The Panama Survival Expedition

By Tom Williams, winner of Channel 4’s Alone

Learn new skills, survive with your tribe, and celebrate a story you’ll carry for life.

£3,600

per person

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Step Into the Adventure

Our adventures follow a simple arc:
Learn → Survive → Celebrate.

Learn

Arrive by speedboat to your castaway island. where jungle meets white sand. For five days you’ll train in survival bushcraft: fire by friction, fishing, shelter-building, navigation, and cooking with your tribe. Nights are for hammocks strung between palms, rum passed around, and marshmallows roasted under the stars.

Survive

Then comes the challenge: three raw survival nights with only a handful of tools and your new tribe. You’ll build shelter, purify water, catch food, and face the wild together. It’s tough. but when you grill your own fish as the Pacific sun dips below the horizon, you’ll know you’ve never felt more alive.

Celebrate

Finally, return to civilisation with resilience, stories, and friendships for life. A survival feast, hotel recovery, and farewell celebration mark the close of your adventure. and the beginning of a new chapter of confidence.

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Key Facts

Location

Private 560-acre island in Panama’s Pearl Islands. only 60 miles from Panama City, no domestic transfers.

Length

11 days / 10 nights. hands-on but manageable.

Group Size

8–12 people. small tribes for connection, big enough for team energy.

Who It’s For

Adventurers ready to disconnect, test themselves, and rediscover resilience. No prior survival experience required.

remarkable Moments

Swim through glowing plankton after dark.

Watch turtles nesting on untouched beaches.

Cook dinner over a fire you made yourself.

Sleep in hammocks under the stars.

Explore a rainforest alive with exotic birdlife.

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Day 1: We meet you at the hotel. There’s a poolside briefing, cold drinks, a proper dinner, and a first look at the people you’ll be spending the next ten days with.
Day 2: After breakfast, we get on a boat. The island becomes your home the moment you land. You’ll orientate yourself, set up your expedition hammock, and start building shelter before the sun goes down. That evening: dinner cooked over a fire, a bottle of rum passed around, and the first proper night’s sleep you’ve had in a while.
Day 3: Fire by friction. It’s the oldest skill humans have and harder than it looks. You’ll spend the morning on it. The afternoon is spent fishing off the beach for your supper.
Day 4: Today is about food. What’s safe to eat, what isn’t, how to read the island for what it’s offering. You’ll open a coconut, make a handline, catch a fish, prepare it, and cook it. There’s also spearing if you want it. We finish the day with fresh pina coladas made from green coconuts cut straight from the palms. You can’t buy that feeling.
Day 5: Life slows down. You stop reaching for your phone. The outside world gets quieter in your head. Tonight the tribe cooks together, eats together. Rum, roasted marshmallows, the fire going down. Sleep comes easily.
Day 6: The last training day. You’ll spend it finding resources for what’s coming. water, food, materials, shelter options. That evening we talk about the psychology of survival. What it actually takes. You’ll know by the end of it whether you’re ready.
Day 7: The fire goes out. The instructors leave. It’s just you and your fellow castaways now, with limited kit and three days ahead of you. Everything you’ve learned this week either works or it doesn’t. What’s your first priority?
Day 8: Survival Phase.
Day 9: Survival Phase.
Day 10: You’ll hear the rescue boats before you see them. Back to the hotel for breakfast, a shower, and that evening a proper celebration with your tribe.
Day 11: The expedition ends around noon as we arrive back at the harbour in Panama City.

Included: 5 days training + 3 days survival, hammocks & kit, all meals & drinks, private island, 1 night in Panama City, 1 boutique hotel night, all transfers.
Not included: Flights, visas, travel insurance, personal kit, personal expenses.

Who teaches survival?
World-class instructors.
Is it safe?
Yes. Safety team nearby.
What kit do I need?
Provided kit + short personal packing list.
Trip length?
11 days / 10 nights.
Food?
Fresh fish, foraged fruits, campfire meals.

Only 5-Star Reviews

“I’m not sure where to start, this was one of the best trips I’ve ever done. I learnt invaluable skills, reconnected to nature, reassessed whats really important to me, and made some new friends along the way…”
Thomas Nicholls
“There are experiences that are memorable and there are experiences that are life altering, Desert Island Survival was certainly the latter for me and it happened in the exact right moment in life when I desperately needed to reset, heal and regroup….”
Oleg Ravnushkin
“Amazing! ☀️ This trip was incredible, and I am so glad I did it! I would 100% recommended this company, they are great. They offer consistent communication and support from booking to preparing for your trip, and look after you well during it…”
Ciara Rooney

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