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ADVENTURE PROGRAM FEATURES: Survival Program (i.e., shelter building, navigation, tracking, etc.), Spy Camp, Backpacking, Canoeing, Kayaking, Mountain Biking, Mountain Boarding (on our ski slopes!), Sailing, Scuba, Orienteering, Rappelling, Real Rock Climbing, High & Low Ropes Course, Zip Lines, Whitewater Rafting, Wilderness (1200 acre campsite), Hiking (7+ miles of trails), Honda ATVS (4 wheeling), Delaware River Canoe Trips, Horseback Riding (no extra charge), Paintball, and 65+ other Adventure, Art and Sports Activities like Jet Skiing, Water Skiing, Skate Park (Skateboarding & Inline Skating), Private Lake w/50 boats, Heated Swimming Pool, Arts & Crafts (14 workshops), Performing Arts, Circus Arts, Flying Trapeze, Gymnastics, USTA Tennis, Horseback Overnights, Cabin Overnights, Trips to Amusement Parks & lots more! Professional Instruction is provided as part of the activity program. Our First-time Camper Program includes a Tuition Refund Guarantee which is another special feature of Camp Lohikan.
CAMP LOHIKAN
- ADVENTURE PROGRAMS -
Let the FUN begin!
65+ Daily Activities, Weekly Special Events, Camp Trips, Inter-Camp Games and an Awesome Evening Activity every night of the summer!
Camp Lohikan is a beautiful camp setting with acres of forests, fields, streams and a private lake. Twelve hundred acres, seven miles of hiking trails, high and low ropes courses, climbing tower, real rock faces, two zip lines and the Delaware River (3 miles away as the crow flies!) provide almost endless opportunities for adventure!
ROCK CLIMBING: Rock Climbing is awesome at Camp Lohikan! We have climbs ranging from our beginner climbing wall to our 40’ climbing tower and from simple real rock faces to vertical rock faces – all on camp property! Beginners start out on our 20’ climbing wall maze. After getting “the hang of it”, climbers graduate to the 40’ tall climbing tower which offers 3 different levels of climbing difficulty. Advanced climbers are further challenged by our 40’ tall real rock climbing site - located right on the camp grounds! Nothing’s like real rock!!! A variety of climbing routes and difficulty are available at the site.
HIGH ROPES COURSE: High Ropes Challenges include: 2 Zip Lines (one off the 40’ tower), Giant Swing (40’), Jacob’s Ladder, Helicopter Rappel (off the tower), and the Burmese Bridge.
LOW ROPES CHALLENGE COURSE: You could spend all day at the challenge course and not complete every event! Stations include: The Trolley, Spiders Web, Cable Walk, Rebirth - Port Hole, Tension Traverse, Wild Woosey, All Aboard, Nitro Crossing, The Wall, Line Up, Track Walk, Cargo Net, and Leap Of Faith.
SURVIVAL PROGRAM: Survival Camp is a fun way to learn what you need to know to survive in the wild. Classes include: water procurement, food gathering techniques, survival cooking, fire making, shelter building, wilderness hygiene, survival games and initiatives, land navigation, orientating by the sun, moon and stars, survival signaling, survival attitude, and first aid training.
DELAWARE RIVER CANOE & RAFTING TRIPS: We’re a short 13 miles drive to the Delaware River where even more aquatic adventures are available like canoe and rafting day-long trips and overnights!
SPY CAMP: Spy camp is a scenario-based adventure program involving special skill training and lots of fun activities like atv-quad riding, jet skiing, paintball, ropes course and more.
OTHER ADVENTURES: We occupy over 1200 acres high in the Pocono Mountains! We’ve got miles of mountain biking trails, and special trails for horseback riding and atv-4 wheeling and backpacking. We have a private lake for canoeing, fishing and exploring. We have 5 outpost overnight sites and we’re surrounded by amazing nature which is filled with adventure! We even schedule horseback overnights!
