Women’s Wilderness Retreat
Our Women’s Wilderness Retreats are about more than stepping into the outdoors, they’re about stepping back into ourselves. Each retreat is a balance of practical bushcraft skills and rewilding practices, created to help us live more in tune with nature and rediscover a simpler, deeper way of being.
Some women describe them as the adventure they’d been searching for, others as the retreat they didn’t know they needed. We believe they’re both. During our retreats, you’ll learn essential wilderness skills: from primitive and modern fire-lighting, foraging and wild crafting to shelter building, camping and wild swimming. Every experience is a chance to grow in confidence, resourcefulness, and connection, with both the wild and yourself.
Workshop Details
Our women’s bushcraft and rewilding retreats always include a mix of practical skills, nature connection and time to simply be in the wild. Activities may vary by location and season, but typically include:
Bushcraft Basics: Get comfortable living outdoors. Learn essential outdoor skills such as tarp shelter setups, useful knots and the principles of staying safe in the wild.
Wood Carving: Use a knife and saw safely to carve your own wooden items from tools to spoons.
Fire Starting: Light your own fire using both primitive and modern methods, gaining the knowledge to create warmth and cook in the wild.
Foraging: Discover the edible, medicinal and practical uses of the plants, trees, and fungi that grow around us.
Wild Crafts: Unwind with nature-inspired crafts such as cordage making and whittling, taking home what you create.
Rewilding Activities: Reconnect with nature through grounding practices that help you slow down, notice and remember your place in the natural world.
Campfire Feast: Each retreat includes a shared campfire feast, a chance to relax, reflect and celebrate time spent outdoors together.
The Camp
Our workshops are held across various locations in North Wales and Shropshire, each offering unique facilities. What we do guarantee, is a hand picked ‘back to basic’ woodland campsite and a good ol’ campfire to ensure an authentic, raw, and wild experience.
If you’d like to find out more about the location selected, please check the description of the workshop you would like to join.
Camp Food
Wholesome grub is on the menu! Dinner on day 1 and breakfast and lunch on day 2 will be provided. There will also be an organic tea and coffee station for you to help yourselves to. Please bring your own snacks and water to keep fuelled for the activities. We cater for vegans, veggies and meat eaters, just let us know if you have any dietary requirements on the form we send you after booking. The meals provided may vary, but here is a sample menu:
Breakfast: Porridge with fruit and honey
Dinner: Campfire feast – steak, burgers or stew and sides
Lunch: You make our own bushcraft bread and we provide sides like egg and mushrooms.
We provide feel good food, therefore, we source organic, sustainable and/or local produce.
What’s included
During these workshops you will be provided with the following gear and grub:
- Accommodation varies depending on the retreat you choose. You’ll either be tarp camping (equipment provided, including a ground sheet) or staying in shared indoor accommodation. If you’d prefer to use your own tent or hammock on a tarp camping retreat, you’re welcome to bring it along. Campervans are always welcome too.
- Knives, saws and any required tools and equipment for all wilderness craft sessions
- All food
- Organic tea and coffee
Check out the ‘you need to pack’ list to see what you will need to bring.
You Need To Pack
This is the gear you will need to bring:
- Sleeping bag
- Pillow
- Sleeping mat
- Waterproofs
- Swimwear
- Suitable footwear (e.g. hiking boots or trainers in the summer)
- Water & snacks
- Plate, bowl, cutlery & mug
- Toiletries & towel
- Camping chair
- Head torch
- Personal first aid kit
If you’d like our kit recommendations, click here.
Upcoming Wilderness Retreats
Summer Women’s Wilderness Retreat
18-19 July | Eryri National Park (Snowdonia) – Penmaenpool
Autumn Women’s Wilderness Retreat
12-13 September | Eryri National Park (Snowdonia) – Penmaenpool
Women’s Bushcraft & Foraging Retreat (Intermediate)
25 -27 September | Eryri National Park (Snowdonia) – Penmaenpool