Algodonales · Andalucía · Spain
Come to Spain, join a friendly group of pilots and concentrate on the flying. We take care of the weather briefings, site choice, transport, retrieves, accommodation and local logistics.
Whether you are newly qualified, building confidence after CP, learning to thermal, planning your first cross-country flights or already pushing bigger XC distances, your coaching is adapted to you.
Standard guided week: 7 nights and 6 full flying days. We operate seven days a week and make the most of any extra arrival-day, departure-day or evening flying that weather and timing allow.
One group. Individual progression.
Pilots do not all arrive with the same experience, confidence or goals. That is why we do not try to force everyone through an identical programme.
There are important skills that every developing pilot needs to revisit: weather, site choice, launching, active flying, thermalling, decision-making, route planning and safe landing options. We repeat and build on these subjects until they make sense in real flying conditions. At the same time, the advice you receive is personal to your experience, your wing, your confidence and the type of flying you want to achieve.No question is too basic. A good development environment is one where pilots can ask, discuss, make sensible decisions and learn without feeling pressured to keep up with somebody else.
Choose the support you need
You do not need to choose a fixed “course” before you arrive. Tell us where you are in your flying and what you would like to improve. We will help you build the right week.
An optional way to learn
If you are open-minded about it, one of Nick’s favourite teaching platforms is the tandem.
Flying together allows us to experience the same air, make decisions in real time and talk through exactly what is happening. Rather than trying to explain a climb, transition or route choice afterwards, Nick can demonstrate it while you are both in the air. A tandem cross-country flight can be especially useful for understanding how to search for a thermal, centre a climb, read the terrain, choose a line, decide when to leave and keep suitable landing options available. It also gives developing pilots a chance to experience a longer XC flight without the pressure of having to make every decision alone. Many pilots who have flown cross-country with Nick on the tandem say that it helped several pieces of their flying finally make sense. It is practical, conversational coaching in the environment where those decisions actually matter.
Eat. Brief. Fly. Retrieve. Debrief. Repeat.
Life on a guided week
A famous southern-Spain flying base
The plan remains flexible. Flying sites, tasks and departure times are always chosen according to the actual conditions, not a fixed itinerary.
Sleep properly. Fly better.
Standard guided weeks include accommodation in one of our shared houses. You share the kitchen, sitting areas and general house facilities with other pilots, but every adult receives their own private bedroom.
We do not place two unrelated adults in one bedroom. Twin-sharing strangers may be common elsewhere, but it is not how we operate.
Arrive with your flying equipment, insurance and a willingness to learn. We handle the rest of the week around you.
More than a booking
Most people arrive on their own or knowing only one other person. Very few leave feeling that way.
A ParaglidingGuide week is built around shared flying, honest conversations, good humour and pilots encouraging one another. Lower-airtime pilots learn from the experience around them. More experienced pilots help create a calm and positive environment. Everyone brings something to the group. As a coach, Nick’s priority is not simply that you fly further during one holiday. It is that you become a safer, more confident and more thoughtful pilot who continues enjoying the sport for many years. We want everyone back on the ground, sharing the story and ready to fly again tomorrow.Great flying. Great laughs. Sensible decisions. Friends you will probably fly with again.
Unsure whether you are ready? Contact Nick before booking. A short, honest conversation about your recent flying and confidence is usually enough to place you in the right group.
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Ready for your next step?
From €895 per pilot · €200 deposit · Balance due 14 days before arrival