This summer, experience the joy of the great outdoors. Spend summer break skipping stones over water, climbing a tree, digging in the sand, contemplating life under a star-lit sky and feeling the cool blades of grass under bare feet. Get out of comfort zones and into the world of adventure with these amazing wildlife and adventure summer camps, that are committed to providing a memorable and life-changing travel experience to youngsters.
Calling Young Adults: Sign Up For These 5 Camps For A Dose Of Adventure This Summer!
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Youreka Camps
Youreka is the pioneer and largest company in adventure-based learning camps for teh age group 9 to 17 years. Their wilderness summer camps are really popular and designed to build essential life-skills. Their campuses are located amidst greenery and fresh air {they have had them in Yercaud, Sitlakhet, Tirthan, Rishikesh and Dharamshala} to ensure that your kids return rejuvenated. Check out their website here for a detailed itinerary.
Inme Summer Camps
Inme offers summer and winter camps for kids and teens in the age group of 9 to 17 years. Their Discover Programs are especially designed for young children taking their first stride of self-reliance. At the camp, your kids can go rock climbing, do some wilderness crafts, learn basic skills and techniques of ropes course and backpacking.
For the more seasoned campers, Inme offers Explore Programs and Challenge Programs that include rigorous outdoor activities designed for young thrill seekers.
Hit up their website here.
BNHS India
BNHS is a pan-India wildlife research organisation, promoting the cause of nature conservation for the past 133 years. Their mission is to conserve biological diversity primarily. They have camps for kids as well as adults. You get to visit many wildlife sanctuaries, national parks and dense forests with their experts who will familiarise you with the rich bio-diversity and build awareness about the need to preserve and protect nature. Enroll here.
Pugmarks
Pugmarks is synonymous with the best in adventure, wildlife and leisure camping for children. Their camp called Tree Tops is designed around the motto ‘Fun and Learn’ which ensures that nervous first-time campers get converted into lifetime camping enthusiasts. Junior Adventure Camp is designed for ages 10 to 14 years including adventure activities like kayaking, commando obstacle courses, rappelling, zipline, slacklining, parasailing, laddering, wall climbing and more.
Senior Adventure Camp caters to 14 years and above with activities like rafting, bungee jumping, scuba diving and trekking.
Pugmarks are experts in wildlife camping wherein children will be taught to read the signals of the jungle. For example, how to interpret alarm and other calls, to observe pugmarks and scratch marks drawing useful conclusions from them, to identify creatures from their calls and many such things. Send your young explorers on a forest trail here.
Youth Hostels Association of India
YHAI started as an idea to provide affordable trips and accommodation to students involved in trekking and hiking. The idea gathered momentum and became a movement resulting in the creation of youth hostels. YHAI offers youth hostelling, budget travel and a range of national and state-level expeditions for the youth. If you are looking for trekking itineraries that won’t burn a hole in your pocket and yet have a safe and amazing experience then YHAI has got you covered. Check out the expeditions on offer here.