friday 22nd january 2010

senior Camp mentor programme!!

Camp Suisse is pleased to announce the launch of the 'Senior Camp Mentor Programme' for summer 2010. After feedback from parents and the overwhelming demand for ex-campers to return to Camp Suisse in a staff capacity, the month long programme has been designed to give selected campers the opportunity to undertake a more active and resposnible role within the camp. Please contact Julie or Richard for further information.

 

monday 21 december 2009

santa claus is coming!!

Whether you are on the beaches of Australia, the deserts of Africa, or the peaks of the Alps and the Rockies we would like to wish everyone a safe and happy festive season!! May all your dreams come true in 2010.

We look forward to seeing you again next year.

Team Camp Suisse

 

Wednesday 21 October 2009

photo gallery to be launched very soon

Well it's all quiet here at Camp Suisse!. It seems like a good time to say a really big thank you to everyone that made Camp 2009 possible. We are today collating photos from the last 4 years' camps; all of which will appear in the photo gallery section soon!! Watch this space....well, that space!!..

 

Monday 21 September 2009

camp suisse releases dates for summer 2010

With summer 2009 now firmly etched in our memories, we are already planning and looking forward to next summer at Camp Suisse!!

We are pleased to announce that we will once again be running two camp sessions in summer 2010; session 1 (17 July - 30 July) and session 2 (31 July - 13 August).

All of our happy campers from summer '09 should by now have received their DVD full of colourful pictures from camp; a reminder of their time here with us in the Alps as well as the friends they made along the way.

Thanks once again to our wonderful campers and staff who helped to make summer 2009 our biggest and best yet. Stay tuned for developments and updates at camp and we hope to see you in Torgon again next year.

 

tuesday 18 august 2009

great balls of fire!

It is scorching weather in the Alps this week and we plan on taking full advantage of this glorious sunshine. Yesterday Ashfold went to Lausanne to visit the International Olympic Museum to see first hand just how preparations for the 2012 games in London are coming along. Everyone also undertook our Olympic quiz to see just how much they had learnt form the visit.

In the afternoon it was time for the much anticipated visit to the Aqua Parc and from the smiles on everyone's faces upon their return to camp it did not disappoint.

Today we are off to Le Bouveret Beach on the shores of Lake Geneva. A stunning location overlooking the lake with water slides, swimming pool, plenty of room to sun bath and play games and of course the lake to splash around in. Our cravings for adrenalin will yet again be satisfied by banana boating on Lake Geneva.

The forecast is for continuing hot weather until the end of the week. Bring it on!!

 

sunday 16 august 2009

welcome ashfold

Ashfold arrived in resort yesterday ready and raring to go for their week of activities in the Swiss Alps.

Today sees the start of the adventure with a whole host of activities including mountain biking, climbing wall lessons, outdoor rock climbing and the Torgona Hunt, our very own orienteering course.

If the weather forecast is correct, we are in for another week of glorious sunshine! Is anybody jealous yet?

 

Friday 14 august 2009

It's time to say goodbye

Session 2 has drawn to a close and we now say farewell to our campers who have travelled from far and wide to be here with us for summer 2009. It has been a great two weeks in the sun-drenched Swiss Alps. We know that our campers are leaving us with many great memories and new experiences under their belt as well as new friends from all over the world.

Congratulations to Katerina who won Queen of Camp for the way she approcahed each and every activity with a zest for life and a positive attitude throughout her time here with us. The prize for winning Queen (or King) of Camp is a free place at Camp Suisse next year.

It is at this point of the season that many of our staff leave us and we would like to say a big thank you to all of them for helping to provide our campers with the most memorable of summers.

We hope that everyone has arrived home safely to their families with many tales of adventure. Thank you once again and we look forward to seeing everyone at Camp Suisse again next year.

