Our oldest campers embark on Odyssey, the culmination of our Four Trails wilderness adventure program and their most challenging outcamping experience yet. Odyssey treks more than 100 miles during this 3-week backpacking adventure, which challenges all four folds and forms lasting community bonds. Campers return to Miniwanca with great fanfare steeped in camp traditions.
Voyageur
Voyageurs adventure boldly into the pristine waterways of Lake Huron’s Georgian Bay. This 3-week sea kayak adventure rewards these intrepid campers with glorious island camping, where they can reflect on their values, sense of self, and relationship to others and the natural world. Campers return to the Miniwanca community with great fanfare steeped in camp traditions.
Adventurer
Adventurers navigate the Au Sable River on a 10-day canoe adventure that concludes in Lake Huron. Campers work as a team to overcome challenges on the water and make camp beneath the stars. Before and after their trip, they fully participate in the Miniwanca camp community.
Explorer
Explorers stretch themselves physically and mentally while taking on a 9-day backpacking adventure on the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore along Lake Superior. Their mobile community deepens connections with each other as they work together in camp and on trail. Before and after their trip, they fully participate in the Miniwanca camp community.
Trailblazer
SESSIONS: 3 weeks