What should my child bring?

We highly recommend bringing a backpack to hold all the items as we will be walking for extended periods of time. 

Essential Items

• Lunch: Riverdale Explorers will provide every camper two snacks daily but lunch must be provided from home. Due to allergy concerns we are a nut free camp.

• Water bottle: Many of our destinations will have places to refill water bottles. 

• Sunscreen: We recommend campers apply sunscreen before camp and bring a bottle to re-apply throughout the day. 

• Hat and Sunglasses 

• Bathing suit and towel. We will let you know in advance if we are planning on doing a water based activity.

• Running shoes: Because of the high activity level of Riverdale Explorers we recommend comfortable running shoes.

• Raincoat: We will be up to date with the latest weather forecasts and will advise accordingly.

Optional Items

• Bug spray: Most of our destinations will have few or no bugs. 

• A book, cards or small game/activity

• Cellphone: We discourage the use of cellphones during our camp programs and we would appreciate campers storing their phones in their backpacks and limiting their use of their phones to snack breaks and lunch.

Disclaimer: We will do our best to ensure nothing is left behind however we are not responsible for lost or stolen items. For this reason we recommend leaving valuables at home.