Solo Camping Overnight on Snake Island 

I’m eating tuna and crackers during the snake snack scene for that full immersion

Bro paddled away so far just to get that shot leaving the island...dedication right there

He’s literally teaching us the basics, something I wish we were taught in school. He makes me want to go out and try this

Im currently going through a breakup and this content is fantastic for calming me and distracting me. Also gives me hope that I can manage on my own because you're out in the wilderness thriving on your own.

You're really helping keep me company during a more lonely time in my life. Thank you bud.

I have a crippling anxiety disorder and can barely leave the house without panic attacks. I watch your videos remind myself why I'm going to therapy and it motivates me to work hard on getting back out there. I cant wait to finally be able to do this and not feel physically sick the whole time.

The Ant just being a savage crawling over the snakes head while he murders a fish 😂

I've known you for a week and I can say that you are an inspiration to me. I have been locked up at home for many years with depression and with phobias of almost everything and seeing you in distant places spending the night you only motivate me to do the same even if I start by going to places not so remote. A greeting from Spain mate.

The drone shots really add something special in emphasizing the grandeur and isolation of the area. So beautiful. And your meals seem amazingly easy to prepare for maximum enjoyment.

Bro I don’t even camp, I’m a city boy but you’ve enlightened me and implanted a whole new meaning and perspective of camping in my brain. The effort you put into these videos are insane. Thank you so much

He is very talented at what he is doing. Very charming and peaceful. Such a great soul. He lives what nature has to give. Btw also an excellent cook.

From 100,000 subs, now less than a year later you’re at almost 440k. That’s so cool. It’s been so fun hyperfixating on your videos lately - they’re the perfect combo of engaging and relaxing - and it’s been super cool watching your back catalogue and seeing how much you’ve grown and changed within this art form and as a person. What hasn’t changed, though, is your dedication, authenticity, and your good heart. YOU are the real deal. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us. 🙏🏻💕

Man, you have inspired me to plan a camping trip on my own. I have been doing outdoor adventures for more than 2 years already but never camped on my own. I am a bit scared of snakes and other wild animals. Based in China and not so familiar with the outdoor life here in terms of camping alone. Great videos, spent my weekend learning from you and love your adventures. Much love SA Traveller.

This guy's a classic! Shows how camping really is. Canoe floats away, slips into water and overeating, with some comedy thrown in. Looking forward to more!

It’s not surprising at all that this channel has grown so much in such a short period of time. It’s well deserved, you put a lot of time and effort into the channel and it really shows in the cinematography. You also pick beautiful places to visit and overall have a very relaxed style of commentary. Kudos!

My son and I go hiking/backpacking all the time. And we are always willing to try new bushcraft techniques: cooking bannock, building a shelter, hiking/camping in a storm, watching snakes eat a fish (we saw one eat a toad once!), swimming in mountain lakes... etc. And I just wanted to say... when I want to point anyone to videos that will certainly inspire them to do great things in the outdoors... it's YOUR channel. thanks tons for all the time you spend filming/editing and most importantly... going out in the woods and enjoying life!

Xander, I very much admire your woodsman skills. You are living a life that not many can duplicate.

Hey Xander, I’m no guru but my denesuline aunties taught me how to make bannock over the fire in the NWT. When camping I find it’s easiest to mix/knead the dough in the Ziplock bag, then make little dough balls, flatten, and poke little holes in the bannock patties with a knife. Fry in oil/butter then eat warm with jam/butter/honey. Super simple & fucking delicious

"Since he caught a fish, we caught a fish". The most Canadian moment ever xD Greetings from the USA!

When you bring a steak, make sure to also bring some white wine or delicate red such as Pinot Noir to deglaze the pan with. Then pour the glaze on top of your steak. Perfection!

These videos are so good to binge. Favorite channel on RU-vid. Please don't ever stop making these, they are amazing

This channel is awesome. I went on my first overnight hike the other week, I'm sure keen for more adventures. Thanks for the inspiration :)

I love your channel. It’s so calming. As a person with anxiety you are my new go to channel for winding down and just calming down. Thank you!!

Absolutely amazing ! I just loved it, the filming , the shots , the breakfast every thing looked amazing. Keep up the good work brother.

Assisto seus vídeos todos os dias após um dia de trabalho. É relaxante e divertido, também aprendo muita coisa sobre acampamento e etc.

I never would have thought my favorite part of these videos would be when he makes breakfast and dinner. But here we are. Love these videos! keep up the good work!

The quality of survival, cooking and filming is phenomenal! I am inspired to train for the outdoors to be able to do this one day and enjoy nature as you do!

The Thumbnail looks so Down to Earth and not clickbait. I like it

You are what camping is about! Easy, simple, and all about having fun in the outdoors! Love this and your channel! Totally addictive!

