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Summer Address:

   Prescott, Arizona, USA
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Off-Season Address:

   Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Description:

Camp Maripai is  located in the heart of Prescott National Forest in the Bradshaw Mountains.  We build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. 

Camp Maripai achieves this mission through fun activities, teaching new skills, and building new friendships and camp community.  We focus on traditional camp activities as well as "specialty units" that include horseback riding, arts and crafts, leadership skills, archery and much more! 

 Traditional camp activities include horseback riding, arts and crafts, archery, hiking, outdoor cooking, flag ceremonies, singing, campfires and more!

Campers reside in cabins with 4-5 other girls, enjoy 3 well-balanced meals in the dining hall, and can purchase snacks, t-shirts and other necessities in the camp store. 

Our counselors are enthusiastic and fun-loving individuals who choose to spend their summers making a difference in the life of a girl.  Staff are screened through an application process, personal interview, reference checks, national background check and a drug screen.  Most of them have attended our camps as a child and have a Girl Scout background.  They also attend a week long pre-camp training session learning how to make your camper's experience fun-filled and meaningful.

Last but not least -- Your camper does not have to be a Girl Scout to attend summer camp at Camp Maripai.  So bring a friend and register on-line! 

"She had an absolutely marvelous time. This was her first time to be away from home for a week, and she did not attend with any friends. She made great friends, tried all kinds of new activities, and can't wait to go again next year. She's already thinking of 2 weeks next year. What a wonderful growth experience for her." - Camper Parent

 



Camp Focus:

Arts Camps: Arts and Crafts   Sports Camps: Archery   Sports Camps: Equestrian and Horseback Riding   Traditional Camps: Girl Scouts  

Special Accommodations:

ADD, Food Allergies,

Sessions:

AGES 7-8

 

MARIPAI MADNESS

3 Day - $175           June 5-8th, July 29th - August 1st

Designed for the first overnight camping experience away from home. Enjoy a taste of activities including crafts, hiking, songs, a cookout, horseback riding

 

PONY TAILS

3 Day - $200      June 5-8th, July 29th - August 1st

Come experience your first taste of horses! You’ll spend two hours a day at the barn learning about horse care and spend time building your riding skills. Work on Maripai’s Horse Patch Program.

 

NATURE LOVERS

3 Day - $175           June 5-8th, July 29th - August 1st

Explore camp from the ground up. Play with dirt, take a creekwalk, and watch the clouds float past. Plus enjoy many of the traditional activities camp has to offer

 

PIONEERS

5 Day - $275           July 15-20

Take a step back in time. Spend 1 hour a day at the barn learning about horse care and building your riding skills. Take a history hike through camp, make old-fashioned ice cream with a churn, tie-dye with berries, cook a meal, and sleep under the stars (weather permitting).

 

 

AGES 9-11

 

CAMPING BITS AND PIECES

3 Day - $175           June 5-8th, July 29th - August 1st

Designed for the first overnight camping experience away from home. Enjoy a taste of activities including crafts, hiking, songs, a cookout, a horseback riding lesson,

 

COWGIRL UP

3 Day - $200           June 5-8th, July 29th - August 1st

Get a taste of camp and our horse program. You’ll spend two hours a day at the barn learning about horse care and spend time building your riding skills. Great for the beginning rider! Work on Maripai’s Horse Patch Program.

 

S’MORES AND MORE

5 Day - $250           Weeks July 8th-13th,July 15-20, July 22nd-27th

Learn to cook in new and fun ways! Sample a variety of outdoor cooking methods including buddy burners, backpacking stoves, and solar ovens and earn the Outdoor Cook Badge! You’ll also go canoeing, play games, and visit the barn for a horseback riding lesson.

 

HORSIN’ AROUND

5 Day - $300           June 10-15,July 8-13,july15-20,july22-27

Want to learn all about horses? Beginning riders join this session for games and building riding skills in our three rings. Depending on group readiness, you might go on a trail ride Thursday. Spend two hours a day at the barn  

 

FREE WHEELERS

5 Day - $250           June 10-15

Hop on your bike and experience camp in a new way! You’ll learn bike safety and basic maintenance. Spend time riding on the trails in and around camp. You will also have time for other camp activities and  the Girls must bring a bike with at least three gears, helmet, and extra tube for tires.

*No bus transportation is available for this unit

 

OUTDOOR EXPLORER

5 Day - $250           Weeks June 10-15,July 8-13,July 15-20,July 22-27

Try everything that Maripai has to offer including a horseback riding lesson, canoeing, hiking, archery, and more! Learn how to camp without leaving a trace, take a nature hike, have a cookout and sleep under the stars (weather permitting). 

