Sat Bătrân, Romania

Team Retreat

Convene your team at the unforgettable WeWilder Campus, for an all inclusive experience close to wild nature

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Overview

Get focused time for your team, your community or cross-organisational group in the middle of nature to advance your work. Enjoy the inspirational accommodations, get nourished with the local food and bond through local experiences seeded alongside your work agenda. Switch between the bright workshop room and the orchard while enjoying the sunshine and panoramic views. We only host 8 retreats in 2024. Some of the special features to experience: • fine dining in nature • movement trainer sessions at the outdoor yoga platform • masseuse for the arrival day or evenings • local herb specialist hosting nature walks and natural cosmetics workshop • local musicians to spice up the evenings

Highlights

Team connection

Team connection

Bond on a higher level aided by authentic experiences in a peaceful environment.

Seed new ideas

Seed new ideas

Think afresh by letting the natural environment bring energy and new avenues of ambition.

Impact for rewilding

Impact for rewilding

By coming here you are directly contribuiting to restoring the ecosystems we depend on, supporting the wellbeing of the local communities who take care of them.

Hosts

Whether it's in the wild or at the table, our experienced and knowledgeable hosts are conscious to create a welcoming space of comfort where each participant can relax and enjoy nature.

Oana Mondoc

Oana Mondoc

Oana is leading community development and innovation in WWF from the grassroots. She is a founder of WeWilder, working hand in hand with locals to host and create nourishing experiences that you inspire you beyond your stay.  She has been part of the story in Armeniș for more than 8 years and has actively catalyzed the local community to make real the vision for green economy here. She loves snowboarding and artisanal beer.

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Dosia Vela

Dosia Vela

Dosia is like a mother away from home. She is our local chef both in the Campus, gastronomy events or catering wilderness experiences and we have been working side by side for years. Her really special gift is to genuinely blend local cuisine and ingredients with inspiration from many fine dining experiences she took part in, with city chefs, foragers and artists. The meals she makes always has a touch of fantasy and truly nourish all your senses.

Matei Miculescu

Matei Miculescu

Matei is an experienced nature guide and ranger and will take on an incredible journey on the tracks of the wild bison. You will have a chance to get to know the story of this ambitious bison rewilding initiative, its impact on nature and local people. He is an involved member of the community and a local facilitator. He speaks fluent English and Romanian.

Schedule

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DAY 1

Connect to the story

  • Team arrives in the Old Village at WeWilder Campus
  • Guests settle into their campus or village huts
  • Teamwork time to align on goals
  • Fine dining experience with craft beer or wine pairing
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DAY 2

Think afresh

  • Immersive morning in nature
  • Teamwork time
  • Local experience involving wildflowers or tracking
  • Food, always from farm to table
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DAY 3

Empower ideas

  • Teamwork time
  • Wildlife friendly fitness activity
  • Traditional picnic in an old orchard
  • Guided nightwalk + campfire dinner
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DAY 4

Looking forward

  • Morning nature immersion
  • Teamwork time
  • Guided integration & closing
  • Hosted dinner in nature
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DAY 5

Together possible

  • Local product market
  • Goodbye to the team & the land
  • Lunch with locals or packed lunch

What's Included

What's Included

Three meals a day, including craft drinks like specialty coffee, wild harvested tea, artisanal beer and ecological wine.

Accomodation in a twin sustainable tiny hut on campus grounds, with breathtaking scenery.

All meals are freshly made, with local and seasonal ingredients sourced from small scale farming.

Plastic free natural soaps, shampoo, toothpaste provided to reduce our impact on water.

Unlimited access to the main co-working space in "Zâna" main building, wifi and a printer.

Water bottles

Trekking gear

Măgura Zimbrilor

Where bison roam free & wild

We are based in the Southern Carpathians near the Bison Hillock rewilding area, where over 145 bison roam free across one of Europe's most biodiverse natural landscapes. Experience the wilderness for yourself and activate your everyday nature awareness, thus contributing to this rewilding project by engaging the local community and supporting local green services.

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Trip Tips

10% of revenues are dedicated to creating a community conservation fund

10% of revenues are dedicated to creating a community conservation fund

This is an instrument that keeps giving back to nature by funding small conservation projects to help maintain the wildness of the area. The fund is managed by WWF involving locals in choosing and implementing the local projects. From small river restoration projects to reducing pressure on certain habitats, we give back 10% of what you pay to nature.

