Learn survival in the wilderness with a musher


Trip description

More than a stay with sled dogs, Odysway offers to let you experience survival in a polar environment, acompanied by a musher. Building an igloo, making fire, learning first aid... This trip will teach you everything there is to know about survival in a snowy region, while discovering the duties of a musher and how to take care of sled dogs.

If you are looking for new sensations and dream about an adventure beyong all time limits in a magical place in the middle of nature, then this is the adventure for you!

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3 days

From : €550*



Denis

This trip in the middle of nature is supervised by Denis who is a backpacker at heart. With nearly 30 years of travel and experience, including a tour of Europe on foot, he has been leading survival courses for nearly 14 years.

Day 1: Arrival in the Haut-Jura

Day 2: Survival in Polar Environments

Day 3: Last day with the musher

Day 1 : Arrival in the Haut-Jura

Château-Chalon. ©PHB.cz - Fotolia


Evening welcome at the gîte d'étape. You prepare the equipment for the next few days and are put in condition for the days to come. Take the opportunity to rest, the expedition starts the next morning!




Day 2 : Survival in Polar Environments

Day2 : Survival in Polar Environments ©Olivier HUMEAU


After breakfast and a briefing on the basics of independence in the cold, you will set off on foot with the sled dog team. Once there, you will learn how to build a bivouac in a snowy region, fire-making techniques and how to collect drinking water. Night in an igloo.




Day 3 : Last day with the musher

Chiens de traineaux du Finmark. ©Terje Rakke - Nordic Life - Visitnorway


After waking up to the dogs' "song", your last day will be full of activities: introduction to first aid, orientation in the countryside, a ride with the sled dogs... Once back at the gîte, you will share a meal and debrief your experience. Departure from the gîte in the middle of the afternoon.




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