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Call of the Wild Camps
Berkeley Summer Nature Camps
Hike, read, write, play
Nature camps for young trailblazers,
curious naturalists, eager readers & budding writers in Berkeley, California
Outdoor day camps in Berkeley's Tilden Park. Email info@inspirebehavior.com to request to be added to the mailing list to be notified when Summer Camp 2025 registration opens!
Does your child love animals and learning on outdoor adventures, not just from home on screens? We hear the call of the wild in Berkeley. K-5th graders explore, hike, play, and learn in Berkeley's Tilden Park in outdoor forest nature camps. Call of the Wild Camps are 100% outdoors with nature as our living classroom. Berkeley camps have small groups of eight to ten children. Kids share a love of nature, learning, and friendship in the great outdoors.
At Inspire Behavioral Learning®, we believe in learning by doing, so lessons are relevant to the learner's environment, engaging the whole child - head, heart, and body. Berkeley nature camps are a fun blend of outdoor education and recreation. Our day camps combine:
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Biology and language arts enrichment
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Kindness for campers and animals
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Enjoyable exercise on hikes and in play!
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Child to staff ratio: most sessions 4:1 or 5:1
Activities
Educational nature camps for K-5 combine hiking, reading, writing, play, art, and nature connection. In active day camps, kids hike in local parks, navigate trails, build forts, explore nature, learn amazing animal facts, play entertaining perspective-taking games, read and craft their own stories with wilderness themes, illustrate stories, create and perform skits, do scavenger hunts, nature journal, practice storytelling across genres, deepen their sense of wonder and respect for nature, become eco-conscious, eat healthy food, develop executive functioning skills to become hike leaders, strengthen stamina, make friendships, and more!
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Berkeley summer camp theme weeks: Call of the Wild Camps in the summer include classic nature camp sessions, plus the theme weeks Enchanted Forest Art, Enchanted Vegan Nature, Enchanted Forest Reading, Enchanted Forest Writing, and (NEW in Summer 2025!) Trailblazers for avid hikers to explore more epic trails. In theme weeks, kids still enjoy a mix of all types of nature camp activities but with more time spent on the given theme, so you can select sessions your kids love best!
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Berkeley camp hikes and nature connection: Call of the Wild explorers in Berkeley enjoy Tilden Park's Lake Anza, redwood groves, the carousel, Tilden Nature Area, Little Farm, the Environmental Education Center, and Jewel Lake. Trails campers hike include Lake Anza Tr, Wildcat Gorge Tr, Selby Tr, Jewel Lake Tr, and the Packrat trails.
​View the main Call of the Wild Camps page to learn more!
Berkeley Call of the Wild campers enjoying story time on the Lake Anza loop hike
Berkeley Call of the Wild campers feeding goats at Tilden Park's Little Farm
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Berkeley Summer Camps 2025
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Dates: M-F weekly camp sessions from June-August
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Hours: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
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Prices: $607.35 for five days; $485.88 for four days or $364.41 for three days (week of July 4th only)
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Planned Locations: Tilden Regional Park at Lake Anza (Mon-Thu) and Tilden Nature Area (Fri)
Discounts
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Sibling Discount: $50 off for sibling enrollment, applied towards the same camp session per child. May be combined with other discounts!
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Refer a Friend Program: $50 credit for past camp customers referring new customers, who receive a $50 discount. Terms and conditions apply. Inquire at info@inspirebehavior.com to complete the refer a friend form. May be combined with other discounts!
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Summer Camp Early Bird Discount: $50 off summer camp registration completed through February 28. May be combined with other discounts!
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Scholarships: available based on financial need. THANK YOU to camp customers for your kind and generous donations to create and maintain a camp scholarship fund!
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Scholarship Application for Gmail users.
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Scholarship Application for non-Gmail users. ​
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Berkeley Camp Locations
Families drop off and pick up their children at the camp sites.
Locations are confirmed when park districts issue day camp permits. Past camp locations and planned future locations are below. ​
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Tilden Regional Park (summer camps)
Call of the Wild explorers enjoy summers at Lake Anza
Berkeley outdoor nature camps are for summer fun in the forest. Email info@inspirebehavior.com to request to be added to the mailing list to be notified when Summer Camp 2025 registration opens!
​View the main Call of the Wild Camps page to learn more, including prerequisites for registration and attendance, what to wear and bring, and a sample schedule.
Your requests are always welcome! Bay Area outdoor day camp locations and specific trail requests are considered by popular demand for Call of the Wild nature camps in Berkeley and other cities of the Bay Area! For requests or inquiries, feel free to reach out with an email for the quickest reply.
Call of the Wild Camps
* Summer Camp
* Fall Camp
* Winter Camp
* Spring Camp
Email: info@inspirebehavior.com
Phone: 510-296-5519
Fax: 510-296-5780
Hours:
M-F 8:00 AM-7:30 PM
Sat 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Sun Closed
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