Daniel
Eggington
Over a decade leading and instructing in tropical rainforest environments across Central and South America. Daniel has built the Academy around the same standards he applies to his own expeditions — clear, measurable, uncompromising.
His work spans expedition leadership, specialist team preparation and field consultancy for film, research and private clients operating in remote tropical terrain.
His professional background combines safeguarding, team leadership and risk work with sustained remote operations. Recent field work includes a Darién crossing, Congo expedition preparation, and time on the Rio Negro and Essequibo river systems.
Trained and certified for remote, high-risk environments.
- FREC 3First Response Emergency Care — Level 3
Pre-hospital emergency care to UK ambulance-service standards.
- WFRWilderness First Responder
Extended-care medicine for environments hours or days from definitive care.
- OSSMOff-Site Safety Management — Royal Geographical Society
RGS-certified 15-hour CPD in field risk assessment, planning and incident management.
- HEAT / HEFATHostile Environment Awareness & First Aid Training
Operating, planning and managing risk in hostile and high-threat environments, with integrated first-aid for the same.
- RYA L2RYA Powerboat Level 2
Coastal and inland powerboat handling — relevant for river insertion and resupply on tropical expeditions.
- UK FRSRetained Firefighter — UK Fire & Rescue Service
Serving retained firefighter. Incident command and casualty work under pressure.
Field time across Central America, Amazonia and Central Africa.
- DariénPanama
- Costa RicaCentral America
- EssequiboGuyana
- Rio NegroBrazil
- DRCReconnaissance