides and participate in amazing community service and adventure activities. Applicants must be at minimum 22 years old, have strong prior experience working with youth (as a teacher, coach, counselor, camp leader or mentor), international travel experience, and outdoor adventure and second language skills. Although the application deadline is March 30th, competition for these positions is keen and an early application is advised! |
• International community service. Adventure travel. Language immersion. Life skills. As a Global Summer Program Leader with Rustic Pathways, you will ensure a life changing experience for high school students in some of the most exciting destinations in the world. |
Are you ready to be challenged while having an unforgettable summer? VISIONS Service Adventures offers summer community service programs for teenagers that blend construction-based service work, intercultural living and adventure. Programs operate in under-resourced communities in the U.S. (Alaska, Montana, Mississippi), British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ghana, Guadeloupe and Nicaragua. Groups of 16-25 kids with 4-6 staff live together in a community building. Summer Community Service Leaders will mentor teens and supervise projects, recreational activities, cultural experiences and daily living in a safe, challenging environment. You will live, work, recreate with the teens, and work closely and collaboratively with fellow staff members. Programs run four weeks in July, with a few programs extending into August for three weeks. Applicants must be at least 23 years old, have experience leading teenagers, and an interest in cross-cultural living. A team mindset, sense of humor, carpentry skills, putting others before self, and a natural disposition for hard work and achievement is necessary. Minimum first aid, CPR, and advanced wilderness safety certification required; French/Spanish fluency required for some sites. Salary commensurate with industry standards, room, board, and travel to site provided. Begins with required training in mid-June in Bozeman Montana, and varies in length from 6-10 weeks. Apply at VisionsServiceAdventures.com. |
• VISIONS typically employs teachers, graduate students and Ph.D. candidates, returned Peace Corps volunteers, experiential outdoor educators and professionally minded, hard-working intentional adventurers. |
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• If you enjoy the outdoors, but most importantly love the idea of sharing, teaching and working with energetic young adults, being a a Wilderness Ventures Trip Leader has the potential of becoming a lifetime experience you will never forget. |
Disney Cruise Line is bringing more magic to the high seas with the Disney Fantasy setting sail in 2012. This means there are even more onboard career opportunities to help create lifelong memories for guests, while also experiencing an adventure of your own. Disney Cruise Line offers unique itineraries on the Disney Magic, Disney Wonder, Disney Dream (and soon Disney Fantasy) with destinations including the Bahamas (and Disney's private island, Castaway Cay), Caribbean, Alaska, Mexican Riviera and more! Featured Jobs: • Youth Activities Managers 4 months on; 8 weeks off Competitive pay, benefits and ongoing training included. For more information about life aboard Disney Cruise Line, visit DCLJobs.com. |
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• Divemaster interns with Subway Watersports learn how to run a small Honduras business while training to become a Professional SCUBA diver. Find out about internship availability and learn more about the people who have already signed up. Intern at Subway and experience a new career that lets you work at the most exotic locations around the world. Continue to dive instructor and get a head start in the job you always dreamed of. |
Interesting Tidbit: In 2010 & 2011, Utila Dive Centre was awarded the best PADI Instructor Development Center in the world by both PADI (at the November DEMA dive show in the USA) and also by Sport Diver UK (the official publication of the PADI diving society) in October 2010 at the UK dive show; and what makes this award even more rewarding is that it was voted for by the professional diving community. |
• In addition to performing the duties of a Divemaster, PADI Scuba Instructors with Utila Dive Center are also able to conduct the entire range of PADI programs, from Discover Scuba Diving up to Divemaster. You may also choose to acquire specialty instructor ratings in areas of interest, such as Digital Underwater Photographer or Enriched Air Diver. PADI Instructors work in over 180 countries worldwide, in a variety of roles at dive centers, tropical resorts and aboard cruise ships and Super Yachts. |
InterExchange's Au Pair Programs let your adventurous and practical sides live harmoniously. You will be immersed in another country and culture for up to a year and have the support of a family and home environment. You'll work between 25 and 45 hours a week and have the chance to form a real bond with your host family, especially with the children in your care. As an au pair, you're treated as an extended member of their host family—you'll participate in family activities, share meals, go on vacations and experience family life in another culture. You'll also be able to make friends with people your own age and spend your free time discovering your host community. Being an au pair abroad is not only one of the most fulfilling international jobs you can have, but also one of the most fun! Take your host kids to the beaches in Italy, shop the bazaars of Turkey or explore the towns of the Netherlands. |
• The first time the little girl in my host family gave me a spontaneous silly wet kiss, it stopped me in my tracks. I realized that I've been a steady figure in their little lives and they rely on me, they respect me, and they even love me. |
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