Real Gap Year Adventure Travel Experiences

Want a real gap year experience? Have a look at some of the cool extreme sports gap years online at Xtreme gap Year.

Xtreme Gap Year is a real gap year company focussing on value, fun and adrenaline travel

Xtreme gap year is a different style of gap year company, founded on the principals of being great value, they offer fun exciting gap years.

There has been a lot of negative press about the gap year industry recently. There are many cases of gappers feeling they have paid way over the odds for some gap year programmes through various well established gap year companies. .

This can not be said for Xtreme gap year With many Xtreme gap programmes priced at justify able prices, they are not in the business of profiteering from gap year takers. Confirmed by the great reviews and customer testimonials.

Thailand gap year company, Xtreme Gap has grown to be a global gap year company
Lots of fun Australia gap year programmes are now available including diving and surf ing options.

Many people want their gap years to be as flexible as possible these days, no surprise as a gap year should be about freedom fun and flexibility..
Luckily, Xtreme gap now have tailor made dynamic packages offering you the ability to customise you gap year

This is really useful when putting together a round the world gap year trip, lots of people are discovering they can save alot of money whilst planning the perfect trip.

Who would take an xtreme gap year? The answer to that one is everyone! The phrase gap year is not totally accurate, as it is not just taken by school leavers

Our clients range from real gap year takers to career breakers, and people who are active and passionate about getting out there and experiencing the world

Xtreme gap clients are definitely very brave With some of the most exciting adventures available in the gap year travel industry, they have to be.

In 2009 xtreme gappers have been involved in some of the most exciting programmes imaginable, such as Shark diving, wildlife conservation, martial arts training abroad .

The real gap year ideas can be classified in different categories of travel style:
Learning martial arts
Gap year diving programmes
Overland travel
Extreme sports Gap Years
Programmes that gain you qualifications on your gap year
And finally
Adrenaline travel.

The programmes are open to all levels of experience


Want to chat to someone at xtreme gap year about any of the gap year programmes they have, contact them through the website.

Gap Year Diving Programmes from Xtreme Gap Year.

 

 

Spending your gap year diving is a great way to stay put and become integrated with a place during your gap year.

With lots of different gap year diving programmes to choose from Xtreme Gap can help your find the most idyllic location to spend several sun drenched months, whiling away your gap year as you learn to dive in some of the most amazing underwater environments the world has to offer.

Diving is not for everyone, but for those that love the feeling of pure weightlessness, accompanied by the huge sense of adventure that comes with every dive, the completing a gap year diving course can be very appealing.

For those interested in gap year diving, there are several levels to which you can train. The basics being an open water course or the Advanced open water course. Completing these gap year diving courses will allow you to dive to depths of 18 metres and 30 metres respectively. This is great is you want to try our diving or just become a casual diver diving on holidays and every once in a while, but if you wanted to spend longer mastering scuba diving and really indulge your passion for gap year diving, then you should look to do more. The next step up the PADI training ladder is the rescue course, this is relatively expensive compared to the open water and advanced, but a necessary step all the same.

Once you have completed you rescue course you can then consider doing the ultimate gap year diver course. The Divemaster course. Competing your Divemaster qualification is the first professional level diving qualification and excellent for your gap year. Once you have completed your training, you can work in the diving industry and get paid on your gap year! The real beauty of the divemaster course (especially the Thailand Divemaster course) on offer through Xtreme Gap Year is that you are able to spend up to 12 weeks diving every day. Imagine living on a tropical island and diving every day! The Divemaster programme is the time when you really become a competent diver, comfortable underwater and learning how to safeguard others under the water.

Another fantastic gap year diving option is to complete the Xtreme Gap Year underwater videography course. This enables you to work as an underwater camera man, and consists of a 3 month internship, training you in filming the marine environment. The beauty of this is you also get paid during the course!

Whatever you want to do on your gap year, especially if you want to do it underwater, talk to Xtreme Gap Year about out diving options, with our range of best value gap year diving programmes, we are sure to be able to help you on your way to enjoying you gap year diving in some of the most incredible marine environments. As a company set up and run by professionally qualified divers, you will be in good hands starting your gap year diving adventure.

Brazil Gap Year Programmes

If you are thinking about taking a gap year and want some inspiration. Consider taking a Brazil Gap year for some out of this world adrenaline sports.

