Canoeing & survival: exploring the great Swedish lakes

a canoeing paradise and the starting point for our expedition.

This is where our two survival instructors, Olivier and Eric, will be waiting for you.

We settle in quietly at our accommodation and enjoy a meal in a local restaurant before setting off on our adventure on the Swedish lakes. This is an opportunity to get to know each other better, to review the programme and everyone's expectations, and to take part in a first survival workshop.

Tonight we will sleep in the last point of civilisation before diving into the wilderness.

of our navigation equipment:

Our canoe, a canister to put our things in, some wood for a fire and our food. After a first safety briefing for this week, we get into the water. Here we go, we leave civilisation for 6 days of pure disconnection.

From Immeln we paddle towards Brotorpet, after only one hour of canoeing civilisation will seem far away. After a morning of canoeing we will start looking for a place to camp.

This afternoon we will have a first survival workshop on protection: (building shelters, hypothermia, hyperthermia,...)

We will then have to cross short stretches by pulling our canoes with the help of wheels.

We enjoy our walk through the forest to admire the beauty of nature.

At the end of the afternoon, once the bivouac is set up, we try our luck at fishing. Our survival instructors, Olivier and Eric, take the opportunity to show us how to prepare and cook a fish in the wilderness.

large stretches of water give way to narrow canals where every turn adds unpredictability to your journey.

As the canoe glides gently through the water, you can admire the incredible scenery along the way; a mosaic of deep green forests, and remote islands.

In the afternoon, we set up camp and learn how to find our way in the wilderness. Orientation will no longer hold any secrets for you.

On the way, we will again discover large bodies of water bordered by forest.

At the end of the day at the camp we will see how to get food and water when we are in the wilderness

We will try again to fish from our bivouac.

Last day to enjoy the wilderness, the endless forests and the great expanses of water

We sail to our camp in Immeln.

In the evening we enjoy a well-deserved meal together before going to sleep in Immeln camp.

DAY 7

After a good night's sleep, we will say goodbye to our guides. Finally a shuttle bus will take us back to Malmö, which will mark the end of the expedition.