About Us

Mike Hayes, the owner of Wilderness Experience Training and the Kangaroo Valley Adventure Company, has been delivering outdoor adventure training experiences and corporate adventure programs in Kangaroo Valley and throughout NSW since 1998.

A leader in experiential training

For more than 20 years, Wilderness Experience Training (WET) has been a leader in delivering experiential training programs to corporations, sporting teams and elite athletes, with a unique blend of outdoor adventure experiences and holistic philosophy. 

Our programs include leadership and resilience training, the renowned Campfire Boardroom corporate wilderness retreats, Rite of Passage Experiences for young people, and parent-child programs. All are carefully designed to build resilience, empower participants, develop group cohesion, facilitate cultural change, and other outcomes depending on our clients' desired goals.

WET Founder Mike Hayes has a degree in Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics and holds a Diploma of Outdoor Recreation. He has a particular passion for the amazing wildlife in Kangaroo Valley and is the ‘go to’ person when it comes to understanding the Valley's amazing platypus population.

A yellow tent on a grassy hill with ice spotted around

For over 20 years we have been delivering experiential training programs by utilising outdoor adventure experiences as a catalyst for positive change.