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Adventure Summer Camps for Kids

Adventure summer camps offer programs intended to teach children leadership and teamwork skills through participation in challenging outdoor adventures. The American Camp Association reports that adventure summer camps help children develop positive identity, confidence, and logical reasoning and problem-solving skills. To ensure a safe, exciting and valuable experience for your child, you should carefully research any camp you are considering to make sure it is well-known and respected for its skilled experts in adventure education.

All About Visiting Earth
- A journey through the wilds of Colorado is among of the wide variety of adventure summer camps available.
  
  All About Visiting Earth (AAVE) offers a diverse array of summer outdoor adventure camps for children ages 12 and older. Participants can experience a summer camping adventure in Alaska, Hawaii, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, the Swiss Alps, England, Italy, Greece, Africa, Australia, Thailand, or China. Summer programs include choices such as language-immersion camps, canyoneering, rock climbing, horseback riding, mountaineering, ice climbing, surfing, or SCUBA diving. Trips range from 14 to 28 days, with prices from $2,488 to $6,688 in 2010, depending on which adventure camping trip you choose.
  
  All About Visiting Earth
  
  2308 Fossil Trace Drive
  
  Golden, Colorado 80401
  
  303-526-0806
  
  aave.com
YMCA Camp Menogyn
- Camp Menogyn, in Grand Marais, Minnesota, offers high-school-age youths eight- to 50-day wilderness trips with experienced guides into the surrounding Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and other wilderness locations across the United States and Canada. Trips are conducted in single-gender groups. Inexperienced campers are encouraged to attend an eight- to 11-day "New Journey" voyage into the Boundary Waters, Isle Royale or on the Superior Hiking Trail. Menogyn camping trips focus on canoeing, backpacking, rock-climbing or a combination of the three. Campers must attend the shorter camp programs to become eligible for the longer, more intense journeys. Costs for the camping adventures in 2010 range from $765 to $2,330.
  
  Camp Menogyn
  
  55 Menogyn Trail
  
  Grand Marais, MN 55604
  
  218-388-4497
  
  campmenogyn.org
Adventure Treks
- Alaska is among the sites of some adventure summer camp programs.
  
  Adventure Treks offers summer adventure camping trips for children ages 12 and older. Trips range from 16 to 29 days in destinations such as Oregon, California, Utah, Washington, Alaska, New Hampshire and North Carolina. The range of adventures includes whitewater rafting, rock climbing, sea kayaking, mountain biking, sailing and mountain-climbing while learning wilderness and leadership skills. Trips cost from $2,595 to $4,750 in 2010, depending on the duration and location.
  
  Adventure Treks
  
  P.O. Box 1321
  
  Flat Rock, NC 28731
  
  888-954-5555
  
  adventuretreks.com