Our older daughter has gone here for the last 2 yrs and had a blast. The camp is a great balance…read morebetween class work and outdoor activities. There is even a parent's lunch at the end and the kids do a performance that was fun. Sadly our older daughter has aged out of the camp, but our younger daughter is excited to be finally old enough to go this year.

This is my daughter's favorite summer camp. She participated 2 summers in a row and loved…read moreeverything about it. It was just the right amount of learning time and play time, and last year they also added a music teacher and a basketball coach in addition to the camp theme teachers. The campsite is amazing, with a beautiful dinning hall, performing stage, amphitheater with a pond, and places to hike. The dorm rooms are very nice and spacious and food was really good. The location is also perfect for South Bay families. It's a short drive but it feels like the kids are staying deep in the mountains.

My daughter loves the Out and About afterschool and summer backpacking programs and has…read moreparticipated in them from K-5th grade. Travis and his team are responsible, caring, thoughtful educators... and they really know their stuff about the great outdoors! My daughter has become a more capable hiker, an expert plant identifier, and a confident communicator thanks to this program. Finding good afterschool options can be a challenge; we've found Out and About to be our most reliable, beloved program that she continues to love as she grows.

This is such a fun and safe program for my daughter. She looks forward to being with the…read moreinstructors and they are active about communicating with us parents. I only learned about this program through a friend and I am so grateful that I did. My daughter is having a blast and I am so grateful for Travis and his team.

Our kids attending the week long summer camp and they loved it. It was the perfect blend of outdoor…read morefun and activities for their age, 9 and 11. They made connections with staff and other campers and were happy to chat about what they did each day. Staff posted email updates a couple of times in the week on what they did and what they would do. Definitely would recommend. I got a real sense that the staff took great care of the kids right from the start and were 100% engaged

My kids love Wilderskills. They come home every day from camp excited to be learning about making…read moreshelter, cooking food, identifying plants, and learning survival skills. And it's so wonderful to have them in nature all day, playing and coming home tired and dirty. Thank you to the counselors and leads for making this camp so special!

It's comfortable. Well, mostly. The beds are like sleeping on squeaky concrete. But safe, clean…read moreand fine. The dining hall is a well oiled machine and the food is ok. They can cater to dietary needs. The grounds are beautiful! We went for 5th grade outdoor camp, was a fantastic experience.

It's the most amazing place on earth!!!!!!!! Truly magical and filled with a spirit of peace and…read moreserenity.

Cant really say enough good about this camp. after several summer of different themed camps and…read morenever really finding one that my son enjoyed or made any friends. I found Adventure Kids at last minute after he refused to finish a session at another camp. They made room for him and after the first morning I texted and asked how he was doing. he had already been accepted into a group and was climbing rocks and exploring wind caves on Mount Diablo. he came home energetic and wanting to share his day and his friends he made . That was 3 summers ago and he has spent every week of his summers since at Adventure Kids. he's one of the seasoned pros now at camp and will be an unofficial junior counselor. he will be aging out of camps after this summer and bittersweet to move on but the memories , friends and growth as a young man he has experienced have been invaluable . Thanks Adventure Kids

From the owner: With weekly sessions as low as $400 PER WEEK your child can explore the great outdoors with our…read moreexciting summer adventure day camp in the San Francisco East Bay Area! Offering engaging activities, hands-on learning, and supervised fun for kids of all ages. Discover new summer camp adventures, make lifelong friends, and create cherished memories at Adventure Kids Summer Camps for kids ages 7-14.  Our camp offers the best in summer fun that are designed to provide age appropriate, friendship fostering but boundary stretching summer fun for all ages.  Our activitiesinclude Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and Hurricane Harbor, Urban Air Adventure, Boomers Mini Golf, Laser Tag, Go Karts, Archery, Movies, Beaches and much more. Our senior staff is always off duty education professionals or others with a high degree of experience working and directing groups of school age children and we always look to proven professionals or those with a demonstrated high level of awareness, friendliness, professionalism and sensibility where supervision of campers is involved. Safety is always our utmost priority.  On large field trip outings (Six Flags, Beaches etc.)  our Camper to Staff Ratio for the younger groups is 5:1 maximum.  Older campers enjoy a larger camper to staff ratio at 8:1

My daughter attended camp here for four years. It was such a magical time for her. As parents, we…read morefelt super secure with the over abundance of positive role models and infrastructure of the camp/school. There are so many things for the girls to do. High on our list is the summer drama program. A+++. My daughter made lifelong friends here. As a matter of fact, we all loved it so much, she applied to and now attends SCS as a resident student in high school.