 

Tuesday 11 august 2009

Ah that's better....sunshine

Well we had to get at least one day of bad weather and that day was Monday. After the perfect weather all of last week we made the most of the over cast and rainy conditions yesterday and headed straight to the Aqua Parc. The Aqua Parc is always great fun with lots of slides and rides of all shapes and sizes and yesterday was no exception.

Normal activities (and weather) resumes today with the red, blue and green groups finally getting their hands on the bows and arrows and heading straight for the archery range. The yellow group is doing climbing and then ghyll scrambling up the Torgon river and the white group are rock climbing on an outdoor rock face.

Tonight sees the talent show contest take place with langauge classes and groups all coming up with an act, play, musical rendition or anything else that may qualify as talent. It should be a good laugh for everyone involved.

 

Friday 7 august 2009

let's take a breath.....

Wow what a week it has been at Camp Suisse!

Everyone is now back from their camping expeditions and it is time to take a break and regather some much needed energy before embarking on week 2 of activities. We are having a bit of a sleep in tomorrow, some language tuition and then taking advantage of the annual mountain bike extravaganza Torgona Bike. For those of you who don't know, Torgona Bike is a mountain bike race that takes place all around the local area. It provides us with the ideal opportunity to take a chair lift ride up the mountain and watch how the real pro's attack this terrain on two wheels.

Tomorrow evening is BBQ and games night which will be the perfect way to end a relaxing day at camp.

This week mother nature has been very kind to us, however at the moment there are a few nasty clouds on the horizon and I feel we are in for one of those spectacular summer alpine storms....not so fun if your are a pet but great to watch otherwise!

Have a great Friday night wherever you may be!

 

thursday 6 august 2009

little legs and back packs

It was a site to behold this morning watching the red, blue and green groups board the bus packed and ready for the overnight adventure to Lake Tanay. The bus will take the campers as far as the small mountain village of Le Flon and from there they will hike up the paths to Lake Tanay and take over the camping expedition where the yellow and white groups left off. It is another magic day in the Alps and I am sure they will have great time around the Lake Tanay area playing games and cooling off in the slightly frosty alpine water.

The yellow and white groups are already at Lake Geneva flying across the water at a rate of knotts on the back of the big inflatable banana. Banana boating is always one fo the favourite activities for campers.......a combination of speed, water and sunshine. AWESOME!

The yellow and white groups return to camp tonight for some much needed rest and will be in resort tomorrow doing some archery, mountain biking and trying their new found climbing skills learnt on the climbing wall on an outdoor rock 'crag' in the area. The red, blue and green groups.....well its their turn to tear across Lake Geneva on the back of the big inflatable banana.

Say hi to Grandma for us!

 

wednesday 5 august 2009

more camping, more climbing, more sunshine, more fun

Yesterday afternoon the yellow and white groups succesfully negotiated the challenging hike to Lake Tanay, set up camp, cooked dinner and told stories into the night around the warm and toasty bonfire. Today they have all sorts of team building games and great fun activities planned around the lake area and will spend a second night in the great outdoors.

This afternoon the green group will be swinging through the forest on high ropes, ladders and zip wires at Parc Aventure and the red and blue group will be 'loosing' on the archery range and swimming in the Torgon pool.

Tonight the red, blue and green groups are having a quiet night and going to bed nice and early in preparation for their camping expedition which starts tomorrow.

The sun continues to shine on Camp Suisse.......

 

tuesday 4 august 2009

the sun is shining - let's go camping

After an a true alpine day yesterday with low cloud, mist and fog, we have woken up this morning to glorious sunshine. The yellow and white groups are going camping to Lake Tanay today; a picturesque hike through the Alps to a beautiful lake at 1400m in altitude. They will stay at Lake Tanay for two nights and undertake all sorts of team building games and lessons in camp craft, build bon fires, sing songs and swim in the lake to cool off.

The red, blue and green groups are staying at camp today with the red and blue's trying their hand at mountain biking and the green group doing some archery in true Robin Hood-like fashion.

