Glenworth Valley Outdoor Adventures has been chosen as the home of the Bear Grylls Survival Academy in Australia.
“It’s very exciting for us to be able to offer the new half day course alongside the Bear Grylls options we have been operating since February,” said Glenworth Valley’s activities manager, Mr Nick Hall. “Bear is definitely involved in the academy world wide,” Mr Hall said.
“He was integral to the development of the course structures and locations, which now cover the UK, Europe, North America, the emirates and mainland China. “A number of locations in Australia were identified, and Glenworth Valley Outdoor Adventures was chosen as the exclusive Australian partner due to high quality staff, proven track record in the adventure tourism industry, access to such amazing environments and an ideal location close to major population bases,” he said.
Since February 2015, Glenworth Valley has been operating 24 survival courses for adults and families. “We have recently expanded our offerings to cater for additional segments of the market by offering half day survival courses to customers from ages nine and up, and ultimate team building, putting corporate groups through their own challenges using real life survival stories as active case studies in leadership and team work.
“This academy was seen as a good opportunity to partner with a high profile adventure brand, to attract new customers to the Central Coast region. “So far, we have had customers travel from as far afield as Melbourne to participate and find out if they have what it takes.
“The short period experience model was used to develop one of Bear’s recent TV shows, ‘Running Wild with Bear Grylls’, in which he takes one celebrity away into the wild for a weekend, and runs them through various challenges.
“Showing the popularity of both the model and the show, Bear recently hosted Barrack Obama on a two day wilderness experience for Running Wild in Alaska, the first time a sitting president has done anything like this,” he said.
Email, Sep 6, 2015
Nick Hall, Glenworth
Valley Outdoor Adventures