International Summer camp 2021 – Switzerland

Swiss Summer Camp located in Verbier, Switzerland that lets you experience the great outdoors, meet new people, learn that all important element of independence, and quite simply have the best summer of your life!

3 Age Groups

The age groups enable summer campers to find friends of a similar age from different countries and to learn a little about other cultures in our international summer camp.

2-week programs | 3-week programs

2-week program | 3-week programs

Our core SUMMER CAMP activities include rock climbing,
mountaineering & orienteering, paddle sports and mountain biking and each course offers sUMMER CAMP students the opportunity to learn new skills..

MOUNTAIN ACTIVITIES

Professional mountain guides supervise this summer camp activity. On the climbing wall and natural rock...

Les Elfes international summer Camp ensures active participation, a very broad choice of exciting summer camp activities and a high degree of learning in a fun and very international summer camp environment, all by guaranteeing maximum safety through our caring & experienced staff. Summer campers will return home with great experiences, fantastic memories and lifelong friendships.

The mountain summer camp activities proposed include:

Mountain biking

Mountain biking in the Alps and particularly Verbier mountain biking provides you with thrilling downhills, natural single tracks (for all levels). The downhill trail and the hundreds of kilometers of cross-country provide endless summer camp opportunities to explore some of the most spectacular scenery in the Alps. From challenging to leisurely, there’s plenty of mountain biking that is suitable for our summer campers who want to discover Verbier and its surrounding villages without having to furiously pedal uphill or kit up in full body armor.

Rock climbing session

Professional summer camp mountain guides supervise this activity.

On the climbing wall at a natural rock, which has varying difficulty levels, our summer camp instructor ensures that all summer campers make good progress and gain confidence in the safest conditions. Summer campers will learn different skills and progress from one age group to another.

Ropes course

Our campers will go with their summer camp counselors to the rope course in Sion. It’s always an exciting day. This summer camp activity is a high forest adventure of rope bridges, tarzan swings and zip-lines, all set high up in the tree tops. Summer campers will be fitted by professional experts with a climbing harness and supervised during the whole time of this summer camp activity.

Hiking

Summer campers go on the marked trails with our trained counselors. In the Verbier area, 950 km of footpaths are waiting to take summer campers to the heart of nature. Each summer camp skill level is welcome to go hiking.

Summer campers will discover colorful and impressive landscapes, massive water dams, natural mountain lakes, wild forests, traditional villages and nature reserves. Exceptional view of the treasures of the Alps guaranteed! Maybe, visitors at the summer camp will even get a glimpse at Swiss wildlife, such as the marmot or the chamois, an excellent climber in high altitude.

2 Days Hiking Trip

During the first week of each summer camp session, all our summer campers will leave for a 2-day hiking trip and spend a night in the mountain. Discoverers and Explorers will sleep in traditional mountain huts while Pioneers will do summer camping in the wilderness. This is just a perfect way to discover the Swiss Alps and to enjoy stunning views and nature. During the evening, visitors at the summer camp enjoy a relaxing atmosphere around the campfire!

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LAKE ACTIVITIES

With our summer camp boat on Lake Geneva you can enjoy; swimming, sailing, water skiing, wakeboarding, tubing, banana boat....

When the sun is shining and the kids need to cool off, it is no surprise that the most popular summer camp activities we offer at the Leselfes international summer camp are our water sports, with a multitude of different options here outlines what is on offer. Next to our campus in Verbier the sports centre has a fantastic outdoor pool with diving boards and water slides, a little further afield our boats provide hours of fun on the idyllic waters of Lac Leman.

Swimming

An indoor and outdoor swimming pool with a big garden to relax is located next to the campus (2 minute walk) within the summer camp.

Each day, kids at the summer camp can choose to spend a few hours at the pool, with diving boards and new to 2020 water slides, a great location to mingle with staff and friends and cool off in the afternoon heat. Surrounded by mountains and only 100 meters from the campus, kids can grab an ice cream, enjoy the view, learn some new skills and enjoy. Swimming is also offered each time we head down to the lake and some kids at the summer camp will have the chance to swim up in the Cabanas at Tanay. For those, we who wish structured swimming lessons, simply request upon registration and we can make it all possible.

Water Skiing

So popular and a lot of fun, kids can water ski with our boat down in Bouveret, not the easiest of summer camp sports but really exciting. Even if it's the first time or you are a pro all are welcome to try and give it a go.

Wakeboard

So many of our international summer camp staff are snowboard instructors, and wakeboarding is as popular with these guys as with the kids. Wakeboarding is indeed a challenge, but once you have the hang of it can provide hours of summer camp fun, even though afterward your arms can be a little sore!

Tubing

Certainly the most adrenaline-filled summer camp activity on the lake, the kids are pulled at high speed behind our speed boat whilst sat in their tubes ( think inflatable doughnut ) two at a time, once the tube zips over the wake of the boat, the tubes are thrown into the air usually resulting in a very wet happy summer camper! Not to be missed.

Banana boat

With up to 8 summer camp kids on the large bananas, the drivers do their best to give the kids ascetic experience on the lake, and make sure the kids fall into the lake of course! Kids at the summer camp will get many goes at this and it always a challenge getting them off!

All our water sports are so popular, and our philosophy at the international summer camp as with all our activities is for everyone to take part. We understand that not all the kids are expert swimmers and may even be a little nervous around the water, our dedicated team of summer camp staff are on hand to teach and make sure everyone has a safe enjoyable experience.