Ticket To Ride - Gap Years

Gap Years

At Ticket to Ride we develop all of our Gap Year Courses around the simple ethic of a Gap Year being all about the combination of doing something for yourself, something for others, travelling the world and having something to show for it all at the end. In short a Gap Year should be the best year of your life.

Ticket to Ride is the original and only surf specific adventure travel organisation for those looking to take a Gap Year. Both our Our Gap Year Surfing Adventures and Gap Year Kitesurfing courses give each individual Rider the unique opportunity to combine learning to surf, or kitesurf, with putting something back into the local community through our gap year volunteering projects whilst gaining lifelong skills and a globally recognised surf instructor qualification or kite surf instructor qualification along the way.

As a small and personalised surf travel organisation we pride ourselves on our direct involvement in all of the courses we run.Whether you’re in South Africa, Mozambique, Costa Rica or Kenya. we ensure uncompromised quality control with the highest levels of safety throughout all our Gap Year Surfing Adventures.

With increasing pressure to do something different on a Gap Year, Ticket to Ride’s Gap Year Surfing Adventures offer a unique opportunity for each of our Riders to experience an inspirational lifestyle which will remain with them long after their travels with Ticket to Ride as part of whatever they go on to achieve.

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TTRide South Africa and Mozambique 2010.
TTRide Costa Rica 2010

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TRide Gap Years include...

TTRide South Africa + Mozambique
Having completed TTRide South Africa, Riders will be able to take their surfing as well as their travelling experience even further by rounding off their adventure of a lifetime exploring the untapped perfection of Mozambique.

TTRide South Africa
Ticket to Ride’s Original Gap Year Surfing Adventure. Each Rider has the chance to learn to surf, travel to 8 locations between Cape Town and Durban, get involved in a wide range of community projects and finally qualify as a professionally accredited Surf Instructor and Beach Lifeguard.

(All qualifications gained on TTRide South Africa are globally recognised and can be used to gain employment across the globe using the TTRide Recruitment Service).

TTRide Costa Rica
Is the latest Ticket to Ride location and exemplifies the inspired combination of taking surfing to the next level whilst travelling the world. TTRide Costa Rica combines learning to surf with learning to speak Spanish which Riders can use to teach local children English in the local school. TTRide Costa Rica includes a 1 week road trip that combes the beautiful Costa Rican coastline in search new discoveries and endless surfing opportunities.

TTRide Kitesurfing Kenya - 8 Week Instructor Course
Take part in the FIRST EVER Kitesurfing Instructor Course that Ticket to Ride has run, where Diani Beach plays the host. Whether you are learning the sport from scratch or are an improver, the course will be tailored to your needs in order to allow you to qualify as a professionally accredited Kitesurf Instructor. Also experience a 2-day Safari where you will stay out in the wild!

(All qualifications gained on TTRide Kenya are globally recognised and can be used to gain employment across the globe using the TTRide Recruitment Service).

TTRide Kitesurfing Kenya - 6 Week Pro Course
For those who want to try a new sport from scratch, or want to improve on their kitesurfing skills already. Take part in a 2 day safari trip and work with world-class instructors at beautiful Diani Beach.

Season2Season – the Ultimate Ticket to Ride in partnership with Natives.co.uk
Become a qualified cook with natives.co.uk. Learn to surf, get involved in charity work, travel around South Africa, and get qualified as a surf coach and a surf lifesaver. Then, after all that, do a full ski or snowboard season through Natives.co.uk using your cooking qualifications, before returning to the UK to potentially work as a surf instructor or beach lifeguard through the Ticket to Ride Rider recruitment service.

Volunteer Placements
Become a Ticket to Ride Volunteer and join us out in Cape Town at our charity foundation where you will get the chance to work with others and provide a valuable service to children aged 7-12. You will help with a variety of projects that we are working on which aim to make the lives of these underprivileged children better. You will also get the chance to surf at some of Cape Town's best spots under the guide of our BSA Level 2 Instructor Tim Conibear.

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