The Best Review Is When a Client Comes Back: GIC at Fort Serapong
The best review isn’t always written down. Sometimes, it’s when a client comes back.
For us, the best review is simple: when a team returns, remembers the experience, and still has this much energy at the end.
In our line of work, you learn quickly that words are easy and return visits are not. A glowing review is generous. A second booking is something else entirely - it's a team telling you, with their calendar and their budget, that the first experience was worth repeating.
So when GIC Singapore came back to Beyond Expeditions for a second corporate team bonding experience, we didn't take it lightly. Their first time out with us was a Pulau Ubin survival workshop. This year, in 2026, they returned for something bigger and different: our "Attack at Fort Serapong" programme, with 72 employees stepping out of the office and into the field.
Watch the team get hands-on with fire, focus, and a little bit of outdoor chaos. This is team bonding when people are actually doing, laughing, trying, and figuring it out together.
From Pulau Ubin to Fort Serapong
Some of the team had already been through our Pulau Ubin survival workshop, so we knew we couldn't simply run the same playbook. A returning group deserves new ground, new challenges, and a fresh kind of unfamiliar.
That's why we moved this experience to Fort Serapong on Sentosa. Where Pulau Ubin leaned into raw survival skills, Fort Serapong is a story-led outdoor challenge set in one of Singapore's most atmospheric heritage sites. Same spirit, completely different terrain - and a new test for a team that already knew what we were capable of.
Some teams ask for a conference room. This team came back and chose the jungle again.
72 Employees, One Outdoor Mission
Bringing 72 people through a single outdoor programme is its own kind of energy. It's loud, it's alive, and it moves. Large groups behave differently from small ones: communication has to travel further, decisions have to be made on the move, and the team's natural leaders and quiet problem-solvers both have room to show up.
We designed the day so that scale became part of the experience rather than a logistical hurdle. Teams worked in parallel and in sequence, moving through the fort and its forested grounds, carrying their own momentum from one challenge to the next.
In the outdoors, teamwork is no longer an idea on a slide. It becomes a shared responsibility, one step at a time.
Why Fort Serapong Works So Well
Fort Serapong is one of the most unique outdoor environments we run in Singapore. It's historic, forested, and quietly dramatic - a piece of the country's military heritage that most people never set foot in. The terrain is real: uneven ground, greenery reclaiming old structures, and the kind of atmosphere you simply cannot manufacture in a function room.
That setting does a lot of the work for us. The moment a team steps into a place like this, the usual office dynamics loosen. People are present, a little out of their comfort zone, and far more open to the experience in front of them.
Proof that a little sun, sweat, and teamwork can do more than another round of office icebreakers.
Teamwork Under Real Conditions
We keep some of the programme deliberately under wraps - part of the experience is discovery, and we'd rather future participants meet it fresh. What we can say is that the day asked teams to move, communicate clearly, adapt when plans met reality, solve problems together, and take on shared physical tasks where the only way through was as a group.
Strategy mattered. So did patience, listening, and the willingness to back a teammate when things got harder than expected. Real conditions reveal real teamwork, and there's nowhere to hide when the challenge is in front of you and the clock is running.
A little sweat, a little uneven ground, and suddenly the word “teamwork” feels a lot less like office jargon.
Beyond a Standard Corporate Workshop
Indoor workshops have their place. But outdoor team bonding does something a slideshow can't: it creates shared stories. By the end of the day, people aren't talking about frameworks - they're talking about the moment their team figured it out, the challenge that nearly beat them, and the colleague who surprised everyone.
That's the real return on an experience like this. Laughter, a bit of healthy struggle, conversations that wouldn't have happened at a desk, and a team that knows each other a little better than they did that morning. Those are the things that travel back to the office and stay.
Not every team-building session needs a ballroom, projector, or icebreaker game. Sometimes, the strongest conversations happen on a trail, under the trees, and in the middle of a shared challenge.
Frequently Asked Questions About Fort Serapong Team Bonding
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It is an outdoor corporate experience by Beyond Expeditions, set inside Fort Serapong on Sentosa. Teams take on hands-on challenges that build leadership, problem-solving, and real teamwork, with the spirit of the soldiers who once held this ground. People step out of office roles, make decisions together under pressure, and learn what their team is really made of.
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It runs at Fort Serapong, one of Singapore’s rare remaining authentic historic forts, built back in 1879. Most people never get to set foot here. Beyond Expeditions has the permit and special access to bring corporate groups inside, so your team experiences a piece of the country’s military heritage that stays closed to the public.
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Sessions can be adjusted to run between 2 and 4 hours, depending on your group size, schedule, and objectives. Let us know what works for your team and we will shape the day to fit.
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Yes. We can take groups of up to 150 participants, depending on the programme format, logistics, and objectives. To keep things personal, we divide everyone into smaller pods, then send them through multiple stations across the fort. It runs on a points system, so the day stays competitive and fun while every pod gets its own intimate experience rather than getting lost in a crowd.
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It depends on what your company is trying to achieve. Most teams come to us wanting stronger communication, trust, and leadership, or to help a department gel after a busy year. The day is built around those goals, with shared challenges that pull people together and create stories they carry back to the office. Tell us your objective and we will shape the experience around it.
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Yes. The challenges are designed so both natural leaders and quieter problem-solvers have room to show up. You do not need any prior outdoor experience to take part, and stepping out of the usual office setting often helps people open up.
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Yes. Beyond Expeditions designs experiences around your group size, objectives, and comfort level, whether it is a team-bonding day, leadership retreat, company offsite, or department cohesion programme. GIC returned for a second time, and we built them something new rather than repeating their earlier Pulau Ubin workshop.
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The easiest way is to use the enquiry form near the bottom of this article. Tell us a little about your team, your group size, and your preferred dates, and Beyond Expeditions will recommend a suitable programme for you.
PLANNING YOUR TEAM’S NEXT OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE?
Bring your team out of the meeting room and into an experience they will actually remember.
Whether you are planning a corporate team-bonding day, leadership retreat, company offsite, or department cohesion programme, our team can help design an outdoor adventure that fits your group size, objectives, and comfort level.
From Fort Serapong to Pulau Ubin and beyond, we create meaningful team experiences built around communication, trust, problem-solving, and shared memories.
Tell us a little about your team, and we’ll recommend a suitable programme for you.
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