Bay Area, CA
Camp Trackers Village Overnight Summer Camp Ages 9-13

On Sunday campers check-in and our staff welcomes the to the village of Camp Trackers. Throughout the week we play, learn and work together, doing activities lead by the various Trackers Guilds and culminating in our Epic Thursday all-day adventure. On Friday, we wrap of the week with our closing ceremony and bid farewell to new friends.

Dinner Even Plays a Character

In this camp we cook by a complete wood fired outdoor kitchen. It all has a real "Cowboy" Ranger flair to it. We also harvest certain wild edible plants with a focus on caretaking for the land.

Campfire is High End Theater

Campfire is high art and worthy of theater you could sell tickets for. This does not preclude the campers from participating, in fact, under the tutelage and positive encouragement of our fantastic theater impov teachers they feel highly motivated, accomplished and successful to step out on stage. This caliber of instruction will build confidence as they find their voice through village theater and campfire participation.

A Village of Friends

At Camp Trackers you find friendships that last a lifetime. We forge family care by the responsibilities of our Houses. Each camper is sorted into a House when they arrive. That House then works together on the afternoon Guild Duties and participates in morning Guild Rotations together.  At Camp Trackers we rely one another to make the village successful and thrive.

About Safety

Since 2004 Trackers has lead the way in standards of safety for outdoor camps and programs. All camp staff are CPR/First AID certified and have passed a thorough background check. We are very selective in our hiring process, choosing mature and competent individuals with profound experience in both education and skills instruction. Trackers is at the forefront of blending "old school" outdoor education with new and leading standards of safety, responsibility and personalized learning. We seek to bring environmental education back to true adventure in the out of doors. Learn more about our safety policies and values from our blog.

Our Teachers and Counselors

All Camp Trackers staff are of the most highly trained and experienced educators in the field, well versed in the industry leading Trackers Code of Safety. These are not your typical camp counselors that simply sing songs and run canned curriculum. While acting goofy is an essential part of camp, we keep it even more real. Our counselors are experts at traditional crafts, cultural skills such as theater improv, campfire cooking and most importantly, they posses a deft understanding of true and epic adventure.

About Camps Meals and Diets

Provided meals are all omnivore. They include an array of vegetables, grains, dairy and meat; all often mixed together. As we cook most of our meals over a woodfired kitchen we are unable to make accommodations and distinctions for specialized or specific diets.

Systemic Food Allergies To the best of our ability we work to exclude items that typically result inserver systemic reactions leading to anaphylaxis. Working with your medical doctor, if have a severe food allergy (such as peanut butter) please Contact Us and we will investigate if it is possible to adjust our meal plans.

Please Note Trackers is a Peanut Butter Free camp to accommodate this quickly growing severe systemic reaction (we rely on parents to respect this by not packing lunches or snacks that include peanut butter)

Skinning & Butchering

Full Disclosure In the spirit of learning about local foods, off-site we may even offer the opportunity for students to learn about and partake in butchering and processing local livestock. This will not necessarily happen every week and it will be done with great tact, council and sensitivity. This is purely a LEARNINGexperience and is fully OPTIONAL. It's goal is to foster respect for the origins of our food.

Please read this blog to better understand how this community need helps support our goals of conservation and respect for the natural world.