Haka Educational Tours, part of Haka Tourism Group (comprising Haka Tours, Haka Private Group Tours, Haka Lodges, Haka Hotels, NZ Snow Tours and ANZ Nature Tours), are an award-winning Aotearoa New Zealand owned company specialising in bespoke, curriculum-aligned educational tours. Their educational tours are designed to broaden young minds, through real-life travel experiences that bring learning to life. Working with schools across New Zealand, they work with teachers to create experiences and itineraries that align with learning outcomes and development goals. Haka Educational Tours take care of every single detail of planning and logistics, reducing the workload for teachers.

Haka Educational Tours offer a wide range of experiences from 1 day right through to 2 weeks that are accessible to all schools, universities and learning levels. Tours can include educational talks, workshops, seminars and activities based on learning outcomes and can also bring in soft skills development components like leadership and teamwork. Each group tour is bespoke designed to fit your desired learning outcomes and budget and existing tours can be adapted and tailored to suit your needs. Just let the Haka Educational Tours team know what you're looking to achieve and they’ll make it happen.

To view sample itineraries and find out more info, visit Haka Educational Tour’s website or check out their range of tour options, below:

School Group Tours

Whether you're looking to inspire the next generation, gain full immersion of a destination or see the world's greatest sights up close, Haka Educational Tours can design an educational tour for you. The range of Tourism and Hospitality focused tours include:

Social Science

Explore different cultures, beliefs, religions, food and traditions. Hear their stories and experience day to day life in a new environment. Haka Tours have experienced local guides available on every continent ready to welcome your school group into their communities. Explore history, immerse yourself in a cultural tour or learn the traditions and stories of indigenous people.

Geography

Geography is a subject that truly lends itself to exploration. Students can experience the geology and ecology of glacial formations, marine environments or volcanic lava flows, making the world their classroom.

Outdoor Education and Leadership

Putting the "outdoor" back into outdoor education, these tours are all about inspiring resilient global citizens. Outdoor education tours take students outside their typical comfort zones into foreign climates and cultures. Students grow as individuals and learn to work together as teams within challenging new environments. All of Haka Educational Tours' outdoor education tours include an optional service component with a local NGO with a social or environmental focus.

Arts and Media

Bring students' learning to life and take them to see the world's great works of art, architecture, monuments, locations or studios. Students will be inspired by the great works and participate in workshops and courses that extend their learning. Travelling with local guides, teaching staff and their peers, students learn to observe, discuss and develop their critical thinking.

Other schools tours include: STEAM, Language, Business and Commerce, Creative Arts.

University Group Tours

Whether you're looking for an adventure, cultural experience, service tour or faculty-based educational tour, Haka Educational Tours can make it happen for your group. University tours encompass high level educational experiences, cultural and environmental learning and fun. Each tour is custom-created to ensure that everything is aligned to your group's academic requirements. Haka Educational Tours take care of all planning and bookings and provide on-the-ground support with your own tour guide throughout, leaving trip leaders to focus on their group's educational needs. The range of Tourism and Hospitality focused tours include:

Travel and Tourism

Travel and Tourism is a subject area close to Haka Educational Tours' hearts and their team take pride in creating itineraries that truly inspire students, bringing classroom learning to life. Haka Educational Tours arrange all tour itineraries and bookings and can arrange behind-the-scenes inspections, tours and talks with top industry professionals. Tours can cover various aspects of the industry, from customer-facing roles to health and safety, recruitment and marketing.

Environmental Sustainability

Environmental and sustainability tours are bespoke designed to meet the needs of students in a range of fields from engineering or science to the social sciences. Get involved at the grassroots conducting beach cleanups, wildlife counts or volunteering with innovative NGOs. Learn how data, technology and people power are coming together to help the environment.

Science

Science is all around us and Haka Educational Tours group science tours truly reflect that, taking in a range of opportunities within each destination. Explore native flora and fauna, get involved with NGOs monitoring ocean or forest health, see a glacier or volcano up close and enjoy talks or workshops with experts in the field of study.

Other university tours include: Engineering, Commerce and Communciation, Arts and Media, Agriculture and Farming, Law.

If you are looking for a different tour destination or subject focus, please contact [email protected] for assistance designing a bespoke tour. Haka Educational Tours have key partnerships all around the world covering every continent, so there's no trip too big or small. Their strong global partnerships ensure every destination is well supported with excellent local guides and the best educational opportunities.

If you are keen to take your class further afield, when travel borders finally open Haka Educational Tours also offer tours to:

• Australia
• Pacific
• North America
• South America
• Europe
• Asia
• Africa
• Antarctica

If you haven’t been convinced already, check out this testimonial from one happy teacher:

"Thank you for making a dream come true and to sow a seed for travel and exploration. There are so many lessons one gains whilst travelling that cannot be taught in the classroom."

Nadeen Lanuola Papali'i

Year 10 Dean - Tangaroa College

South Island STEAM Tour - December 2