LAND Water Air

• Mountaineering • Swimming • Parasailing

• Trekking/Hiking • Snorkeling • Skydiving
• Camping • Diving • Paragliding
• Backpacking • Surfing • Drone Racing
• Picnic • Canoeing • Aerobatic
• Bird – Watching • Kayaking • Parachuting
• Mountain Biking • Whitewater Rafting • Kite Surfing
• Orienteering • Sailing
• Canyoneering • Fishing
• Bamboo Rafting
• Rock Climbing
PHYSICAL HEALTH BENEFITS
• It allows people to move,
whether by walking, running,
swimming, biking, paddling,
etc. It gets their hearts
pumping and their bigger
muscles at work. Such
movements expend energy,
promote cardiovascular and
muscular fitness, and improve
the function of the immune
system.
PHYSICAL HEALTH
BENEFITS
• Many people have
documented the benefits of
staying active that include
reduced obesity, reduced
risk of disease, enhanced
immune system, and
increased life expectancy.
PSYCHO - EMOTIONAL
HEALTH BENEFITS
• Engaging in outdoor
recreational activities helps
people to rest, relax, de –
stress or unwind, and fell
revitalized. Nature has its
own way of positively
distracting a stressed mind
and calming it down.
PSYCHO - EMOTIONAL
HEALTH BENEFITS
• Being outdoor also improves
our self – esteem, confidence,
and creativity. There is a
sense of “feeling good”
whenever one achieves the
goal in a particular activity
such as reaching the peak of
a mountain or learning a skill
of paddling in canoeing.
PSYCHO - EMOTIONAL
HEALTH BENEFITS
• Outdoor recreational
activities contribute to one’s
personal and spiritual
growth. It allows an
individual to discover
his/her inner spirit and
sense of self, creating new
behaviors and identity.
SOCIAL BENEFITS
• Outdoor activities are ways for
families to become closer. They
can be a “family – bonding
activity” as each family member
participates in an activity,
achieves a common goal, and
goes through the same
experience. Spending time
outdoors also allows one to meet
and interact with others who
share the same passion for
outdoor recreation.
SOCIAL BENEFITS
• It also promotes stewardship.
Activities done outdoors in the
natural setting help in making
people realize the great things
that nature provides mankind.
Thus, people’s feelings and
connection with nature are the
greatest motivation for them to
care for the natural environment
and advocate for its
preservation.
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
•People who have a
relaxed body and mind
tend to be more
productive at work.
This translates into
efficiency at the
workplace.
SPIRITUAL BENEFITS
• Positive outdoor
experiences can stir up
spiritual values. Being one
with nature brings certain
calmness within a person. It
strengthens an individual as
it heals, rejuvenates, and
soothes the body and soul.
• Before going to a place, check if your
planned activity is permitted.
• Make sure you have the needed
equipment for your activity and the
skills needed to undertake the activity.
• Plan how to cope in case emergency
arises.
• Check the weather forecast and be
prepared for changing weather
conditions.
• Learn when areas are most crowded
and try to avoid those items.
• To minimize environmental impact
and for safety reasons, keep group
numbers small.
• Repack food to minimize waste.
• When trekking, maps and compass
must be used to avoid markings or
leaving of marks on rocks and the
like.
• Walk, run, bike, or camp on durable
surfaces like established tracks, rocks,
gravel, and dry grasses.
• Avoid walking on soft surfaces like soft
plants. You might be trampling on a
young tree or pasture and this will cause
vegetation damage.
• Use existing trails or campsites, no need
to build a new campsite that will alter the
environment.
• To avoid erosion, walk in single file in the
middle of the trail.
• When camping, keep the campsites small
and discreet.
• Camp at least 200 feet from the lakes
and rivers to protect the waters.
• “Pack it in, Pack it Out” means
everything you brought should be brought
back with you including left – over food
or fruit peel. NOTHING should be left.
• When camping, cat holes are dug (6-8
inches deep) for human waste and
covered just the same with soil and weeds
or leaves on top.
• Dishes should be washed 200 feet away
from the lakes or rivers and use
biodegradable soap.
• Examine archeological structures, old
walls, and other heritage artifacts but do
not touch nor leave marks on them.
• Leave nature as you found them. Do not
take any plant, rocks, or marine animal
with you.
• Avoid introducing non – native plants and
animals.
• Do not build structures, furniture, or dig
trenches.
• Use lightweight stove for cooking;
campfires can cause lasting impacts.
• If fires are permitted, use fire rings or
mound fires that are already set – up.
• Keep fires small and use only sticks from
the ground than can be broken by hand.
• No burning of plastics or other
substances that emit toxic fumes.
• Burn all wood to ash and make sure fires
are completely out. Scatter the cool ash.
• Observe wild animals from a distance and
they should be avoided during sensitive
times