A beginner's guide to natural navigation

# What is natural navigation?

Natural navigation is the art of finding your way using nature, including the sun, moon, stars, weather, land, sea, plants and animals. It is sometimes referred to as ‘wayfinding’, ‘emergency navigation’ or ‘improvised navigation’. Formal training in natural navigation is very rare and students on the course are guaranteed to learn things that almost nobody else knows.

What sort of person will enjoy the Beginner's Guide to Natural Navigation course?

All sorts! Those who enjoy fresh air and have an open mind. So far there have been artists, soldiers, writers, Navy officers, drainage engineers, lawyers, accountants, police officers, marketing people, IT people, farmers, actors, fathers and daughters, mothers and sons, sailors, builders, midwives… No astronauts yet, but it’s still early days.

After the one day course, ‘A beginner’s guide to natural navigation’, students will go on a walk in the city or countryside with a whole new perspective on the world around them.

Tristan Gooley is the only person in the world working full time in natural navigation, both instructing and researching. Having led expeditions in five continents and climbed mountains worldwide, he is also the only man alive who has both flown and sailed solo across the Atlantic. As founder of The Natural Navigation School, Tristan teaches clients the unique skill of natural navigation, providing both practical skills and a fascinating new way of looking at the world.