YOUTH LEADERSHIP & ADVENTURE · AGES 15–25
Five days in the mountains that reshape how a young person sees themselves, their money and their future. A guided camping expedition to a real summit — wrapped in leadership, wellbeing and financial mastery. This is the My Ascent Summit Journey.
NOT ANOTHER SCHOOL CAMP
Most youth camps end when the bus pulls away. The My Ascent Summit Journey is designed to stay with a young person for the rest of their life — because they don't just visit a mountain, they conquer one, and they come home with the mindset, the wellbeing and the money skills to keep climbing.
Speak up with confidence & presence.
Real resilience, body & mind.
Lead themselves, then a team.
Earn, save & invest early.
Every participant leaves with the My Ascent Certificate, a Summit Achievement Award, a personal guided journal, branded kit — and a first investment already working for their future.
UNDER CANVAS
Night three is a wild camp the group builds itself — dinner cooked on their own stoves, a leadership circle under the stars.
A fully camping expedition in the Magaliesberg — every night in tents, every day a step higher, each with its own leadership theme.
arrival & foundation
Voice. Arrive, pitch camp and leave the noise behind. Orientation, team formation and the opening workshop — every participant names why they came and what they want to become. The vision board workshop turns that into something they can see, and the Wearapy workshop explores how the person they project meets the person they are within. The day closes around the fire with laughter therapy.
wellbeing & financial mastery
Wellbeing & Financial Independence. Mental-resilience and wellness sessions, and the financial-literacy & early-investing masterclass — where each participant opens and seeds their first investment. A shorter acclimatisation hike readies the body.
trek & wild camp
Leadership. A full day's guided hike deeper into the range, carrying their own packs, cooking their own meals and pitching a wild camp. Teamwork, self-reliance and an evening leadership circle under the stars.
the peak moment
The climb. A dawn start and the guided push to the summit — the moment they do the thing they once thought impossible. Reflection at the top, and a pledge for the year ahead.
community service & closing
Service. A sunrise gratitude circle, then a real community service day — working alongside a Magaliesberg community project, or clearing waste from the mountain trails with a conservation partner. Young people learn that a summit is borrowed, not owned, and that those who climb have a duty to give back. Closing ceremony, certificates and awards — then home, changed.
FINANCIAL LITERACY & EARLY INVESTING
Money is a mountain too — and almost no young person is taught to climb it. The My Ascent Summit Journey changes that. We don't just talk about money; every participant leaves having opened a real tax-free savings & investment account and made their first contribution, with the knowledge to keep it growing.
A teenager who starts investing even a little, early, can build a foundation their peers spend decades catching up to. More than the money, it plants an identity: 'I am someone who invests in my own future.' That belief compounds as surely as the interest does.
Graduates don't disappear after day five. They step onto the My Ascent Ambassador & mentorship pathway — staying connected, mentoring the next cohort, and continuing to grow the leadership, wellbeing and financial habits the mountain gave them.
MENTAL RESILIENCE & WELLBEING
A summit tests the legs. Life tests the mind. Alongside the mountain, every participant is given a practical toolkit for managing pressure, understanding themselves and staying well — skills they use long after the tents come down.
Practical sessions on managing pressure and anxiety, understanding emotions and building a growth mindset that holds when life gets steep.
Evidence-based laughter and play sessions that release stress, lift mood and remind a young person that joy is a skill they can practise.
How the person they project meets the person they are within — confidence, presence and identity explored through what we wear and how we carry ourselves.
Every participant turns why they came into something they can see — a board of the future they are climbing toward, made on day one and carried home.
Quiet, guided moments to settle a busy mind.
Gentle movement that reconnects body and breath.
Simple techniques for the moments that shake us.
The guided journal and the mountain itself, working together.
These are life skills, not a lecture. Every session is practical, age-appropriate and led by qualified facilitators — and every participant leaves with a personal toolkit they can use the week they get home.
So young people can focus on the climb — and parents on peace of mind — the Summit Journey is a single, all-inclusive investment with no hidden extras.
THE SUMMIT JOURNEY
All-inclusive
one investment per participant
5 days · 4 nights · fully guided & catered — pricing shared when you enquire
Delivered to schools, groups and communities in cohorts of up to 100. Sponsored places for underserved youth are available through our corporate CSI programme.
Full payment secures a place and must be settled at least 30 days before the journey start date. A short registration & consent form completes the booking.
Optional extra — live blood analysis. A wellness screening can be arranged separately at your school, booked directly by parents with the attending doctor. It is not included in the journey fee.
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