Living in Rio de Janiero could possibly be one of the best choice you could make on a Brazil Gap Year.

The Marvellous City, is by any standards one of the most exciting destinations in the world. Like most tough choices especially when it comes to choosing your Brazil Gap year options, it could almost be impossible to choose what you would like to get up to on your Brazil Gap year. Fortunately, with Xtreme Gap Year the extreme sports company, there are now some incredibly exciting options to choose from when it comes to finding ways to keep you occupied on your travels.

Their programmes focus on adrenaline travel, put another way, experiences that provide you with a shot of adrenaline and really make your travel experiences stand out from the usual. In Brazil, this comes in the form of Brazil Martial arts training (Capoeira, Brazilian jiu-Jitsu and Boxing) Surfing and rock climbing. A Brazil gap year would not be complete with out soaking up the wonderful blend of Brazilian culture, which is why their programmes also include some Samba activities as well.

Capoeira training is a great programme that gets you involved with a local community project teaching street kids Capoeira. Capoeira is a martial art disguised as a dance, brought over from Africa during the slave trade and is a fantastic spectacle to behold. No doubt at some point on your Gap Year brazil will see an impromptu Capoeira Rhoda being performed.

The Brazillian Jui-jitsu programme is a serious martial art. Training at one of the top Martial arts academies in Brazil you will receive direct linage training from a 9x world champion.

The Brazil boxing academy is a great programme for those wanting to get fit and learn how to box, whilest living by the beach, exceptional for fitness levels it really packs a punch!

Most of the programmes are centred in Rio De Janiero, where you will find some of the worlds best beaches, sandwiched between the mountains and the sea. The programmes have the option to live in a favela and become involved with local community projects, really involving you in the local culture and atmosphere. Favelas, can have a nasty reputation for being a lawless dangerous environment, this is not a just reptutation however, as you will see on your Brazil Gap year, if you become involved with the locals and are willing to mix with other cultures, your experience will show you otherwise.

The other option for accommodation with the Brazil Gap year programmes, is a specially selected hostel, right near ipinema beach, you are sure to have an incredible time being located near some of the most incredible beaches in the world and right in the thick of all the night life and cool shops, which are amazingly good value.

So if you are looking for a Brazil Gap Year. Check out www.xtremegapyear.co.uk for further details.

 

 

 

 

 

Travelling Oz in a Car or Camper… Don’t Do it!

 

I travelled up the east coast of Australia in a car that I bought with my girlfriend. At first we were buzzing because it was a land cruiser 4x4, really cool we thought and we could not wait to gwt out there and explore! We though this would be much cheaper in the long run as we could then sell it after wards.

How wrong we were. After driving from cairns to Sydney (and sleeping in the car which was NO fun) the engine blew up and we lost... $7500! That is about £2500. Gone. nothing to show for it - and that does not include what we spent on fuel and insurance and break down cover. In total, we blew about £3500 in 6 weeks.

 

We were gutted, not only because we could have bought a Cheap Oz Experience Pass for about £250, we could have spent the rest of the money eating out or staying in 5* hotels and not come close to spending that amount of cash.

 

The loosing the money was really stupid, but that is not the only reason we were disappointed. If you get a car or a camper, you meet no one! Seriously, the camps sites are full of old people in winebagos, when you could be having a laugh in some cool back packer bars... The driving is very lonely in a car, and believe me we did about 3000 miles in 6 weeks, that is a long way people, meeting people on the bus takes the pain out of the miles.

 

As for the grey hound, well, yes it is probably cheaper, but it is not a travellers bus network, and probably takes longer with more stops and is less sociable. I would go with Oz experience if you are planning an Australia Gap Year

Gap year Thailand at Technoratti.

Thinking about a gap year Thailand, the people over here are.

Thailand gap years are a great start to a round the world adventure and a great intro into the travelling experience.

 

Check out our website for details.

 

Some links to think about

Here is a collection of articles oon gap years

Should the UK government pay for gap years? Here is an article we wrote to say no!

How about a link to an old article on gap years and a Thailand experience or a little feature on learning muay Thai?

 

With the rise of the Australia gap year and the bitter cold of winter now set in, it is the perfect time to consider a gap year in Australia.

 

Thailand gap year is also in the news.