A relaxed, hands-on introduction to jungle survival in Guyana, based at Rock Landing near Surama Village. Learn traditional rainforest skills with Makushi instructors, sleep in a jungle camp, and experience the forest at a pace suitable for beginners, families, couples, and private groups.
This 6-day jungle survival experience is based at Rock Landing jungle camp near Surama Village in the North Rupununi. It offers a relaxed and accessible introduction to traditional rainforest survival skills, taught by experienced Makushi instructors in a real jungle setting.
Unlike the full jungle survival course, this experience is not built around a solo phase or a physical test. It is designed for guests who want to learn, explore, and experience jungle life without committing to a longer and more demanding survival programme. It works well for solo travellers, couples, families, private groups, and guests who are curious about traditional skills and rainforest living.
From Rock Landing, guests learn practical forest skills such as fire-lighting with natural materials, fishing, basic foraging, bow-and-arrow shooting, safe tool use, and camp craft. Activities are hands-on, educational, and adapted to the group’s age, comfort level, and interests.
Alongside the skills training, there is time to enjoy the surrounding rainforest and river systems. Short forest walks, wildlife observation, campfire cooking, and evenings in hammocks create a genuine jungle experience without making the trip overly demanding.
This is the ideal introduction for guests who want a taste of survival, culture, wildlife, and jungle camp life in one of Guyana’s most beautiful rainforest regions.
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The reasons people choose this experience when they want a real but accessible taste of jungle life.
A glimpse into the skills, camp life, and forest moments that define this jungle survival experience.
“This experience was created for people who are curious about jungle survival, but do not necessarily want to commit to the full survival course or solo phase. Some guests just want a taste of the traditional skills, the camp life, and the feeling of being out in the forest with our team in Surama. We have hosted families, couples, solo travellers, and small groups who simply wanted to try what all the talk was about. It is relaxed, practical, and hands-on, but still gives you a real connection to the forest and the people who know it best.”
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From first inquiry to first night in the jungle, we prepare you for everything so the wild can teach you the rest.
Arrive in Surama Village and check in at Surama Eco Lodge. After lunch, meet the local team, prepare equipment, and receive a briefing about the jungle experience ahead. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Walk from Surama into the forest to the river. Then by boat to Rock Landing jungle camp. Set up hammocks and tarps, learn camp routines, and begin with fire-lighting, safe tool use, and basic camp craft. Dinner is prepared in camp over the fire.
Full days of traditional skills at Rock Landing. Activities may include fishing, foraging, bow-and-arrow shooting, fire-making, food preparation, and forest awareness. The evening is spent cooking together and enjoying the sounds of the rainforest.
After breakfast, depart Surama or continue onwards travel. Assistance with local transport arrangements can be provided when requested.
Everything you need to know before booking your adventure
Everything you need to know before booking your adventure
Everything you need to know before booking your adventure
Everything you need to know before booking your adventure
No. While many participants choose to complete the survival phase alone, you do not have to do it solo.
You can choose to complete the phase together with a partner or friend you are travelling with. In some circumstances, participants who meet during the course may also decide that they would prefer to complete the survival phase together.
The objective is to put what you have learned into practice and experience genuine self-reliance in the rainforest. Whether you choose to do that alone or as part of a small team is ultimately a personal decision.
Spending several days independently in the rainforest naturally involves risk, and we don’t pretend otherwise. However, the survival phase only takes place after participants have completed their training and preparation with our instructors and indigenous guides.
Before starting, you will establish your shelter, understand your location and boundaries, and be briefed on emergency procedures and communication with the safety team.
The objective is to challenge you while maintaining a carefully planned safety structure in the background.
During the survival phase, our safety team establishes a separate base within the wider area. Depending on the location and terrain, this is typically around 200 metres to 2 kilometres away.
Emergency procedures and communications are established before the phase begins, and the team remains close enough to respond if assistance is genuinely required.
Yes. Our standard survival phase is 3 days / 2 nights, but participants can choose to extend this to 5 days / 4 nights for an even deeper survival experience.
The extended option comes at an additional cost, which depends on how many participants on the course choose the 5-day option. This is because extending the survival phase also requires additional days of safety support, guides and logistics in the jungle.
If you are interested in the 5-day / 4-night survival phase, let us know when booking. We can confirm the additional cost once we know how many participants are opting for the extension.
We provide a considerable amount of the specialist equipment required for the course. Depending on the individual program, this can include hammocks, tarps, rucksacks, dry bags, machetes, ferrocerium rods, fishing equipment, and other jungle-specific gear.
This means you don’t need to purchase an entire survival setup before travelling to Guyana.
You will receive a detailed equipment list before the course explaining exactly what we provide and what personal clothing and equipment you need to bring.
During the training portion of most of our Jungle Survival Courses, we operate a small generator at the main camp, allowing limited charging of phones, cameras, power banks, and other small electronics.
There is no electricity during the survival phase, so anything you take with you will need to operate independently for the duration with own power banks.
Electricity in the jungle should always be considered a limited resource rather than something that is continuously available.
People join us from all over the world and from a wide range of backgrounds. We have welcomed both men and women, experienced outdoorspeople and participants arriving with no previous survival experience.
You do not need to be a survival expert or exceptionally fit. The training is designed to teach you the skills you need before you are expected to put them into practice.
What matters much more is being prepared to learn, spend your days outside, adapt to an unfamiliar environment and challenge yourself when things become uncomfortable.
Yes. In addition to our scheduled courses, we can arrange private jungle survival experiences for individuals, groups, organizations, and corporate teams.
A private program gives us greater flexibility to adjust the duration, training content, difficulty, and survival phase around the objectives of your group.
Contact us with an idea of your group size, available dates and what you want from the experience, and we can discuss what is possible.
No. You do not need any previous survival or jungle experience to join our Jungle Survival Courses.
Previous outdoor knowledge can certainly be helpful, but the course is designed to teach you the skills you need before you enter the survival phase. You will learn and practice everything from shelter and fire to fishing, food, water, and living safely in the rainforest alongside our instructors and indigenous guides.
What matters more than previous experience is your willingness to learn, practice, and adapt. By the time you begin the survival phase, the objective is for you to have the knowledge and practical skills needed to put what you have learned into practice independently.
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