Adventures Cross-Country (ARCC) offers domestic and international adventure trips in 20 countries and 5 western states throughout North America, Asia, Africa, South Pacific, Australia, Europe, Central and South America. In addition, ARCC offers Gap Semester programs that provide an educational and cultural bridge between high school and college.

With 30 years of experience, ARCC students travel to a variety of the world's most spectacular locations and participate in activities such as community service projects, language schools, cultural immersion, backpacking, sailing, SCUBA diving, surfing, rafting, sea kayaking, zip-lining, rock climbing, mountaineering, glacier travel, ice climbing, and more!

Trip destinations include Alaska, Australia, Belize, California, China, Colorado, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, France, Galapagos, Greece, Hawaii, Italy, Kenya, Morocco, Peru, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Turkey, Uganda, Utah and Zanzibar. No experience other than enthusiastic participation is required.

ARCC offers trips in four categories:

1. Community Service Adventures: ARCC's Community Service Adventures offer a chance to give something back to the communities we visit while taking part in world-class adventure activities. Service sections include teaching English to local school children, caring for elephants/sea turtles/pandas, and building much-needed facilities in rural villages. Adventures in Africa, Australia, California, China, Tibet, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Galapagos, Greece, Hawaii, Morocco, Peru, Spain, Thailand, and Turkey. Lodging will be in local guest-houses, small hotels, and occasionally camping.

2. Language & Service Adventures: Language Adventures are international programs where learning a language, exploring the culture, and getting off the beaten path are an integral part of the adventure. Features time at accredited language schools working with native speakers, and working on community service projects. Programs are in France and Spain. Lodging is a mix of small hotels, hostels and shared apartments. Time not in class will be spent exploring cities and participating in adventure activities like windsurfing, whitewater rafting, sailing, and day hikes.

3. Multisport Adventures: Our Multisport Adventures offer a range of activities like rafting, rock climbing, SCUBA diving, sailing or sea kayaking, as well as overnight wilderness backpacking in North America, Latin America and Europe. Curriculum focuses on individual development and group leadership. Multisport Adventures are suitable for both “first timers” and experienced students. Lodging is predominantly camping in some of the most spectacular locations in Alaska, Belize, Colorado, Costa Rica, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Utah.

4. Gap Semester: Adventures Cross-Country's Gap Year Semester Programs offer an educational and cultural bridge between high school and college. The ARCC Gap Semesters are an opportunity to live, work, learn, and explore in some of the greatest classrooms on earth. On an ARCC Gap Semester, students immerse into the culture through homestays, service work, teaching, and exchange. ARCC offers GAP Africa, GAP Latin America and GAP Asia semesters.

Camp Woolman is an overnight outdoor adventure camp for 9-16 yr old boys and girls. We have programs for 9-14 yr-olds (aka Sierra Friends Camp) and for teens 15-16 (aka Woolman Teen Leadership Camp).

Located next to the wild and scenic Yuba River and Tahoe National Forest, Woolman is a fantastic place to spend the summer. The 230 acre campus includes sports areas, a swimming pond, hiking trails, a garden, beautiful cabins, wonderful people and so much to explore!

SIERRA FRIENDS CAMP: (age 9-14) Features weekly camping trips to rivers, farms, and mountains. The programs focus on community building, stewardship of nature, and values of peace and sustainability.
Activities include games, hiking, swimming, singing, art, campfires, drama, rope-swings, sports, garden and nature, and camping under the stars.
Food at camp is local, organic, vegetarian-friendly, and delicious.
The small size (40 campers per session) and friendly atmosphere make it ideal for first-time campers, and of course many kids return year after year.

WOOLMAN TEEN LEADERSHIP CAMP: (age 15-16) is an adventure, service and leadership program for teens. The two week trips include hiking, swimming, camping, biking, team-building, and service-learning.

Work-trades and financial aid are available to all. As a nonprofit one of our goals is to ensure that everyone gets to experience the outdoors this summer, and not let cost be a barrier. You do not need to be "low income" to get help from us with your tuition.

We are proud to be affiliated with Friends (Quakers), who uphold values of equality, integrity, peace, and unity with nature, and have a long history of excellence in education. We are not, however, a religious education camp; we welcome people of all backgrounds, and encourage open discussion of all beliefs (spiritual, political, etc) without upholding one ideaology over any other. Our Quaker values are expressed in the way we treat all people with respect, foster healthy community, and teach children about peace and environmental sustainability. Quaker spirituality at camp is manifested in the moments of silent thanks we share before each meal, and in how we start each day with a few minutes of silent reflection.

Visit our website for more information, or call 530-273-3183.

