Tenting with Children - Experience Nature with the Whole Family
Discover five top camps for camping with children and get valuable tips for your first overnight stays in nature as a family.
Play tag in the meadow, have a boat race in the nearby stream or observe a wide variety of animals: Various nature adventures await young and old when camping on a farm. Get inspiration and tips for tenting with children now.
"Biohof Tschingelgut - Zeltcamp"
The tent camp in the rear Glarnerland offers peace, views and various hiking and biking opportunities directly from the campsite. Close by you can find a playground with a public fireplace which is part of the Glarnerland play and adventure trail.
"Trieguhof Camp Bürchen"
Bürchen, in the canton of Valais is a well known family destination. Discover the region with MoosAlbi, a curious forest dwarf and enjoy your camp on the Galloway cattle farm which you have all to yourselves. The camp includes a small indoor kitchen, a fireplace with a lovely bench and much more.
"Sichle -Vreneli"
This camp is located on a meadow at the edge of the forest and icludes a barbecue area with table and bench. Enjoy the wonderful view of the nearby Emmental valley, observe wild animals or discover the nearby holiday destinations Marbachegg, Hohgant, Schrattenfluh, Emmental and Sörenberg.
"Bergblick"
This camp with a mountain view, fireplace, seating, tables and a small playground is a winner and can be booked by a maximum of three parties. It has a lounge including a small kitchenette and play area. In the surrounding area you can go hiking, visit several lakes and a special animal park.
Camping with children for the first time - what tips make it easier?
We asked this Ivonne Wolter, camping expert and founder of Zeltkinder. Here is her answer for newcomers to camping adventures with children.
Three personal tips from Ivonne Wolter
Start modestly
and check on a weekend and/or in the garden whether the tent adventure is something for you. Above all, you can practise setting up the tent in peace and quiet and explain everything to the children. You don't need to buy all the equipment straight away. There will certainly be people who are happy to lend you some of the equipment. You can find more and more providers on the Internet, e.g. Globetrotter or Vaude, who lend out family tents.
Camp nearby the first time
then you can go back again if you forget something. This will give you more security and the children will feel that. Incidentally, we forgot a lot of things at the beginning, but somehow we were able to borrow them locally, buy them or borrow them from nice fellow campers. The camping community often makes the difference in the end. The pitch is almost irrelevant if the children have lots of friends to play with and space to run around.
Think about what you want to do in the rain
and take the appropriate clothes/toys with you so that you don't get cabin fever. The children love being outside in the rain, playing puddle bocce, building stone castles over puddles or collecting earthworms. So take plenty of rainwear and wellies with you. You don't need lots of toys at the campsite, but you should bring a few books, pens and board games.
You can find even more tips from Yvonne's experience in the blog article: "Tips for relaxed camping with children in a tent".
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