Journey into the Wilderness: Courses, Hunts, and Adventures!

Join us at one of our campfires, and immerse yourself in an authentic wilderness experience!

Primitive Wilderness Survival Success Path

Our Primitive Wilderness Survival success path sharpens your innate survival instincts, starting from step one. It's much more than just a course; it's a guided path to reconnecting with how our ancestors used to live.

Essential Wilderness Survival

Beginner

Embark on an immersive learning journey in our private ranch's wilderness setting. This beginner class demystifies survival gear essentials and teaches innovative survival techniques like the Blanket Pack method. Wool is your friend!

Instructors

Phillip Liebel

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Woods Trekker

Intermediate

Advance your survival skills with this comprehensive course. Gain confidence to navigate the wilderness, discover bountiful resources, and learn the bow-drill method to ignite friction fires!

Instructors

Phillip Liebel

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Primitive

Advanced

Our advanced course propels your survival skillset to new heights, empowering you to thrive with merely the resources nature provides. Break away from dependence on modern gear and evolve into a truly self-sufficient survivalist - this course is a challenge for those who want to test their limits!

Instructors

Phillip Liebel

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Hunter-Gatherer Success Path

The Hunter-Gatherer Success Path is a voyage into the world of our ancestors, enhancing your survival skills by learning to source game for food and identify wild edibles and medicinals. Run by Phillip Liebel, it's the next step on your path to self-sufficiency.

Primitive Bow Making

Intermediate

Join our intensive weekend workshop, where survival expert Phillip Liebel will guide you to become a self-sustaining hunter-gatherer, mastering primitive bow making.

Instructors

Phillip Liebel

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Primal Hunter

Advanced

One weekend a month for 5 months OR a 9-day intensive. Embark on journey culminating in a tribal hunt. Build your bow, arrow, and arrowheads, and sharpen your archery skills. Join your tribe - trained side by side with you from day one - in an unforgettable experience.

Instructors

Phillip Liebel

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Hunter-Gatherer intensive

​Step into the footsteps of our ancestors and learn the essential skills that sustained them for thousands of years. The Hunter-Gatherer intensive is a comprehensive, hands-on training program that will teach you everything from stone tool making to fire building, foraging, primitive food procurement, shelter construction, and hide tanning. This intensive experience is designed for those who want to develop true self-reliance and deepen their connection to the natural world.

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Wilderness Adventures

The Hunter-Gatherer Success Path is a voyage into the world of our ancestors, enhancing your survival skills by learning to source game for food and identify wild edibles and medicinals. Run by Phillip Liebel, it's the next step on your path to self-sufficiency.

Echoes of the Ancestors: From primitive to present

A 5-Day Immersion in Ancestral and Modern Survival Skills

February 23–27, 2026 Bonita Valley, Arizona

Hosted by Primitive Wilderness Survival with Dave Holladay and Phillip Liebel

Join us in the breathtaking foothills of the Galiuro Wilderness for a 5-day journey that spans thousands of years of human survival. Guided by legendary instructor Dave Holladay and Primitive Wilderness Survival founder Phillip Liebel, this course weaves together the wisdom of the Stone Age with practical modern survival techniques… giving you a deep, well-rounded experience rooted in both ancient tradition and real-world application. You’ll learn essential skills for living with the land, from primitive fire and natural shelters to navigation, foraging, tool-making, and more. Each day brings hands-on lessons, immersive challenges, and campfire conversations that explore the tools, techniques, and mindset that have kept humans alive across time. We’ll move through the full arc of survival knowledge, from the stone tools of early ancestors to the resourcefulness needed in today’s wild places. Because of this layered approach, the course is ideal for everyone, from complete beginners to seasoned outdoorsmen looking to deepen their understanding. And each evening, you’ll be treated to a nourishing dinner inspired by local and indigenous foods, meals rooted in the landscape and culture of the desert Southwest. Think mesquite, prickly pear, wild herbs, and blue corn, served with care around the fire.

What’s Included:

  • 5 full days of immersive instruction
  • Skills ranging from primitive technology to modern bushcraft
  • Native-inspired dinners provided each evening
  • A stunning primitive basecamp in the high desert
  • A welcoming, challenge-by-choice environment for all experience levels

Come walk the ancient path, eat from the land, and awaken the survival skills that still live within you

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