Guides
Guides I’d send a friend to
Recommended on the strength of their public work. Vetted guides carry the stamp — credentials, insurance and a proper conversation, checked personally. The rest are listed, and you book with them directly. How the difference works →
Jack Raven Bushcraft
Kent Downs, England
Bushcraft · Foraging · Craft
Bushcraft, ancestral skills and craft in 35 acres of private ancient woodland on the Kent Downs.
Polaris Bushcraft
Bayford, Hertfordshire, England
Bushcraft · Survival
Modern survival and traditional living skills, taught from a private 40-acre ancient woodland camp.
Howl Bushcraft
UK courses · Sweden expeditions
Bushcraft · Survival · Canoeing
UK bushcraft courses plus winter camping and canoe expeditions in the Swedish boreal forest.
Edulis Wild Food
Leeds / Yorkshire, England
Foraging · Wild cooking
Wild food specialist Lisa Cutcliffe — twenty-plus years of foraging, from fungi forays to forage-and-camp weekends.
Wild Food People
near Ruthin, North Wales
Foraging
Foraging days in a private 90-acre woodland on the edge of the Clwydian Range.
Wildway Bushcraft
Dorset & Hampshire, England
Bushcraft · Survival · Foraging
Bushcraft and survival in Dorset and Hampshire woodland, including NCFE-accredited courses.
Woodland Ways
Peak District & UK-wide
Bushcraft · Survival
Twenty-plus years of bushcraft and survival courses, from basics to instructor training.
Frontier Bushcraft
UK
Bushcraft · Tracking · Navigation · Canoeing
Led by Paul Kirtley — from one-day foundations to week-long wilderness immersion.
Woodlore
UK & overseas
Bushcraft · Tracking
Ray Mears' bushcraft school — running courses since 1983.
Wild Food UK
UK-wide
Foraging
Foraging courses at more than thirty venues, from Edinburgh to Exeter.
True Nature Sweden
near Stockholm, Sweden
Survival · Bushcraft · Foraging
Multi-day bushcraft and survival courses in the forests near Stockholm.
Adventure Norway
Norway
Bushcraft · Survival
Bushcraft day courses and 24-hour wilderness camps, including winter versions.
Absaroka-Beartooth Outfitters
Montana, USA
Pack trips · Wilderness skills
Multi-day horseback pack trips into the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness.
Royal Tine Guide School
Western Montana, USA
Pack trips · Fishing · Wilderness skills
Licensed and accredited guide and packer school, running since 1994.
Snowgoose Mountain Centre
Corpach, Fort William, Scotland
Canoeing · Wilderness skills
Journeys through the Great Glen by canoe, sea kayak, bike or on foot, from a base just outside Fort William.
Wilderness Folk School
near Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland
Bushcraft · Craft · Tracking
A Scottish folk school teaching bushcraft, traditional craft and wilderness expeditions, built on connection to nature through participation.
Wildwood Bushcraft
Lochailort, Scottish Highlands
Bushcraft · Survival · Canoeing · Foraging
A Highlands wilderness survival school running since 2005, from weekend bushcraft to Arctic expeditions.
WithDave
Scotland
Canoeing
Traditional open canoe expeditions in Scotland, with wild campsites and open-fire cooking.
Active Outdoor Pursuits
Newtonmore, Cairngorms, Scotland
Canoeing
Strap: Guided Great Glen expeditions and canoe skills courses from the edge of the Cairngorms.
Peak District Survival School
Peak District & Cannock Chase, England
Survival · Bushcraft · Foraging
A survival and wilderness living school running courses in the Peak District near Leek and at Cannock Chase.
Fishing and Foraging Wales
Pembrokeshire, Wales
Foraging · Wild cooking
Coastal foraging and wild food in Pembrokeshire with Matt Powell, chef and forager.
Forage Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire, Wales
Foraging
Weekly foraging experiences across Pembrokeshire woodland, hedgerow, meadow and shoreline.
Sleeping Giant Foraging
Brecon Beacons, Wales
Foraging
Small-group foraging walks in the Brecon Beacons with Graham Glue, sixteen years leading walks.
Wilderness Vision
Norway
Survival · Bushcraft · Wilderness skills
Winter wilderness courses in Norway, building self-sufficiency in cold conditions since 2019.
JVT
Kiruna, Swedish Lapland
Survival · Bushcraft
Survival and bushcraft courses in Kiruna, Swedish Lapland, from a short introduction to a full week in the wilderness.
Desert Island Survival
Uninhabited islands worldwide · Sweden
Survival
Survival expeditions on uninhabited islands and in remote wild places, with no experience needed.
Jordan Jonas
Idaho & Montana, USA
Survival · Wilderness skills · Pack trips · Fishing
Wilderness expeditions in the Idaho and Montana mountains with the winner of Alone season 6.