Down below...

Edible Geography has a great blog post on the SEWER DIVERs who work in some of the world's major cities.
A subterranean landscape that almost no-one will never see...

Coincidentally, the Secret Garden Party will feature the Geography Collective Explorer Tent...

Exploration is a state of mind. Join us in the deep jungle of the Explorer Camp to hear stories from intrepid adventurers and discover new ways of exploring. Programmed by The Geography Collective, come deep into Explorer Camp expecting talks, films, games, workshops, installations and interventions.

This year the Secret Garden Party has unveiled the Explorer Camp treasure hunt to discover a treasure chest which has an Intrepid Travel holiday through Guatemala, Belize and Mexico inside.

The Discovery Channel explorer Olly Steeds will be speaking about his adventures and showing his recent programme on the Lost City of Gold - El Dorado - Its very name has become synonymous with the legend of a mythical city of gold lost in the wilds of South America. But is it really a myth? Is there actually a city packed with gold hidden somewhere in the Andes? For hundreds of years explorers have mounted expeditions to find it. Now Olly Steeds, journalist and explorer, has learned of new clues that could mean one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time is right around the corner. From the golden churches of the Incan capital Cusco, Olly follows the trail of El Dorado along a road of ruins deep into the remote Andes Mountains, leading an expedition that promises to open a new chapter in the centuries-old hunt for the City of Gold and change the face of archaeology.

Explorer writing workshops. Founder of Kabul Caravan and Lonely Planet travel writer Paul Clammer will be sharing how to tell stories about dangerous place including Haiti and Afghanistan, while travel publishers Eye Books will explain how to get your stories in print.

The Geography of Dance Music. A music-dance through the years, countries and sounds as Alex Wilson charts the devolvement of global dance music from 1900 to the present day… expect to be moved by desert blues, kwaito, cumbia, punta, soukou, rock, funk and folk, techno, house, salsa, rara, sufi, soul, disco, highlife, rumba, raga and so much more.

The now infamous Explorer Camp Wide Games will include Wide and Seek, 40 40, 123 in, Capture the Flag and Extreme Tiddly Winks every afternoon.

Colin Butfield from the WWF will be talking about the WWF's recent expeditions into tropical rainforests to discover new and endangered species.

Wild Animal Quiz for kids will feature a strange exploration of animal sounds from around the world for (big) kids.

Can You Tell What it is Yet? Can You Tell Where it is Yet? A Short Explore Around the World through Maps - Philip Hatfield from the British Library takes us through the world of maps.

With Mission:Explore we will be issuing challenges from the Explorer Camp. If you are in need of an adventure, visit our mission exchange to set and collect them for the festival community.

Dan Box will be sharing his experience of travelling to the Carteret Islands in the Pacific Ocean where the islanders are set to become the world’s first climate refugees.

Ian Pringle is an actor and mask maker. He is bringing his outstanding Face Up Theatre to the Explorer Camp in a series of workshops which will encourage those that take part to explore with new eyes and in extraordinary ways.

Siobhan Sinnerton, Series Editor of Unreported World is going to be showing two films which show the importance of exploration. She is looking forward to taking questions and explaining how the Channel 4 series is put together.

The Light Surgeons are some of the best video artists in the country. Founder and director Chris Allen will be coming to show some of their best psychogeographical work and will be talking about how and why they were made.

Jamie Buchanan-Dunlop is a digital explorer, using technology to plan and capture expeditions. Fresh back from working with young people from Pakistan and the Middle East, Jamie will be talking about the Off-screen Expeditions.

The British Library is supplying us with sonic explorations. Kids will be able to come and explore sounds of the world while each evening will close with the ambience of key world biomes including tropical rainforests and grasslands.

Christina Greenland is an expert in dance, therapy and movement. She will be running sensory exploration dance workshops that anyone can join. Expect bubble wrap.

Daniel Raven-Ellison from The Geography Collective set up a project to walk across some of the world’s biggest cities. He will be showing films of walks across Mexico City, Mumbai and London which have taken place as part of the URBAN EARTH project.

Christian Nold attaches sensors to people to map how they physically respond to the places they explore. He calls this biomapping. Come and hear how he does it and join in one of his workshops to sense The Secret Garden Party.

Frederik & Magnus are two students from Oslo in Norway who have a passion for all things Secret Garden Party. They are getting to the festival not by plane, train or coach, but… bicycle. They are going to be sharing their very recent and probably raw experiences.

King Adz is a filmmaker and author of The Urban Cookbook, The Urban Traveller’s Sketchbook and Street Knowledge. King is going to be issuing an A-Z of street culture and talking about his experiences of travelling urban worlds.

They are habitats. They are hosts for diseases. They become infected in and by travel and relationships… they are bodies and we all have one. Our special guest doctor is going to be showing lots painful images to reveal the relationship between exploration and health.

Terrorbull Games will be taking over Explorer Camp on Thursday afternoon with the War on Terror game. Allow them to play with your mind and join them for some light terrorism and extremist responses in this critically acclaimed game.

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