Happy Campers: Outdoor Camps in Beijing

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Jun

25-29

Imagine Festival: The Outdoor Week

Ages 8+. Three day-trips and one overnight camp, all in one week! Over five days, kids will experience tons of Imagine’s most exciting activities in wonderful locations all around Beijing. For the first three days, they take kids on buses from Beijing out to nature, back in time for dinner at home each night. Then on Days Four and Five, students will camp overnight, returning on Friday afternoon. The activities include water sports and strategy games, bubble football, a water fight, a Pirate Treasure Hunt, long-range archery, parkour, trampolining, an obstacle course, and a Survival Day and Civilization Game. 

RMB 4,000. Imagine (5739 4933, [e-mail])

Jun

17-22

3e Summer Camp

Ages 6-12. Paris, one of the world’s foremost art and cultural capitals, provides the perfect location to ignite children’s learning and creativity, and further reinforce 3e’s core value of experiential learning. This exclusive tour provides children and families with a once-in-a-lifetime, behind-the-scenes experience! 

EUR 2,573 per person (excluding insurance, international flights, and visas). 3e International School (6437 3344 ext. 107, [e-mail])

Jul

2-20

Summer Camp in Eduwings

Aged 2-8. This year’s summer camp at Eduwings Kindergarten will be all about the rainforest. They offer many exciting and fun hands-on activities about the animals living in the rainforest, as well as its vegetation and climate. Outdoor play and field trips will be an integral part of the program. 

RMB 2,400 per week. Eduwings Kindergarten (6450 8384, [e-mail])

Jul

15-28

IDEAS 2018 U-Motion Camp

Ages 15-17. The IDEAS 2018 U-Motion camp is jointly organized by IDEAS Camp Education and UWC Changshu China. It will take place at the United World Colleges China campus in Changshu, Suzhou. The campus is located at Kuncheng Lake in Changshu. U-Motion camp offers a challenging experiential learning opportunity, as well as an immersive living environment for excellent global youth to learn about the world, to gain the ability of interdisciplinary learning and cross-cultural collaboration, to improve proactivity and productivity, and to maintain a global social network. 

RMB 22,800. IDEAS Camp (185 1070 5119)

Jul 2-

Aug 4

The Children’s House International Montessori Kindergarten Summer Day Camp

Ages 1.5-6. The Children’s House Summer Camp at its Lufthansa Center, Central Park, Upper East Side, Sun Palace, and Easy Home campuses will be holding its summer day camp in Chinese and English, helping children build communication skills through sports, team games, and activities, as well as introducing camping and nature walks. Daily programs include nature arts and crafts, music, story tales, and lots more. 

RMB 2,000 (morning program), RMB 2,500 (half-day program), RMB 3,500 (full-day program). The Children’s House International Montessori Kindergarten (138 1083 8492, [e-mail])

Jul 23-

Aug 3

Pingo Space Survival Camp

Ages 7-14. This five-day, four-night camp at the scenic area in Huairou District is for kids who want to unplug and immerse in nature right near Beijing city center. Activities include raft building, shelter building, fire making, building an animal trap, water filtering, first-aid knowledge, and a lot more! 

RMB 7,980. Pingo Space (WeChat pingokefu)

Jul 29-

Aug 11

2018 IDEAS Changshu Camp

Ages 7-10. Campers will come to Changshu, a famous city with more than 3,000 years of history, and visit historic sites, including the Square Tower, the Tomb of Yanzi, the ancient city wall, and the Yan Park, to have a better understanding of the cities of the Wu Yue area. Campers will also experience traditional Chinese cultural activities including the tea ceremony, Chinese zither, calligraphy, and tai chi. Campers will participate in the Changshu Challenge in teams, in which they will compete to answer questions about the city along the way. 

RMB 18,600. IDEAS Camp (185 1070 5119)

Jul 

2-6, 

Aug 

6-10

Exploring Hawaii Summer Camp

Ages 5+. Well known for its extraordinary beauty and tropical climate, Hawaii is also a home of ferocious volcanic activity, which has had a major effect on the islands’ wildlife, as well as the culture and beliefs of the original Hawaiian people. During this camp, kids will explore all these different facets of Hawaiian life, discover Hawaiian art and culture, and create a body of work that conjures up the environment and spirit of the islands. 

RMB 1,800 (ages 5-8), RMB 2,200 (ages 9+). Atelier Shunyi (5886 4243, [e-mail], WeChat: ateliershunyi)

Photos: Courtesy of featured camp organizers

This article appeared on p54-56 of beijingkids April 2018 issue

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