Welcome Wildlings
Ladies, we are so excited you are here.
Are you ready to book your next adventure? We are ready to take you hiking, kayaking, or camping in the Midwest. We do the planning and provide all the gear. You show up ready to get your Adventure On!
What is a Wildling?
Put simply, a Wildling is someone who loves hanging out in nature and isn’t afraid to have a little adventure.
Our community is full of Wildlings, and our goal is to bring more of them with us on our journeys.
Upcoming Adventures
Urban Nature Walk & Handmade Papermaking
Date: Sunday – July 27, 2025
Time: 1130 AM – 5 PM CST
A Day of Slow Wonder
Step out of the rush and into a slower rhythm with this immersive, one-day experience, in the heart of Chicago. We will start the day with an urban nature walk through one of Chicago’s iconic green spaces at Ping Tom Memorial Park in beautiful Chinatown. As we stroll we will gather natural treasures – fallen petals, textured leaves, found bits of the world around us – to use later in our handmade paper.
After a group lunch, we will tuck into a quiet, hidden garden for afternoon of paper making. No experience is needed – just your presence. You’ll be guided through a meditative, hands-on process using both the items or collected and a curated selection of beautiful materials provided for you.
This is a day of slowing down, noticing, and creating something tangible and meaningful from the natural world around you.
Expect beauty, breath, and a touch of magic.
Limited spots. Bring a friend or come solo and make new ones. All material provided.
Location: Ping Tom Memorial Park – Meet at the Pagoda. Lunch in Chinatown or Pilsen. Secret Garden is in Pilsen. All is within walking distance of the park
$125 per hiker
Hike &
Watercolor Painting
Dates: Coming in the Fall
Time: TBD
Where Art Meets Nature 🎨🍁
Hiking Location: Love Creek Nature Center
$45 per hiker (includes park entrance fee and painting supplies.)çC
Hike &
Forest Forest Bathing
Date: Coming in the Fall
Time: TBD
Forest Bathing = Fully Clothed 👕 🥾
Come loiter, delightfully, amongst the trees, plants, earth and sky. Walk leisurely in Nature’s embrace, touch, smell, taste and inhale her scents, sounds, colors and textures. In other words, join us for a forest bath and prepare for the upcoming holidays by learning to loiter and love it!
Location: Mettawa, IL (Less than 1 hour from Chicago)
Captain Daniel Wright Woods Forest Preserve.
$45 per hike
Get Out of the "Bored" Room - Corporate & Team Solutions
Break Free from the “Bored” Room: Where Innovation Meets Adventure
Unleash your team’s untapped creativity in the most powerful brainstorming space on Earth – the great outdoors.
Our pioneering approach transforms traditional corporate and team ideation through three powerful pillars: Grounding, Play, and Expression.
Forget stuffy conference rooms and endless slideshows. Instead, imagine your team discovering breakthrough solutions while embracing natural surroundings that science proves spark creative thinking.
Our expert-guided adventures create the perfect environment for innovation to flourish.
Through mindful grounding, playful exploration, and authentic expression, we’ll guide your team to think differently, connect meaningfully, and generate ideas that could never take root under fluorescent lights.
Ready to trade your whiteboard for the wilderness?
Click to discover how nature can transform your team’s next big breakthrough.
About Us
Back to Wild Adventures is an outdoor company focused on empowering women in the outdoors to bring that confidence back to their everyday lives and relationships.
Outdoor activities are healing, inspiring, and connecting; they don’t have to be overwhelming. We don’t want anything to keep you from (re)claiming your ‘wild.’ So, Back to Wild Adventures provides the gear and guidance you need to hit the trail or to enjoy a camping weekend.
We provide both shared and custom hiking and camping adventures.
Our shared experiences include Hiking and Yoga, Hiking and Watercolor Painting, Hike and Wine, Forest Bathing, Hiking and Meditation, Family Hike and Scavenger Hunt, Joyful Movement, and Hiking and Photography. One of our most popular shared experiences is Ladies Hike Club which is the last Sunday of the month. The theme changes month to month. Ladies Hike Club is open to all women, those who identify as a woman, and non-binary folx.
We are inclusive of all body shapes, races, sexual orientations, gender identification, and experience levels.
EveryBODY is welcome on the trails.
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