Call of the Wild Outdoor / Nature Camps - Oakland
Joaquin Miller Park, 3300 Joaquin Miller Rd, Oakland, CA 94602
- Creative Writing
- Outdoors
About
Call of the Wild Camps offers a variety of activities for children, including hiking, reading, writing, and play. Participants can engage in art, nature journaling, storytelling, and skits. The program also includes scavenger hunts, mapmaking, animal Mad Libs, and bios of naturalists. Children can enjoy games like hide and seek, chase games, animal 'Guess Who?', and forest 'I Spy'. Additional activities include treasure hunts, tree climbing, races, obstacle courses, rainbow scratch art, beaded necklaces, painting suncatchers, animal face painting, illustrating stories, coloring, and crafting with upcycled materials.
• Ages: 5–10 years old
The program is conducted 100% outdoors, using nature as a living classroom. It features small groups, usually consisting of eight to ten children, with a child to staff ratio of most sessions being 4:1 or 5:1. Call of the Wild Camps also offers FREE Counselor in Training (CIT) internships.
Last updated November 24, 2025.
Is this your business? There is no cost, but you will be asked to sign up or log in.