Selvaggio Blu Expedition

Sardinia

21 September 2025 08:00 - 28 September 2025 17:00

GBP £2,499.00

10 in stock

Selvaggio Blu is not your average trek; it’s an extraordinary expedition that combines wilderness medicine education with one of Europe’s most stunning coastal trails. Over eight memorable days, you’ll be immersed in the dramatic beauty of Sardinia’s limestone coastline while developing crucial expedition medicine and leadership skills.

This expedition offers a perfect blend of challenging trekking and practical medical education. Rather than classroom-based learning, we teach wilderness medicine in context – using the equipment we carry and the environment around us, just as you would treat a patient in a remote setting.

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Key facts

Join the World Extreme Medicine team for a week-long expedition along the Selvaggio Blu trail as we take on one of Europe’s most extreme treks whilst helping you develop your extreme medicine and leadership skills. This expedition combines extreme challenges, exposed scrambling, heat & sun exposure, alongside the physiological and psychological impacts of muti-day trekking.

Location: Pedra Longa, Sardinia

Is this course right for you?

This course is designed for healthcare professionals and students who want to apply their clinical knowledge to expedition settings.

We welcome participants from all backgrounds – whether you’re an experienced mountaineer or new to technical terrain. While the trek is challenging, our expert guides ensure everyone can participate safely.

CPD: The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh have awarded this course 15 CPD hours.

You need:

A good level of fitness for multi-day trekking
Comfort with walking on varied terrain
Willingness to embrace the expedition environment
No technical climbing experience required – our guides will support you

What to Expect

Daily trekking averages 6-8 hours with up to 1200m of ascent & descent
Nights spent camping under Sardinia’s stunning starlit skies
Small-group learning focused on practical wilderness medicine
Support from experienced expedition guides and medical instructors

What’s included:

Tutoring, accommodation and meals
Trekking fees
Group transfers

What’s not:

General travel costs
Travel and health insurance
Personal equipment
Tent / bivvy kit
Harness
Via Ferrata kit
Helmet

Travel insurance with mountaineering cover is essential for this trip. We recommend a suitable policy through the BMC or Austrian Alpine Club.

What to expect

This course is a true expedition and a considerable challenge.
On our first night, we’ll settle into a local Refugio surrounded by mountains and Mediterranean scrub. We’ll meet with our guides & the team to discuss the week ahead, check our kit and cover some all-important extreme medicine lectures.

On day two, we’ll head to the official starting point for the trek at Pedra Longa (long stone), named after the 128m dolomitic limestone spire which erupts from the crystal-clear turquoise waters of Sardinia’s coastline. This epic monument is just a taste of what is to come on this incredible adventure.

Each night will be spent camping under the stars, immersed in the wild landscapes of the coastline. Sardinia is blessed with clear skies and very low levels of light pollution, giving way to stunning celestial views.

Daily trekking routes will average 6-8hrs, with up to 1200m of ascent & descent on the toughest days. There are sections of via ferrata, scrambling, rope lowers and high exposure.

The trek has an overall grade EE (UIAA Italian Hiking system) with some sections of scrambling reaching UIAA grade III.

During the course, we’ll blend interactive group teaching focusing on common injuries, environmental factors, trauma, medical kits, planning, risk assessment and leadership.

Course content

Expedition and daily planning
Leadership
Risk assessment
Medical screening, advice and planning
Public health and camp management
Hydration
Communications and evacuation
Common wilderness medical issues
Foot care and minor injuries
Wilderness trauma care
Fracture management and joint reductions
Heat-related illness
Immersion and drowning

What you need to know

Preparation is key, this trek is remote and tough so please refer carefully to the kit list and ensure you bring any other items necessary for your needs.

The trekking on this expedition is tough, requiring good physical fitness and experience on mountainous or coastal trails. You must be comfortable with multi-day trekking. Although there are some sections of climbing and technical rope work, you do not need experience of this, our guides will take care of this for you.

Typical daytime temperatures range between 20oC – 30oC with some extreme outside of this possible, night-time temperatures range between 12oC – 19oC. It is rare to experience rain, but it is still possible. A high degree of sun exposure should be expected.

Equipment List

Lightweight trousers x 1
Lightweight shorts x 2
Lightweight technical t-shirts x 3-5
Zipped fleece top x 1
Waterproof jacket x 1
Buff or scarf
Hat
Sun glasses
Underwear x 6
Trekking socks
Swimwear
Light towel
Trekking shoes or boots (with hard sole)
Walking poles (optional)

Day pack – min 20 litre
Duffel bag – min 60 litre
Dry bags

Tent or bivvy kit
Sleeping bag
Sleeping bag liner
Travel pillow (optional)

Climbing harness
Via ferrata kit
Helmet

Spork / cutlery
Plate / mess tin
Cup / flask
Water bottles min 3L total capacity
Water bladder (optional)
Head torch
Power bank, charger, travel adaptors
Travel documents, passport, visa
Insect repellent
Suncream (min SPF30)
Toiletries
Toilet paper
Biodegradable bags
Lighter
Hand sanitiser
Wet wipes
Ear plugs
Snacks bars (optional)
Medication (double quantities)
Ibuprofen, Paracetamol and other appropriate analgesia
Immodium
Antiseptic wipes / spray
Gauze pads
Vaseline
Betadine or similar
Zinc oxide tape
Crepe or cohesive bandage
Triangular bandage
Compeed and/or moleskin
Plasters and steristrips
Oral rehydration tablets or powder

Hear From Our Past Attendees

“Overall, I had a fantastic experience on the Selvaggio Blu. The whole expedition went off without a hitch! The views were stunning, and it was also a physical/mental challenge.

However, the people absolutely made the trip. Our team was so cohesive and worked together so well.

The learning, both in interactive discussion and the sharing of both common & different experiences between team members during session + throughout the day was second to none. I had the absolute best time and can’t wait to do more with WEM!”

Erin – Selvaggio Blu Expedition Attendee 2024

“Thanks for a great course!”

Winford – Selvaggio Blu Expedition Attendee 2024

Talk To Our Team

If you wish to learn more or have any additional questions, we invite you to book a 30-minute discovery call with our team.

→ Click here to book a discovery call.

The call will be with the team who organise our courses, and work closely with our medical teaching faculty. They are best placed to really explain what our attendees get out of attending a course with us.

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