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Campybara is a sleep away summer camp rooted in nature appreciation, hands-on outdoor skills, and creative expression. Through shared experiences in the outdoors, campers build practical abilities, artistic confidence, and a strong sense of community and teamwork.
Campybara is a sleep away summer camp rooted in nature appreciation, hands-on outdoor skills, and creative expression. Through shared experiences in the outdoors, campers build practical abilities, artistic confidence, and a strong sense of community and teamwork.
Daily activities include hiking, swimming, whittling, archery, watercolor painting, fire-starting, linoleum carving, singing around the campfire, making s’mores, and much more.
Daily activities include hiking, swimming, whittling, archery, watercolor painting, fire-starting, linoleum carving, singing around the campfire, making s’mores, and much more.
A central goal of Campybara is to help campers become confident and capable in a camping environment. Campers actively participate in all aspects of camp setup and daily living. By the end of the week, in addition to enjoying the outdoors and creating meaningful artwork, campers will know how to set up a tent, roll a sleeping bag, pack a daypack for a hike, cook meals, clean their own dishes, safely start and properly extinguish a fire, and practice other essential outdoor skills.
A central goal of Campybara is to help campers become confident and capable in a camping environment. Campers actively participate in all aspects of camp setup and daily living. By the end of the week, in addition to enjoying the outdoors and creating meaningful artwork, campers will know how to set up a tent, roll a sleeping bag, pack a daypack for a hike, cook meals, clean their own dishes, safely start and properly extinguish a fire, and practice other essential outdoor skills.
Founded by Erika and Yaniv Singer, Campybara draws on more than 40 years of combined experience sharing a love of the natural sciences, art, and the outdoors with children. The capybara is an animal that feels at home both in water and on land. We decided to embrace our inner capybaras by accepting that we too can live in two places at the same time. Our school years are spent living in Israel, and our summers are spent camping with our three children on the west coast of the United States.
Founded by Erika and Yaniv Singer, Campybara draws on more than 40 years of combined experience sharing a love of the natural sciences, art, and the outdoors with children. The capybara is an animal that feels at home both in water and on land. We decided to embrace our inner capybaras by accepting that we too can live in two places at the same time. Our school years are spent living in Israel, and our summers are spent camping with our three children on the west coast of the United States.
Safety is our highest priority. Both founders are certified in Wilderness First Aid (WFA), and Yaniv has also been certified as a life guard.
Safety is our highest priority. Both founders are certified in Wilderness First Aid (WFA), and Yaniv has also been certified as a life guard.
We run 8-day sessions in California, Oregon, and Washington.
We run 8-day sessions in California, Oregon, and Washington.
Come have an unforgettable week with us!
Come have an unforgettable week with us!
Our Activities include
Our Activities include
Hiking
Hiking
The best way to learn about a new environment is with your own two feet!
Swimming
Swimming
How many bodies of water can you dunk your head in during the week?
Whittling
Whittling
We encourage our campers to bring their own pocket knife and teach them how to use it creatively and safely.
Hatcheting
Hatcheting
Bring your own or use ours. We'll teach you how to do it efficiently and safely
Archery
Archery
Learn how to calm your mind and hit the bullseye!
Fire-Starting
Fire-Starting
Sometimes matches and lighters are too easy. Learn how to start a fire with flint and steel, or even a bow drill.
Fire-Building
Fire-Building
We have a campfire every night that is built and maintained by our campers
Daily Campfire
Daily Campfire
The work of the fire building crew will pay off. Each night we gather around the campfire to sing songs and have dessert, which sometimes involves s'mores!
Arts and Crafts
Arts and Crafts
Each day has a window for arts and crafts. Campers have a choice from which avenue they'd like to express their creativity
Jewelry Making
Jewelry Making
We have beads, strings, clasps, tools, and whatever else you need to make necklaces, bracelets, and even earings!
Woodworking
Woodworking
Learn how to use saws, vices, files, and sandpaper. Bring home your unique wood-art! From walking sticks to small sculptures.
Ring Making
Ring Making
Once you are well practiced with our tools, attempt to make a ring out of local wood!
Water Coloring
Water Coloring
Wherever we go we bring our bare-books and art supplies. Capture the beauty of nature through watercolor painting, inspired by the landscapes and wildlife around camp.
Linoleum Cutting
Linoleum Cutting
Discover the art of printmaking by carving designs into linoleum blocks and creating your own prints to share.
T-shirt printing
T-shirt printing
Design and create your own custom camp t-shirt using stamps, fabric paint, your own linoleum cut, and other creative techniques.
FOOD
FOOD
Food is an important part of camping. It gives us the fuel for our activity-filled week. When staff and campers eat the same meals, you know the meals are going to be great. We use healthy and often organic ingredients. Our campers help cook, serve, and even clean (see the FAQ page if you want to know why).
Meal-Prep
Meal-Prep
Learn essential cooking skills while helping prepare delicious, healthy meals for the entire camp community.
Balanced Meals
Balanced Meals
Our meals are kid friendly, and are made with healthy and often organic ingredients. Campers always come for seconds!
Clean-Up
Clean-Up
For reasons of independence and food safety, campers clean their own dishes. The staff help the daily cleaning crew clean general areas and pots and pans.
Desserts
Desserts
When all the cleaning is done we sit by the fire and have our desserts. These rotate between home-made treats, Oreos, and s'mores. On hot days we may even get ice cream!
Our Staff
Our Staff
Campybara's Staff has more than 40 years of combined experience of working with children in the outdoors, as well as managing summer camps. Our rotating staff changes yearly based on enrollment.
Erika Singer
Erika Singer
Erika lives for those quiet moments of connection in the wild and loves passing on that passion to others. After 20 years of working in a summer camp she is happy to share her knowledge and experience with new and experienced campers. She holds a BA from Lewis and Clark and her favorite thing to do in the summer is ID new plants (especially edible ones) and find new trails.
Yaniv Singer
Yaniv Singer
Yaniv has 20 years of experience working in outdoor education, including roles as a counselor, backpacking trip leader, and in program development. After serving in the IDF, Yaniv received a B.Sc. in Astrophysics from Columbia University. In the off-season, he teaches high school math and physics in Israel. At camp, he loves sharing his love of natural sciences, art, music, and cooking.
Karen Goldfarb
Karen Goldfarb
Karen is a retired montessori teacher and is also Erika's mother. She brings with her a love for birds and flowers, and spends time teaching campers how to identify different species of critters from her multiple nature-identifier books. Aside from that, Karen often operates as our camp grandmother, helping campers navigate camp tasks during their first week away from home.
Chris Sylvain
Chris Sylvain
Chris is a retired nurse. Aside from obviously filling the role of "camp nurse", she also enjoys being out in nature with our campers, teaching them to do head-stands, and move efficiently through the kitchen and any task they might face in camp and indeed in life.
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