Orienteering is a sport in which you navigate around a set course using a map and a compass to find your way from point to point in the countryside. Participants are given a map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they use to find control points. The first individual or team to complete the course after finding all the checkpoints is the winner.
Our Orienteering Adventure events encourages students to work together as a team to find their way around some of the most beautiful countryside in the UK. As well as participating in a physical exercise, students solve navigational problems along the way using a combination of skills including: planning, negotiation, mental reasoning and perhaps a little intuition.
The skills taught and practiced on the course will include:
Although the course is flexible it will usually keep to the following programme:
Please add £35 per additional person.
Our Orienteering Adventures are available in the following locations between April and October:
Please contact us if you wish to discuss other locations or wish to run the courses in your locality.
Full day
1-8 students per coach
No experience is required. We'll we'll match the difficulty to the group.
The good news is that you don't have to be ultra-fit to get the most out of this event.
Teams can go around the course at their own pace; from a steady walk to a full-on run if they wish.
A walk in the countryside once or twice a week using map and compass will help cement your students new skills.
Try to concentrate on the bits they have they most difficulty with as this will help them become second nature.
We recommend that students who develop an interest in Orienteering during the course should join their orienteering local club.
You can search for a local club via the British Orienteering web site.
Please refer to our equipment page for a complete list.
Do you need help choosing a skills course or guided adventure?
Call our team on 0333 12 12 125 for expert advice or send us a quick question online.
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