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What is the Teen Leadership Camp?
Become the leader you were born to be. Unleash your potential at our Teen Leadership Camp, an exclusive week-long program for high school students and aspiring youth leaders like you.
Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and growth. Our camp offers more than just an ordinary experience. It’s a chance to acquire essential leadership skills, form lifelong friendships, and embrace a fearless and open-minded approach to the unknown.
NEXT DATE: 24 June – 2 July 2024
Why settle for following the crowd when you can blaze your own trail? Our meticulously crafted camp program delivers top-notch leadership training.
It’s a pivotal catalyst for personal development, university preparation, and future success as you navigate your mid to late teens.
Engaging workshops, dynamic activities, and hands-on challenges await, empowering you to master effective teamwork and build unshakeable confidence. Guided by our exceptional Camp Director and his team, you’ll tap into your full potential and unleash the leader within.
Due to overwhelming demand and exclusivity, early booking is crucial. Our camp sessions fill up rapidly, often months in advance. Don’t miss out on this life-changing opportunity to join us at the forefront of leadership development.
Choose to lead, choose to shine—join us at our Teen Leadership Camp. Your extraordinary journey awaits.
RATES: For costs of camp and other eligible criteria, read our General Information page.
NOTE: Program suitable for ages 13-18 (Grade 8-12)
Program Overview
Thought-provoking presentations lead to lively discussion sessions amongst the young campers, which are interspersed with outdoor action-packed physical challenges and tasks. It adds up to an exciting new experience every day!
This much-acclaimed Teen Leadership Camp (TLC) is designed to:
- build self-confidence
- raise self-esteem
- encourage motivation
- improve communication skills
- develop individual leadership qualities
- develop team working skills
The program combines thought-provoking talks by specialist Camp Genesis staff and invited international speakers with a program of testing challenges and action-packed activities. Each day is constructed around:
- leadership training sessions
- inspiring talks from our range of top guest speakers
- talks are followed by an open question and answer session
- challenging discussions that stretch the mind
- goal-setting exercises and time management
- innovative team-building exercises and
- a program of off-camp visits to outdoor sites
Activities
Our campers are growing up in an increasingly competitive and stressful world where they might opt out of trying an unfamiliar activity for risk of embarrassment or failure. Here at Camp Genesis, we expose teens to a wide variety of activities as we think it’s important for them to learn healthy and rewarding ways to spend their time.
As a result, campers learn skills that they can use for life. Campers are provided with quality instruction and appropriate equipment in an environment that respects and nurtures each individual’s abilities while gently pushing them to challenge themselves in new ways.
Our highlight activity days are challenging, great fun and require patience, fortitude and teamwork skills. These include:
- Rafting and Canoeing – an exhilarating experience
- Obstacle Course – an action-packed camp test
- Ropes Courses – tough and challenging
- Raft building and Learning rope-knots – develop interpersonal skills
- Capture the Flag – energetic fun and team work
- Kloofing – outdoor adventure
- Initiative Courses – brain-teaser activities
- Tie-dying – arts and crafts
- Intension Sessions – empowering you to share positivity and celebrate the joys of life
- Educational/Extreme Excursion – Kleinmond/Palmiet River
- Zip-lining – conquer your fear
- The Amazing Race Experience – map reading and orienteering
The best experience in Africa
A zip-line canopy tour in the company of soaring eagles, surrounded by breathtaking Cape fynbos panoramas and mountain scapes, located in the Elgin Valley near Grabouw, and scaling the rugged Hottentots Holland mountains in the Cape Nature reserve of the same name. It has been described as “vertigo-tinged fun”.
A competitive series of tasks/challenges that demand skill, application and multi-tasking.
The tasks can be just about anything, construction related, skill related, memory related, fear related, eating, etc. Everyone takes part in the experience. The program is designed around competitive contests with camper teams given places to find, sites to visit, items to collect and missions to accomplish.
Other Activities
Amongst the already mentioned highlights, we also have the following included activities:
- Drumming
- Talent Shows
- Karaoke Challenge
- Night Hikes
- Minute-to-Win-It Games
- Camp Craft & Cooking
- Water Balloon Dodge Ball
- Storytelling
- Camp Newspaper
Evaluation
At the end of a camp session, campers fill out a survey evaluating their camp experience. Feedback is an important way for us to constantly improve our programming. Please feel free to contact us with any questions, comments or concerns that you may have, whether before, or after camp.
Guest Speakers
The quality of the renowned guest speakers continues to be the bedrock of the acclaimed TLC program.
Jarrod de Jong
Jarrod de Jong is a leadership coach, mentor and teacher. He is an exceptional motivational speaker, and equip teens with the tools on how to start taking responsibility & ownership for their choices and actions, how to set goals and achieve them, how to set boundaries, peer pressure, bullying and so much more. Thanks to his interactive approach, Jarrod captivates our young campers, ensuring that every participant is actively involved in his presentations and high-value teachings.
Talia Hughes
Talia inspires teens to discover their inner leadership potential and fosters holistic wellness.
She breaks down barriers, providing teens from all backgrounds with the tools, guidance, and opportunities to thrive through leadership training, confidence-building workshops, and community projects. She ensures each child feels valued and empowered, nurturing tomorrow’s leaders.
David Boyes
David’s profound love for youth development and community engagement drives his commitment to creating a supportive and inspiring environment for campers.
As a mentor and counselor, David teaches environmental stewardship and emotional intelligence, reflecting his dedication to positive change and his passion for helping young individuals become leaders and changemakers.
Naomi Jordaan
The owner of Aspire Coaching, is driven by her deep compassion for people’s dreams and well-being. She wholeheartedly embraces the opportunity to make a positive impact in the lives of others.
Specializing in MLNP-coaching, she firmly believes it to be one of the most profound and effective coaching models presently available.
Accommodation & Venue
Campers attending the Teen Leadership Camp are based at the SOS Outdoor Centre which is situated 7km outside Villiersdorp and just over an hour’s drive away from Cape Town. The facility is surrounded with picturesque environmental beauty – offering magnificent views of the Theewaterskloof Dam and nature in general – where this unique program has exclusive use of its ideal camping facilities and amenities.