Glenorchy is our home and our vision has always been to give back to our local community and the larger world. Adventures in Paradise, and more broadly ‘The Headwaters’, is part of a NZ-registered charitable organisation that was created to support the Glenorchy Community Trust. By joining us you are truly supporting local too!

You’ll be staying at The Headwaters Eco lodge —New Zealand’s first net positive energy accommodation. When you stay with us you’ll have the opportunity to discover how warm, beautiful and welcoming a light footprint can be, as well as the standards we live up to as part of the Living Building Challenge, the highest sustainability standards in the world.

We are driven by crafting experiences that create goodness that extends beyond us. This happens by enabling our guests to have meaningful experiences immersed in some of nature's most magnificent high mountain landscapes with people from our local community and the beauty of the land in which we live.

The land and its people are what inspire us. And when you join us on any of our getaways, you'll discover why. Each itinerary includes hours of healthy, restorative time in nature, and community-based activities. During your experience, you'll also have an option to leave a little piece of you behind for next time, knowing that your time here will be a gift to you as well as to the community of Glenorchy for years to come. 

Curiosity drives us and we believe everyone has a gift to give to the world. Beyond nature-based learning, we’ve opted to go deeper in our quest to create an expanding sense of community. Each evening on our programs there will be inspiring guest speakers, breathtaking visuals, and creative people excited to share their passion with you.

Our choices matter. Our getaways make it easy for you to make great choices. Whether that be around the food you eat, the way you nurture your body, mind and soul or the way you connect with the environment and those around you. Our pledge is to walk our talk with the hope of inspiring others to make healthy, positive choices that nurture and sustain.