Montecito Sequoia Lodge Summer Family Camp
Giant Sequoia National Monument, 63410 Generals Highway, Kings Canyon National Park, CA 93633
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Montecito Sequoia Lodge Summer Family Camp offers all-inclusive family camp sessions that include activities such as archery, riflery, arts and crafts, photography, swimming, horse riding, hiking, biking, mountain biking, rock climbing, art, yoga, canoeing, foosball, ping pong, board games, and snow tubing. The program includes almost 6 hours of quality child-care for children ages 2–18 daily through optional group programs, with each age group having its own animal mascot and an experienced counselor leading the group. Family campers and staff share the same meals and social hours, and evening family activities are hosted by counselors.
• Ages: 2–18 years old
• Schedule: Family Camp Weeks begin in June and run through August, consisting of ten 6-night sessions.
Montecito Sequoia Lodge Summer Family Camp is an all-inclusive program with lodging, meals, and activities included, and children under the age of 2 are free. Home-cooked, buffet-style meals are described as wholesome, nutritious, and California fresh, with vegetarian options, a salad bar, fresh fruit, and trail lunch fixings available in the morning for hikes. A 24-hour complimentary snack bar offers coffee, tea, juice, fresh fruit, cereal, bagels, and various other snacks. Accommodations range from vintage lodge rooms and suites with private baths to value-priced rustic cabins with a shared bathhouse, newly built forest cabins and lakeview suites with private baths and decks, and rustic mountain view cabins with a shared bathhouse nearby, and accommodations generally do not have TVs or phones in the rooms. Free Wi‑Fi is available and relies on satellites, there is no cell service on the property with the Front Desk available to help guests who need to make or receive calls, and there is a communal TV in the Ponderosa Activity Room for family-friendly viewing, including important sporting events. The property includes a small private lake exclusively for guests, a year-round outdoor hot tub, and a seasonal outdoor swimming pool, and it is located about midway between the General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park and the General Grant Tree in Kings Canyon.
Montecito Sequoia Lodge Summer Family Camp was originally built as a prestigious Girls’ Camp in the 1970s, was founded over 60 years ago, and its accommodations have been recently remodeled while retaining a vintage camp feel. Montecito Sequoia Lodge is described as an award-winning, all-inclusive, family-friendly lodge, and the Summer Family Camp consistently ranks near the top of Best Family Camps in the US according to sources including Good Morning America, Disney’s Family Fun Magazine, Family Travel Forum, and Babble.com. Montecito Lake Resort, LLC, is a recreation partner with the Sequoia National Forest on a non-discriminatory basis. The program offers a variety of all-inclusive rates and accommodations, along with discounted weeks, a referral discount, and an early payment discount.
Families in testimonials describe kids being active and busy all day with counselors leading activities such as archery, riflery, arts and crafts, photography, swimming, horse riding, hiking, biking, mountain biking, rock climbing, art, yoga, canoeing, and games. Parents in reviews mention buffet-style meals they describe as exceptionally good, a salad bar, tons of fruit, home-cooked meals, and free meals with unlimited coffee and tea all day. Multiple families report returning for several years in a row, some staying for more than one week, and describe making friends from different places. Several testimonials mention snow tubing runs, many family activities, hikes, and time relaxing by the lake, and some parents and children state that they plan to come back or that they did not want camp to end.
Last updated December 24, 2025.
• Ages: 2–18 years old
• Schedule: Family Camp Weeks begin in June and run through August, consisting of ten 6-night sessions.
Montecito Sequoia Lodge Summer Family Camp is an all-inclusive program with lodging, meals, and activities included, and children under the age of 2 are free. Home-cooked, buffet-style meals are described as wholesome, nutritious, and California fresh, with vegetarian options, a salad bar, fresh fruit, and trail lunch fixings available in the morning for hikes. A 24-hour complimentary snack bar offers coffee, tea, juice, fresh fruit, cereal, bagels, and various other snacks. Accommodations range from vintage lodge rooms and suites with private baths to value-priced rustic cabins with a shared bathhouse, newly built forest cabins and lakeview suites with private baths and decks, and rustic mountain view cabins with a shared bathhouse nearby, and accommodations generally do not have TVs or phones in the rooms. Free Wi‑Fi is available and relies on satellites, there is no cell service on the property with the Front Desk available to help guests who need to make or receive calls, and there is a communal TV in the Ponderosa Activity Room for family-friendly viewing, including important sporting events. The property includes a small private lake exclusively for guests, a year-round outdoor hot tub, and a seasonal outdoor swimming pool, and it is located about midway between the General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park and the General Grant Tree in Kings Canyon.
Montecito Sequoia Lodge Summer Family Camp was originally built as a prestigious Girls’ Camp in the 1970s, was founded over 60 years ago, and its accommodations have been recently remodeled while retaining a vintage camp feel. Montecito Sequoia Lodge is described as an award-winning, all-inclusive, family-friendly lodge, and the Summer Family Camp consistently ranks near the top of Best Family Camps in the US according to sources including Good Morning America, Disney’s Family Fun Magazine, Family Travel Forum, and Babble.com. Montecito Lake Resort, LLC, is a recreation partner with the Sequoia National Forest on a non-discriminatory basis. The program offers a variety of all-inclusive rates and accommodations, along with discounted weeks, a referral discount, and an early payment discount.
Families in testimonials describe kids being active and busy all day with counselors leading activities such as archery, riflery, arts and crafts, photography, swimming, horse riding, hiking, biking, mountain biking, rock climbing, art, yoga, canoeing, and games. Parents in reviews mention buffet-style meals they describe as exceptionally good, a salad bar, tons of fruit, home-cooked meals, and free meals with unlimited coffee and tea all day. Multiple families report returning for several years in a row, some staying for more than one week, and describe making friends from different places. Several testimonials mention snow tubing runs, many family activities, hikes, and time relaxing by the lake, and some parents and children state that they plan to come back or that they did not want camp to end.
Last updated December 24, 2025.
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