Evergreen Outdoor Center’s five-day and 12-day residential summer camps in the Japan Alps are the perfect escape back to nature; full of fun and outdoor learning for children.
Based at scenic and pristine Lake Aokiko in Nagano prefecture, campers stay in lakeside cabins surrounded by lush green forests, so they will really feel like they are in nature. By the end of the camp, our counsellors can almost always see a unique change occur in the campers. For one thing, they begin to look around more and use all their senses to a degree that they would not regularly do in the urban environment. Campers can feel the wind and water on their faces, listen to animal sounds in the woods, and take in beautiful vistas while breathing fresh mountain air.
Hiking into the mountains, getting out on the lake and rivers, and exploring the forests come easily to children, and they can get their feet wet (literally) in many fun and exciting outdoor sports. Evergreen’s professional guides and instructors use outdoor people-powered sports like canoeing, kayaking, mountain biking, hiking, rock climbing, canyoning, and rafting not in a competitive way, but with the objective to instill communication, friendly teamwork, support from new and old friends, and, of course, to introduce that element of adventure that children lean toward naturally. Five-day campers will sleep in tents on their overnight camping trip away from our Lake Aokiko base camp, while 12-day campers will travel to Togakushi Village for a two-day camp excursion in an area famous for NINJA and steeped in mystery, deep in the mountains of Nagano.
Many of Evergreen’s summer tours are family oriented, so parents, siblings, grandparents, and even family dogs are more than welcome to meet with campers on weekends and let them show you just what they have learned and accomplished. Evergreen’s combo day tours are an affordable and fun option that includes two activities per day as well as a healthy lunch from our organic “Roots Café.” And remember: you don’t have to “rough it” if you don’t want to because Hakuba has plenty of quality accommodations and hot springs to allow you a weekend getaway with the whole family.
Children between the ages of 8 and 16 are more than welcome to join our summer camps. Younger and older children are separated for some activities to make it fun for everyone.
For more information, please have a look at our website at http://www.evergreen-hakuba.com for dates and summer camp registration forms.
The whole Evergreen Summer Camp Crew and I are looking forward to meeting you and your children this year at the Japan Alps International Summer Camp!
See you in the Alps!
Dave Enright
Director & Chief Guide
EVERGREEN OUTDOOR CENTER
TEL: 0261-72-5150
[email protected]
http://www.evergreen-hakuba.com
