Daniel Eggington at jungle camp
Instructor

Daniel
Eggington

Daniel Eggington has over a decade of jungle expedition experience, with a background in emergency response, safeguarding, remote travel, expedition planning and field-risk management.

His work spans expedition leadership, specialist team preparation and field consultancy for film, research and private clients operating in remote tropical terrain — built around clear, measurable standards.

Recent field work includes a Darién crossing, Congo expedition preparation, and time on the Rio Negro and Essequibo river systems.

10+
Years in jungle
2018
Retained firefighter since
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Credentials

Trained and certified for remote, high-risk environments.

  • FREC 3
    First Response Emergency Care — Level 3

    Pre-hospital emergency care to UK ambulance-service standards.

  • WFR
    Wilderness First Responder

    Extended-care medicine for environments hours or days from definitive care.

  • OSSM
    Off-Site Safety Management — Royal Geographical Society

    RGS-certified 15-hour CPD in field risk assessment, planning and incident management.

  • HEAT / HEFAT
    Hostile Environment Awareness & First Aid Training

    Operating, planning and managing risk in hostile and high-threat environments, with integrated first-aid for the same.

  • RYA L2
    RYA Powerboat Level 2

    Coastal and inland powerboat handling — relevant for river insertion and resupply on tropical expeditions.

  • UK FRS
    Retained Firefighter — UK Fire & Rescue Service

    Serving retained firefighter. Incident command and casualty work under pressure.

Regions operated

Field time across Central America, Amazonia and Central Africa.

  • Darién
    Panama
  • Costa Rica
    Central America
  • Essequibo
    Guyana
  • Rio Negro
    Brazil
  • DRC
    Reconnaissance
In the field

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From the field

Real conditions. Real training.

Trainee in a hammock shelter system at a jungle camp
River insertion by dugout canoe on a remote tropical river
Field shelter and cooking fire under a rain roof in the jungle
Riverside resupply point in a remote Darién community
Local community children in a Darién village during rain
Pacific coastline near the Darién training region

Photographs from real field operations across the Darién and remote tropical river systems.

What participants say

Honest words from the field.

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