Our backyard is wild.
WILDE Adventure Summer Camp runs on the forests, creeks and ridgelines around Kimbercote in the Blue Mountains, where kids ages 4–17 trade screens for adventure, and earn the kind of confidence you only find outside.
Adventure needs wilderness
Home base is Kimbercote - 550+ acres of forest trails, creeks and fields on the edge of the Blue Mountains. From there we roam - paddling the Beaver River, hiking Kolapore and Metcalfe Rock, splashing through creeks, and exploring caves beneath the escarpment.
The Beaver River
Beaches & creek walks
Caves & escarpment
Forest base camp
More than a name
WILDE stands for Wilderness, Integrated, Leadership, Development and Education - a roundabout way of saying we grow great humans by sending them on adventures they'll talk about for years. Camp here means a summer of confidence, building skills and curiosity that outlasts the season.
Out where it's wild
Forest trails, river water, actual dirt under your boots. No Astroturf here.
Confidence is earned
We stretch kids with care. The best views are earned, and kids feel every bit of that growth.
Learn by doing
Hands-on skills and merit badges, from Bushcraft I all the way to Canoeing IV.
A leadership journey
Campers grow into mentors, creating a path from age four all the way to leading the next crew.
I founded WILDE School to give my own kids the kind of education I couldn't find anywhere else, one that takes them outside, gives them meaningful things to do in wild places, and grows them, year over year, into capable, confident humans. After teaching at Outward Bound and Upper Canada College, guiding expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctic, and building wilderness programs from the Great Bear Rainforest to Arviat, I know what works. WILDE Adventure Summer Camp is the summer expression of that conviction.
With you on the trail,
Jeff Barrett, Founder and Executive Director, WILDE School
From first-time camper to leader
WILDE grows with your kid. The same camper who paddles their first canoe at six can come back at sixteen to teach it, building one continuous path of adventure and responsibility.
- 1Ages 4–11Adventure CampRun wild, make friends, and discover the inner explorer.
- 2Ages 12–14WILDE Way Leadership InitiativeStep up to bigger challenges, more responsibility, the first taste of leading.
- 3Ages 15–17Junior Instructor (LIT)Lead by living it. Mentor younger campers and build instructor skills.
Wild, but never reckless
Adventure is the point, safety is the foundation. WILDE runs small groups with low ratios, trained outdoor educators, PFDs on every paddle and a careful eye on every creek crossing. Parents get the full details on the For Parents page.
- 550+acres of forest, creek & field
- 4–17one camp, every age
- Lowcamper-to-staff ratios
- 2026now taking registrations