Village Camps Leysin (Ages 7 – 17)
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Village Camps has over 48 years of experience offering residential summer camps to juniors in stunning locations around the world. Village Camps Leysin is based in the Swiss Alpine Center, which offers a wide range of facilities as does the village of Leysin itself. Village Camps Leysin combines impressive specialty programs with exciting activities for children and teenagers aged 7 – 17. The specialty programs include sports, outdoor adventure, language studies, creative activities, leadership and robotics.
Leysin is located at an altitude of 1200m above Aigle in the lower Rhone Valley, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is a mountain town with attractive facilities for families and a splendid view of the Rhone plain, Mont Blanc, the Dents du Midi and the Diablerets mountains.
Once a health resort for lung diseases that was prized for its sunny and mild climate, Leysin is now renowned as an important educational center of Switzerland, as it is home to five international schools.
Leysin offers a wide range of scenic excursions for nature lovers in its surrounding areas during the summer, and is one of Switzerland’s major ski resorts in winter.
VILLAGE CAMPS LEYSIN PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
- Location: Leysin, Switzerland
- Age Range: 7 – 17
- Camp duration: 2 weeks
- Maximum number of campers per session: 180
- Maximum number of campers per class: 10
- Ratio of staff to students: 1 : 6
Village Camps Leysin: Swiss Alpine Center, Belvédère, 1854 Leysin, Switzerland
Village Camps Leysin Switzerland Summer Camp
Why choose the Village Camps Leysin summer camp program?
- After almost 50 summers, the Village Camps are a leading provider of summer camps to youth around the world in terms of experience and quality.
- As a location, Leysin is extremely well-equipped to host a vast range of campers with different interests.
- Village Camps Leysin takes place at the Swiss Alpine Center, which is located in a picturesque village with spectacular views across the Rhone Valley to Mont Blanc and the French Alps.
- The Swiss Alpine Center is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities that include high quality en-suite accommodation.
- Campers at Village Camps Leysin have a wide choice of specialty morning programs: Junior Camp, Adventure Camp, Advanced Adventure, Sports Camp, Dance Camp, English or French Language Camp, Intensive English, Film Academy, Tennis Camp, Tennis + English or French Language Camp, Leadership Training Camp or VC-STEM as a specialty program.
- All specialty programs, except for French studies, are conducted entirely in English and are combined with afternoon and evening general camping activities.
- Village Camps Leysin offers younger campers aged 7 – 9 a specially-designed Junior Adventurers Camp.
- Village Camps Leysin offers a special Combo Camp program where juniors can participate in 2 different camps of Village Camps various locations.
The facilities
VILLAGE CAMPS LEYSIN FACILITIES AT A GLANCE
- Extensive grounds with beautiful surroundings
- State-of-the-art accommodation facilities
- Modern classrooms
- Common rooms
- Two dining halls
- Superb sports center
- Game room
- Arts and crafts studio
- Dance studio
- Film studio
- Climbing wall
- Auditorium
- Snack bar/gift shop
MORE ON THE VILLAGE CAMPS LEYSIN FACILITIES AND SERVICES
Sports Facilities
Village Camps Leysin makes use of fantastic facilities for indoor and outdoor sports, including an indoor swimming pool, full size ice skating rink, tennis courts, multi-sports hall, mini golf-course, squash courts, football pitch, mountain hut, archery range, basketball courts, beach volleyball court, summer bobsledding track, indoor and outdoor climbing facilities, and more.
Student Welfare
A carefully selected group of dedicated and experienced Village Camps Leysin counsellors organize and supervise all activities at all times.
Transfers
Village Camps Leysin offers round trip airport transfer from Geneva airport at an additional cost. To organize the transfers, Marshall Language Services will need to furnish the participant’s flight information to Village Camps Leysin. If children are travelling as unaccompanied minors, Village Camps Leysin staff will receive them from the airline staff, and when the program is over, accompany the participants back to the airport and hand over the children to airline staff.
The courses
CAMP PROGRAMS AND SAMPLE TIMETABLE
Summer Camp Program
Village Camps Leysin offers juniors aged 10 – 17 the opportunity to choose a specialty program from a variety of options that are followed in the mornings for 3 hours. For the rest of the day, campers from all programs come together for a variety of general camp activities. Learners of all levels and abilities are welcome for all programs.
Specialty program options include:
- Adventure Camp: The program includes a thrilling range of adventure and sports activities featuring hiking, orienteering, rock-climbing, mountain-biking, ropes course, outdoor living skills, white-water rafting and more.
- Sports Camp: This program offers a variety of indoor and outdoor team and individual
Sports, including something new every morning.
- Dance Camp: This program allows dancers to choreograph, choose the music and develop a variety of dance routines.
- Film Academy: Professional film-makers will direct every aspect of film making.
- English or French Language Camp: Campers will be divided into 4 ability levels: elementary, pre-intermediate, intermediate and upper intermediate.
- Tennis + English or Tennis + French Language Camp: Language courses can be combined with tennis.
- Tennis Camp: Swiss and international coaches work with campers of all levels and offer a perfect mix of high-quality instruction, match play and fun.
- VC STEM – Robotics Camp: This program is suitable for those interested in robotics, programming and science.
- Leadership Training Camp: This acclaimed program combines thought-provoking talks by specialist Village Camp staff and invited international speakers with a program of testing challenges and action-packed activities.
Combo Camp
Village Camps offers campers the opportunity to spend 2 weeks at one and 2 weeks at another of their various camp locations around the world. Families must make the travel arrangements for the first and last parts of the trip and the Village Camps team takes care of the rest. There are no additional fees for the following:
- Transfer from the first camp to the airport
- Return or one-way counsellor-escorted flight
- Night(s) at a hotel, if necessary
- Sight-seeing, meals in Geneva, where most campers connect between sessions
- Transfer from airport to second camp
Junior Adventurers Camp
The Junior Adventurers Camp program is available to juniors aged 7 – 9 and provides the perfect introduction to a residential camp experience for young campers. Much of the program takes place in the open-air with hikes, games, sports, ice-skating, music and dance. The Junior Adventurers camp is run in the style of a friendly club with its own exclusive club room which is the base for many of the evening activities. The evening activities are a mix of special evenings planned just for the juniors. The Junior Adventure campers and their counsellors stay together in their own “wing” of the residential accommodation close to their own club room.
A sample timetable:
RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION
Residential accommodation includes bedrooms with en-suite facilities shared by a maximum of four campers.
Meals
Residential accommodation includes a full board meal plan with breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Laundry
Bed linens are provided.
Insurance
Insurance covering medical and travel assistance, personal liability and trip cancellation is not included in the price of the program. Marshall Language Services has a policy available through Guard.Me that covers these elements, as well as an additional policy through CareMed that covers cancellation under a wider range of circumstances, including the need to repeat school exams. A summary of these policies may be downloaded below.
Dates and Fees
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