Courses
Welcome to Totally Wild - Bushcraft & Survival! We offer a range of exciting and educational courses designed to teach you essential bushcraft and survival skills.
Our bushcraft courses, survival courses, and wilderness living courses are held in some fantastic woodland in Maidstone, Kent. We offer one-day bushcraft courses and weekend bushcraft courses. Our one-day bushcraft courses are a great way to focus, one to one, on a variety of bushcraft subjects; be it friction fire lighting, foraging, campfire cooking, shelter building, and more. Why not try our weekend beginner bushcraft and survival course and our family bonding bushcraft courses. All of our courses are relaxed and friendly, but most of all fun and educational.
| WEEKEND COURSE | DATE |
|---|---|
| OCTOBER | 18-20TH |
| NOVEMBER | 15-20TH |
| FEBUARY | 28-2ND |
| MARCH | 28-30TH |
Weekend Bushcraft Course
Our Bushcraft weekend course is perfect for beginners who want to learn the fundamentals of surviving in the wilderness. You'll learn essential skills such as fire starting, shelter building, knife skills, processing fur, feather and fin with the field cooking and foraging for food.
Duration: Friday 1900hrs - Sunday 1300hrs for 18y+ or 15y+ with a parent.
This course is an ideal starting place for the beginner, it is also relevant for those who have an outline understanding of the concepts and techniques of Bushcraft and Survival and wish to develop. This is by far our most popular course.
Comprised of 14 sessions built on decades of combined experience - both in the UK and overseas by our highly accomplished instructors - finely tuned for quality & packed with detail, you will be expertly guided in all the things you need to know with lots of hands on time allocated to help your learning & understanding.
By the end of the weekend you will have produced fires both safely & sustainably, built your own shelter to keep you warm & dry at night, learn to make rope or cordage using whats around you, make a whistle from wood and have foraged for wild foods,You'll know how to source, collect & make wild water safe to drink, learn safe tool use and maintenance, along with how to craft with them. You'll understand how to navigate with the stars & the plants around you, You will leave us with your head both fried and buzzing from the experience.
1 Day Basic Bushcraft
Our specially designed bushcraft courses for adult is a little more taxing than a school course, delving into knife carving fire lighting and cooking (normally fish for lunch)
Course start 0900hrs and normally away around 1800hrs
- Fire Lighting
- Knife skills
- Shelter Building
- Campfire cooking
- Tree identification
Whether you are a complete novice or an outdoors expert our one day Bushcraft Fundamentals course will introduce you to the essential skills of bushcraft and survival, and teach you how to utilise these effectively in a survival situation.
This course is aimed at those who might not have the time or confidence to attend the weekend or overnight experience. It is designed to develop and introduce skills to you but also introduce you to Bushcraft and start building those survival skills.
One of our most popular courses, this course covers the basic skills required to survive and is based on the four main principles of survival; fire, food, shelter and water.
School or Club Basic Bushcraft
Our specially designed bushcraft courses for schools can be tailored to the needs of your pupils.
Generally speaking, our school bushcraft courses will cover the following:
- Fire Lighting
- Shelter Building
- Campfire cooking
- Tree identification
Your students will leave tired but buzzing in what they will have achieved
This is a 2 day (over or 3 weeks) Based on a group of 16 younglings and teachers free (upto 6)
Run by instructors with enhanced DBS that have been instructing school age children and cadets for over 2 decades
Ready to embark on a wilderness adventure?
Book your spot in one of our courses today and discover the thrill of survival in the great outdoors!