Adventure Camps For Teens
There are a number of summer programs that could be called adventure camps for teens – and Overland is certainly one of them.
But that title is somewhat of a misnomer. Overland programs are in some ways adventures, and in other ways we’re a camp, and we do serve teens (although we also serve 10, 11 and 12 year-olds). But I’d really rather be described as a “Program For Adventurous Kids Who Seek To Challenge Themselves In Exciting Ways In Some Of The World’s Most Beautiful Settings.” But I guess that’s a mouthful.
So, I’m stuck with adventure camps for teens (at least for this blog post) – what are some of the options?
For middle-schoolers, we have a number of teen adventure camps right here in New England – you can hike Mt. Washington, go on a Vermont bike tour, or attend a summer writing program on the Williams College campus. For more adventurous teens, you could climb a 14er in Colorado, sea kayak among the islands near Vancouver, or study Spanish abroad in Barcelona.
For students in high school, there are even more possibilities for teenagers who want an adventure in the US or abroad. We have a cycling tour in Nova Scotia, backpacking in Yellowstone National Park, summer community service in Costa Rica, French language immersion classes in Paris, and a safari on the Serengeti.
Wherever you are this summer, you’ll be in a small group of your peers and with two great Overland leaders.
Please join us in 2010!
-Tom Costley
