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.

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.

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

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.

Summer is one of the best times to experience Applied Scholastics Academy North County. Not only do we offer fun camp activities such as arts and crafts, cooking, enjoying our huge playing field, swimming, science projects, beach trips, field trips and much more, but we also offer a variety of academic enrichment programs as well. Camp is a great place for children to sharpen skills, advance in exsisting studies or explore new interests.

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.

Camp Augusta’s Wilderness Trips program offers a variety of experiences that take campers into wild settings beyond the bounds of our residential site. Each trip has between 4 and 8 campers and is led by at least 2 wilderness-trained Camp Augusta staff members. We have found that the wilderness trip groups often form very strong bonds within their small close-knit communities while in the wilderness; a result of experiencing many exciting moments and challenges together.

From canoeing down the Sacramento River to rock-climbing in Desolation Wilderness, campers are likely to find a Wilderness Trip which matches their interest and desired challenge. Each one of our expeditions focuses on providing campers with a genuine wilderness experience in which they can develop relevant leadership skills while honing their awareness of both environmental issues and personal safety. Campers will gain skills and knowledge that give them confidence in wilderness settings, whether on flat ground or towering rock, on two wheels or four hooves. Classic Camp Augusta touches of Wish, Wonder, and Surprise will round out the journey.

Your options:

Session 1 (June 17th-23rd)
Backpacking the Lost Coast
Backpacking in Point Reyes
Canoeing down the Sacramento River

Session 2 (June 23rd-July 7th)
Backpacking in Hoover Wilderness
Biking the Coast + Backpacking in Point Reyes

Session 3 (July 8th- 21st)
Backpacking in Hoover Wilderness
TRIFECTA! Backpacking in Point Reyes + Canoeing down the Sacramento River + Horse-packing

Session 4 (July 22nd -Aug 4th)
Backpacking in Hoover Wilderness
Backpacking In Grouse Ridge + Horse-packing

Session 5 (Aug 5th-11th)
Rock-climbing in Desolation Wilderness
Backpacking in Grouse Ridge
Biking the Coast

Session 6 (Aug 12th–18th)
Rock-climbing in Desolation Wilderness
Backpacking In Grouse Ridge

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.

Have you ever wanted to summit an 11,000′ peak? Kayak with seals? Learn to rock climb? Sleep under the stars? You can!

GirlVentures offers three Summer Outdoor Adventure Programs for girls entering 6th – 9th grade. Discover your strengths, build your leadership skills, and amaze yourself as you journey through the California wilderness with a dynamic group of girls.

Redwood Adventure
A 7-day introductory adventure for girls entering 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. Spend the week camping among the Redwoods, climbing, and learning outdoor skills!

Project Courage
A 14-day backcountry adventure for girls entering 7th and 8th grade. Two weeks of sea kayking, rock climbing, and backpacking on the Sonoma Coast.

Transitions
A 14-day backcountry expedition for girls entering 9th grade. Two weeks of high sierra adventures, including rock climbing, backpacking, rappelling, and peak ascents!

66% of girls receive full or partial scholarships for ALL courses.

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!

Your child will have the opportunity to gain knowledge from his or her own inspiration, curiosity and joy of experience. Our desire is to build a contagious container of wonder that makes new awareness an inevitable product of being in relationship with nature. Questions asked, curiosity peeked, discovery every moment. Our goal is for children to experience life through every sense, and that learning comes from a deeply connected interest in the world around them. We find these skills to be priceless and rare treats for all ages and abilities.

Rites of Passage is an old phrase. Our ancestors, the Native Americans, the Africans and many of the worlds cultures know its value.

Over time, many of us have lost the wisdom of the Rites of Passage. Now is the time to bring it back. Our ancestors knew how to live with the Earth. In todays world, we are forced into technology, materialism, subdivisions, cell phones, computers and on and on. It gets harder and harder to connect with Nature and our own natural cycles.

The Rite of Passage is a time to honor the individual that is in "change". There are 6 phases involved: Acknowledgment, Separation, Discovery, Silence, Initiation and Celebration.

We travel into the wilderness and we find ourselves, our true selves.

We will learn the Medicine Wheel and how it affects our lives. We will connect with the 4 Elements of Air-Water-Fire-Earth. We will learn how to make fire from our bare hands. We will think about our lives. We will spend time alone. We will discover who we are. We will learn to honor ourselves. We will begin to live.

During the silence phase, we will adventure into a time of quiet. The native people call it the Vision Quest. It is the most powerful experience that we know of. It is the climax of the Rite of Passage Journey. Once complete with the Vision Quest, the person will have transformed themselves into something new. This new person is one who they, themselves has designed.

Very powerful.

The Sweat Lodge is an ancient initiation, where hot rocks are brought into a small confined area. Within the lodge, we sing, silence and focus on our lives. It is a purification ceremony. It is cleansing.

Upon return, the person is greeted by some of his family members and life-long mentors. They meet "for the first time" ... again.

This journey is not for the light at heart. It is ceremony and ritual and it will change our lives... should we give it a chance.

Are you ready?

We invite you to join us.