This course is a mixture of two of our courses, the Survival Standard and Scout Survival, except we do it while traveling on a scenic river, and the skills are more specialized and geared towards river-based survival. You will learn the basics of shelter, water, fire-making, wild plants, advanced fishing tactics, and river-based food procurement while living out of a canoe/kayak for 5 days. Some of the food you eat will be from what you catch, and the rest will be supplemented with dry goods you bring with you.

The idea is to live off the river, much like we would do in our Scout Survival program, and to utilize the basic skills learned in the Survival Standard course. We want this to be difficult and enjoyable at the same time — a combination of real adventure and high-level learning.

We will be traveling on one of the most scenic rivers in Arkansas and camping out each night next to the river under the stars. You’ll be learning new survival skills on the river bank each day, while also fishing and living off the river. Adventure and education all rolled into one course that will be challenging and exciting for people of all skill levels.