4-day package comprising of:

• 2 days Expedition Training (normally as a 2-day residential with an overnight camp). 

• 2 days Qualifying Expedition (including overnight camp).

All Bronze packages also include an in-school parents information presentation.

Walking: £160.00 + VAT (£192.00 inc. VAT) per person

Canoeing: £220.00 + VAT (£264.00 inc. VAT) per person

Standard Walking Expedition Package

7-day package comprising of:

• 1 day in-school Expedition Preparation & Planning Workshop.

• 3 days Training & Practice Expedition (including 2 overnight camps).

• 3 days Qualifying Expedition (including 2 overnight camps).

Suitable for all participants who have completed their Bronze Expedition. Where there are a smaller number of Direct Entrants, we recommend that those participants also attend the school's Bronze Residential Training and we will absorb those numbers within existing Bronze teams, with just the additional overnight campsite fee being charged.

Walking: £245.00 + VAT (£294.00 inc. VAT) per person

Standard Canoeing Expedition Package

7-day package comprising of:

• 1 day in-school Expedition Preparation & Planning Workshop.

• 1 day Paddle Skills Training.

• 2 days & 2 nights Practice Expedition (including 2 overnight camps).

• 3 days Qualifying Expedition (including 2 overnight camps).

Canoeing: from £325.00 + VAT (£390.00 inc. VAT) per person

Direct Entrants Expedition Package

9-day package comprising of:

• 2-day Residential Training (often run alongside Bronze Residential Training)

• 1 day in-school Expedition Preparation & Planning Workshop.

• 3 days Training & Practice Expedition (including 2 overnight camps).

• 3 days Qualifying Expedition (including 2 overnight camps).

This package is suitable where the total number of Silver Direct Entrants exceeds 7. 

Silver Direct Entrants: £295.00 + VAT (£354.00 inc VAT) per person

Gold Walking - Hill & Moorland Terrain (Standard)

10-day package comprising of:

• 1 day in-school Expedition Preparation & Planning Workshop.

• 4 days Training & Practice Expedition (including 3 overnight camps).

• 5 days Qualifying Expedition (travel & prep day plus 4-day Qualifying Expedition).

Suitable for all participants who have completed their Silver Expedition.

Hill & Moorland: from £400.00 + VAT (£480.00 inc VAT) per person

Gold Walking - Hill & Moorland Terrain (Direct Entrants)

11-day package comprising of:

• 1 day in-school Expedition Preparation & Planning Workshop.

• 5 days Training & Practice Expedition (including 4 overnight camps).

• 5 days Qualifying Expedition (travel & prep day plus 4-day Qualifying Expedition).

Gold Direct Entrants: from £415.00 + VAT (£498.00 inc VAT) per person

Gold Walking - Mountainous Terrain

11-day package comprising of:

• 1 day in-school Expedition Preparation & Planning Workshop.

• 5 days Training & Practice Expedition (including 4 overnight camps).

• 5 days Qualifying Expedition (travel & prep day plus 4-day Qualifying Expedition).

Mountainous Terrain: from £475.00 + VAT (£570.00 inc VAT) per person

Pastoral: School staff attending Gold Walking Expeditions will normally stay in the area but not with the group. They provide a welcome support for participants, especially in the event of any unexpected situation occurring, and we are very grateful to those staff who attend. In the event that there are no school staff attending a Gold Expedition, then our Expedition Team will provide extra support and a pastoral fee of up to £40.00 + VAT per person will apply to cover this additional function.

Gold Canoeing - England & Wales Rivers

10-day package comprising of: 

• 1 day in-school Expedition Planning Workshop.

• 1 day Paddle Skills Training on reservoir/inland lake.

• 3 days Practice Expedition (including 2 overnight camps).

• 5 days Qualifying Expedition (travel day plus 4-day Qualifying Expedition).

England & Wales Rivers: £495.00 + VAT (£594.00 inc VAT) per person

Gold Canoeing - Caledonian Canal

12-day package comprising of:

• 1 day in-school Expedition Preparation & Planning Workshop.

• 1 day Paddle Skills Training on reservoir/inland lake.

• 3 days Practice Expedition (including 2 overnight camps).

• 7 days Qualifying Expedition (travel day, Loch-based training day on Loch Linnhe, 4-day Qualifying Expedition, return travel day).

Caledonian Canal: £570.00 + VAT (£684.00 inc VAT) per person

11-day package comprising of: 

• 1 day in-school Expedition Planning Workshop.

• 5 days Training & Practice Expedition (3 days Walking & 2 days Canoeing).

• 5 days Qualifying Expedition (travel day plus 4-day Qualifying Expedition combining
  2 days walking and 2 days canoeing.).

Boats & Boots: £450.00 + VAT (£540.00 inc VAT) per person

We also deliver the National Navigation Award Scheme (NNAS) Bronze Award course. This course comprises of a minimum of 12 hours training spread over 2 days. The course includes training and an assessment, based on the following criteria:

• Navigate using a variety of maps and scales.

• Use 4 and 6 figure grid references with worded descriptions to define the position of a map feature and to locate a feature on the ground.

• Orientate the map using handrails, obvious point features and major landforms.

• Use linear features (e.g. paths, tracks, clear boundaries) as handrails in simple navigation exercises.

• Relate prominent landforms such as large hills and valleys to corresponding contour information on the map.

• Orientate the map by aligning a compass needle against grid north and be aware that magnetic variation causes an inaccuracy.

• Use an orientated map to confirm the direction of travel.

• Use clearly identifiable features to confirm position along the route and to recognise when the target has been overshot.

• Measure horizontal distance on the map and estimate distance on the ground using timing, pacing and simple visual judgements e.g.100m.

• Plan and implement simple routes and navigation strategies based on the above skills.

• Recognise a navigation error within a few minutes and apply simple relocation techniques using handrails and prominent features.

• Demonstrate an awareness of local and national access issues, access legislation, personal responsibilities and the Countryside Code.

• Demonstrate appropriate knowledge of walking equipment, safety equipment and emergency procedures.

This course is suitable for participants of any secondary school age and can be used as an entry level into DofE Expeditions to gain navigation skills. Includes an NNAS Bronze Navigator certificate on successful completion of the course and assessment.

NNAS Bronze Award: £95.00 + VAT (£114.00 inc VAT) per person