Survival skills are developed through repetition, immersion, and practical field experience rather than classroom instruction. It happens in the environment you have to survive
Experience 3-5 days alone in the jungle. Apply your training independently during a remote solo phase focused on self reliance, adaptability, and decision making under pressure.
Train in one of the world’s most biodiverse rainforest ecosystems while encountering caiman, giant otters, macaws, monkeys, and more. Have your camera ready!
A hard 7-day mountain jungle survival course in the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana, taught with Patamona forest guides from Kopinang. Train at the foot of Wokomung Tepui in steep rainforest terrain where food is scarcer, movement is harder, and survival demands precision.
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.
Learn real jungle survival in Guyana with Indigenous Makushi instructors, then put your skills to the test during a 3 days solo phase deep in the rainforest. A once-in-a-lifetime course combining traditional forest knowledge, modern safety systems, and true wilderness immersion.
Bespoke jungle adventures offer personalized schedules and tailored curriculum for individuals, small groups, corporations, or institutions with precise goals.
Our team is ready to help you plan the perfect jungle expedition, thoughtfully shaped around your goals, experience level, schedule, and confidentiality needs.
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Skills or raw survival?
Everyone is welcome on our courses
Every jungle survival course is built around progressive challenge, practical field skills, and learning to operate safely in one of the world’s most demanding environments.
Train alongside Indigenous instructors whose families have lived, travelled, hunted, and navigated Guyana’s rainforest for generations.
Build weatherproof jungle shelters, process natural materials, and learn how to create and maintain fire in humid rainforest conditions.
Learn how to source, filter, store, and manage water while identifying edible plants, fishing opportunities, and jungle food resources.
Learn expedition camp life, jungle movement, river travel, equipment management, and practical field skills for operating in remote rainforest environments.
Courses are supported by trained wilderness medics, satellite communications, emergency planning, and experienced expedition leadership.
Apply your training independently during the final survival phase where decision making, resilience, and adaptability become critical.
Our jungle survival courses in Guyana are built around real rainforest environments, not controlled simulations. Learn shelter building, fire lighting, water procurement, navigation, fishing, and survival movement alongside Indigenous instructors and experienced expedition leaders.
Select between beginner friendly jungle survival courses, advanced challenges, or private team training based on your experience and goals.
Receive a detailed preparation pack including equipment lists, fitness guidance, medical considerations, and survival course information before departure.
Meet your instructors in Georgetown or Lethem for final briefings, equipment checks, and preparation before entering the rainforest.
Travel into remote jungle environments where training begins immediately through movement, camp setup, survival skills, and field immersion.
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.
A 14-day Indigenous-led expedition into the Pakaraima Mountains to attempt the ascent of Wokomung Tepui. Fly into Kopinang, move through primary rainforest, carry your own expedition load, and enter one of Guyana’s most remote mountain environments with Patamona guides.
Thirteen days through jungle, mountain, river, and savanna in one of Guyana’s most diverse wilderness regions. Trek the Kanuku Mountains, stay at Mapari Wilderness Camp, join wildlife activities at Caiman House, and travel through the landscapes once linked to the legend of El Dorado.
Fly deep into the Pakaraima Mountains for a flexible 3–5 day Patamona-hosted experience in one of Guyana’s most remote mountain villages. Waterfalls, ridgelines, village life, traditional farming, ATV routes, and optional hiking beneath Wokomung.
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