Jungles Expeditions in Guyana ( Survival | Transformation | Conservation)

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In the heart of the Guyanese rainforest, where morning runs might stir caimans and river otters paddle through city canals, Anders Andersen found what many seek but few recognize: belonging. He hadn’t planned on staying. The journey that brought him here began in a restless Venezuela, detoured through the drought-stung savannahs of northern Brazil, and landed — almost accidentally — in the Rupununi. What awaited him wasn’t just a landscape. It was a reckoning.

Anders, a Dane with a background in insurance and finance, had no formal training in outdoor survival. But Guyana didn’t care. Its humid breath, its jaguar-tracked paths, and its dawn choruses of antbirds and howlers opened something in him. You don’t choose the jungle, he now says. It chooses you.

Today, Anders runs The Wild Tales, an expedition and survival outfit that partners deeply with indigenous communities. His courses draw from a tradition passed down by his late mentor, Ian Craddock of Bushmasters UK — a blend of military grit and ecological reverence. Guests learn not just how to build shelter or catch piranha with handlines, but how to sit still enough to be watched by a jaguar, how to hear their own fears echo off the jungle walls.

At the edge of the Essequibo, deep in the canopy shade or under a tarp slick with midnight rain, Anders offers more than skills. He offers perspective. Because the wild, he says, isn’t something to conquer. It’s something to be quiet enough to listen to

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  • The Wild Tales offers jungle survival training, indigenous-led expeditions, and off-grid cultural immersion.
  • Anders transformed his life in Guyana after a spontaneous entry into the Rupununi savannah over a decade ago.
  • Isolation survival phases challenge guests to live solo in the jungle with just a machete, fire kit, and instinct.
  • Community collaboration with indigenous leaders ensures tours benefit locals and preserve tradition.
  • TV credentials include work with Ed Stafford, Naked and Afraid, and the Essequibo River expedition.
  • “You will meet yourself in a way that you hardly can meet yourself like anywhere else.” – Anders on the power of jungle survival.
  • “Piranhas are wonderful.” – A bushman’s take on misunderstood predators and jungle cuisine.
  • “If Anders is an idiot, they’ll tell you after one glass of rum.” – The humility and transparency behind community trust.
  • The jungle isn’t hostile — it’s honest. It reveals who you are when no one’s watching.
  • Adventure is personal. Whether you last one hour or three days in the wild, you return changed.
  • Support is best served face-to-face. Book a trip. Meet the guides. Share the firelight. That’s real impact.

Your Call To Adventure

Anders invites you to pull the plug and meet yourself in the wild. Book a survival course. Chase a sunset from a hammock. Or just walk the jungle’s edge and listen. Whatever it is — make it real. Let the wild find you.

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Pay It Forward

Skip the donation. Book the journey. Anders urges us to support indigenous communities not with pity, but with presence. Travel to the tropics. Learn from local leaders. And ensure they have a reason — and resources — to protect these last wild places.

References & Recommendations

  • Guyana – Anders’s adopted homeland and The Wild Tales base.
  • Rupununi Savannah – Where his jungle journey began.
  • Bullet Ant – A painful rite of passage in Amazonian survival.
  • Essequibo River – Site of epic expeditions and hidden encounters.
  • Ed Stafford – Adventurer and one of many who’ve worked with Anders.

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