Last night saw the Torgon quiz take place which invlolved groups running all over the village to solve all sorts of cryptic clues. The eventual winners were Lucinda, Aabha, Lara, Courtney and Smriti's team so a big congratulations to them.

The forecast for the next few days is more sunshine.........bring it on!

 

sunday 2 august 2009

and we are off and racing - session 2 2009

Is this Camp Suisse or High School Musical?

After lunch in the restaurant today turning into an impromptu disco straight from the aforementioned movie the activity programme for session 2 is underway.

Sunday morning commenced with language assesments and various sports before climbing and orienteering for the red, blue and green groups and mountain biking for the green and white groups.

After yesterdays picture postcard 33 degree day it is over cast today with a few showers about. The good news is the forecast is for the weather to improve before the yellow and white groups go camping on Tuesday.

Stay tuned folks for tomorrows update.

 

friday 31 july 2009

king of camp - Matthieu

It is time to say good bye to all of our wonderful session 1 campers. With happy memories etched in our minds and life long friendships formed we look back at session 1 of Camp Suisse in 2009 with a great big smile.

Matthieu (the baby rhino) won the 'King of Camp' - a free place on camp 2010 - for his fantastic contribution to camp life.

Thank you very much to all of our campers and the wonderful the team of staff for such a great summer.

 

wednesday 29 july 2009

off to the lake we go

Not a cloud in the sky and 33 degrees! What better way to spend a perfect summers day than banana boating, swimming and playing games on the beach at Lake Geneva?

The blue and green groups have been camping over night at Lake Tanay and will make there way to Lake Geneva this morning. The red, yellow and white groups will be leaving for the beach shortly after their language classes.

Harry's group cleaned up in the Camp Suisse challenge day with a fine all-round performance across the disciplines.

Tonight allows us to see what budding performers we have amongst us with the Camp Suisse talent show. Each langugae class and colour group will perform any number of skits, plays, songs, poems, jokes and hopefully even musical renditions in front of the whole camp.

 

saturday 26 july 2009

challenge day

What a day! Mother Nature turned on a spectacular, picture perfect day in the Alps for the Camp Suisse Challenge Day.

We had 11 teams (12 if you count the staff) competing across mountain biking, orienteering, archery, abseiling and various games in an attempt to save the world. In fact the challenge continues tonight with a game of giant scrabble in the restaurant; a desperate last gasp bid fpr precious points before we can announce a definative winning team.

Special mention must be made of Angus' team who took nearly two and a half hours to complete the orienteering course in todays challenge.......some two and a quarter hours behind the winner!!!! Now that's impressive!!

Tomorrow the yellow and white group are off to swing through the trees on high ropes, zip wires and ladders whilst the red, green and blue groups involve themselves in whole host of great fun team games, climbing and mountain biking throughout Torgon. More sunshine is forecast with a shower or two tomorrow night.

Ciao for now.

 

Friday 24 july 2009

it's the week-end

There is no rest for the wicked at Camp Suisse...not even on the weekend. Today we have had the red and blue group doing a variety of great fun team building games, the green group rock climbing on a rock face down in the valley, the yellow group ghyll scrambling through the chilly Torgon river and the white group mountain biking through the forest.

The weather held out for us quite nicely today; a beautiful sunny morning, overcast in the afternnon and a thunder storm just as the activities finished.

The weekend forecast is for lots of sunshine and tomorrow (after cleaning our rooms and getting the domestics out of the way) we are are taking the chairlift to the top of Torgon to over look the Alps and Mont Blanc. This will be followed by a leisurely stroll back down to the village.

Sunday is a big event, the Camp Suisse Challenge Day. Campers will be divided up into teams of mixed ages and will take part in various missions to save the world.....

Have a great weekend wherever you may be. I know we will!

 

thursday 22nd JULY 2009

it's all go go go...