"I wish I could stay another night, but I have places to be and people to kill." - Xander

I cannot wait to be able to travel again and get back to doing things like this. So envious of these locations! Keep up the great work!

This was a great episode. Thank you for teaching me how to bake a simple bread while camping. Can't wait to try it myself.

For a second, at 17:15, I thought you'd say "I've been paddling for about 2 hours now and I just realized I forgot my second camera back on that island". I really enjoyed this video. It's just so nice to see you happy being all by yourself and just forgetting about all the drama out there in the big cities and just enjoying the moment. I was super stoked about that shot of the snake eating the first, too bad he went away later. Thanks for the great content.

Man, I absolutely love your videos. So fun to watch someone clearly loving what they do, your energy and positivity is infectious and inspiring. Keep up the great work. x

This channel is something else for me. It's relaxing and entertaining. I really like to just sit down and enjoy your videos and imagine myself doing similar stuff. Thank you for that

How wild and majestic it was to see that snake consume the fish.

Watching this video was absolutely therapeutic. Glad it randomly popped up in my recommended videos and I can't wait to watch the rest of your videos!

These videos make the 3am youtube binges so worth it

Found you about 2 weeks ago and have no binged everything, and planning my own hike in NZ later in the year! Love your videos Xander, they’re amazing and so calming to watch!

Xander I’ve only just found your channel but have watched quite a few videos this particular one had my wife and daughter watching along and really enjoyed it especially the Fenix torch moments 😂 thanks for inviting us along.

The best thing about this video is you just keep it real all those nature sounds makes this video calm to watch not adding any music for the background was a best decision you have made, nice editing with amazing cinematography

I'm really grateful for finding your channel. I love how uncomplicated you do everthing. No fancy fires. No fancy gear (exept for that flash light). And you are funny.

14:36 "since he caught a fish...we caught a fish" love the solidarity on Snake Island

I love watching these kind of videos which I will never do but will watch while camping on my couch.

I feel the peace in that place. The nature's, lakes and views reminds me About during my 8th birthday❤️❤️

The editing on your videos is just phenomenal!! I find your work on par with professional documentary quality pieces!! I'm enjoying your channel more and more.

Xander may be the best solo filmmaker there is. You make it feel so organic yet your camera set ups are insane. I cant imagine the effort it takes for each video. Keep up the good work my man!

6:13-6:18 just...feels right. so peaceful. thank you Xander for that.

Never seems to fail me when I come across these types of videos.. honestly they put me in a sense of calm and relaxing feeling.. also whenever I’m feeling down or depressed this videos sure help and I just wanna thanks for these types of videos

That breakfast sandwich looked absolutely bomb

I love watching how you cook all those delicious food during the camp haha. Please keep doing what you love!!!

Thank you so much for this you have no idea how much joy and inspiration you bring to me and countless of other people!

Thanks Zander. I sure enjoy your cooking . Gives me ideas of what to fix for dinner in the great outdoors!

I love seeing how he shares the BEAUTY and HEART of man and nature 💗💗💗

My goodness! What a stunning scenes you shot! I find myself feel more tranquil after watching your videos. Those scenery scenes remind me of when I was 16; I really like to go to the forest and just looking at the sky as I can see tree canopy around the blue sky. That was a great experience and I hope I can do it again sometimes. Also love seeing you cooking and eating, but that was massive. What a meal!

What a beautiful place! Thanks for sharing your trip with us! 🙂👍 🇨🇦

Such a nice peaceful place. So relaxing

I'd love to see longer videos like this one. 10-13 minutes is not enough!

Dude, what a great way to start my morning, LETS GOOOOOOO

Your videos are like being there! You keep it simple and real. Very good presentation. Keep ‘em coming and stay safe!

What a cool camping spot. That place is absolutely beautiful.

Is this guy Canadian? This looks like Canada. *"It's like a Tim Hortons breakfast sandwich"* Ah.

Thanks youtube for recommending this channel. 😄 I think I'm not the only one who find this channel so relaxing, comforting to watch. Not to mention the food he's been cooking ha ha. I miss my hiking days here in the Philippines. But looking forward to bounce back next year! Stay safe!

Love your humor and antics. Keep the foolish coming

You are like the water snake with that awesome breakfast sandwich trying to eat it! Thanks for taking us along!!

I'm torn...can't decide whether I was spellbound or enthralled by that snake footage. But my eyeballs did not look down at my lasagna once during that scene. Could've watched 45m of that uncut. I've watched a ridiculous amount of youtube camping over the past decade and I've never seen such a meteoric rise in a channel in this genre. Winter camping is one thing but you're still excelling with canoeing content and that is really tough to do. You've got something special man. Tons of personality & wit + exceptionally engaging filming & editing. Go ahead and quit your day job lol. Very very touched to be mentioned in your list so I really sincerely thank you for that 🤠 (Would've thanked you sooner if I hadn't been on a trip!)

