Becoming a Certified Trekking Guide
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Class Type
Seminar / Multi-Part Program
Category
Wilderness Education
Organized by
YEP Academy (YEP Academy Co. Ltd.)
Verified OrganizerTarget Group
For Adults
About this Course
Establish yourself in the tourism and outdoor industry as a certified Trekking Guide.
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Nature is calling, and more people than ever are answering—seeking adventure, relaxation, and deeper connections with the outdoors. Our Trekking Guide & Outdoor Leadership Course equips you with the essential skills to guide groups safely and meaningfully through natural landscapes, ensuring each journey is not just a trip, but an experience.
What You Will Learn
This course blends practical outdoor skills with leadership training, preparing you to lead trekking tours, outdoor programs, and nature-based experiences with confidence.
- Core Outdoor Skills: Gain hands-on expertise in navigation, meteorology, first aid, camp management, and risk assessment—essential tools for any professional trekking guide.
- Leadership & Group Dynamics: Learn how to manage group safety, motivation, and well-being in diverse outdoor settings. Develop decision-making and problem-solving strategies that are crucial in the field.
- Transforming Nature into a Learning Space: Go beyond traditional guiding: explore techniques to facilitate meaningful outdoor experiences. Discover how nature immersion fosters self-reflection, awareness, and personal growth, turning a simple trek into an opportunity for deep learning.
Who is This Course For?
This training is ideal for individuals looking to gain a recognized qualification for:
✔ Leading trekking tours and nature excursions
✔ Teaching and training in outdoor education and tourism
✔ Guiding youth camps and wilderness programs
✔ Planning and executing personal expeditions
Structure
Our Outdoor & Trekking Guide training is structured into 3 modules, each progressively enhancing skills essential for leading trekking tours across diverse landscapes. All sessions are conducted outdoors, immersing participants in practical learning experiences. We explore various regions in Southeast-Asia, each offering unique challenges and opportunities.
Throughout the training, we delve into the concept of "nature as a learning field," where landscapes reflect our personal boundaries, areas of change, and personal growth. Mountains, valleys, lakes, and forests serve as archetypes that enrich our understanding as both individuals and mentors.
In addition to mastering outdoor skills, our curriculum emphasizes a nature-loving mindset crucial for trekking guides. Comprehensive training covers risk assessment, emergency management, and safety protocols tailored to specific landscapes.
Module 1: Outdoor Foundations & Immersive Field Tour, 5 days
Time: 04.06.2025 – 08.06.2025
Location: Pha Taem Nationalpark, Thailand
Part A: Outdoor Basic Knowledge
- 7 golden rules in outdoor activities
- Camp setup, art of fire-making, outdoor cooking
- Safe water sourcing, purification, and weather fundamentals
- Orientation: map reading, compass use, route planning
- Essential equipment, provisioning, and cooking over an open fire
- Knot-tying, risk awareness, and natural hazard preparedness
Part B: Practical Training Tour
- Deepening basic skills with hands-on exercises in a real-world setting
- Bivouacking with tarps and refining camp skills
- Outdoor psychology: group communication and management
- Adapting to weather and terrain in tropical environments
- Introduction to local flora and fauna, edible wild plants, and nature observation
- Safe handling of tools; carving and other basic bushcraft
Module 2: Advanced Outdoor Skills & Nature Education, 8 days
Duration: 23.11.2025 – 30.11.2025
Location: Khnang Phsar, Cambodia
Part A: Outdoor Special Knowledge
- Tour planning and route selection in remote or mountainous areas
- Orientation: GPS, altimeter, night navigation, plus celestial cues
- Constructing natural bivouac sites and fire-making under challenging conditions
- Deeper meteorology: pressure systems, weather maps, and fronts
- Nature conservation practices, hygiene in the wilderness, and precautionary measures in bear or wildlife areas
Part B: Nature Education on Tours
- Basics of nature mentoring and embedding educational elements in outdoor activities
- Reflective use of fire, water, and navigation to enhance environmental awareness
