ADVENTURE BOUND SUMMER CAMP
Not Your Average Summer Time Experience!

What is Adventure Bound Summer Camp?
Adventure Bound Summer Camp is an outdoor adventure travel camp that offers teens ages 13 to 17 a unique and challenging summer experience. Campers are given the opportunity to choose between 7,14, and 21 day sessions filled with a host of exhilarating outdoor excursions.

Go on scenic hikes, backpack overnight, learn wilderness survival skills, take a relaxing canoe paddle to a remote fishing spot, feel the adrenaline as you learn the technical skills of rock climbing, let your body race down world class rapids on some of New England’s most exciting rivers as you learn whitewater rafting and kayaking.

The best part is you don’t have to have any previous experience!! If you have the aspiration, Adventure Bound Summer Camp has the guides and resources to make it happen. We understand both the excitement and apprehension that comes with learning new adventure sports and wilderness skills. Our specialty is teaching the proper safety and beginner skills to make your outdoor experience a safe and rewarding one. The individual growth of each of our campers is also very important to us. Adventure Bound Summer Camp staff encourages campers to excel at their own speed by challenging them where they are and helping them to get to where they want to be.

Located in some of Maine’s most pristine wilderness, Adventure Bound offers a beautiful setting for any environmental or outdoor enthusiast to break out of their usual summer time routine and embrace the challenges they’ve been dreaming of.

Adventure Bound Experience & Philosophy

Adventure Bound Inc. has over 10 years of experience specializing in youth and family whitewater rafting, hiking, rock climbing, canoeing, and ropes course adventures. We not only provide a fun environment for today’s youth, we also bring peace of mind to parents and families.

Our philosophy is "Challenge by Choice", which essentially allows the participant to say “I trust: I don’t have to ‘do’ everything.” We also have the group commit to an agreement called the Full Value Contract which states that they trust that the safety equipment and procedures work; that what the instructors say is honestly presented; and if their peers try something and fail they agree to be supportive of everyone’s efforts. “I will not be laughed at or made to appear foolish; my ideas and comments will be considered without ridicule.”

An individual will seldom take a physical or emotional chance if they perceive callousness and unreasonable risk as part of that risk-taking. A group surrounded by encouragement and success will experience a growing sense of trust along with increased personal confidence.

Trust, within the framework of an adventure curriculum, is gained with patience, thoughtfulness and care over a period of time. It can be lost in a second with carelessness or inconsiderate behavior. We strive to cultivate and protect the trust that any individual offers and shares.

Self-Confidence
By using the daily activities, wilderness excursions and the natural environment we can help create the optimal learning environment for teens to realize their potential. We help promote self-confidence by teaching adventure sports that campers can continue for a lifetime.

Team Building
Adventure Bound Summer Camp acknowledges the necessity of teaching healthy group dynamics. While at camp we encourage individuals to realize their potential and understand how that potential directly relates to the group. Campers are given the opportunity to lead certain activities while taking on supportive secondary roles during others. In their small groups campers learn selflessness, caring, and a healthy reliance on others.

Environment
We are stewards for the wilderness. It is our responsibility to both exhibit and teach respect for the environment we inhabit. We at Adventure Bound Summer Camp expect all of our staff and campers to follow “LEAVE NO TRACE” ethics. We feel that the best way to instill this ethic in today’s youth is to give them the perspective and the opportunity to learn to enjoy the wilderness by playing in it. We believe the wilderness is our teacher; it has the ability to inspire self-confidence, self-awareness, and self-respect.