If you hire a guide, or participate in an adventure trip, do you want to make sure your guide is qualified? Trained in Wilderness First Aid? Insured? Knowledgeable about the wilderness? Trained in environmentally sustainable outdoor practices? If so, PAWGI wilderness professionals are your answer!

ProCheck allows you to verify the certification level of any PAWGI professional, and to insure that their certification with the Professional Association of Wilderness Guides and Instructors is up to date. Please contact us to check the status of your guide.


PAWGI Wilderness Guides and Instructors are qualified in various areas, including regulations, nature and cultural interpretation, meteorology, risk & emergency management, expeditionary & outdoor leadership, environmentally sustainable outdoor practices, and wilderness survival.


Guides and Instructors certified by the Professional Association of Wilderness Guides and Instructors also hold Wilderness First Aid credentials from the Canadian Red Cross or other similar agencies.


PAWGI Professionals in North America are also fully insured and hold liability insurance in an amount of at least $2,000,000.


PAWGI Wilderness Guides and Instructors further operate in compliance will all local laws and regulations, and they apply environmentally sustainable outdoor practices to their every day operations, ensuring the preservation of wilderness environments and their biodivesity for many generations to come.


PAWGI Specialized Guides are also qualified in specific outdoor fields, such as survival, conservation, or nature photography, allowing them to offer a wide variety of nature oriented courses to the public.


Only PAWGI guides are trained and certified in wilderness-specific environments. Please contact us today to be placed in touch with a PAWGI wilderness professional in your area or the location of your next wilderness adventure!

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