Summer Camp
We hope you and your families are eagerly anticipating the upcoming summer camp at Yowochas!
Our 2024 Summer Camp Guide provides all the program dates and information for this year. In 2024, we’re excited introduce even more ways for you and your loved ones to enjoy Camp Yowochas, including a variety of fun and inclusive specialty weekends that you can enjoy with your family and friends.
Summer Camp Registration
Registration will open in phases as usual, on the following dates:
- December 15, 2023 – Returning families
- January 1, 2024 – New families
Each registration requires a $50 non-refundable and non-transferrable deposit. Registration is exclusively online, and we accept payments via Visa and MasterCard. Please be aware that prices do not include GST.
Once your program is confirmed later this spring, you’ll have 14 days from the date of confirmation to pay the remaining balance of your registration fees. After this period, your spot will be made available for others to register.
Don’t wait to register! We had more than 1,000 kids on our waitlist last year.
We look forward to welcoming many of you and your campers throughout the year! We can’t wait to see those familiar faces.
Summer Camp Programs
Day Camp
OVERNIGHT CAMP
An introductory program for our youngest campers, Explorers are led through a variety of camp activities under the guidance of experienced staff members. We strive to ensure that campers have a great camp experience, setting them up for a life-long love of nature and outdoor activity. We offer a higher ratio of staff to campers for this younger group.
Our Discoverers can expect to learn skills in activities such as archery, canoeing, challenge course elements, swimming, and hiking, among others. Camp-wide games, nightly campfires, and out-trip on Wednesday night are also featured throughout the week. Through these experiences, Discoverers develop a sense of independence, foster an appreciation for the outdoors, and return home with a week full of great memories.
Discoverers who choose the Yurt Living program participate in the regular Discoverers program as described above, but live in our yurt! This is a chance for older Discoverers to have a unique experience while still enjoying their favorite outdoor activities. Discoverers Yurt Living does not go on an out-trip and are the only group that gets to try the Natural Sauna!
Our Prospectors program is designed for campers to challenge themselves during a wide variety of activities with the encouragement of their peers and guidance from their counsellors. They will have opportunities to try the most advanced elements of our high ropes course, go on an overnight out-trip, and enjoy many other traditional camp activities. Aspects of self-reflection through journaling and mindfulness will help Prospectors make the most of their experiences at camp. Campers in this program stay in the Hilltop Cabins, allowing for a more independent camp experience.
Our Voyageurs program gives veteran campers and new campers alike a longer experience with 12 days of adventure and the opportunity to build stronger connections. Participants will enjoy programming such as our static course, an in-depth canoe lesson, and self-reflection through journaling and mindfulness, all while developing friendships and learning new skills. Voyageurs will use the skills they learn on a multi-night out-trip. Campers in this program stay in the Hilltop Cabins.
Our Counsellor In Training (CIT) programs returns in 2022! Participants spend their time preparing to lead children in the outdoors. The first week is a close mirror to our summer staff training, with additional information sessions around problem solving, behaviour management, and communications. The first weekend will be spent obtaining a standard first aid and CPR certification. The second week is the spent shadowing our experienced Counsellors for the first few days and experiencing different programs from a staff perspective. The second half of the week is spent bonding and reflecting as a group during a multi-day hike out trip. The final week is a complete shadow experience, working with one group the entire week and implementing lessons learned from the first two weeks of the program.
A typical Day in Summer Camp
Morning
| 7:30 AM | Polar Dip / Morning Madness |
| 8:15 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:15 AM | Get Ready for morning adventure / O Canada / Flag Raising |
| 9:30 AM | Cabin Activity |
| 10:45 AM | Break |
| 11:00 AM | Cabin Activity |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
Afternoon/ Evening
| 1:30 PM | Recharge and Sparkle Time |
| 4:00 PM | Get Ready For General Swim |
| 4:30 PM | General Swim |
| 5:30 PM | Supper |
| 6:45 PM | Gold Diggers |
| 7:45 PM | Wide Game |
| 8:45 PM | Snack |
| 9:00 PM | Campfire |
| 9:45 PM | Bedtime |