Sumba · Indonesia
The survival adventure for 2–3 people – on horseback, by boat, and rescued by helicopter.
Whether you've just landed on Sumba or are travelling through Indonesia: for three days you trade the pool for campfires, savanna and ocean. With experienced guides you learn what survival really takes – and see the island the way hardly any traveller does.
In a world that could get into serious trouble over the next few years, the ones who will be alright are the ones who still have real survival skills – the kind the people of Sumba carry every single day. Time to learn them.
No experience needed. Just curiosity and a taste for adventure.
Sumba horses are small, sure-footed and born on this island – they know every trail before you do. On day one they carry you out of civilisation, across the savanna and along the ridges until only the horizon is left, and they'll greet you like old friends on the way back.
Gentle for beginners, honest with experts. No arena, no saddle polish – just you, the horse and the trail ahead.
Day two belongs to the sea. We push off in our own boat and fish the way the people of Sumba have always fished – rods, hand lines and a good reading of the tide. Whatever comes aboard goes straight onto the coals that evening.
Calm mornings, glassy water and the reef flat at low tide – the best fishing ground on the coast, only a few minutes from camp.
Arrival · Horses · First Camp
Pickup at the airport in a proper 4x4 jeep. The drive runs inland, to the place where the horses are waiting. From there you ride out to Camp 1. You learn to make fire, prepare a chicken for dinner and cook with simple means. First night under the stars – no electricity, no familiar comfort.
Navigation · Hiking · Fishing
You get a map and have to find your own way to the coast. At the beach you build your second camp and try to catch your own dinner. No catch? Then there's simply no self-caught dinner – an emergency ration and drinking water stay available.
Wilderness · Final Mission · Helicopter
The last challenge: with your map and everything you've learned, you have to reach the helicopter landing spot agreed in advance. There your final transport waits – a helicopter that flies you out of the wilderness and back to civilisation.
Bow drill, flint & tinder gathered from nature
Bamboo, palm leaves, knots – built to last
Rod, spear & traditional techniques
Fish, tubers & fruit straight over the embers
Coconut water, rainwater & safe filtering
Reading sun, stars & tides
After three days in the wild you get rescued in style – with a panoramic flight over the island's most beautiful corners.
Honest words
Everyone else needs to be sporty and in healthy condition – three days in the wild ask something of your body.
And vegetarians? This is survival, not a health camp.
It's not the skills. It's this list.
Anyone can learn to make fire. What really tests people are the small things. Tick everything you could honestly live with for three days – then see where you stand.
Only a few groups per month. Message us on WhatsApp with your travel dates – we'll plan your adventure.
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