Survival and Bushcraft Weekend Experience
Overview
Would you survive a night in the wilderness? Spend the weekend getting to know the outdoors and learning what it takes to survive without any of your home comforts. Experienced bushcraft instructors will teach you fundamental survival techniques such as how to light a fire, build your own shelter, purify water, and catch your own meal.
With an emphasis on hands-on learning, you’ll develop skills in navigation, be shown how to make natural cordage from plant fibres, construct traps and snares, and learn how to prepare rabbit, fish and birds for consumption. As the sun sets on the woodland, you’ll sleep in the shelter you’ve built and in the morning you’ll be sharpening knives and discovering dozens of edible plants that you can try for yourself. This is the ultimate experience for anyone who loves the outdoors and a fun course for anyone who likes an adventure.
- SKU
- PBUSHC
- Locations
- 2 in the UK
- People
- For 1
- Validity
- 12 Months
- Rating
- 4.9 (10)
What's Included
- Fully hands-on, practical course conducted entirely in the wilderness
- Learn how to prepare evening meals and light a fire
- Learn to build your own shelter
- Guided tour of the woods showing edible plants
- Game and water preparation
- Woodland Sauna
- Experience gift pack including personalised voucher and message card
What happens on the day?
The course runs from Friday evening to Sunday midday, so you will spend two nights in the wilderness. You will be given a safety briefing on arrival before setting up the camp. You will prepare an evening meal before going to bed in a tent on the first night. Breakfast will be bright and early at 07.30, and then you will commence a full day of survival and bushcraft activities.
You will make your own shelters from natural materials to sleep in that night. On the Sunday there will be time for a few more activities after breakfast before you depart at midday. This is a truly memorable experience that will leave you much more able to survive in the wilderness.
Participant guidelines
- Minimum age: 10 (kindly note that under 18s must be accompanied by a full-paying adult).
- Please ensure you let the staff know if you have a condition which may affect your ability to participate in some activities e.g. asthma, allergies, strains or physical impairments
- This experience can cater for the partially sighted, hard of hearing and those who do not require a wheelchair
- The experience content, equipment used and restrictions may vary according to location
Availability
This experience is available on selected dates throughout the year. Please check with the supplier at the time of booking for updated availability.
We recommend you book at least four weeks in advance to ensure that dates are available. All bookings are subject to availability.
Please allow a full weekend for this experience. You will arrive on the Friday evening and depart early afternoon on the Sunday
What about insurance?
The centres contracted with us hold public liability insurance. We also hold contingency liability cover. You will not be liable for accidental damage to equipment, except where damage has been caused as a result of recklessness or wilful negligence.
Please ensure you are familiar with the terms and conditions of the experience.
How it works
Customer Reviews
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Richard
08/09/2020
Fantastic Weekend in the Woods
We had a great time learning new survival skills from very competent instructors that took us right out of our comfort zone.
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Dean
30/09/2018
One word. Amazing
Actioned packed. Learnt so much in such a short space of time. Really looking forward to booking another lesson
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Jon Pink
13/08/2018
Fantastic Weekend
I had a great time and we covered a lot of the basics of bushcraft and survival skills. The instructors were really good - helpful, knowledgable and understood the boundaries of each individual so nobody was left out or pushed too far. For those who want something challenging, even if you are not the outdoors type, I would recommend this weekend.
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Kaya
13/08/2018
Amazing weekend
couldn’t recommend highly enough, everyone needs to do this! The people that work there are fantastic and very educational.
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Andrew
08/08/2018
An eye opening experience
For those who have never taken part in anything like this before and have an interest in survival, l would recommend this as it shows you the basics of survival and many other aspects of living in the wild. It was a fun learning experience and a good starting point from which to explore different techniques and methods.
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Lindsey
05/08/2018
Brilliant experience!!!
The course was amazing and the staff very knowledgeable and helpful. It was a very comprehensive course and includes all the survival basics. It was a great experience, worth every penny, and I would recommend it to anyone and will probably go on to do further courses with them in the future. It’s just a shame the weekend goes by so quickly!! :-)
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Colin
04/06/2018
A brilliant educational experience!
Learning survival skills from highly knowledgeable, skilled and friendly instructors, with a group of like-minded individuals from all walks of life made for an interesting and life-affirming weekend activity! I learned a lot and had a really good time into the bargain!
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Kevin Rudge
23/07/2017
Loved it
This experience was better than expected. The course tutors really knew their stuff and passed on their knowledge in a professional but fun manner. I would wholeheartedly recommend this course to anyone. Thank you all
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Matt-Archer
06/06/2016
Absolutly Brilliant
An absolutely brilliant weekend, the instructors were really knowledgeable and easy-going. Interesting methods of learning and excellent demonstrations.
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Topman
02/05/2019
good fun
had a great time building the shelter and making fires. bit disappointed as we didnt actually catch our dinner, it was pre caught or frozen. a lot of classroom teaching, would have preferred it to to be more hands on. overall a good experience though.
Locations
Locations shown shouldn't be used for route planning
West Midlands
- Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire
South West
- Exeter, Devon