Survival Skills
Master the basics of shelter, fire, water and food – and reconnect with ancient survival knowledge.
Mindset
Sharpen your awareness and learn to stay calm, focused and responsive in real outdoor situations.
Comfort Zone
Step outside your daily habits – and grow through real challenge, deep nature and purposeful discomfort.
Overview of the Course
The three-day workshop is split into different learning stages, each taught directly in our jungle base camp. You’ll be working hands-on – far from distractions, fully immersed in nature and guided by experience.
skill
Survival Skills
skill
Old Craftsmanship
Mentality
Mindset & Mental Strength
Activity
Outdoor Cooking
Our Survival Intructors
Our instructors bring over 20 years of survival and wilderness experience into this course – not just as teachers, but as true outdoor mentors. They live what they teach and guide every participant with passion, presence and deep respect for nature.
Their mission? To pass on real life skills and mindset – so that you walk out of the jungle stronger than you entered.
Sonja Wittmann
Perfect Team
Ivo Knoll
Module 1. Shelter & Sleeping
In this module, you’ll learn how to build a protective jungle shelter using only natural materials found on site. Step by step, we guide you through creating a safe and dry sleeping space that shields you from rain, insects and heat. You’ll walk away knowing how to build a reliable shelter that protects your body, conserves your energy and gives you the rest you need to survive in the wild.
Module 2. Fire & Heat
Fire is the foundation of survival – it brings warmth, safety and energy. In this module, you’ll learn how to collect the right materials and create fire using a bow drill, just like our ancestors did. Step by step, you’ll experience what it takes to produce heat from nothing but friction – and understand how fire becomes your tool, your protection and your comfort in the wild.
Module 3. Water & Hydration
In the jungle, clean water means survival. In this module, you’ll learn how to find natural water sources, filter out dirt and bacteria and purify the water by boiling – all with simple tools and techniques. Understanding how to secure drinkable water gives you one of the most vital skills to stay healthy and resilient in the wild.
Module 4. Food & Plants
Knowing what’s safe to eat in nature is one of the most underestimated survival skills. In this module, you’ll explore edible wild plants and jungle foods – and learn clear rules for what’s safe and what to avoid. With the right knowledge, you’ll be able to nourish yourself from the land while staying safe and aware in unknown environments.
Bonus: Survival Mindset
In real survival situations, your mindset is your most powerful tool. This module helps you develop calm, clarity and focus – even under pressure. You’ll train your awareness, learn to handle uncertainty and understand how mental strength can guide you through the wild when everything else is stripped away.
Learnings
- The ability to build a shelter, to make fire, purify water and to know survival food
- Confidence to handle real outdoor situations
- A clear understanding of survival principles
- Stay calm in challenging outdoor situations
- 3 days of hands-on wilderness training
- Make your own bowl and rope from natural materials
- Experience the wild – sleep, cook and live in nature
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The part of the course that I liked the most was how we all together made a fire and used it to cook our own food in the “Cooking Pit”, our full survival meal was therefore my best experience.
With all the skills learned from making fire to building tools with bamboo that I’ve acquired throughout the course, I can say safely that I now have the skill to survive in the wild. The course really equips you with a wide range of skills necessary for me to be able to live outside of the civilisation.
Kilian
Villach, Austria
Taking the survival course at Finca Renacer was a once in a lifetime experience. One of my favorites was heating up rocks in the fire to boil water and cook food in bamboo container over the open fire.
Thank you Sonja and Ivo for sharing your wealth of knowledge and for making this experience an unforgettable one.
Gabriela
New Jersey, United States
Del curso de sobre-vivencia en la montaña, me enseñó muchas cosas , fue muy interesante dormir en la montaña, el realizar fuego me encantó y una de las cosas más importantes para mí, fue el realizar el ejercicio donde representábamos los animales .
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From the survival course in the mountains, it taught me many things, it was very interesting to sleep in the mountains, I loved making fire and one of the most important things for me was to do the exercise where we represented the animals.
Flor
San Jose, Costa Rica
Choose your option
We have two course offers. Our regular surivival adventure where you learn how to survive in a team of up to 12 particpants and our private experience where we individually teach you to master skills, tools and mindset.
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