There are tricks of the trade involved in directing summer camp. Tricks are developed over many years that will help a camp to create community, keep children fed and happy, encourage proper hygiene, and maximize the amount of fun that participants can have in the relatively short amount of time they have at camp.
As a former camp director, I noticed some similar tricks employed by the staff at EcoCamp – with many of the same goals in mind…
How do you make sure folks are happy with – and sated by - the box lunch they will have in the middle of their full-day hike? You lay out a giant spread of homemade breads, meats, cheeses, spreads, snacks, veggies and fruit for them to pack before they eat their breakfast. Pack your lunch on an empty stomach and you are bound to have enough!
How do you get folks who are otherwise on vacation to show up on time for a meeting with their guides to discuss the next day’s events? Provide a free pisco sour – and a great one at that!
How do you create community among a disparate group of travelers that are all arriving and departing on different days of the week? Arrange the breakfast and dinner seating based on what activity those folks are doing that day!
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Hazel Araza
10 hours ago
(1) great information on the website and throughout all the "materials." (2) Jane Packer is great: knowledgeable, responsive, takes a personal interest and tone, seems to care about the customer as a person not a sale.
Larry Bethune
18 hours ago
great people doing a wonderful job to make our voyages happen.
trudy
1 day ago
For our first trip to Costa Rica, Adventure Life designed a tour that meets the interests, ecological and adventure, of our party; but also takes into account our physical limitations sine we are all septuagenarian. We are looking forward to the trip.
John Zent
2 days ago
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