This 7-day Wilderness Living Skills course teaches you how to live comfortably and confidently in nature using traditional and modern survival techniques. You will learn essential skills such as shelter building, fire making, water sourcing and purification, wild food identification, outdoor navigation, tool use, and basic first aid. Through hands-on practice and guided instruction, you will develop self-reliance, situational awareness, and a deeper connection with the natural environment. This course is suitable for adventure seekers, outdoor enthusiasts, and anyone interested in learning how to thrive in the wilderness.

What will you learn?

• Fire making skills
• Fire safety
• Working with a knife
• Knife sharpening 
• Knife safety
• Basis Wilderness First Aid
• Water purification
• Shelter building
• Spoon carving 
• Essential basecamp knots 
• Essential Basecamp crafts 

Course details

Date: 3-10 may 2026

Location Kuusamo, Finland 

Days 7 days 

Costs €850 ex travelcosts

Groupsize max 12

Packlist

• Sleeping system (sleepingbag, mat, light pillow)
• Cookingset (mug, spoon)
• Knife, saw, fire steel
• Outdoor clothing
• Rainproof clothing 
• Thermoclothing
• Working gloves 
• Outdoor boots
• Campboots
• Backpack, daypack
• Waterbottle/system