Wilderness Advanced First Aid - Winter 2025

The WAFA is a comprehensive medical training course designed for outdoor recreationalists or wilderness trip leaders who venture into moderately remote and challenging environments. The content is significantly more detailed than the Wilderness First Aid course, including emphasis on common critical body system problems and environmental topics.

DATES 2025

29 November - 2 December 2025

The course will start at 9 a.m. on Saturday, November 29th and will finish at approximately 6 p.m. on Tuesday, December 2nd 2025.

COURSE LOCATION & TRAVEL INFO

Outward Bound Center : 104, rue de la Molignée, 5537 Anhée, Belgium 

The Outward Bound Center can easily be reached by car.

The nearest train station is Yvoir, at about 4 kms from the Outward Bound Center.

If you plan on taking a plane to Belgium, the easiest way to get to our course house is by flying to Brussels (not Brussels South – Charleroi!) and taking a direct train from Brussels to Yvoir. 

ACCOMMODATION & CATERING

The Outward Bound Center offers 12 double/triple bedrooms.

All meals (from lunch on day 1 until lunch on the last day) will be provided by Outward Bound: breakfast and lunch in self catering, dinner will be delivered by a caterer.

You may arrive the evening of November 28th and/or stay until the morning of December 3rd if this is more convenient for you. The additional cost of 42€ will be charged per extra overnight stay (breakfast included). Please be aware that we don’t offer any catering on November 28th.

PRICES 2025

Early bird (enrolment and deposit received before September 1st 2025)	€ 789,00 (*)
Lazy bird (enrolment and deposit received between September 2nd and November 22nd 2025)	€ 877,00 (*)
Multiple enrollment (when 2 or more people of 1 organization register for a Wilderness First Aid 2025 Winter course at Outward Bound Belgium, same invoice details will be used)	€ 789,00 (*)
For members of climbing and caving federations, Outward Bound staff and students of the Adventure Therapy program (please send us a copy of your membership card/certificate)	€ 745,00 (*)
Extra overnight stay (on November 28th or December 2nd, breakfast included) (**)	€ 42,00/night

 (*) 21% VAT not included

(**) if you plan on enrolling both for the WAFA and the WAFA to WFR Bridge course 2025, the overnight stay(s) between those programs will not be charged

HOW TO REGISTER

Please complete the form, and deposit €200,00 registering on Outward Bound’s bank account(1) to reserve your place with mention of your name and ‘Deposit – WAFA Winter 2025.

(1) Outward Bound Training Center NV
Sluisstraat 79/3.1 – 3000 Leuven – Belgium
IBAN BE31 2300 5088 0055 (different account number than in the past!)
BIC : GEBABEBB

After registration and payment of the deposit, you will receive an enrolment key which will give you access to your WMA course materials on the WMA moodle platform. WMA utilizes this learning management system for pre-course paperwork (i.e. waivers) and to disseminate information.

You will receive an invoice for the remainder of the sum. Payment of the invoice must take place no later than 2 weeks prior to the start of the WAFA course. Outward Bound Belgium™ reserves the right to deny access to the course to any registrant who has not paid in full prior to the start of the course.