We offer leadership development programmes and school expeditions
throughout the United Kingdom, South Africa and Europe.

Our founder Doctor Ian Player DMS and his close friend and ranger Magqubu Ntombela developed leaders and individuals through the wilderness trails which took place originally in South Africa. The experience offered a deeper, spiritual connection to Nature and enabled participants to become passionate about protecting wilderness for future generations, expand their understanding of themselves and develop an environmental and social ethics. This vital work continues today.

It is against this backdrop and history that we founded the Wilderness Leadership Academy, to provide services and programmes to develop organisations to have the best leaders and highly motivated and engaged teams. We leverage the benefits of wild nature and the outdoors. Through our school expedition programmes we grow our next generation of leaders.

The four core areas of the Academy are designed to be offered as either separate activities or as part of a continuous development programme (journey). Each area provides a range of learning activities delivered through, either group sessions or 1-2-1 coaching. Please explore each area and contact us to discuss your specific needs.