Throughout the summer, Lasting Adventures, guides youth ages 11-18 on memorable excursions in and around the Yosemite backcountry. While having fun, making new friends, and learning about the outdoors, these one and two week-long excursions focus on positive youth development. Staffed by professional educators and naturalists, our mission is to use the natural environment and outdoor activities to teach youth the necessary skills and attitudes for living successful lives. Through safe risk taking opportunities, participants will be challenged to improve their sense of self-esteem, self-worth, and self-confidence. Along with creating lasting memories, it is our goal that participants will finish this adventure with a greater knowledge of themselves, the world, and the environment around them.

Join Adventure Treks for two, three and four week Adventures for young adults ages 12 - 18 in the amazing scenery of the North American. How many teenagers get to Climb Mount Saint Helens, sea kayak with seals, rock climb famous cliffs, or raft big northwestern whitewater? Join students from all over the country and the world. Discover fun, friendships, adventure, community and growth. Program features a 1:4 instructor to student ratio. contact us today for a brochure and DVD.

“I tell parents they won’t believe their good fortune to have stumbled upon such a wholesome organization, with fabulous instructors, who use fun and adventure to tap into a facet of your child’s character, endurance, or personality that had never before found expression.”
F.D. Fields, parent from Pittsburg, PA

When it comes to unforgettable summers Bold Earth Teen Adventures has been leading the teen adventure travel industry since 1976. Our vision empowers high school students to feel alive, competent and part of a self-motivated team. Enjoy world class expeditions in rock climbing, white water rafting, backpacking, biking, sailing, kayaking, horse packing and service projects. Our hallmark is responsibility, commitment and inspirational leadership. Phone interview and references are required. Join us in Alaska, Costa Rica, Hawaii, Europe, Colorado, Thailand, Fiji, Bali, Australia, England, California, Washington state, Africa and beyond. More locations. More adventures. Trips of a lifetime.

Unalayee (Place of Friends in Cherokee) is located in the Trinity Alps wilderness of Northern California. We offer a 9 day program and as well as 15 day programs where youth get the chance to learn to live in the wilderness and make friends and have a great time at the same time. Campers can choose a program with two short backpacking trips and half the session spent in our wonderful base camp basin (complete with a lake, sports, arts and crafts, and much more!), or they can choose to spend the entire session out on the trail exploring the wilderness.
We also have programs for families and adults who want to get back into the woods. Contact the office for more information.

Rock-N-Water provides adventure summer camps in California for individuals looking to send their teenage kids to a great Christian camp. We use outdoor adventures like white water rafting, rock climbing, and backpacking to bring campers to a personal relationship with our savior Jesus Christ. Summer camp should be more than a high tech retreat center built in the setting of God's great outdoors. Our summer camps seek to adventures in God's creation to to draw participants closer to Christ.

Nawa Academy offers five different summer programs, four of which include a rock climbing, whitewater rafting, caving, backpacking, camping, swimming, fishing, and integration of academics. We utilize the hands-on rescue approach in order to facilitate each activity. Our programs strive to develop individual growth, improved self-esteem and leadership skills, while offering the opportunity to earn academic credit. Our Experience China program, incorporates international travel and cultural interaction. If you want to experience summer school and have some adventure, then this might be the summer program for you!

At the our high school science research camps, students have a unique opportrunity to participate in wildlife or marine biology investigations usually available only to scientists at Universtiy of California research stations.
At our backpacking science camps, you will engage in hands-on science activities as you learn about rocks, astronomy, birds, insects, trees and flowers along with learning outdoor survival and backpacking skills.

Your child will thrive at this summer camp in California's Tahoe National Forest! Kids 8 to 17 have fun, make friends, and enjoy a wide variety of noncompetitive, largely team-based wilderness adventure activities.

What distinguishes this summer camp from other summer camps?

Location. Nestled on the peaceful headwaters of the North Yuba River among 200' fir trees as old as America, this ACA accredited overnight summer camp is adjacent to the spectacular Sierra Buttes, where from the summit on a clear day you can see 100 miles, and the incredible Lakes Basin Recreation Area, which has over 70 pristine mountain lakes and miles and miles of hiking, biking and horseback riding trails. The natural beauty is incomparable, the variety of destinations hard to beat. Your camper will stay interested and engaged for however long s/he chooses to stay. No one gets bored here!

Size. With just 70 campers permitted to enroll, your child won't get lost in a crowd and will hopefully make friends that will last a lifetime!

Activities. Our focus on noncompetitive, team-based activities frees your child to have fun, gain skills and build self-confidence without fear of whether they're "good enough" to be picked for a team, or what the other campers will think of them after a competition or game. We operate on the "Challenge by Choice" philosophy. Your camper chooses in which activities to participate and how far they want to go with them. We supply the guidance and encouragement! What would you attempt, if you knew you couldn't fail?

And we're so confident in our program that if your child doesn't have fun, we'll refund your tuition! (Call the camp or visit it's web sie for details.)

See you this summer!