Trackers Earth Bay Area
Camps & Classes - Outdoor & Folk School
Camp Herms in El Cerrito, plus North Oakland, CA
Year-round camps and school-year programs for Grades K–12
Trackers teaches old-school outdoor and nature awareness skills. Award-winning programs in wilderness survival, archery, stealth, homesteading, blacksmithing and more, with expert Guides for kids and teens in the East Bay. Choose a single day or a full week of camp, or go deeper with weekend apprenticeships and outdoor homeschool.
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Winter & November Break Camps
Grades K–12 · El Cerrito & North Oakland
Turn days off school into real skills and adventure: archery, wilderness survival, blacksmithing, wizards, secret agents, bonfires and cocoa, and a musical waffle feast. Single and multi-day camps at two East Bay sites.
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Winter & November Break Camps
Nov 23–25 and Dec 21–Jan 5. Archery, survival shelters, wizards, secret agents, bonfires and cocoa, woodworking and a waffle feast.
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No-School Day Camps
Inservice, conference and holiday days become single-day camps in archery, wilderness survival, stealth, fort building and capture the flag.
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Spring Break Camps
Welcome warmer weather with single-day camps in El Cerrito and North Oakland. Try a theme now and plan your summer.
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Summer Day Camps
Award-winning weekly camps in archery, wilderness survival, fishing, stealth, homesteading and story adventures, with expert Guides.
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Teen Leader-in-Training
Summer and school-year apprenticeships for teens who want to lead, mentor younger campers and master real skills.
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Weekend Apprenticeships
One weekend a month, fall to spring. A small fellowship of friends trains in archery, fishing, foraging and wilderness survival with expert Guides.
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After School Outdoors
Every week after school we pick up at Kensington Hilltop, Madera and Prospect Sierra and head straight into nature for archery, carving and fire.
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Outdoor Homeschool
Weekday homeschool adventures in El Cerrito and Oakland. Wilderness survival, archery, nature skills and crafts in a small team of friends.
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Homeschool Leadership
Leader-in-Training for homeschool teens: outdoor skills, leadership and mentoring younger homeschoolers through the school year.
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Track-or-Treat
Costumes, pumpkin archery, zombie axe throwing, a naturalist-riddle Candy Trail and a Halloween Goblin Market at Camp Herms.
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Holiday Faire
Crafts, cookie and ugly sweater contests, archery, axe throwing, a Winter Goblin Market and a bonfire to warm up by at Camp Herms.
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Goblin Market
Our legendary barter market, next up at Track-or-Treat and again at the Holiday Faire. No money, just trades, riddles and mischief.
DetailsThe Four Guilds
Every Trackers program draws on four old crafts. Kids and adults find the guild that fits them first, then grow into the others.
Rangers
Reconnect the Village
Wilderness survival, tracking, archery and awareness. The eyes and ears of the village, living with the land and tending it.
Mariners
Respect the Waters
Fishing, boating and tending creeks, rivers and the coast. Mariners chart their course by stars, currents and tides.
Wilders
Restore the Earth
Farm craft, wild foods and homesteading in every season. Caretakers who bring the village into rhythm with the land.
Artisans
Remember Our Story
Blacksmithing, woodworking, ceramics and the crafts that keep the hearth fire burning. The story keepers of the village.
Why Bay Area Families Choose Trackers
Award-winning camps trusted by families for over 20 years, including an American Camp Association award for creative programming. Trackers does more in a day of camp than most camps do all season.
Safety & Quality
Our priority is care for your child. Trackers sets the standard of safety for outdoor camps in the Bay and beyond.
Real Skills
Archery, fishing, survival, stealth, homesteading and more. Choose your camp and choose your adventure.
Caring Connection
Campers come for adventure and return for belonging, building independence in nature with old and new friends.
Expert Educators
Experienced Guides teach authentic skills, chosen through intensive interviews and background checks.
Real skills. Real adventure. Real friends.
Winter Break registration is open now, and school-year programs run all fall. Questions? Call (510) 575-9444 or email hello@trackersearth.com.
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