Wilderness Adventure and Travel Programs for youth

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Adventure - Travel Camps

There’s a massive world outside of your neighborhood—give your kids the chance to see it! Youth travel programs for children and teens create opportunities for your son or daughter to spend their summer exploring a new part of the planet. Travel broadens the mind and encourages kids to build independence and develop new skills as they venture out of their comfort zones. Learn more about what your child has to gain by attending camp in a different territory.

Go Where You Want To

There are enough travel-based adventure camps for your kids to work their way across the globe summer after summer. Although most of the camps in our directory stay within the United States or Canada, there are also camps that are located in or organize trips to Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Travel camps give your children and teens the chance to tour the world in a safe and supervised setting.

Adventure Activities

While sightseeing and simply living in a new environment are huge parts of the travel camp experience, there’s much more in store for your campers. Different camps offer a variety of activities to help your kids learn new things and hone their talents while they’re away from home.

Many travel camp programs include traditional camp activities like hikingrafting, and horseback riding. Some place more emphasis on wilderness tripping and teaching survival skills, while others focus on adrenaline-boosting pastimes like surfing or mountain biking, depending on the terrain. Travel camps can be just as educational as they are fun—your child can learn a new language or develop their artistic interests by soaking up another region’s culture.

Student Travel Programs

Adventure camps are as great for a whole class as they are for individuals. If you’re a teacher or high school administrator, consider summer travel programs to give your students the chance to keep learning and growing together outside of their usual academic setting. For many students, travel camp is one of the last great opportunities to bond with the friends they grew up with before college takes everyone in new directions—there’s no distance too great for a memory.

Search for Travel Camps

Browsing our camp directory is the first step toward expanding your child’s horizons. The map provides an overview of the wide variety of destinations you can introduce your kids to this summer. When you’ve decided on a region, go through the list until you find the right activities and specific locations for your family. Few things are more exciting for kids and teens than a summer trip—at travel camp, your explorer can truly make the most of their break from school.

Featured Camps

Langskib- Canoe Trips with Heart and Meaning Wilderness canoeing adventures for boys

Temagami, Ontario

(866) 458-9974 Website
Camp Cheerio YMCA Residential camp with separate girls' and coed sessions

High Point, North Carolina

(800) 226-7496 Website
Camp Voyageur Residential boys' summer camp

Ely, Minnesota

(218) 365-6042 and (800) 950-7291 Website
Martha's Vineyard Ocean Academy Wilderness adventure - United States

Vineyard Haven Harbor

(508 )560-2387 Website
Wolf Camp & School of Natural Science Coed Camp with Residential & Day Camp Sessions

Lake Sammamish, WA -- Puyallup, WA -- Ashford, WA

425-248-0253 Website
Rustic Pathways High school travel programs

Costa Rica, Japan, Thailand, Greece, Italy, Ecuador, Fiji, South Korea, Peru, Mongolia, the Dominican Republic, Australia and more!

1-440-975-9691 Website
Camp Pinnacle Residential Coed Summer Camp

Hendersonville

(828) 692-2677 Website
NRA Whittington Adventure Camp Residential Coed Summer Camp

Raton, New Mexico

(575) 445-3615 Website
FRENCH INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE CAMPS Coed Camp with Residential & Day Camp Sessions

Megeve, France

+41 223 461 442 Website
Summer Camp at SOAR Residential Coed Summer Camp

North Carolina, Wyoming, Florida, and California

(828) 456-3435 Website
Northwaters & Langskib- Canoe Trips with Heart & Meaning Girls and Coed Wilderness Adventure Program

Temagami, Ontario

(866) 458-9974 Website
Explorer and World Bound Wilderness adventure - Canada

Locations Throughout British Columbia & Yukon

604.241.9169 Website
Pali Adventures Residential coed summer camp

Running Springs, California

(909) 867-5743 Website
YMCA Camp Conrad Weiser Residential Coed Summer Camp

Reinholds, Pennsylvania

(610) 670-2267 Website
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