Out Trips and Summer Adventures
Camp Chanco is excited to announce four adventurous out-trip options in 2010!
Our Sail, Land, Sea, and Ultimate Adventures are designed with your teenage camper in mind. Broaden your campers’ experiences through a balance of traditional tent camping and cooking with daily modern adventures. Whether you are skilled with a paddle, love a good climb, or want to spend all your time with your toes deep in the sand, we have the trip for you.
Sail Camp – ages 12-15 (June 27 – July 2):
This camp will be based at the Chanco property on the James River in Surry, Virginia. Campers will learn basic boat handling skills in a fun and safe environment. Sailing across the river, racing, and a day trip excursion (weather and wind permitting) will be some of the highlights of the week. Mariner Camp is designed for ages 12-15 and will be focused on teamwork, bonding, and group activities both on and off the water. Campers will leave this session with new friends, a lot of great experiences, and an increase in confidence from acquiring new skills and mastering new challenges.
Land Adventure – ages 13-16 (July 4-16):
Start your journey right here at Camp Chanco. Learn the basics of: rock climbing, camping setup, meal preparation, basic wilderness safety, and hiking before you are transported to the Appalachian Mountains where you will spend the next nine days seeing as much terrain as possible. Whether you are spending the day climbing, hiking, whitewater rafting, or exploring the mountains on foot, on bikes, or on horseback this is one experience that will last. The highlight of this adventure trip will be whitewater rafting in the famous New River Gorge.
Sea Adventure – ages 14-17 (July 18-30):
This Adventure will spend a day here at Camp Chanco before starting out to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. We will learn the basics of water safety, camping setup, and meal preparation before diving in to exhilarating activities such as flatwater kayaking and surfing lessons. After taking in several days of salty wind and sand we will head to Richmond, Virginia for some of the best rafting and white water our state has to offer. If beautiful landscapes and sandy toes are your idea of fun, then this trip is for you.
Ultimate Adventure – ages 15-18 (Aug. 1-13)
The Ultimate Adventure is not for the faint at heart. Your feet will take off on our own ropes course here and Camp Chanco where you will learn the techniques of proper safety when climbing, the stationary bottom belay system, basic rappel course and a class on our five zip-lines. Once you have mastered the basics you will leave camp to practice what you have learned. The Ultimate Adventure will spend time: rock climbing (indoor and outdoor), caving, rappelling, and a lot more all around outdoor adventures that will get those feet off the ground. We will travel through parts of Southern Virginia on our way to the beautiful mountains of West Virginia.
click here for the out-trip “what to bring” list.
The Junior and Senior High Conference is back by popular demand and is one day longer this year based on the surveys last year’s participants! The conference will be held from August 16th – August 21st and promises to be a fun-filled, faith-filled week! The cost of the week is $275.00. Experienced youth leaders volunteer their time for this conference making this camp week a highly affordable experience.
This conference blends the best of both traditional camping with a theme-based spiritual event. This conference will challenge conferees with the activities and fun of camp life, experience meeting new friends, building a hopeful community, and provide the opportunity for emotional and spiritual growth with the guidance of experienced youth leaders.
One hundred percent of the teens who attended this conference last year responded in a survey that they would return and many stated it was the best retreat/camp experience that they had ever had! Don’t delay – register for this exceptional week and make summer memories and friends to last a lifetime!