Included: Wildflower guided tour and natural remedie workshop

Included: Wildflower guided tour and natural remedie workshop

Explore the most biodiverse pastures in Europe with a herbalist; discover the wonders of wildflowers, forrage with care and learn to create a natural remedy to take home.

Reviews

The WeWilder experience opened up a gateway for me to become aware of deeper aspects of Life. Learning about wildlife tracking, trailing, sit spots and sleep-outs transformed my relationship with myself and the more than human world and offered me the possibility to start understanding Life in a unique way. This experience put me on a path of eco-awakening and ever since I've encountered the gaze of the Wild Bison I have been nurturing my relationship with Nature in ways that I did not have access to before.

Paul, Experience Designer

Previously my appreciation of nature was superficial because I didn't know what I was looking at or even how to look. Now I learned a small but important hint in how to start seeing, listening.Thank you for opening my mind and senses. It is not an exaggeration that I feel I'm excited about life again, thanks to the WeWilder experience.

Nini, Graphic Designer

WeWilder activated my “biological sensitivity” in such a way that I—the guy that secretly despised birdwatchers no earlier than September 2020—ended up looking with loving eyes at any ruffled tit in the park.

Șerban, Advertising Company Director

Thank you for this awesome experience and for teaching me new things I never thought I would be interested in or intersect with! :)”

Bogdan, Architect

Bison Hillock offers you a lifetime experience that drives you from the comfort of an authentic house to the beauty of wilderness. A perfect location to reconnect with you and nature.

Otilia, Entrepreneur & Marketing

Add Ons

2 days bison tracking experience, hosted in the wild

2 days bison tracking experience, hosted in the wild

Trail wild bison with an experienced wilderness guide and experience grassroots rewilding efforts. Be pampered by passionate team of locals hosting you in a comfortable safari camp....
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1/2 day ebike viilage tour with local picnic

1/2 day ebike viilage tour with local picnic

Relive the joy of childhood in a hilly and picturesque village, on easy to control ebikes. Daniel, a local bison expert will be your guide....
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Professional massage

Professional massage

Pamper yourself further with a relaxing massage, bookable upon request.

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3 days bison tracking, bear hides, chamois trails

3 days bison tracking, bear hides, chamois trails

Journey on the trails of the impressive bison, 145 roaming freely in a spectacular rewilding area guided by the local conservation team. Search for chamois in their natural environment and paciently wait for wildlife at dawn and look out from a remote hide....
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PRICE$470.44/pp

You'll Be Staying Here

3 Tiny Huts on Campus

3 Tiny Huts on Campus

Stay in one of three twin tiny houses located on the main campus grounds. Their full glass facade offer breathtaking view over the picturesque rural landscape and Țarcu Mountains where bison roam freely. Each hut has a twin or double bed set-up, private bathroom and kitchenette. The tiny houses are ideal for couples or a pair of friends. When booking a co-working week, your stay will be allocated to the tiny huts, while next options are bookable if extra places are requested.

MuMA Hut

MuMA Hut

MuMA Hut, is an award winning tiny house located in a secluded orchard, 20 minutes away from the main campus. It is easily accessible using one of our e-bikes or we can organise daily transfers with a local driver between this corner of heaven and the main co-working and bistro area.

Sub Măgrin stone house

Sub Măgrin stone house

Sub Măgrin, or the house under the acacia tree is a traditional stone farmhouse refurbished preserving traditional methods and keeping is character. Located 7 minutes away from the main co-working space and accessible with our e-bikes it offers two double rooms, a bathroom and kitchen as well as a spectacular courtyard, a barn and fireplaces throughout.

Casa Țărănească house

Casa Țărănească house

Casa Țărănească, or "the peasant" house is an old farmhouse, recently refurbished to provide modern comfort and memories of a traditional lifestyle. Its located 15 minutes away from the main co-working space, easily accessible with our e-bikes. It's got 1 twin room, 2 double rooms a large living room with a sofa, two bathrooms, a kitchen and a sauna!

Team Retreat

Sat Bătrân, Romania· 4 nights

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