After months spent inside the classroom, are your children yearning for a breath of fresh air? Here is a roundup of some of the top summer camps right here in San Diego. They can help your children get in touch with nature and wildlife with hands-on experiences led by safety-trained experts!
Whether your child wants to grow a garden or learn to ride a horse, those opportunities can be found here in the Outdoor and Animal Camp Guide from the San Diego Moms Blog.
Included in our Outdoors / Animals category are all camps focused around (but not limited to) animals, farming, nature, wildlife, and anything outdoors.
A special thanks to our Summer Camp Presenting Sponsor iD Tech for making this guide a true resource for our families!
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Get ready for an adventure like no other during the Safari Park’s Summer Camp! There may be many types of summer camp for kids, but few will have campers connecting with creatures the way the Safari Park’s will. This is hands-on, join-in, be-a-part-of-it fun! If your children love animals, the Safari Park is the place for them this summer.
You Can Be a Veterinarian Camp offers a rare opportunity for kids in San Diego to practice veterinary skills, interact with animals, and gain experience with equipment they might use in the future!
The Japanese Friendship Garden is visited by over 100,000 people annually. The gardens feature Japanese culture through landscaping, koi ponds, water features, and Sukiya-style architecture. Summer Camp at the Japanese Friendship Garden immerses kids in that culture.
Kids that love horses will love Surfside Ranch. The 5-day Summer Horse Course teaches children 7 and above everything they need to know about horses. The Horse Course includes daily horseback riding in the arena, on trails, and along the beach. Kids will learn the difference between Western and English riding styles, grooming, and how to saddle. Between horses, campers can also play with goats, pigs llamas and the other animals that live on the ranch. At the end of each session friends and family are invited to see what the kids have learned.
From surfing beach breaks to exploring San Diego Bay by kayak, there are BIG ADVENTURES to be had in San Diego.This summer, teens and pre-teens ages 11-17 can ADVENTURE WITH US, exploring San Diego while creating friendships, building community, and developing leadership skills for all of life’s adventures.Participants will come together from diverse cultural, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds to create an environment where we can celebrate what makes us unique, and appreciate the differences of others.
