Summer Adventures Camp 2026

Thank you for your interest in Kestrel summer adventures camp!

Registration for the summer of 2026 opens Sunday, January 18th at 3:00pm

Check this page on January 18th to register for our camps. Camps fill quickly!

If you need a partial or full waiver in order to pay for camp, please click here to apply.

Please note the deadline for applying for financial aid or waivers for camp is February 15th.

Below are the dates for summer 2026. Please visit the page for each camp in order to enroll.

Survival Rockport Camp

Survival Camp Week One July 6-10

Survival Camp Week Two July 13-17

Survival Camp Week Three July 20-24


Woodland Seekers Camp

Woodland Seekers Week One July 27-31

Woodland Seekers Week Two August 3-7


Being Animals Camp

Being Animals August 10-14

Explore, Imagine, Create, Discover

Kestrel’s Summer Adventure camps are a unique experience based on nature, imagination, community, and independence. Our carefully planned days follow a storyline into wild places where we connect directly with wildlife or learn to live off what we find around us. Our activities flow together as we explore, make things, adventure, and play.

Our instructors are responsive, experienced, adult professional naturalists and educators who listen to children and understand that they learn best through opportunities to challenge themselves and use all their senses. Because of our small group and flexible approach, campers have opportunities to choose activities, to stick with a challenge for as long as it takes, to work on projects in a community, and to just take some time to sit alone listening to the forest or drawing a tree. Friendships are forged naturally in our supportive community where we have a daily practice of valuing, hearing, and appreciating everyone for their individual contributions.

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Notes about Kestrel Camps:

  • Our small, dedicated team will be teaching each camp. We run only one camp session at a time, with only one group at time, for a maximum of 20 campers per week.

  • Our staff all have CPR and First Aid certification, as well as naturalist and outdoor skills.

  • Survival Rockport Camp will also have at least one certified lifeguard and at least one instructor certified in Wilderness First Aid.

  • Each week is independent and different in content. You can sign up for one or more weeks of each camp (except Being Animals, which is only offered for one week)

  • You can sign up for up to two weeks of Survival Rockport Camp (not all three). We find that more than two weeks in a row of Survival Rockport is too tiring for many campers, due to the high level of activity involved.

  • All our camps are entirely outdoors, with indoor locations we can use in case of hazardous weather

  • Campers bring their own lunches and snacks and carry out all their own trash

  • Our camps are creative, nature connected, and non competitive

Fee Reduction and Waiver Process.

These camps must comply with regulations of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and are licensed by the local board of health

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION
All educational and non-academic programs, activities and employment opportunities are offered without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, homelessness, age and/or, disability, and any other class or characteristic protected by law.

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