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Adventure and Wilderness Camps

As an alternative to residential summer camps, consider these summer outdoor instructional programs and expeditions.
Adventure Links
Providing summer camps in the Virginia area, ages 8-17, teen wilderness expeditions in Colorado, Maine, and Utah, and other outdoor programs for adults and children.
Adventure Out
Adventure Out has year-round adventure programs for women, men, kids and families.
Adventure Teen Travel
Offers summer wilderness youth camps and eco-tourism programs in the Canadian Rockies, the Pacific Coast, and Europe for teens 12-18.
Adventure Treks
Outdoor programs in the North American West, for ages 13-18.
Alternative Summer Camps
Therapeutic wilderness programs for struggling pre-teens and adolescents. Programs in Idaho, North Carolina, and Utah.
America's Adventure Ventures Everywhere (AAVE)
Wilderness adventures to Hawaii, Alaska, Europe, and elsewhere, for ages 12-18.
Broadreach
Summer adventure programs for teenagers.
Camp Netimus
Classic summer camp full of outdoor activities for girls 7-16. Located in the Pocono Mountains of northeast Pennsylvania.
Camp Voyageur
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness trips in canoeing, backpacking, and kayaking for boys 10-17.
Cheerio Adventures
This summer camp in the mountains of North Carolina and Virginia offers adventure tripping programs for kids, ages 10-17, and families.
Eagle's Nest Foundation
Experiential education in a wilderness setting in North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest, for ages 6-17.
ExploraMar
Science summer camp offering sailing instruction and marine biology to students in Baja Ca.
Golden Heron Ecotours
Five nights all inclusive ecotour visits El Yunque rain forest, bioluminescent bay, a mangrove forest and a coral reef. Includes three nights camping on the beach at Seven Seas Campground, which is run by the Puerto Rico National Parks system.
Green River Preserve
A coed camp for 4th through 12th graders that uses wilderness skills and the exhilaration of outdoor fun and discovery to inspire young minds. Cedar Mountain, North Carolina.
GrownUpCamps.com
A directory of fantasy camps, recreational adventures, sports programs, learning vacations and more for the adult traveler.
Laketrails Base Camp
Canoe trips for teenagers at Lake of The Woods, Oak Island, Minnesota.
Legion Athletic Camp
Choose a wilderness camp or one of the many athletic sports camps. Located on the border of Manitoba and North Dakota at the International Peace Gardens.
Northwest Mountain School
Programs in Washington, Alaska, Oregon, and Utah, for ages 13-18+.
Outpost Wilderness Adventure
Expeditions in Colorado, Wyoming, Europe and Latin America, for ages 11+.
Outward Bound
Choose from hundreds of education courses in wilderness settings for all ages.
Paddlefoot
Natural adventures in Canada, for ages 9-21.
Pangaea Quest
Summer wilderness trips for teenagers to backpack, mountain bike, rock climb, and raft.
Rock-N-Water
Christian youth camp with rafting, climbing, backpacking and hiking in northern California, for 4-12th graders.
SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Adventure Camps
"To promote an appreciation of and stewardship for animals and the environment by providing a safe, fun and educational camp for all ages." In Tampa Bay, San Antonio, Orlando, and San Diego.
Shaffer's High Sierra Camp
A non-competitive, team-based wilderness adventure program in California's Tahoe National Forest, for ages 10-16.
Strong Wings Adventure School
Providing adventure-based education to Nantucket's school-age children.
Trailmark Outdoor Adventures
Programs in New England, the Pacific Northwest, Colorado and the Northern Rockies, for ages 12-17.
Trails Wilderness School
Adventures in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Washington, Alaska, Arizona and Missouri, for ages 12-22.
Voyageur Wilderness Programme
Wilderness introductions in Quetico Provincial Park in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, for high school ages.
Web of Life Field School
Providing opportunities for students to experience the outdoors in California.
Wilderness Adventure at Eagle Landing
Outdoor adventures in New Castle, Virginia, for ages 9-17.
Wilderness Ventures
Outdoor adventure summer camps in North America, Central America, Australia, and the South Pacific for young adults from 13 to 21.
Williwaw Adventures
Summer programs offering coastal sailing, backpacking, sea kayaking, whitewater rafting and more in Maine and the Pacific Northwest, for young adults 14-18.
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