 

SHADES OF NATURE

12 Day - $450         June 17-29

Come be inspired! Work in Maripai’s very own garden, sleep out under the stars, create a journal out of handmade recycled paper and then use it to write, draw, and/or paint your camp experience. Plus do all the traditional activities that we have to offer! 

 

JUNIOR EQUESTRIAN

12 Day - $600         June 17-29

Interested in spending even more time with the horses at Maripai? Have you already mastered the ability to mount, dismount, and control a horse at a walk? Improve your riding skills, enjoy two trail rides, and add trotting to your abilities. Learn about horse behavior, breeds, colors, parts of the saddle and horse. Spend two hours a day at the barn working on Maripai’s Horse Patch Program.

 

 

AGES 11-13

 

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE

12 Day - $450         June 17-29

Build a shelter and spend a night sleeping under it, discover several different methods of outdoor cooking, learn how to camp without leaving a trace, try your hand at letterboxing and sleep out under the stars! You will also have time for all the other activities we have to offer 

 

SADDLE UP

5 Day - $300           June 10-15,July 15-20, July 22nd -27

Already know the basics of western riding and want to learn more? Girls must be able to mount, dismount, and control their horse at a walk. Learn how to trot, and play games. Take a trail ride, plus enjoy other camp activities like canoeing and archery. Work on Maripai’s Horse Patch Program.

 

FIND YOURSELF

5 Day - $250           Weeks June 10-15,July 8-13,July 15-20, July 22-27

Map a course, take a journey, and learn a bit about yourself along the way! Put your navigational skills to the test finding your way around camp and discovering your talents and strengths. Try your hand at letterboxing, learn how to use a GPS, hold an awards night.

 

SPORTS FRENZY

5 Day - $250           June 10-15,July 15th-20,July 22-27

Get onto the field and into the game! With a focus on sportsmanship and teamwork explore a variety of different sports, games, and teambuilding activities. Learn ways to put your best foot forward. 

 

HOOFBEATS

12 Day - $600      June 17-29 Join us for a 12-day session to learn what it’s really like to own a horse. Designed for intermediate and advanced riders. Riders must be able to mount, dismount, and control a horse and a walk and trot. Improve riding skills and learn more about caring for horses. Spend two hours a day at the barn for 10 days working on Maripai’s Horse Patch Program.

 

SADDLES AND PADDLES

8 Day - $400           July 8th-13th

This adventure will have you riding horses and paddling canoes. Take part in a riding lesson, go on a trail ride, visit the lake to perfect your canoeing skills and then enjoy a floating lunch! Work on Maripai’s Horse Patch Program

 

SPINNING SPOKES

8 Day - $350           July 8th-13th

Hop on your bike and experience camp in a new way! You will learn bike safety and basic maintenance. Spend time biking on the trails in and around camp. End your week with an exciting day trip. You will also have time for other camp activities and working on the Adventure Sports Badge. Girls must bring a bike with at least three gears, helmet, and extra tube for tires.

*No bus transportation is available for this unit

 

 

 

AGES 13-17

 

TAKE THE REINS

5 Day - $275           July 22nd-27th

Spend one hour at the barn each day. Practice controlling your horse as you play games, maneuver an obstacle course, take a ride at sunrise, and hit the trail. You will also have time for other camp activities including canoeing, archery, an afternoon hike to Bean Peak, sleeping under the stars, and more! Work on Maripai’s Horse Patch Program.

 

PACK IT ALONG

8 Day - $600           July 8-13th

For intermediate and advanced riders only. Spend a few days at Maripai getting prepped and pumped, we’ll test your riding ability in our arenas and then you’ll head out on a 3-day horsepacking adventure! Experience life on the trail, then return to Maripai in time for the closing banquet and campfire.

 

TRAILBLAZERS

8 Day - $450           July 8th-13th

12 Day - $600         June 17th-29th

Want to spend more time on the trail? Brush up on your riding skills then head out for an all day trail ride. Designed for intermediate and advanced riders. Riders must be able to lead, groom, saddle, mount, dismount, and control a horse at a walk and trot. Spend two hours a day at the barn for 10 days working on Maripai’s Horse Patch Program.

 

BOOTS AND BOATS

12 Day - $500         June 17th-29th

This adventure will have you riding horses and paddling canoes! Practice your riding in several ring lessons and head out onto the trails. Go to the lake to perfect your canoeing skills and take a canoeing trip! Work on Maripai’s Horse Patch Program 

 

CASTAWAYS

12 Day - $450         June 17th-29th

Think you have what it takes? Brush up on your outdoor survival skills, create a new trail to the primitive living unit, and then put your skills to the test! Learn how to build a shelter, purify water, use a compass, and cook with or without the use of fire. Try your hand at letterboxing, canoeing, and archery.

 

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