The summer camps and wilderness adventure programs listed here include Day Camps, Residential camps, and Wilderness Adventure programs in the United States and Canada. These programs range from summer camps with a broad range of activities to programs that focus on an individual adventure activity. Whether you are interested in rock climbing, whitewater canoeing, mountain biking, wilderness backpacking, or any other adventure activity, there is an adventure summer camp for you!
Canoeing and Kayaking Camps
Camps that include flatwater (lake or ocean) paddling. These camps include tripping programs that travel by canoe for several days and programs that offer lake canoeing as a choice among several activities daily.
Caving Camps
Day camps, residential camps, and adventure programs that offer caving as an activity choice.
Challenge Course Camps
Camps and adventure programs that include a challenge course (ropes course) as a component of their program.
Hiking and Backpacking Camps
Adventure programs that hike for the entire session and camps that offer backpacking as an activity choice.
Mountain Biking Camps
These adventure programs offer mountain biking instruction for beginner to advanced levels. Some have basic programs and others will take multi-day mountain biking trips.
Primitive Skills Camps
Camps that offer primitive skills ranging from blacksmithing and native American skills to re-enactments from colonial times.
Rock Climbing and Rappelling Camps
Programs that have climbing walls, take climbing trips and teach climbing skills. Some programs climb on a daily basis, others offer rock climbing as an electie activity.
Sailing Camps
Summer programs that offer windsurfing or sailing instruction.
SCUBA Camps
Camps that offer snorkeling and/or SCUBA instruction for kids and teens.
Whitewater Canoeing and Kayaking Camps
Programs offering whitewater canoeing and kayaking instruction.
Whitewater Rafting Camps
Residential camps, adventure programs and day camps that offer opportunities for whitewater rafting.