Private instruction FOR GROUPS

We collaborate with organizations, colleagues, folk schools, fibresheds, and groups of friends.

As a host, you choose one of our hide tanning courses. Then we provide the equipment, tools, and hides.

Your group may travel to us and stay on the WSANEC Peninsula on Vancouver Island, near the city of Victoria. Or we can travel to you within Canada, with our travel costs reimbursed.

About Hide Tanning Courses
aka Hide Camps

• Hide camps are multi-day, all day events.

• We arrive on site one day early for setting up equipment + may need to stay the day after a hide camp to take-down equipment

• Participants are required to attend each day of the hide camp to ensure they finish their hide.  At the end, everyone takes home the leather, buckskin, or rug they created.

• Hide tanning is hard work, and rich reward. New tanners usually pair up two people to a hide.

• We ensure every new tanner has thorough instruction and guidance.

• As a host, we ask that you refer to our hide camp hosting checklist to ensure you have all the site amenities needed for making the expereince great.

How to Request a Hide Course

• Click below + choose if you’re coming from an organization or a group of friends

  • Organizations: we ask for a $70 booking deposit (admin fee). Once we receive a booking deposit, we prioritize dates for your group. As an organization, you may pay with credit card, cheque, or bank deposit in one payment or up to two instalments. If we travel to you, you cover our travel + accommodations costs.

  • Groups of friends: we waive our admin fee for you. Once we receive your request form, we prioritize dates for your group. As a group of friends, you may pay individually within a short timeframe. If we travel to you, our travel + accommodations costs are split between the group.

• Gather a group of eight or more people for a course

• Choose whether you want a 2-day, 3-day, 4-day, or 5-day course. See the options + prices in the links below.