CAMP LOHIKAN – A 53 YEAR TRADITION!
Since 1957 Camp Lohikan has been owned and operated by the Buynak Family. For 53 summers the Buynak Family and Camp Lohikan's dedicated staff have provided campers with a caring, safe environment to make friends, professional instruction to learn new skills and sharpen old ones, and a friendly camp atmosphere where FUN happens all the time!
We have a great summer planned for 2010 and we invite you to join us in the FUN!
JUNIOR PROGRAM (age 9 and younger) – STRUCTURED: Junior campers travel as a cabin group with their cabin counselor to activities designed for their age group. Certain activity sites offer electives which allow the juniors choice in their programming while still maintaining cabin counselor supervision. Counselors for junior cabins are specially chosen for their experience and ability to work with younger campers.
INTER/SENIOR PROGRAM (age 10 and older) – INDIVIDUALIZED: Older campers get to choose all of their activities at Lohikan. Activities are chosen on a weekly basis and adjusted daily. It’s individualized scheduling at its finest! You can adjust your schedule to travel with friends or specialize in as many activities as you want. The choice is yours! And your activity choices are guaranteed! EVERY DAY!
Regardless of age or program format, particular attention is paid to camper supervision and safety throughout the day. Program activities are instructed with appropriate emphasis on skill development and FUN!
FIRST-TIME CAMPER PROGRAM: First-time campers are our specialty! We have a comprehensive program (before, during, and after the camp season) designed to make the first-time camp experience an easy and successful endeavor. We even offer first-time camping families a Great Camp Guarantee which provides for a tuition refund if the camper leaves camp early. Risk free camping is here!
TEEN PROGRAM: The individualized format of our daily program is ideal for teens. In addition to the free choice program format, activities are coed for teenagers. Evening activities and special events are operated by division. Senior division events are geared for our oldest campers like: Senior Beach Parties, DJ Disco Extravaganzas, Senior Socials, Senior Trips, Senior Tiki Bivouac, Senior Snack Bar & Game Room, Senior Experiment Week, Lohikan’s Camp-A-Palooza Concerts, and lots more!
Teenagers who age out of the program can continue their camp experiences by joining Lohikan's Junior Staff Mentoring Program. Participants in the Leadership Training Program are guaranteed a counselor staff position at camp after 2 summers of leadership training. That’s summer job security!
65+ DAILY ACTIVITIES: In addition to the adventure activities listed on the top of the page, Camp Lohikan also operates the following activities on a daily basis: Swimming (recreational and instructional), Sailing, Jet Skiing, Paintball, Volleyball, Wake Boarding, Canoeing, Scuba Diving, Windsurfing, Tarzan Lake Swing, Rave Water Trampoline, Circus Arts, Flying Trapeze, Dance, Drama, Music (Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Drums, Voice), Rock Band, Tennis, Basketball, Football, Baseball, Softball, Soccer, Field Hockey, Gymnastics, Bungee Trampoline, Skate Park, Backpacking, High & Low Ropes, Rock Climbing, Zip Lines, Outdoor Living Skills, Orienteering, Creative Arts (14 workshops), Woodworking, Ceramics, Pottery, Rocketry, Chess, Radio Broadcasting, Video Production, Photography, Cooking, Computers, Email (Campers can email home every day!), Mountain Cycling, Roller Hockey, Water Sports, Track & Field, Fitness Training, Martial Arts, Boxing, Wrestling, Archery, Riflery, Flag Football, Cheerleading, Fishing and lots more!
INSTRUCTION: All activities are headed and instructed by professionals and supported by a staff of college-enrolled instructors who are certified in their field of specialty. Beginner through advanced skill levels are accommodated and, in certain activities, private lessons are available, i.e., tennis, equitation, music. In addition to instructional classes, recreational time is provided in all activities.
