Journey-based programs

We can provide equipment including:

• Hiking packs
• Tents
• Foam mat and / or Thermarest
• 4 season high altitude sleeping bags (in winter only, if camping in the snow)
• 4 season shelter (varies depending on destination and weather)
• Snake gaiters
• Pre-made, packed food and fresh food
• Cooking equipment and fuel for stoves
• Meal washing and rubbish / compost equipment
• Wilderness first aid kit
• Toileting and hygiene equipment

Participants will need to bring items such as:

• Personal clothing (appropriate for the journey length and time of year)
• Sleeping bag
• Limited toiletries including sunscreen
• Hiking boots or runners (these must be previously waked in to avoid blisters)
• Crocs for around the campsite and river crossings
• Card games, light board game or book
• Water bottle / camelback

Once you’ve made your booking, we’ll provide participants with a finalised list of items to bring with them for their journey.

Our Howmans Gap Discovery Camp also offers ‘packing days’ for schools prior to the program. We’ll come to your school and pack all equipment into student’s hiking packs (except fresh food, which we provide on the day).

Participants will eat some pre-made meals, however most meals are prepared by participants with instructions from our journey leaders. We’ll show them how to prepare and cook healthy and nutritious meals while out in nature, using the food they’ve carried in their hiking packs.

In remote places during the journey, where terrain is tough-going or where journeys are longer, participants will also eat dehydrated camping food (which is lighter to carry).

Almost every journey includes a very high ratio of fresh food.

Absolutely! Our friendly team and chefs will work directly with the school and / or parents to provide quality meals that meet specific dietary requirements.

In rare cases, participants may need to provide their own food and if so we’ll accommodate how it can be carried and cooked.

Participants will sleep in tents along the journey, allowing for a fully immersive experience in nature. There’s nothing better than sleeping under the stars!

Depending on the route taken, most groups will camp at a site nearby a hut and drop toilet. Some sites will have running water sources and protection from the weather.

If no hut or refuge is available, we can erect group shelters. We also have safe, hygienic and environmentally friendly alternatives if no drop toilets are available.

For groups journeying with Howmans Gap Discovery Camp, we have a hard-top accommodation facility conveniently located nearby our routes. With comfortable accommodation for up to 210 people, a full commercial kitchen and laundry facilities, this is a great back-up option in severe bad weather.