2-hour 4x4 & Mini Bushcraft Experience with Graythwaite Adventure

About

This experience combines two of our most popular activities.  We’ve designed a 2-hour experience that combines one-hour of 4x4 off-road driving with a mini bushcraft session.  With stunning views of Lake Windermere on the private Graythwaite Estate, our off-road course is a real gem taking in the natural landscape with instruction delivered by our qualified, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable team.  Whether you’re a first-time off-road driver or an experienced 4x4’er, the course will provide you with thrills and challenges and we’ll tailor the tuition and input accordingly.  With your instructor in the passenger seat, you’ll negotiate steep inclines, jaw dropping descents, epic leans and water crossings, all with unrivalled views. 

After an hour of driving, you’ll either park up or head to our bushcraft base, to learn about one of the essential survival skills; fire lighting.  You’ll build the fire to boil the kettle and to toast marshmallows and make s’mores – all of which taste so much better in the outdoors. Campfire chat will include survival techniques, the local habitat and life on the estate. 

The Land Rover comfortably holds up to 4 adults who can share the driving, or some may prefer to simply enjoy the ride.  Children love the experience just as much and are more than welcome to join in and are actively encouraged to take the lead on the fire lighting.  For families of 5 or more, we either assign a 7-seater Land Rover or you may opt for 2 vehicles and journey in a convoy. 

Guests to Graythwaite Adventure can enjoy a variety of other awesome experiences; 4x4 off-road driving or bushcraft on their own, clay pigeon shooting, archery, and axe throwing all year round, and RIB boat tours April to October.

Experience : Explore : Escape.

Itinerary

Upon arrival at our 4x4 and Shooting Site, please make use of our free parking before meeting with one of our team.  Following introductions, you’ll board the Land Rover for a 2-minute drive through the estate to the start of the off-road course.  During the short drive, your instructor will discuss any previous off-road driving experience, any reservations, and your aims for the adventure.  Once at the course, your instructor will talk you through the manual controls, sustainable driving techniques and safety considerations before you get behind the wheel.  Then, it’s over to you, with your instructor in the passenger seat to help you navigate the course.  Drive time is one hour, which will be shared between those of you in your party who’d like to drive.  Then it’s on to the bushcraft experience – an ideal activity to complement the driving. As with all our activities, we only offer private experiences meaning we don’t mix bookings, which allows us to concentrate on you and those with you exclusively.  Convoys available for larger groups.

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