The tradition of the sleep-away camp lives on for campers of all ages across the country family summer camps. Some still keep old school with rustic cabins and camp fires, while others offer a new type of experience with programs of language immersion or beer and cheese tasting.
The best part? They can be totally affordable, offering reasonable rates for all-inclusive experiences - food, accommodation and activities included.
Here are five such examples - each slightly different from the last, but all still offers wholesome family fun.
appalachian mountain Club, New Hampshire and Maine
CMA family Adventure Camps are held in the White Mountains, New Hampshire, and the region of Lake Moosehead in Maine. Programs of five days, designed especially for families with children ages 5-12, can include activities such as hiking, river rafting, fishing, canoeing, kayaking and programs in the evening. Campers stay in private with shared bath bunkrooms, and meals are included. There are also weekend programs.
Rates: Child: $530; Adult: $ 586 (nonmembers)
Camp Denali, Alaska
Camp Denali in Alaska Denali National Park, camp experience is a little more rustic side. Guests stay in cabins equipped with wood stoves, propane lights, quilts sewn staff and outhouse. The water is extracted from taps outside (modern bathhouse is a three to seven minutes walk from the cabins). Although far cabin, campers can take part in trekking, canoe-kayak, tourist flights, fishing, and more. Three night stays, five or seven are available and include transportation rail depot of Denali Park, meals and use of fishing and outdoor equipment.
Rates: Adult: from $ 1 545; Child: $ 1,159
Concordia language villages, Minnesota
Not quite typical outdoor summer camps, Concordia language Villages specialize in environments of immersion language for families for a stay of a week or the weekend. For programs a week, families can choose between Arabic, Chinese, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish or Switzerland. Children and adults will take their sessions language separately, but can take advantage of the typical as sport, crafts, hiking camp activities and cooking together. Two or three families will remain together in a cabin of dormitory style and internationally inspired meals are included.
Rates: Adult: $595. Child: $475
Camp Concord, California
The reduction of the local budget, Camp of Concord in South Lake Tahoe was almost closed. Although youth and programs for adolescents has been suffering, family camp is still in progress. Daily schedules are generous, but not filled, and include activities such as hiking, hours social kids', games of volleyball against the rival camps, rafting, barbeques and ice cream socials. All meals are included, and each family remains in his own private cabin. Stays are available at the time by night, or as night 6 / 7 day and night 3 / 4 days of packets.
Rates: Adult: $410; Teen: $354; Child: $276 (non-resident, 6 nights)
Medomak family camp, Maine
Originally founded in 1904 as a camp for boys, Medomak also offered a traditional camp experience for families since 1995. The camps within a week are intimate, with only 11 or 12 families in each session. All typical camp activities are available: archery, drama, arts and crafts, fishing, hiking, swimming, canoeing and other and adults can indulge in a few special experiences such as massages, yoga, local beer and cheese tasting and tours of the gallery. Accommodation is available in a room cabins with private bathroom, sinks room and a separate shower. Sheets and towels are provided meals for family-style featuring once a week are lobster and produce organic gardens of the camp.
Prices: Adults: $845; Children 5-12: $ 695; Child 2-4: $ 595
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