- Perception exercises, silent walking, and storytelling to enrich participant experience
- Incorporating cultural and natural history specifics of Southeast Asia
- Fostering a holistic connection to nature as both guide and educator
Module 3: First Aid & Advanced Tour Guiding, 5 days
Duration: 04.02.2026 – 08.02.2026
Location: Champasak, Laos
Part A: First Aid Outdoor
- Realistic simulations of accidents in remote environments
- Emergency management, and diagnostic basics
- Splinting with natural materials, rescue and transport in rough terrain
- Using emergency signals and devices, plus optimal first-aid kit preparation
- Accident prevention strategies in the outdoors
Part B: Tour Guiding
- Adjusting to season (dry and rainy season)
- The art of guiding: structuring tours, pacing, and managing group dynamics, phases of group development
- The different leadership styles: autocratic, democratic, abdicratic
- Conflict resolution, stress management, and relevant conservation and liability laws
Time and Location:
Module 1: 04.06.2025 – 08.06.2025, Pha Taem Nationalpark, Thailand
Module 2: 23.11.2025 – 30.11.2025, Khnang Phsar, Cambodia
Module 3: 04.02.2026 – 08.02.2026, Champasak, Laos
Prerequisites
- Age Range (18–35): Must be within this age bracket for the duration of the course.
- Passion for Nature: Demonstrated enthusiasm for outdoor pursuits and a willingness to tackle natural challenges.
- Trekking Experience (Beginner–Intermediate): Some familiarity with trekking is beneficial, though advanced-level expertise is not required.
- Physical Fitness: Able to complete hikes of up to 12 kilometers with an elevation gain of 800 meters.
- Willingness to Learn: Open to acquiring new skills, experiences, and knowledge throughout the program.
- Team Spirit: Prepared to collaborate, travel, and communicate effectively within a group setting.
- Citizenship: Must be a ASEAN or SAARC citizien
Packing List
YEP-Academy provides the following needs:
- Camping/outdoor equipment
- Training materials
- All first aid and safety equipment
- Facilitation costs
- Overnight fees (for all 3 modules)
- All meals
- Entrance fees to conservation sites
You provide to the program:
- Strong passion for nature, environment and outdoor,
- High degree of openness and willingness to make learning experiences,
- Liking to exchange ideas with other like-minded people,
- Readiness to challenge yourself and step out of your comfort zone,
- Being empathic,
- Willingness to integrate newly acquired knowledge into your life,
- And all items on the packing list.
Certificate
After successful participation, graduates receive a certificate issued by the YEP-Academy, proofing your skills leading and guiding professional tours in the tourism and outdoor industry.
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Teachers
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Souheang Ly
Co-Founder | Facilitation
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Dirk Reber
Co-Founder | Facilitation
Souheang Ly
Souheang Ly
Co-Founder | Facilitation
Souheang Ly is a co-founder of the YEP Academy. Being an explorer, she has always been searching continuously for something that matches her vision, values, and passion. Combining educational and environmental fields is, for her, the best key to youth empowerment. Souheang is courageously, confidentially, and continuously committed to empowering young people.
Dirk Reber
Dirk Reber
Co-Founder | Facilitation
Dirk Reber is a co-founder of the YEP Academy. He is an outstanding facilitator, coach & mentor with major qualifications in diverse outdoor settings. With his positive energy, optimism and scope of ambitions, he likes to see young people grow. He is fully convinced that empowerment requires nature as a learning field. As one of few, he is active in combining leadership, and outdoor and development cooperation.
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Chum Kiri & Khnang Phsar Mountain
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YEP Academy
YEP is a catalyst to foster personal growth and sustainable living mindset.
We are here to increase your awareness of yourself, others, and nature.
We are using Nature as a Learning Field, referring to the concept of using the natural environment as a setting for education and learning.
YEP Academy is driven by a team of diverse individuals who have a passion for nature, outdoor activities, and empowerment.
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