Rover Scouts, in teams of two, walk a distance of at least 200 km in 10 days completing tasks along the way.

[1][2] These tasks include maintaining a log of the journey, consisting of a daily route, menu, budget and account of the day's activities.

[1] Each team must find its own way back to a base camp where the expedition leaders are waiting for them.

The aim of the event is to test skills of communication, physical endurance and teamwork.

Complete immersion in a foreign culture necessitates an ability to adapt to the norms of a different society with different customs and values, usually also a different language.