Zek is the man of the house and is passionate about his environment. Zeki Basan is the founder and head instructor of Highland Survival Skills.

Based in the Scottish Highlands where he was born and raised, he is passionate about wild places and has the opportunity to practice outdoor and traditional crafts in everyday life in his remote environment.

He leads courses at his home base in the Cairngorms National Park and teaches courses all over Scotland, working with different companies that use his expertise to engage people in the environment.

These courses range from one-day experiences to week-long immersions in nature involving traditional skills and crafts such as foraging, fire-craft and fire cooking, trapping, old fishing techniques, tracking and stalking, butchery, tool making, tanning and leather work, shelter building, basketry, wood carving, and much more.