Bay Area, CA Wild, Wild Safari

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Wild, Wild Animals

Join the master trackers of Trackers Earth in a week long safari in search of wild animals in our urban forests. We also take a trip to the Zoo to learn about all the animals from around the world. We teach you to track everything from deer to bear, from big cats to little ones.

The Art of Tracking and Seeing

Kids can learn to see tracks more quickly than most adult. We teach you the techniques used by some of the best trackers in Trackers Earth. When we go tracking in sand, every kid takes plaster casts of the animals footprint, a fitting trophy for the trails they followed.

Animals From Around the World

We also take a journey to the Oakland or San Francisco Zoo (depending on location), visiting all kinds of animals from around the world. At the Zoo we learn how incredible the diversity and wonder of life can be on this planet we live.

Reptile Man

Finally, we get a visit from an expert reptile wrangler. He safely shows and teaches us about all manner of scaled creatures, amored and slithering creatures.

Awesome extended camp begins at 8am until 5:30pm Our affordable extended camp program begins at 8am and ends at 5:30pm, making camp convenient for working parents. Main camp hours offer flexible drop-off from 8:30am-9am with flexible pick-up 3:00pm-3:30pm.

Please read every word on this page together with your child. Especially "A Good Fit?"

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Ages 6 $355 Get Extended Camp from 8am-5:30pm
August 8-12, 2011 8:30am-3:30pm
berkeley aquatic park or 205 Tennessee Valley Road, Mill Valley, CA
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Ages 7-8 $355 Get Extended Camp from 8am-5:30pm
August 8-12, 2011 8:30am-3:30pm
berkeley aquatic park or 205 Tennessee Valley Road, Mill Valley, CA
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Ages 9-10 $355 Get Extended Camp from 8am-5:30pm
August 8-12, 2011 8:30am-3:30pm
berkeley aquatic park or 205 Tennessee Valley Road, Mill Valley, CA
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Payment Plans

For families who need it, we can offer flexible payment plans. Contact Molly to learn more. A non-refundable deposit is always required to reserve your space.

Ages 6 Wild, Wild Safari includes

mobile camp around Bay Area nature parks and lands and beyond
• learn the art of animal tracking
• come home with awesome plaster cast of animal footprints
• train the invisibility skills of the fox and deer
• solve puzzles and riddles of the local animals (more then deer)
• do critter catch nearly every day: catch and release to learn about all the bugs coming from water
• adventure on day hikes through trails of local greenspsaces
• get a visit from trained handlers and special amphibians and reptiles (along with bugs and other featured creatures)
• visit the Oakland or San Francisco Zoo and learn about animals form around the world

Ages 7-8 Wild, Wild Safari includes

mobile camp around Bay Area nature parks and lands and beyond
• learn the art of animal tracking
• come home with awesome plaster cast of animal footprints
• train the invisibility skills of the fox and deer
• solve puzzles and riddles of the local animals (more then deer)
• do critter catch nearly every day: catch and release to learn about all the bugs coming from water
• adventure on day hikes through trails of local greenspsaces
• get a visit from trained handlers and special amphibians and reptiles (along with bugs and other featured creatures)
• visit the Oakland or San Francisco Zoo and learn about animals form around the world

Ages 9-10 Wild, Wild Safari includes

mobile camp around Bay Area nature parks and lands and beyond
• learn the art of animal tracking
• come home with awesome plaster cast of animal footprints
• train the invisibility skills of the fox and deer
• solve puzzles and riddles of the local animals (more then deer)
• do critter catch nearly every day: catch and release to learn about all the bugs coming from water
• adventure on day hikes through trails of local greenspsaces
• get a visit from trained handlers and special amphibians and reptiles (along with bugs and other featured creatures)
• visit the Oakland or San Francisco Zoo and learn about animals form around the world

A Good Fit?

Before you register PLEASE READ the critical information below to help you decide if your program is the right match for you or you child. TrackersNW invests in families and students dedicated to maturity and accountability as a team. The experience of your child is heightened as these filters insure a safe, supportive and competent collaboration with both our instructors and all other team members (including students).

This program is a good fit for the child and parent who...

• trust one another
• are interested in and empathetic to the natural world
• crave a different way of experiencing and seeing both natural and modern world
• want to have fun
• possess a sense of adventure
• make intelligent choices
• display competent autonomy when needed
• can make and keep clear agreements concerning safety
• can help insure the safety of their peers and collaborators
• works diligently toward adult accountability, consequences and responsibility
• will come dressed appropriately to stay warm, dry and healthy
• is okay with being muddy, cold and wet at times
• can be a real kid
• shares well with others

This program is NOT a good fit for children who...

• are not interested in nature & scout awareness
• are not empathetic for the natural world
• are being forced to come to camp
• cannot display competent autonomy when needed
• cannot make and keep clear agreements and choices concerning safety
• is kept inside all the time so may be uncomfortable
• will not dress appropriately to stay warm, dry and healthy
• is not okay with being muddy, cold and wet at times
• has trouble working with others and respecting the needs of other participants

Please note that if your child is positively working on behavior, we are willing to work with them and you with clear agreements

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A Smile

We help children to feel like that group of kids wandering country backyards 50 years ago: independent, tired, muddy, wet and happy from the woods and wild. We are acutely aware of full and real hazards of the out of doors after years of working in environmental education. We try to move away from the highly structured and limiting tolerances of conventional environmental education while keeping kids truly safe but not encapsulated from, or phobic of nature. We are deep patriots to the value of offering guided yet very free and transparent experiences for kids. We believe it is okay to be thirsty at times, cold at times, and wet at times. It builds empathy and care for the gifts of life. It fosters adventure and sincere accomplishment. We also believe it is critical to feel supported and cared for as they truly explore their passion and responsibility. And through a healthy life immersed in nature, they test the limits and great potential of the often untapped physical and emotional resiliency they possess.