This makes me want to learn so much from you so that I can take on these types of adventures!

12:01 that ants knows no fear. What a madlad

Wow Ive never been camping before, wanted to go ever since I was a child, thank you for the one nighter experience!

Great to see recognition where it's due. Congrats on 100k subscribers! With Ontario finally opening up hoping to get out real soon myself. Learning a lot, keep em coming!

Wish I could have a solo camping one day! It looks so wonderful to be connected with nature 😆

also never felt hungry when watching people make food whilst camping. this guy knows how to cook

Out in the woods tomorrow, thanks for hyping me up. Always great to watch one of these the night before a trip. Can't wait!

“I need firewood” *collects enough to build a cabin*

Wow, i'd love to camp on such an island for a few days just fishing.

Shout out to Max and all the cool bros out there making a positive impact on lives!

It's been a pleasure to share your content, I've loved your Host Demeanor since day one. Oh and 1 day out there is far better then none. A grand day to YA Pal and Thank You, .. Mike.

I only just discovered you Xander and I'm 5 videos into the evening back home in Australia. You're one super humble and talented guy. Patient and appreciative of all things life. Excellent cinematographer. What kills me is the fact that you're doing this on your own (ie the cinematography & video editing) - there is alot planning, intuition and resourcefulness involved in your presentation of each adventure - some folks can easily miss out the fact that you have to capture each key frame separately with your cameras... Like getting out of bed, making the fire, cutting and collecting each piece of wood, what ingredients you will be using to cook your meal, or arriving to a newfound spot by the lake. Hats off mate, quality work. I terribly miss my simple road trips and hikes overseas (usually in Northern Territories like Canada and United States being my favourites). Watching your videos reminds me the joys of the great outdoors. That one day road trip and hiking of 7 mini trails along the way from Banff to Jasper, Alberta back in 2019, that was done with a car though! Watching you doing this the hardcore and natural way - it encourages me go that extra mile of adventuring outdoors - to one day take a month off for vacation, fly over to Canada, do some sort of survival/camping course and achieve a fraction of what you're doing right now. Simply amazing. Thank you and a big congratulations Xander, keep up the incredible & educational content (brilliant cooking and sense of humour btw - like that friend of yours in 'Solo Winter Camping in Primitive Shelter' episode) and continue to inspire many more folks out there who desperately needs an adventure since COVID hit the world!

I was excited to see a dude camping on the real Snake Island

I have been watching your videos for the past few days, I stumbled upon you while looking at paracord projects. You are doing a great job. Thank you!

It's a shame I only found your channel now, it's really relaxing to watch :) love it

I got one of your videos in my recommended about a month ago and I can't stop watching. The videos are all super high quality and the pacing is perfect. Keep it up man this channel is incredible!

7:18 - Those moments in your videos are priceless 😄

Pretty great. Thanks, Xander. 🙂👍🛶

thank u for sharing your experience keep safe camping sir injoy

wow dude, , the cooking, the nature, the fireplace, everything in perfect harmony, keep it up!

What an awesome adventure, cheers.

You are so lucky! This is one of my bucket list things to do!

seeing this was very reminiscent of my trip i did in boy scouts to northerntier in atikokan canada! we went out for 7 nights on the lakes and covered over 100 miles staying at camps and islands just like that! this is compelling me to get back out there once im done with uni!

I think one of your top videos yet! Watched this twice already. Love all your drone shots, but the way you did shot island this time was SUPERB! Would really love to see some pure/full drone shot videos of places you've adventured, and put that on the house big screen on repeat. Also that snake shot you got, is this a Nat Geo application?! :D

That little "Yup!" confirming the food's as good as it looks haha, always love your cooking choices dude!

my friends family owned a cottage on that island - long time ago! Been there once , beautiful place. Awesome upload!

Welcome to Georgina Ontario. Another great video. I've lived up in this area since 2008 and still have not been out to Snake Island. Great drone footage.

Xander reviews the LR50R: "for camping this thing is absolutely overkill" also xander 5 seconds later: 7:19

Awesome to see another video from ya Xander! Congrats on 100k! Man did that breakfast look flippin awesome! Cheers

Lovely place to camp...Beautiful..

I love when he gets the fire going

I rewatch your videos every night before going to bed, so im glad there is an new

This is so wholesome, it’s the first video I watch from your channel and I instantly subbed. I’d love camping like that but I’m afraid of bears lol. Great work pal!

Looks like a blast