14-Day Cast Away Survival Course

Learn real survival and bushcraft skills where they belong — outdoors, in the forest. Our bushcraft and survival courses near Stockholm are designed for people who want practical knowledge, confidence and real competence in the wild.

All our courses are built on the same core program: fire, shelter, water, food, navigation, fauna and flora awareness and camp life. These skills are practised directly in Swedish wilderness conditions.

What changes with course length is depth and independence.

The 2-day course focuses on preparation, comfort and confidence-building — a solid foundation for hiking and outdoor life.

The 5-day course moves further into immersion and self-reliance, where you build and rely on your own systems in the forest.

The 14-day course challenges both skill and psychology, including a solo survival phase in real wilderness conditions.

All courses take place 100% outdoors, with no classroom teaching. Theory is always followed immediately by practice.

Choose the course length based on how deep you want to go.

The first six days build the foundation required for independent wilderness living.

You practise and refine:

• The three survival fundamentals and prioritisation of needs

• Advanced firecraft and long-term fire management

• Durable shelter building using natural materials

• Water sourcing, purification and sustainable use

• Foraging for edible plants and mushrooms

• Identification of toxic and medicinal plants

• Fishing techniques without a rod (fish traps, night lines)

• Trapping systems (practised without killing)

• Wildlife tracking and silent movement

• Rope-making from natural fibres

• Encampment organisation and efficiency

• Navigation through the map and natural orientation

• Terrain movement, including river crossings

• Basic wilderness first aid

• Group survival and leadership

The tempo is high. Skills are repeated, tested and integrated into functioning systems. By the end of this phase, you have used them under real conditions.

You will also be briefed thoroughly on the psychological realities of extended solo time in the wilderness. This includes energy management, routine building, decision fatigue, motivation cycles and emotional regulation. The goal is not only to teach you how to survive, but also how to structure your mind and actions during isolation.

The objective is simple: prepare you fully for the solo phase.

After the training phase, you enter the solo stage.

For eight consecutive days, you remain alone in a designated wilderness area. The framework is supervised for safety, but daily survival depends on you.

• You build and maintain your shelter

• You manage your fire

• You secure water

• You source and prepare food

• You organise your camp

Knowledge becomes lived experience.

• All meals included, cooked over an open fire with fresh products

• Professional survival & bushcraft instructor

• Transport: Included from our office in Södermalm

• Camping Gear & Backpack

• Your travel insurance

• Drinks other than coffee and tea

• Personal clothing and hiking shoes/boots

Good physical condition and strong motivation

This course is for individuals who want real long-term wilderness survival.

You do not need previous training.
You do need discipline, resilience and the willingness to take full responsibility for yourself.

If you are ready to commit — physically and mentally — you belong here.

This course is not for comfort seekers or casual adventurers.

If you are looking for relaxation or entertainment-style survival, this is not the right program.

The commitment is serious — and so is the experience.

After fourteen days in the forest — including eight days alone — the difference is not theoretical.

You understand how to build systems that last: a shelter that holds, a fire that does not fail, water routines that are efficient and food planning that conserves energy.

You learn how small mistakes compound — and how disciplined structure prevents them. You experience how decision-making changes without external input. Routine and pacing become survival tools.

Beyond technical skill, you develop a different relationship to discomfort, uncertainty and silence. You learn to rely on preparation instead of emotion.

The competence gained is practical. The psychological shift is personal.

Few survival courses in Sweden offer extended solo wilderness training at this level.

A minimum number of participants is required for the tour to run. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

Minimal gear approach (details provided upon booking)

Do I need previous survival experience?
No. The first six days prepare you technically and psychologically before the solo phase.

Is the solo phase safe?
Yes. The course operates within a structured safety framework with emergency protocols in place.

Where does the course take place?
In Swedish forests near Stockholm, in carefully selected wilderness areas.

Is this your most advanced survival course?
Yes. This is the most demanding and immersive wilderness survival program offered by True Nature Sweden.

• Hiking shoes

• Wool socks

• Rain clothes

• Headlamp

• Warm sweater for the evening/night

• Change of clothes, but one will do fine.

• Hiking trousers. NO jeans.

• Underlayer for the night. (winter)

• Your personal medication, if needed.

• Sandals (no flip-flops) to enter the slippery-bottomed lake

• Knife

• Compass

• Pen & paper

• Mosquito repellent

This 14-day cast away survival course is the reason True Nature Sweden exists.

The intention was never to create staged experiences, but something real — structured, demanding and honest. An experience where preparation matters and responsibility is clear.

Your responsibility is to commit fully.
Ours is to prepare you properly and provide a framework where that commitment can be tested safely.

Few experiences in modern life require you to rely fully on your preparation, discipline and judgment.

This course does.

What you discover during those fourteen days does not disappear when you return.