The yellow and white groups have completed their camping mission to Lake Tanay and are now relaxing (sort of) at the Aqua Parc. The Aqua Parc has water slides of all shapes, sizes and speeds and is far too much fun for anyone to worry about how many dirty clothes they have after two days of hiking and camping!

After a fantastic day on top of the world yesterday at the glacier the red, blue and green groups are in resort undertaking all sorts of activities. The red group are mountain biking, well taking their first steps toward mountain biking, the blue group are trying their hand at archery and the green group are attempting the Torgona Hunt orienteering course before their climbing lesson on the climbing wall.

Tonight we have the Torgon quiz night which sees teams running all over the village in an attempt to answer questions, crack the code and win prizes.

After some scary clouds crossing over camp earlier today, the afternoon has turned out to be sunny and warm. Fingers crossed the great weather continues for next week!

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more updates tomorrow.

 

monday 21st JULY 2009

camping at lake tanay

Today the yellow and white groups embark on a challenging hike to the picturesque Lake Tanay. Campers will sleep in tents on the shores of the beautiful lake for two nights and learn all about camp craft, team building and the great outdoors.

Yesterday the green group went to Parc Aventure, an amazing array of courses with zip wires, rope swings and ladders high in the canopy of the forest (awesome). The red and blue group went to one of the largest mazes in Europe, the Labrynth. We are pleased to report that nobody got too lost in the maze except for one or two staff!.

Tomorrow is glacier day for the red, blue and green groups which involves husky dog sledding and riding on the fast and fun Alpine Coaster ride. The weather forecast is for lots of sunshine  which means lots of smiling faces!!

Until next time.........

 

Sunday 19TH JULY 2009

session 1 is underway!!

Session 1 of 2009 has commenced in glorious sunshine! This morning started with some langauge assesments, tennis, basketball and general team bonding before undertaking a range of different activities in the afternoon.

The red, blue and green groups are doing the Torgona Hunt orienteering course, climbing on the climgbing wall and swimming in the pool. The green group is off mounatin biking through the woods of Torgon, whilst the yellow group tries their hand at archery and the white group ghyll scrambles up the Torgon river.

Straight after dinner tonight we are having a bingo extravaganza (in many different lanaguages) with lots of prizes to be won.

Stay tuned for tomorrows update when we reveal who won the major prize at bingo. The weather forecast is for another sunny day in the Alps pushing toward 30 degrees.

 

TUESDAY 14TH JULY 2009

CAMPING!

In the past two days we have had two very successful camping trips, camp fires, sing songs, lake swimming galore. One group are currently enjoying the world famous Montreux Jazz Festival whilst the second group of campers are gearing up for husky dog sledging at the glacier tomorrow!

 

wednesday 8 JULY 2009

happy birthday mr crisp!

As you will have guessed Camp is celebrating Mr Crisp's 51st birthday! Today we had another group set off for the delights of the Glacier and the last group for camping also departed this morning. The third group are currently at Parc Labyrinthe Adventure and will try their hand at mountain biking later on this afternoon!

 

tUESDAY 7 JULY 2009

SNOW IN the summer?!

No no no... not at Torgon! But some of the campers spent the day at Les Diablerets glacier husky dog sledging and having a go at the biggest alpine rollercoaster before warming up and relaxing at the thermal spas!!! Others spent their day leaving Tanay for their turn on the Banana Boats or heading off for their night in Tanay.  All finished off with a 5-a-side football match and climbing in the evening!

 

MONDAY 6 JULY 2009

day 2 in the big camp suisse!

Today, camp split for 2 different days of activities. One group headed off for the hills for a nights camping at Lake Tanay... a little chilly but that didn't stop them cooling off in the lake after their hike and the spectacular backdrop definately made it worthwhile! The other group started off at the Camp Suisse Archery range before heading off to Lake Geneva for a hot day at the beach and even a spot of Banana Boating! Bringing the day to a close they visited the street stalls and open air gigs that the Montreux Jazz Festival has to offer.

