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Tom Williams
7 Bushcraft Skills That Change How You Travel
When a flip-flop strap snapped on the beach I was bushwalking in the Kalahari Desert on our Okavango expedition last month when the strap on my flip-flop tore clean through. Huge acacia thorns lay everywhere, the sand was scorching, and…
What Happens on a Desert Island (That You’ll Carry Forever)
The Thing About Island Time I was sitting at home having lunch with my family in Lisbon, six months after returning from our Philippines expedition, when my phone buzzed with another “urgent” email. My finger hovered over the notification, but…
Your Body’s Forgotten Language
A Guide to Conversations Your Nervous System Misses I was fiddling with the thermostat for the third time in an hour — 22°C felt too cold, 23°C too warm — when it properly hit me: I’d become a bloody goldfish…
Meet the Instructors: Firemakers, Fear-Tamers, Foundational Humans
I was watching Tom coax flames from damp tinder in Panama rain when something shifted in how I understood what these expeditions actually do. He wasn’t teaching fire-making technique — not really. He was holding space for someone’s relationship with…
How to Know If You’re Ready for a Desert Island Survival Adventure
You’ve been hovering over the booking page for three weeks now. Maybe longer. The cursor hovers over “Reserve Your Spot” while your brain runs through every possible scenario where you fail spectacularly. What if I can’t start a fire? What…
How to Go Wild Without Wrecking the Wild: Our Low-Impact Promise
Survival doesn’t leave a lasting mark on the island, but it can leave a mark on you. We believe in the power of nature to change lives. But we also know nature doesn’t exist for our benefit alone,it’s something we…
Why You’re Craving Discomfort, and What to Do About It
You’re comfortable. But something’s off. You’re not alone. You’ve got a routine. A warm bed. A stocked fridge. Maybe even a good job and a well oiled social life. But under all that comfort, there’s a quiet restlessness. A hum…
The reason people return from the wild transformed
I once watched a corporate lawyer cry into his hands beside a barely-there campfire on a cold Welsh coastline. Not from pain, not from fear — but from silence. For the first time in years, his mind had gone quiet.…
The Last Hunter-Gatherers: Inside the Ancient World of Tanzania’s Hadza Tribe
Who Are the Hadza? If you want to understand the roots of humanity and real bushcraft, you’ve got to start with the Hadza. The Hazda—living near Lake Eyasi in northern Tanzania—are one of the last true hunter-gatherer societies left on…
How We Keep You Safe: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Adventures
Why Safety Is the Heart of Every Adventure We Run Surviving on a desert island sounds extreme, and in certain ways it is, is there risk? Absolutely, one can not eliminate risk and nor would we want to sanitise our…