4-Day Survival Program in Colares

4-day survival program in Colares with Claudia Valentim at Into The Wild Portugal, four Saturday sessions from 9:30am to 4:00pm at Opean Heart Forest open to adults and children aged 6 and over. This is wilderness survival teaching rooted in the understanding and appreciation of nature, community and self, a way of observing, living and thinking in harmony with the natural world that goes well beyond technique into something genuinely transformative. Minimum eight participants per group.

The four days follow a deliberate progression through the full spectrum of wilderness survival knowledge. Day one covers plant and animal awareness and how they live and interact, survival shelter construction and survival awareness, and how to make cordage from plant fibre. Day two moves into finding and purifying water, survival first aid and crafting skills. Day three introduces fire making, star and basic orientation skills, camouflage and animal tracking. Day four closes the programme with a morning sit, understanding what food to eat outdoors, awareness practices and nature games that bring everything together in a spirit of play and presence. Claudia brings a background in Steiner and Waldorf education, bushcraft, sensory awareness, storytelling and ecological mentoring to every session, making this as much an experience of reconnection as it is a skills course.

What you’ll learn

🌿 Plant and animal awareness, how to read the natural environment and make cordage from plant fibre

🌿 Survival shelter construction and essential survival awareness

🌿 How to find and purify water and apply survival first aid in the field

🌿 Fire making techniques, star and basic orientation and camouflage skills

🌿 Animal tracking, nature awareness practices and outdoor foraging knowledge

What you’ll experience across the four days

🔥 Day 1: Plants, animals, survival shelter, awareness and natural cordage

🔥 Day 2: Water finding and purification, first aid and crafting

🔥 Day 3: Fire making, orientation, camouflage and animal tracking

🔥 Day 4: Morning sit, outdoor food knowledge, awareness games and nature connection

What you leave with

A practical foundation in wilderness survival skills, a deeper sensory awareness of the natural world and the particular confidence that comes from having spent four days learning to live more consciously within it.

I am Claudia Valentim, outdoor educator, storyteller and nature-connection mentor, founder of Into The Wild Portugal. I have spent years guiding children, adults, educators and community leaders through transformative journeys in nature, blending bushcraft, sensory awareness, earth education, mythology and experiential learning. My vision is rooted in the belief that nature is one of our greatest teachers and that reconnecting with the earth can create positive change both personally and collectively.

Four Saturdays from 9:30am to 4:00pm at Open Heart Forest. Open to adults and children aged 6 and over. Minimum 8 participants.