Adventure professionals
Guides, operators and facilitators
Conference archive · 2025
KZN Regional Conference
Adventurous Reflections brought more than fifty people together for practical learning, dialogue and community building.
Dates14–18 July 2025
VenueATKV Drakensville, KwaZulu-Natal
StatusCompleted · Archive
What happened
Five days of shared practice
Delegates from adventure tourism, outdoor education, training providers, guiding, academia and allied organisations took part in talks, practical workshops, panels and networking.
ATKV Drakensville supported the event as title sponsor and host venue.
Highlights
Programme themes
Adventure and facilitation
- Adventure-based learning and experiential facilitation
- Risk identification and management
- Community tourism development
Practical workshops
- Wilderness and survival medicine
- Stop the Bleed fundamentals
- Ropework and canyoning
- Mountain-biking skills
Professional pathways
- Supporting adventure-tourism startups
- South African ABL qualifications and pathways
- Cross-sector networking
Contributors
A cross-sector programme
Training providers
Qualification and development pathways
Academics
Research and education
Business leaders
Growth, risk and sustainability
What delegates said
Reflections from the conference
“Excellent value. Well worth it. Excellent networking.”
“The openness to learn and explore made all the difference. A world-class event!”
“Sitting with folk who speak the same language was so comforting and encouraging.”
“Amazing how people from different backgrounds work together and complement each other in this industry.”
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