For Youth ages 9-12: The “Junior Camp Castaway” program is an outdoor educational and recreational experience for children ages 9-12. The ACA accredited camp is located at Whites Landing, a remote cove on Catalina Island operated by The Catalina Experience (TCX). The program is designed to better acquaint participating youth with local history (including European explorers, smugglers, pirates, and the history of the native Tongva people), marine natural history, island ecology, geology and wilderness survival. Each subject of study is integrated into activity sessions crafted to engage young minds and encourage participation. The “castaway” theme threads its way through everything –sports, challenges, crafts, waterfront activities, exploratory hiking, even meal service – giving campers a sense of fabled adventure while they build a lasting relationship with Catalina Island, its history and its remarkable ecosystem.
For Teens 13-17: “Camp Castaway” is an extraordinary opportunity for teens to escape the every day pressures and temptation of urban life to discover an island paradise. Catalina Island offers infinite avenues of exploration, personal challenge and intellectual growth. The Catalina Experience at Whites Landing (an ACA accredited camp) has designed a program to build awareness, confidence and teamwork in participating teens. While at Camp Castaway, teens will participate in sophisticated workshop sessions that take full advantage of everything Catalina Island has to offer. For example, they may be exploring remote coves with a kayak in the morning, and snorkeling through a giant kelp forest in the afternoon. They will work as a team to build functioning rafts, negotiate obstacle courses, find their way to buried treasure and much, much more – all while celebrating the castaway tradition, a fun and engaging theme popularized in our culture in many and various ways since the printing of the book “Robinson Crusoe.” Workshops include projects and activities in local history (including native peoples), survival, orienteering, oceanography, marine biology, island ecology and much more. Each session is unique, and a combined (two-week) session includes a complete Camp Castaway adventure.
Camp Castaway is for youth and teens ages 9-17. There are two sessions to choose from, or choose a combined session. Session I is August 1-7, and Session II is August 7-13.
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