Camp Chanco is about making friends, having fun and trying new things in a safe atmosphere. During residential camp, boys and girls will enjoy activities such as:

• Swimming

• Ropes Course

• Golf

• Archery

• Arts & Crafts

• Canoeing - kyaking

• Zip line

• Sailing

• Environmental class

Campers live in rustic cabins in the woods. Resident campers live in campsites with six campers per cabin. Two counselors per group live with the campers in their campsite. Many of our counselors were previous campers themselves. Some even travel from abroad to spend the summer at Camp Chanco.

Session 1 is a one week session geared towards 8 - 9 year old campers who are away from home often for the first time. Counselors live with the campers in their camp sites and provide guidance and friendship while teaching them exciting new activities.

Session 2 is a two week session and is open to a range of ages for parents who want to send several children to camp at the same time or need flexability in thier busy summer schedules. Each age group has their own camp site and daily schedule.

Sessions 3 and 4 are for 11 - 12 year olds and 12 - 14 year olds and lasts for two weeks. Camp provides an excellent opportunity for this age group to make friends and try new adventures in a safe, socially supportive environment.

$699 for the two week sessions = $54 per day for 13 days. 

$399 for the one week session = $58 per day for six days.

Camp Chanco provides a safe place for youth of all ages…and they have fun!

Chanco campers make long lasting friends who keep in touch throughout their lifetime. There is a Camp Chanco Alumni Association (CCAA) that keeps former campers and staff members current on events and reunions scheduled through out the year.

July 27-August 8 Ages 15-18

You will love the wind whipping past you while 60' off the ground as you’re looking out over a dramatic valley with mountains all around. You will enjoy the sun warm on your face while you stand on a mountain peak with the satisfaction of looking out over the trail you’ve just hiked. Spice up your summer by exploring several beautiful caves, rappelling rock faces, and camping under the stars. Do something fun and challenging with Camp Chanco’s experienced and certified instructors.  Limited to 14 participants. Minimum 10.

$750 = $58 a day

July 13-July 25 Ages 15-18

This thrilling combination of white water canoeing, mountain biking, and backpacking will be the most fun you have all summer. A great challenge awaits you in West Virginia with 14 other thrill seeking kids. In the wilderness frontier learn back country living skills with Camp Chanco’s experienced and certified instructors. Never a dull moment while navigating rivers, and negotiating trails with the skills you’re going to learn. Campers will experience hiking, rappelling, canoeing, climbing, horseback riding, paintball, and perhaps tubing as time permits. Learn how to work in a team to achieve a common goal, and enjoy the lasting friendships you’ll make with other ‘adventurers’. Must be able to swim short distances and comfortable in water. Limited to 14 participants. Minimum 10.

$750 = $58 a day

July 27-August 8 Ages 14-18

Are you ready to negotiate mountain trails, learn about your bike, read maps and trails, learn camping skills, and even how to fall off a bike? Then this is the trip for you. Get away from your TV, Computer, cell phone, and ipod for a few weeks this summer. Virginia has hundreds of miles of trails to offer adventurous bikers, and you have the chance to safely experience them while having the time of your life. Enjoy tent camping, outdoor cooking, exciting bike touring, and make friends you will have for life! Do something fun and challenging with Camp Chanco’s experienced and trained instructors. Limited to 14 participants. Minimum 10.

$750 = $58 a day

August 11 - 15

More than enough time before heading back to school or off to college!!! This is the last summer fling event before returing to the structure of homework and teachers!

This conference blends the best of both traditional camping with a theme-based spiritual event. This conference will challenge conferees with the activities and fun of camp life, experience meeting new friends, building a hopeful community, and provide the opportunity for emotional and spiritual growth with the guidance of experienced youth leaders. See details at the EYC website.

$180 total only comes to $36 a day!

August 17—August 24

Relax, Rejuvenate, Recreate!

An introduction to camping and to Chanco for campers younger than the first session ages (8 years old). This week also promotes recreational quality-time before a busy fall school year begins. Family Camp is a wonderful time for Alumni to reunite! Families can stay the whole week or just one overnight. This is a very flexable and relaxing time for guests to get some donw-time.

This is a VERY inexpensive way to have a summer family get-away. $50 pays for a chalet that sleeps six and can be reserved for 1 overnight or reserved for the entire week at this one price. Meals are $20 for adults and $10 for kids from three to ten years. Kids two years old and younger are free of charge for meals.  

June 22-June 27 Ages 14-18

Whether it’s your first time or you’ve been sailing your whole life, you’re going to have a blast sailing with us on the James River. Come join us for extensive coaching from experienced instructors with tons of hands on time in our 15 new boats. You’ll be staying at Camp Chanco in a tent during your session, enjoying the maximum amount of time laughing and making new friends on the water. Some skills learned will be race course plotting and navigation, boat rigging, sailing terms, wind, and much more. No experience required. Limited to 14 participant. Minimum 10.

$400 = $67 a day.  

June 22-27 Ages 15-18

Ready to hang ten at one of the best surf spots on the east coast? Do you want to pull some turns and rip down some amazing waves? Or would you rather just ride some white water and goof around on your board? Both are awesome fun and will make cool stories to tell your friends. Get stoked and get wet in the OBX of North Carolina where our experienced instructors teach you about the board, the waves, and a range of surfing skills. You’ll camp in tents and take turns cooking for yourself and your peers, while staying on private property. All skill levels are welcome and surfers must be comfortable with water, capable swimmers, and able to tread water. Limited to 14 participants. Minimum 10.

$475 = $79 a day

June 29-July 11 Ages 15-18

Starting in Virginia, travel all the way to wild West Virginia in one of the largest and most beautiful rivers on the East Coast. Come to Chanco to learn how to pack your camping gear and rig your canoe for a river expedition down the New River Gorge. Learn about river travel, reading the river, camping, and cooking from our experienced and certified instructors. Travel expedition style for over 40 miles thru class 2 white water, enjoy amazing scenery, and build friendships that you’ll not soon forget. All skill levels are welcome and canoe-ers must be comfortable in water.Limited to 14 participants. Minimum 10.

$750 = $58 a day

July 13-July 25 Ages 15-18

Are you ready to find out what you really need to be a SURVIVOR? Come to West Virginia with experienced and trained instructors to experience a simple and uniquely challenging expedition. Hike through the trees, cook next to streams, and sleep under the stars while making cool stories to tell your friends. Learn survival skills like backpacking, nutrition, tent life, compass and G.P.S. navigation, and wilderness first aid and make friends you’ll have for the rest of your life.Limited to 14 participants. Minimum 10.

$750 = $58 a day