Private Jungle Survival Course
Guyana, Kanuku Mountains

Duration: 12 days Jungle survival Course
Shorter and longer durations available on request.
Dates: Available all year round
Cost 3795 US$ for 1 person
(cheaper per person when more then 1 person joins)

Join two indigenous guides on a adventure of a life time deep in to the remote and wild Kanuku Mountain range for a jungle survival course like no other! This survival course excels in feeling natural (and not staged) as you learn more skills and put more skills in to practice as you camp deeper and deeper in to one of the last frontiers of this world! The Kanuku mountain range is a very isolated, wildlife filled beautiful remote wilderness in the southern parts of Guyana. This is no holiday, but you will have some of the best experiences of your life with us!

This is a private jungle survival course and therefore is available all year round for 1 participant or more. While we recommend to book the 12 days (10 days in the jungle)) course it is possible to book this course for a minimum of 6 days (4 days in the jungle) up to a maximum of 23 days (21 days in the jungle).

Optional at extra costs: for those who are also very interested to fish and see more wildlife we can include for 4 - 6 days of river camping. For example after a 6 days survival in the mountains we will then venture to one off the main rivers, meet with our boat captain who will join with your 2 indigenous guides on a wildlife viewing and fishing trip (using rods) while camping alongside the rivers edge. You will still be taught jungle survival skills and will be putting them in to practice during the river camping.

Itinerary Summary

We cover all the basics of Jungle survival including fire, shelter, water and food with a many more advance skills including navigation, trapping, river crossing, isolation phase, hunting and bow and arrow a fishing. Below you will find a summary of the itinerary.

Contact us to receive the full itinerary and kit list.

Arrive in Guyana

Fly to Georgetown where we will pick you up from the airport and transfer you to a cozy and safe bed & breakfast. Your first and your last night are spent in the B&B.

Survive the Isolation

We will start by visiting an indigenous village before heading in to the mountains. Here we learn how to make poison for fishing as well as get some last supplies. We will trek in to the Kanuku Mountains setting up and changing camp going deeper in the this isolated mountain range. For the next 10 days you will train and put in to practice all the survival skills that we will teach you and at the end you will get tested in our 48 hour isolation phase (optional).

Trip in to the interior

You will be picked up from your B&B and transferred to the local airport. We travel in to the interior by a small aircraft to the dusty border town of Lethem. From there on you will travel by 4x4 towards the foot of the Kanuku Mountains from where your survival course will begin.

Training Phase

We will trek to our first camp in to the Kanuku Mountains. The first few days we will focus on the basics while we are not to deep in to the jungles yet. We will also learn about survival psychology, dangers and the local wildlife.

Day 2 - 5

Expedition Phase

After we have gotten a bit more accustomed to the surroundings we will move deeper in to the jungles of the Kanukus. We will set up our camp and learn about building shelters, navigation, fishing and more.

Day 6 - 8

Isolation Phase

For 2 days you will go in isolation with just a few items to you disposal including your trusty machette. Do you have what it takes? Will you be able to find water, build your shelter and keep your fire going? Will you be able to find and gather your own food and get a routine going? Come join us and find out!

Day 9 - 10

Evacuation and departure

Some time during the day our team will come rescue you! We will make our way back to first campfor evening of celebration sharing many stories. The next day you will escape out of the Kanuku Mounains and head back to Lethem from where you will take your flight back to Georgetown. You will stay 1 more night in the B&B before heading back home.

Day 10 - 11

What's Included

A 12 day trip to Guyana
10 days of Jungle survival in the rainforests of the remote Kanuku Mountain range
1 night in a hotel in Georgetown on your arrival.
Included guides who will be indigenous hunters with an incredible knowledge of the land.
All accommodations which varies from hotels in Georgetown, to your own hammock initially and whatever you make for a bed on other nights.
Airport pickup and transfer to your hotel in Georgetown (about 1 hour drive) from the international airprot.
Transfer to the local airport the next morning.
Two way flight from Georgetown to Lethem and back.
Pick up by 4x4 from the Lethem airstrip and transfer to the Kanuku mountains and back.
Hotel 1 night in Georgetown on your return
Transfer back to the airport.
During the 10 days in the jungle meals are “included” but as this is a survival experience it really depends on what you can gather and hunt. We will take some food of course for the initial days to get settled in and in case of emergency needs.
We will make sure one of our staff in Georgetown takes you out for dinner/Drinks in the evenings you are there.