I've been involved with Summer at Santa Catalina for six years. Watching the young ladies grow up…read morethrough this camp is a remarkable experience. Many of them return year after year due to the friendships they make, the community they love, and the wonderful opportunities to explore their interests. I've worked with many young women over the years and the campers at Summer at Santa Catalina are always at the top of my list. They are kind, considerate, generous, talented, and confident in every endeavor they pursue. Being around these girls make working at summer camp more of a lifestyle than a job.

One of my little guys camps went pretty good, but not when it came to cooking camp - it was awful…read morelol. Every day he'd come home just feeling whatever about it. So we asked why. Turns out every day was just a variation of some tortilla based recipe lol. One day was quesadillas, one day was tortilla chips, one day was cinnamon sugar tortillas (???), another was tacos, etc. One day was parfaits though! Very clearly just trying to go through their excess stock of tortillas from the camp it would appear. It also turns out that the kids did NONE of the cooking themselves! They would assemble the food then the workers would take it to the oven or microwave or whatever to actually do the cooking. This was a hilarious revelation lol - turns out there's no cooking in the cooking class! They learned how to stack ingredients but nothing about proper temperatures, the procedure for using the oven, or when to use the pots and pans on the stove, etc. Even his final recipe, that he got to bring home - was a simple cookie lol. WHICH THE WORKERS BURNED THE ENTIRE UNDERSIDE OF lmao. He didn't even want to eat it or enjoy his bring home final cooking project from cooking camp. Had they been more up front, I probably wouldn't have chosen that camp and put him in a diff one. When I brought this up - I was told it's illegal for kids to do the cooking! Even her own 15 year old can't use the stuff. I asked for clarification because of course that' sounds like nonsense - every pizza and fast food place in the world has teens working at it and around the ovens lol. I just had to laugh and say oh ok and move on because it's def not true and was just an excuse she came up with on the spot rather than admit that maybe the cooking camp was a bit lacking and oversold for what it really was. Not sure we will be coming back next year, certainly not for cooking class specifically...

Our child came home happy and excited from a day of engaging activities. We will enroll early for…read more2924

My daughter had a horrible experience at the YMCA summer camp at Loma Mar. When I dropped her off,…read moreshe was excited to spend her first time at sleep away camp doing fun activities and making new friends. When I picked her up, she was in tears and as we drove home, she told me details about the verbal abuse, threatening behavior, and dismissive attitude from her camp counselor. My daughter and her friend who attended camp with her shared that their camp counselor yelled at them, unreasonably limited their time for using the restroom and showering, threatened to write all cabin members up without just cause, permitted physical and verbal abuse from another camper in their cabin, dismissed their concerns for their own safety in the presence of this misbehaving cabin mate, told all the girls they were "the worst cabin ever", denied the girls snacks while eating her own in front of them, and did not permit the girls to fully explore the grounds as other campers were allowed to do. They expressed that the negative treatment from the counselor was unwarranted and not a result of misbehavior on their part. In addition, this mistreatment was across the board; everyone in the cabin was denied the same opportunities. Based on their observations, it appeared that campers from other cabins might have had better experiences. We contacted YMCA leadership and expressed our concerns. Their response lacked empathy, accountability, and any real sense of urgency in making sure other campers were not exposed to the inappropriate behavior of this counselor. If you're considering sleep away camp, I strongly suggest you AVOID the YMCA. Whether it's poor vetting, ineffective training, inexperienced leadership, or something else, it's not worth the risk of the potential harm to your child.

My son just came back from a week long stay and he absolutely loved it! He had so much fun and said…read morethe staff was super nice and made him feel safe and comfortable Eve though he was far from his family. I will definitely send him back next summer! Shout out to 99.7 for making it possible