Outdoor Experiential Training for Adults and Educators: Fiji

Outdoor skills, food literacy, leadership and climate learning

Develop personal and professional skills while travelling with other adults in Fiji’s Suncoast region. Fireside Adventures and Suncoast Adventures combine outdoor activities, practical workshops and learning with local guides.

The course is designed for educators, post-secondary students, food and travel professionals, and adults interested in experiential education. Reefs, mangroves, farms and coastal communities provide settings for exploring the connections between food, environment and everyday life.Outdoor Experiential Training Course for Adults and Educators: Fiji

Outdoor, Food Literacy, Leadership and Climate Change Skills Training Course for Adults

Adults wanting a professional development, outdoor skill building and travel adventure experience while sharing with like-minded adults all within the South Pacific.

Fiji’s Suncoast region offers one of the world’s most dynamic outdoor classroom, a place where coral reefs, mangrove forests, and coastal villages reveal how culture and climate are deeply connected. World Bound Fiji, presented by Fireside Adventures and Suncoast Adventures, is a hands-on professional development and educational travel course designed for educators, post-secondary students, aspiring chefs, travel experts and social innovators eager to explore climate change education, sustainability, and outdoor experiential learning in the field and through a strength-based lens. Besides an awesome travel adventure, participants will complete the course with new set of outdoor skills and certificates.

Join us to discover how learning in the South Pacific can change the way you teach, lead, and live.

What’s in the course

The advertised 10-day course combines outdoor activities, workshops and community learning. Activities include:

• An introductory scuba component, with certification requirements and additional participant fees to confirm before booking.

• Snorkelling, sustainable fishing and spearfishing instruction.

• Farm-to-ocean community projects and food literacy workshops.

• Visits to farms and food markets, with practice harvesting and preparing traditional foods.

• A remote beach expedition to practise outdoor living and leadership.

• Cultural and climate education with local and international educators.

• A visit to Suva and an educational centre exploring ocean health, arts, science and conservation.

The course describes 35+ workshop hours over ten days. Activities overlap within that period; they are not separate blocks to add together. Ask us for the confirmed daily itinerary and certification details before booking.

What you will practise

Connect field observations with climate literacy, practise group facilitation and discuss how these experiences might inform your teaching, workplace or community programs. Learning happens through activities, conversation and reflection with the guides and group.

Learning in the Suncoast

Suncoast Adventures brings local knowledge to the course. Marine environments, food systems and community projects provide practical examples for discussing environmental change and community responses.

AGES
18+ (co-ed)

LOCATIONS: Nadi • Fiji • Suncoast Region

View dates & prices

Includes:
– Pre-course check-in (Zoom conference with attendees)
– 24/7 instruction & support by Fireside staff
– Most meals
– All accommodation (hotel, glamping,  tenting, community homestay)
– Private ground transportation and group camping equipment
– Admission into all activities based on the itinerary
– 3-day Scuba Diving Certification (70% of the cost). A separate deposit is paid by participant.
– 3-day (2 nights) remote and private island camping expedition, including a more culturally appropriate Survivor version of finding the ruins of a 1500-year-old village buried in the jungle
– 1 full day of snorkelling
– 2 day of Spearfishing and Fishing Certificate
– 1 day capital city tour of Suva
– Daily cooking and food literacy workshops on traditional Fijian cooking and food forests
– Admission into all activities based on the itinerary
– Option to extend your course with volunteer and community based projects coordinated by Fireside Adventures.

Does not include:
– Flights (but we can help you coordinate)
– Anything not mentioned above

2027 itinerary and packing list: being finalised. Contact us for current details

More info: office@firesideadventures.caAGES
18+ (co-ed)

LOCATIONS:2027 itinerary and packing list: being finalised. Contact us for current details

More info: office@firesideadventures.ca

Photo: Our partner Suncoast Adventures

Photo: Kristen Kellogg / ATTA

Photo: Kristen Kellogg / ATTA

Jeff Willis founded Fireside Adventures and brings more than 30 years of experience in outdoor education, youth leadership and environmental learning in Canada and internationally.

On this course he works with local educators to connect outdoor skills with climate learning and group facilitation. Workshops explore marine and land environments, cultural perspectives and ways to bring field learning into schools, workplaces and community programs.

Daniel Gray grew up on the northern coast of Viti Levu and works with Fireside’s educator team through Suncoast Adventures. His teaching draws on his knowledge of the Bligh Water, fishing, freediving, food preparation and outdoor skills.

He connects activities on the reef and shore to discussions about ocean health, food security and community life. Cooking, shelter building, fire skills and navigation provide opportunities to learn through practical tasks and conversation.