If you're a teen looking for a summer filled with fun activities and new friends or you're the parent of a teen looking to give your son or daughter a unique summer experience, consider adventure camps for teens. These programs allow campers to make new friends, broaden their horizons, and have fun all at the same time.
Types of Adventure Camps for Teens
There are so many different camps for teens that offer all kinds of activities based on your teen's specific interests and goals. Whether you're a teen who wants to learn a new skill or a parent looking to make your teen more well-rounded, there's sure to be a program that will be of interest.
Adventure and Wilderness Camps
If you're a lover of the great outdoors or are more of an academic type who would like to expand your horizons and become more in tune with nature, adventure and wilderness camps are a great place to start. There are many different programs, so you can be sure to find something that interests you or your teen.
Some examples of adventure and wilderness camp programs include the following:
- Mountain biking
- Snorkeling
- White water rafting
- Scuba diving
- Sailing
- Caving
Adventure Sports Camps
Adventure sports camps are perfect for teens who wish to hone their skills in a certain sport. Whether they're competitive in this activity or are just beginning to develop an interest in a specific sport, an intensive summer program may be the answer. Sports camps can be both day and overnight camps. If you'd like to get out during the day but come home at night or would prefer to have the overall experience of living away from home for a few weeks, there is a camp that suits your needs.
These are some examples of adventure sports camps:
- Horseback riding
- Swimming
- Surfing
- Snowboarding
- Running
- BMX
How to Find an Adventure Camp
There are a few websites that can help parents find adventure camps for teens in their area. With just a few clicks of a mouse, your teen can be on her way to a fun-filled summer where she not only makes tons of new friends but also enjoys the great outdoors and learns new skills.
Adventure Links
Adventure Links is a company that offers teen adventure camp programs for day camps, overnight camps, parent/child weekends, group programs, and corporate programs. All Adventure Links camps are based in Virginia, with several different camp sites within the state.
Wilderness Adventures
Wilderness Adventures features teen summer camps, teen adventure camps, and teen programs in various parts of the U.S. and also overseas. You can search the site to see what camps are offered and then refine your search by activity, such as biking, ice climbing, or snorkeling, or by destination, such as California, the East Coast, or Europe.
Deer Hill Expeditions
Deer Hill Expeditions is a summer adventure camp with programs offered in Colorado, the Southwest, and Costa Rica. The programs, or expeditions as they're called, are divided by grade and age, so not every teen can attend every program. Expeditions include Colorado Plateau Challenge, which involves mountain biking and rock climbing and Heart of the Rockies, which involves mountaineering.
Adventure Camp
Adventurecamp.com is a general website directory that allows you to search for camps by location or adventure. For example, if you're looking for a surfing camp, you can click on the surfing link, and a list of camps that offer surfing programs will pop up.
Trip of a Lifetime
The next time you find school's out and your teen is asking what he's going to do all summer, look into an adventure camp. There, your teen can hone or develop new skills and also make new friends and have a great time in the process.
