Adventures
Where the wilderness becomes your teacher!
Step off the grid
and
into the wild!
Don't Just watch it on T.V.
Live the experience!
Embark on an unforgettable journey traveling light and living with the land!
Heading into the backcountry with just a knife, a few essential items, and minimal food, you'll travel through the desert and canyonlands using navigation skills and living with what the land provides.
Designed for those who crave off-the-beaten-path exploration, self-reliance, and real-world navigation skills. This immersive, multi-day experience blends cross-country travel with wilderness survival, route planning, and environmental awareness.
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CAMPING ultralight - Heading off with just a knife, a few essential items, and some food, you'll start off with learning how to use the minimal gear provided and outdoor living skills to camp comfortably in the wilderness.
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Living wild- You'll transition to learning how to provide everything you need with only a knife and natural materials! Sleeping in comfortable shelters, starting a campfire with a fire by friction set you carve yourself, and crafting all kinds of useful gear-an agave water bottle, wooden cookware, toothbrushes, backpacks, sleeping mats, soap, yucca sandals, and so much MORE!
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Hunting & Gathering Skills- You won't starve! We will eat foods that were traditionally carried on journeys by Southwest tribes (mesquite & acorn flour, deer jerky, roasted agave, etc...) and supplement them with delicious native plants we gather, and what we catch using traps and primitive fishing techniques.
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Improvised navigation Find your way when modern tools fail! You will explore proven accurate techniques- using the sun and shadows, celestial navigation basics and creating and using improvised compasses!
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Map & Compass skills Learn the essentials of topographic map reading and how to use your compass! We'll start with map features and aligning the map to the terrain, then you will learn basic and advanced compass skills- using it to find your location on the map, and plotting and following a course to where you want to go!
This course prepares you for remote, self-supported travel in the diverse terrains and conditions of the Southwest.
Tuition- 625 (All food & gear provided!)
Length- Four days
private groups Available!
Why wait? Create your own custom course!
Go to the Sign Up page to schedule your group's adventure!
public course dates:
SEDONA:
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APRIL 17 - APRIL 20, 2026 (available)
Let's HAVE SOME
WILd FUN!
Our Survival Team-Building Challenge is designed to foster teamwork, communication, and leadership skills while placing participants in fun, simulated high-stakes situations.
Perfect for corporate retreats, home school groups, youth camps and anyone wanting a fun, exciting event!
Past experiences include:
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Hunting watermelons with atlatl spears!
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Firemaking challenges
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Water relay
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Wild foods campfire cookout
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Shelter building challenges before the "storm" fire hose!
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First aid patch up your patient competition
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Compass navigation challenge races
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Blindfold nature awareness experiences
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And tons more!!!
Experience a TON of fun, AWESOME memories, while learning traditional survival skills!
Tuition- LOTS of options we can include- contact us to customize your experience!
Length- Your choice! 1 hour up to half-day options
challenge level-We'll customize your event for the age and abilities of your group!
private groups Available!
Groups of 5 to 50 people are possible- send us a message on the sign-up page and we'll help create your own fun group challenge!
Do you have a wild child?!
They'll love this day
of awesome activities!
Join us for a family day with all the cool survival skills that are super engaging, and sure to get your child excited about outdoor skills!
In addition to being interesting and fun to lear, these are also life-saving skills that every child should know if they are ever lost in the outdoors!
Here's what you and your child will experience:
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Shelters & water - Learn how to stay warm and dry in bad weather if you are lost! We'll make a cozy shelter from natural materials! You will also learn how to find, collect, and purify water in the desert!
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FireCraft- You'll transition to learning how to provide Learn basic fire making skills- how to put together a fire and ignite it! Working as a team, you'll make a fire by rubbing sticks! You will also learn to use modern items for fire making as well!
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Traditional Crafts- Your child will gear up with stone blades made from river cobbles, craft a traditional deer toy,and weave a necklace from yucca leaves complete with a bead made from the wood of a cholla cactus!gather, and what we catch using traps and primitive fishing techniques.
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Hunting Skills- We'll explore the forest looking for tracks and find other animal signs, and hunt watermelons with traditional hunting tools!
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fun outdoor games-Blindfold obstacle course, traditional Apache games and more designed to open your senses to the wilderness!
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campfire cookout-Enjoy a delicious lunch made off of a campfire- we'll include wild foods on the menu to sample!
Experience a TON of fun, AWESOME memories with your child, while they learn traditional survival skills!
Tuition- 150 (For a parent and child pair)
Length- Full Day
private groups Available!
Groups of 5 to 10 children are possible- send us a message on the sign-up page and we'll help create your own fun group adventure!
public course dates:
PAYSON:
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JULY 25, 2026 (available)
SEDONA:
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JUNE 6, 2026 (available)