100% natural Cotton Canvas Lean-to tent, hand-made in Spain.

The entire tent, including the canvas, stitching and leather tag is extremely durable and 100% biodegradable.

Referred to as ‘The Whelen Tent’ by Bushcraft Spain, as Colonal Townsend Whelen, a well-known Spanish-American outdoorsman came up with the design in the early 1900’s when he was trying to create a lightweight solution for heading bush. Whelen called it the ‘Hunter’s Lean-to’.

The Hunter’s Lean-to tent has a sloped roof, rear and side walls with splayed panels on the sides of the roof. The front of the tent is left open for a campfire. Although the tent has the appearance of leaving you at the mercy of the elements, the well-thought and tested design creates a warm, sheltered environment that can withstand very cold conditions, well into the minuses. The exact design has been trialed, tested and used by early explorers and bushcraft pioneers.

It has an 8m² footprint, comfortably sleeping four people with plenty of room for packs, gear and sheltered sitting room around the fire.

Without a floor cover, the weight of the Lean-to is heavily reduced and comes to a total of about 5 kgs with the packed dimensions of 40 cm x 40 cm x 10 cm. As each tent is hand-made, the weight and colour will slightly vary for each unit. Due to being designed to sleep multiple people, this hunters tent is a lightweight option when comparing to the combined weight of multiple smaller tents or tarps.

If you would like a ground cover, consider this Oilskin Canvas Base, Wool Top rug/floor cover, also manufactured in Spain by Bushcraft Spain.

30 heavy-duty reinforced tie-down loops have been added to the tent, allowing easy erection with help from poles, trees, branches or anything else nearby that can be used as a sturdy object to secure the tent to. Poles are not included in the purchase of this Lean-to.

This ‘Whelen’ Lean-to Tent is manufactured by Bushcraft Spain, the original and authentic manufacturers of Oilskin Tarps throughout Europe.