Survival Courses from Arena Pursuits - Introduction to Basic Bushcraft - "Back to the Past"

8 Hour Survival and Bushcraft Course
Corporate Team Building with a difference

With the ever increasing popularity of television survival shows from Ray Mears, Bear Grylls etc., more and more people are looking to learn the basics of survival and bushcraft. When a group is stranded in the wild the key to survival is teamwork and leadership. Survival and bushcraft courses from Arena will provide your business with the ideal teambuilding event to enable your staff and executives to learn to pull together and work better and more efficiently as a team. The valuable lessons learned can be taken back and used in the workplace.
Objective:
To allow small Corporate Groups (up to 20 at a time) to experience a genuinely different type of challenge away from the workplace. To establish, enrich and develop relationships, learn new skills with the emphasis on teamwork.

Location:
Arena Pursuits is based on 250 acres overlooking Bewl Water, in the heart of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the Kent/Sussex border, only 45 miles from London, 21 miles from Junction 5 of the M25 and 20 miles from the South Coast. The main Survival Area is located in secluded woodland close to the north shores of the South East's largest reservoir, Bewl Water.

8 Hour Survival Course

Start time: 08.30 Hours in winter, 10.00 Hours in Summer

A basic introduction to survival within a woodland environment, to include orienteering, fire lighting, preparation of food and shelter building...

Course Detail:

  • Orienteering to survival area

  • Introduction to basic bushcraft, familiarisation of woodland and surrounding area

  • Gathering firewood and demonstration of correct use of saws, knives and axe, together with practical application

  • Demonstration and practice of different fire lighting methods:

    • Spark – natural and man-made material

    • Friction

    • Feather sticks

  • Fashioning materials for cooking i.e. wooden skewers

  • Preparation (paunching/skinning) rabbits, fish and vegetable kebabs and cooking over open fires

  • Demonstration of woodland shelters using natural materials

  • Serving of food prepared earlier by team(s)

  • Return on foot

If participants wish to stay overnight, we are able to offer hotel accommodation at discounted rates at Dale Hill Hotel, situated just 1½ miles from Arena.