SPECIAL SUMMER CLINICS for 2010: Clinics are specially scheduled and staffed, concentrated instructional programs designed to focus the camper's attention and time on improving a specific set of skills. Certain clinics are an outgrowth of programs already operating on a daily basis but offered to provide campers, with strong interest, an opportunity to become immersed in the activity (3-4 hours per day) with the purpose of producing more advanced skills in a relatively short period of time. Other clinics feature programs and activities (skill development) not offered in the camp's daily activity line-up. In addition to building special skills and self-confidence and just being fun, the Clinics Program adds diversity to the summer camp program and are very popular with many of our campers. This summer's clinics include: Spy Camp, Rock Band Camp, The Equestrian Clinic, Paintball Camp, Hip Hop Clinic, Cheerleading Clinic, DJ Clinic, Competitive Tennis Clinic, High-5 Basketball Clinic, Golf Clinic and Skate Camp X-Games Clinic.
CAMP MISSION: Our mission is to provide the staff, the program and the caring, supportive camp environment that will enhance the camper's artistic, athletic and social skills and, with positive encouragement and reinforcement, develop in the camper a greater sense of self-esteem and self-confidence.
CAMP STAFF: When it comes down to it, camp staff is what a successful camp is all about. A great camp experience is only possible with great camp staff. This is where we shine! Our 50+ senior staff members are adult professionals who assume supervisory responsibilities in camp and at least 90% return every summer. Our in-cabin counselors are college-enrolled staff members. Over 50% return every summer. Ninety percent of our staff are Americans who are recruited from all over the United States for their skills, experience and ability to work with children. All staff members are interviewed, references contacted and criminal background checks performed. During our pre-camp orientation period staff members are certified in safety procedures, qualified for instructional responsibilities and trained in providing the supportive, nurturing camp atmosphere that has characterized Camp Lohikan since its beginning.
MEDICAL STAFF: A camp physician is in residence the entire summer. In addition to the camp doctor, 5 registered nurses and 3 assistants staff the camp health center which is open 24 hours a day. Our 53 year safety record is impeccable.
CAMP FACILITIES: Camp Lohikan is situated on 1200 acres and located high in the northeast Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. The campsite is surrounded by preserved forested landscape and overlooks picturesque streams, a private lake and miles of mountain vistas. The mountain air at a quarter mile above sea level is clean and dry. Summer days are typically warm and the nights are cool. It’s the ideal location for summer camp!
Lohikan’s extensive program facilities include: a private lake with 50+ boats, heated swimming pool, on-premises 30 horse stable, over 7 miles of horse trails, indoor and outdoor riding rings, 11 court tennis center equipped with lights, indoor and outdoor basketball courts (with lights, NBA style glass backboards, breakaway rims, adjustable goals), indoor roller hockey rink, awesome skate park, over 40,000 sq. ft. of indoor activity facilities, 1200 private acres, 2 paintball fields (with lights for night games), 6 regulation sports fields, batting cage, performing arts building with main stage (professionally equipped), circus arts center with indoor and outdoor flying trapeze, amphitheater, creative arts center with 14 workshops, woodworking building, ceramics/pottery building, dance studio, music department with rehearsal rooms and recording studios, sand volleyball court, archery & riflery ranges, pitch and putt golf course, fitness center, outdoor challenge course with a 40’ climbing tower, 2 zip lines and 16 high and low rope elements, 42’ real rock face climbing site on camp, 1/4 mile quad track, 7 miles of quad trails (on camp), gymnastics center (with springboard floor), bungee trampoline (4 trampolines), photography studio, radio broadcasting studio, video production studio, computer and email center, snack shop & video game room, wrestling pavilion, martial arts center, 10 downhill mountain boarding trails, modern cabins (with all the amenities), and lots more!
You have to visit the camp to truly appreciate the comprehensive facilities and the natural beauty of the site. And you're invited! Tours are available year-round!
I thank you for your interest in Camp Lohikan and look forward to hearing from you.
- Mark Buynak, Camp Director
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