 

SUNDAY 5 JULY 2009

ACTIVITIES BEGIN!

The first day of an action packed week kicked off with some kids in resort mountain biking and climbing, while others started off in the International Olympic Museum before splashing around in the largest water theme park in Europe, AquaParc! There was even time for an epic game of Bingo in the evening!

 

SATURDAY 4 JULY 2009

ARRIVAL OF THE ST IVO SCHOOL!

After a very quiet week in camp, everyone is very pleased to welcome the St Ivo School back to Torgon... all 133 of them! We cannot wait for this weeks fab activities to start, but first DINNER! :)

 

 Thursday 2 JULY 2009

AWAITING CAMPERS!

The mountain bike track has now been completed and tested by staff, it is a brilliant track that can be enjoyed by children of all abilities. The kitchen staff have completed their food hygiene certificates while group leaders have been exploring some of the activities that will be experienced by campers!! The camp is very quiet without the campers so we are all eagerly awaiting their arrivals!

 

Thursday 25 june 2009

the new mountain bike area is nearly built!

The staff have been working tirelessly for the past week building a new mountain bike path in the forest area and the circuit is nearly complete! Fun for all levels will be assured in the mountain bike sessions at Camp Suisse this summer.

 

thursday 18 june 2009

it's time to say goodbye already!

As our first week of summer draws to a close we would like to say a big thank you to our wonderful guests from GES and ISSH. We have had amazing weather which has allowed the kids to husky dog sledding on the glacier, river rafting on the Rhone, banana boating on Lake Geneva, mountain biking, rock climbing, orienteering, the tree top adventure course and much more. Tonight we have our farewell BBQ and disco. Who will be cutting shapes on the dance floor?

 

monday 15 june 2009

day 1 of summer 2009!

ISSH and GES have arrived safely to Camp Suisse. Despite mother natures best efforts to hinder the afternoons activities we managed to get in lots of archery and climbing lessons on the climbing wall! The weather for the rest of the week is looking spectacular.Tomorrow GES are undertaking our orienteering course and a range of great fun team building games. ISSH are off to sample the delights of the cheese and chocolate factories of Gruyères (Mmmmm) before returning to camp to expel their energy on the climbing wall.

 

Sunday 14 june 2009

it's summer camp eve!

Tomorrow we welcome our first guests for summer 2009. All our fabulous staff are ready to go. The sun is shining and birds are whistling!

 

monday 1 june 2009

launch of our families week!

Today marks the launch of the first ever 'families' alpine adventure program at Camp Suisse.For one week only this summer (15 - 22 August) we are inviting the whole family to camp so parents can see what all the fuss is about.Call or email for more information.

 

Friday 15 may 2009

one month to go!

It is one month today until our doors are open to the first guests for summer '09! We will be delighted to welcome GES and ISSH to Torgon for their multi-activity, alpine adventure weeks.

 

SATURDAY 1o may 2009

Count down to summer!

The countdown to summer continues! It is one month today until our first team of staff arrives to kick off the summer season!!

 

SATURDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2009

CAMP SUISSE WINTERS

Today kicks off the second week of Camp Suisse winters and everyone is very excited. For the first time EVER Camp Suisse has opened its doors to mums and dads and our families ski and snowboard packages are well under way. Last week was a huge success.. photos on the site shortly!!

 

Saturday 7 February 2009

Camp Suisse Winters

The first ever team of ‘Camp Suisse Winter’ staff have arrived in the Alps! Fresh snow and glorious sunshine awaits the guests on the newly launched Camp Suisse ski and snowboard breaks for families, commencing Sat 7th February 2009. Watch this space for updates...

 

Sunday 1 February 2009

Welcome to the new Camp Suisse Website

Welcome to the new camp Suisse website! After months in the making we are delighted to bring you loads of exciting new features.

 

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