Bear Grylls Survival Academy
Adult, Family, Wild Camp and Team Building survival courses
Outdoor Adventure
Survival Adventure Day
This fast-paced, action-packed adventure is best way to enjoy the outdoors with a group of your choosing!
A compact introduction into wilderness survival, this experience has been designed to incorporate the essential survival skills and techniques from Bear's own arsenal while creating fun and long-lasting memories together. Dive into the adventure, learning about camouflage and concealment and how to navigate using the natural elements around you from our team of highly skilled BGSA Instructors.
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Teaching life-saving skills
Wild Camp
This tailored overnight camping adventure is a great introduction to learn wilderness survival skills with your group. It teaches Bear’s tried and tested survival techniques and is lead by his expert, knowledgeable and experienced instructors. Learn how to forage for wild edible food to supplement your diet, how to build your emergency survival shelter and create a fire that will keep you alive. Although only an overnight course, lots is packed in, its fast and dynamic.
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A combination of survival skills and adventure tasks that will put your team to the test!
This 2 day, outdoor adventure has been created by Bear Grylls and our team of expert instructors.
You will learn Bear’s famous survival techniques: how to build and light a fire, foraging for food, eat grubs, water purification, building a shelter, river crossings, and the best ways to use a knife for survival.
On day two, you’ll put these skills into action, following Bear’s ethos of self-rescue, by crossing difficult terrain back to civilisation.
It’s an opportunity to bring your team together in nature.

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Team Building
If you are looking for a unique outdoor survival experience for your team, your family or friends then please get in touch to collaborate with us and the Bear Grylls Survival Academy to design an event to satisfy your needs and interests.
Together, we can curate the perfect mixture of adventure, exploration, discovery, learning and excitement. With plenty of outdoor space here on the estate we can offer fun team building days undertaking a range of survival themed challenges, we'll combine them in a package tailored just for your group.
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Bear Grylls
'I am super excited our Survival Academy is running at Cowdray. The courses on the estate are designed to be both challenging and empowering. They require courage, determination, positivity and a 'never give up' attitude.
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