Bushcraft, Survival and Tracking Courses
Find out about our Tracking Courses, Bushcraft Courses, Survival Courses below or view our kit list recommendations or current course dates.
Course type: Wilderness Tracking Course
Course level: Beginner/Introductory
Every journey starts with a first step. This fascinating 1 day introductory tracking course will give you a taste of this ancient art. Learn some of the tricks that will get you seeing clues that you may not have known were there! Be warned! Wilderness tracking can be addictive.
1 day - basic tracking course introduction - cost £70
Course type: Bushcraft and Survival
Course level: Beginner/Introductory
Come and get a feel for wilderness living on this 1 day introductory bushcraft course. Have a go at making fire using a number of different methods, natural shelter building, learn how to find and purify water using different techniques, and much more.
1 day - basic taster to bushcraft and survival skills - cost £60
Course type: Bushcraft and Survival
Course level: Intermediate
Learn real-world survival techniques in a day, get equipped with the essential tools you need for your survival. Amongst other things we will look in-depth at the realities of survival situations, the physiology and psychology of survival and real survival kits that work. There is a lot of information to take on board in this classroom-based survival course so be prepared to use your mind more than your body.
1 day - realities of survival situations - cost £90
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Course type: Custom course
Course level: Any level requested
For those of you who learn best one-on-one we offer customised courses tailored to maximise your learning experience. Whether you are looking to improve your tracking, bushcraft or survival skills call and tell us what you want to learn then leave it to us to devise a plan.
1 weekday - one to one tuition - cost: £140
1 weekend day - one to one tuition - cost £220
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Course type: Mentoring/Life Coach
Course level: Beginner
Make some quality time for yourself, get away from life's stresses and walk a different path for a day. Spend some time out on Exmoor with Jonathan Simons as your guide, experience nature and experience your life from a fresh perspective. Go away with new memories and new tools to help you move forward with your life. Jonathan is a qualified NLP Practitioner and experienced life coach.
Half day - one to one mentoring - cost £90
1 day - one to one mentoring - cost £170
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Course type: Wilderness Tracking
Course level: Beginner
This wilderness tracking course will give you a solid grounding in tracking techniques. Expand your awareness, learn to see beyond the obvious and discover things about yourself. A simple walk in the woods will never be the same again after this experience.
2 day - introductory level tracking course - cost £160
Course type: Wilderness Tracking / Man Tracking
Course level: Intermediate
This course will build on the foundations of the Pathfinder experience. There will be more dirt time, more opportunities to push your skills as well as some more techniques to help you find those 'missing' tracks. This course is for those whom have already completed the Pathfinder or have previous tracking experience.
2 day - intermediate level tracking course - cost £180
Course type: Wilderness Tracking / Man Tracking
Course level: Advanced
A series of highly focused one day workshops to extend your tracking skills to higher levels. It is a prerequisite to have attended both the Pathfinder and Journey tracking courses, or a suitable level of tracking experience, in order to attend these workshops.
1 day - specialist workshops - cost £90
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Awareness
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Bird language
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Deception tactics and counter tracking
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Corporate Courses
Tracks4life also provide bespoke, half day or full day, events as well as extended courses for your organisation, whatever the size.
Challenge and adventure programmes give exceptional opportunities to bring out the very best in people. Our overall focus is to draw out and give people ownership of the their core skills and creativity, through providing situations that are a metaphor for the problems and challenges faced by individuals and groups during a typical day, in order to give them a deeper sense of personal self-worth and contentment. This, in turn, leads to more confident and capable individuals and a more cooperative team.
We are happy to meet with you to discuss your needs and tailor your course accordingly. We use a mix of indoor and outdoor activities as appropriate. Please call us to explore what a Tracks4life experience can do for your team.
Jonathan is a qualified NLP Practitioner and a life coach.
At Tracks4life the majority of our 2 day courses are run from a base camp with all the time being spent outdoors. A reasonable level of fitness is required, some camps require you to make short walks over uneven terrain.
For a weekend course, the course will start at 7pm on the Friday and finish around 3pm on the Sunday. Our day courses run from 10am until 4.30pm.
We can offer tailor-made activities for your group (minimum of 4 required), do call us to discuss how we can create your perfect experience. Bespoke courses carry a £20 per person supplement.
Please note that all Tracks4life courses are self catering - however tea, coffee and hot water will be available 24/7 in camp.

