Keepers of the Wild

                

                  

SPRING Adventure Glamping & Wellness retreat Multi-Activity & Self Guided (2 days)

(OPEN TO FAMILIES with KIDS, COUPLES, ADULTS) 18+ to book

Event Start Time:    25-26th May 2024’ (9am Saturday – 6 pm Sunday)
EVENT LOCATION: Hanmer Area Ontario (Meeting point will be at corner of Desmarais Road & Nelson Lake Rd 9am                                                     Saturday AM.  Location of the Campsite setup is within a few miles of the meeting point.                                                    (People will follow in caravan the staff vehicle which will escort the participants to the location                                                              of the base camp retreat). MUST HAVE OWN TRANSPORTATION ARRANGED

MANDATORY:

• ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST SIGN A RELEASE OF LIABILITY AGREEMENTS & ASSUMPTION OF RISK WAIVER. THIS LEGAL PAPERWORK IS REQUIRED BY OUR COMPANY POLICY TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR EVENTS.
• SIGN & AGREE TO BASIC CAMPSITE RULES & COMPANY POLICIES (like a hotel)
• SIGN FOR YOUR CAMPSITE, TENT & EQUIPMENT (equipment care agreement / like a hotel)

Come join us at our Outback Adventure & Wellness Retreat for a unique experience like no other!

Ever wanted to experience spring camping in a hot tent with a woodstove for heat? Surrounded by raw nature in the northern Ontario wilderness… Sounds of blue jays, whiskey jacks, skullcap chickadees occasionally breaking the stillness of peace in the forest around you.  No city stuff just our retreat camp and adventure for the taking in every direction.

 WELCOME TO OUR NECK OF THE WOODS (KEEPERS OF THE WILD) Wilderness adventure outfitters & wellness retreat operators.   BOOK with us like you would a hotel and access rental equipment, services, and activities all part of your stay.

You will enjoy your own private 10 MAN Canadian Forces Arctic tent with woodstove along with a wood supply (for a couple or family with kids.  The ECO FRIENDLY camp setup consists usually of 5-8 tents and a shared community kitchen in a woodstove heated 16x20 foot prospector tent with tables and seating (common area & café/lounge). This outback retreat and all its related activities are all hosted on crown public lands.

This venue is a bring your own vehicle & bring your own food, sleeping bag, head light or flashlights, spring clothing and personal effects. We would recommend a camera to capture the experience.

We provide the lodging and setup with onsite night time area lighting (community tent & kitchen). All tents onsite are heated solely on woodstove fire heat! This means during the nights you will experience living / sleeping with the crackling of a fire while enjoying dry radiant heat like no other. Tents are easily kept at 80-100+ while burning. You will however be responsible for sustaining your fire within your respective tents throughout the night. Keep in mind if your fire goes out you will awaken to no heat! We will teach you how this all works and you will have (backup wood & materials) at the ready in the event your fire runs out so you will be able to get it going quickly once again. It’s been a mild spring and this isn’t usually an issue however if we get colder temperatures you will want to keep your woodstove going well through the night or have a good sleeping bag.  Sometimes this means setting alarms every few hours to load up the stove and stoke the fire.  This experience is very rewarding and provides a mental health wellness that most have never experienced…but truly therapeutic.

Field kitchen & washrooms are shared. The site is decorated/ illuminated with Christmas lights for mood & atmosphere in the evening hours with common social area fire and gathering area.   Once at the retreat you have your accommodations and campsite you are free to venture and follow your own schedule no pressure to socialize or partake in any events that may be hosted.  Connect with the wilderness and yourself! Come take inn the adventures…

This venue will give you access to the following:

• Semi private campsite with your own 10man arctic tent with wood stove / wood
• Access to wood piles and fire starting resources
• Trail plan (illuminated by Christmas lights for evening mode) unique atmosphere
• Common area lounge /café (16x20 prospector tent) tables and seating, shared field kitchen, stove, pots, pans, plates, cutlery etc.
• Common area fire pit & social gathering space
• Access to equipment that may be signed out for use such as tools, games, some sports equipment like catcher gloves & ball or Frisbee, child and youth toys, craft & art station, rock painting, fishing equipment, bird watching kit with binoculars /reference books, and more…
• Onsite staff also provide basic security of the site and oversight of smooth and safe operation of the camp. We want our guests to enjoy their stay in a peaceful, safe and inclusive environment. We pride ourselves that people come as strangers / guests and leave as satisfied customers but better yet family / friends.
• Drinking water and wash water provided on site
• Onsite garbage’s, recycling collection
• Township of Hanmer nearby for cell service and or if you need to run into town for anything
• No showers onsite for this venue
• NO WIFI (but a better connection to life)
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SIDE EVENT THAT WILL BE HOSTED ONSITE (ACCESS IS FREE WITH YOUR STAY IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE)

Sunday 1-6pm   YOUTH events with families & adults accompany their youth for a short distance walk around a nearby pond and nearby lookouts to talk about the forest and a little show and tell.  Take everyone to our outback retreat campsite and group common area for fun activities.  Mini scavenger hunt  where participants go on their own within eye sight of the camp with their families or youth and or team up and make new friends and work in groups.   The event is meant to be fun and promote learning and wilderness education to all…

Especially for youth this exposure creates real healthy connections to the natural world.  Sensory place and learning original human skills about the forest all around us.   Information about trees, plants, wildlife and things going on around us in the spring environment.   Scavenger hunt will lead to tables at the common area and tents area and Rock art and other wilderness art will be made in a 2 hour social and crafts.   Campfire will be on for everyone as well with hotdogs and drinks for supper hour..