1.
THE FARM
Located in Alcala,
"AMIGUITOS DEL BOSQUE" Summer Camp offers boys and girls an
integrated program that uses, in a fun and healthy way, pedagogical
excursions to teach about the environment and nature. Children and adolescents
spend their time learning about nature with inter-related artistic and
cultural programs, activities, and classes.
2. OUR STAFF
Throughout the entire
summer camp, the children will be accompanied by MARTHA CECILIA MANSSUR.
Martha is a painter licensed in pre-school education. She has over 6
years of experience as an educator. 6 assistants, also experts in education,
work with Martha.
3. IT'S
SAFE ...
Up to now, we have
held 10 summer camps with great success. All staff and farmers are insured
with a medical assistance card.
4. WHAT
DOES IT INCLUDE
All entrance fees,
snacks, food, lodging, and transportation ( 12 bedrooms)
5.
DATES
First
week of December
Third
week of June
Third
week of September
Or,
anytime, when you form your own group
6. ITINERARY
6-DAY
PROGRAM
DAY 1: DAY
OF FIRE
Arrival to the AMIGUITOS DEL BOSQUE. Installation of groups, norms,
and integration games.
7:00 pm dinner
8:00 pm Welcome
Camp fire
DAY 2: ART
07:00 Wake up call
08:00 Breakfast
08:30 Ecological walk on the banks of the river
10:00 Snack
10:30 Pool and milking
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Visit a coffee farm, talk about the coffee process and pork process
14:30 Fishing and bird farm
13:30 Snack
18:00 THE HOUR OF ART AND EXPRESSION (PAINT CLASS)
19:00 Evening walk
22:00 Silence
DAY 3: FARMER ROBINSON
07:00 Breakfast
08:30 Leave for PANACA
10:00 Livestock Show
10:30 Pet Show
11:15 Visit the pig-dome with Juan Chancho Montoya
15:00 Visit the kind world of the dog
16:15 Visit the world of the horse
18:30 Return to the farm
20:00 Expedition in the woods
DAY 4: STORY-TELLING COFFEE FARMER
07:00 Breakfast
08:30 Leave for the National Coffee Park
09:30 Entrance all day to enjoy general entrance -- unlimited gondola
rides, train rides, roller coaster, water slides, orchids show -- one-time
horseback riding, cart, octopus, bumper cars, carousel, ferris wheel.
17:00 Return to the farm
20:00 Night of myths and legends from a story teller.
DAY 5: BAMBOO AND BUTTERFLIES
07:00 Breakfast
08:00 Leave for the butterfly farm
08:30 Entrance to Butterfly River
12:00 Visit Green River (picnic )
13:00 Visit the museum of Bamboo
15: 00 Visit Cordoba
17: 00 Return to the farm
20:00 Going-Away party with roasted marshmallows, graduation, and diplomas.
DAY 6: RETURN
HOME
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Pool and recreation
13:00 Return home
SUMMER CAMP FEES
$ 450.000 PER CHILD
8-DAY
PROGRAM
DAY 1
Arrival to the AMIGUITOS DEL BOSQUE, installation of groups, welcome
ice cream, norms and rules of camp.
12.00 pm. Lunch
(daily)
1 .00 pm Directed recreation
3.30 pm Snack (daily)
4.00 pm Visit coffee cultivation (Technical talk about the production
and benefits of coffee)
6.00 pm Hour of art and expression (daily painting classes)
7.00 pm Dinner (daily)
8.00 pm Welcome bonfire and integration
10.00p.m Hour of silence (daily)
DAY 2
07:00am Breakfast
08:30 Leave for PANACA
10:00 Livestock Show
10:30 Pet Show
11:15 Visit the pig-dome with Juan Chancho Montoya
15:00 Visit the kind world of the dog
16:15 Visit the world of the horse
18:30 Return to the farm
DAY 3
08.30am Leave for the Brasilia Farm
09.00am Milking cows and management of livestock/pool time and directed
rec time
01.00pm Barbas River Ecological Path
03.00pm Sport fishing
07.00pm Night excursion
DAY 4
08.30am Leave for the coffee park (multiple passport)
08.00pm directed recreation
DAY 5
08.30am Leave for
Calarca
09.30am Visit the butterfly farm and botanical garden
01.00pm Picnic on the Green River
03.00pm Visit the Guadua Museum
08.00pm Group dynamics
DAY 6
08.30am Leave for Quimbaya
09.00am Ride in a jeep to get to put-in where the children will float
down the Vieja River in balsam rafts
05.00pm Return to the farm
08.00pm Night of Myths and Legends (Part II)
Day 7
08.30am Leave for the Farm of Mama Lulu
01.00pm Visit the aprisco (production of goat milk and cheese)
02.30pm Visit the park of smells and senses, talk offered by Alvaro
Botero
08.00pm Going-Away Party; musical group "Chicha y Cafe", graduation,
handing out diplomas
DAY 8
08.30am Return home
Fees:
$680.000 per child
(minimum 40)
$725.000 per child (minimum 20)
15-DAY
PROGRAM
DAY 1
Arrival to the AMIGUITOS
DEL BOSQUE, installation of groups, welcome ice cream, norms and rules
of camp.
12.00
pm. Lunch (daily)
1 .00 pm Directed recreation
3.30 pm Snack (daily)
4.00 pm Visit coffee cultivation (Technical talk about the production
and benefits of coffee)
6.00 pm Hour of art and expression (daily painting classes)
7.00 pm Dinner (daily)
8.00 pm Welcome bonfire and integration
10.00p.m Hour of silence (daily)
DAY 2
7.00 am wake-up
call (daily)
8.00 am breakfast (daily)
8.30 am Leave for PANACA
10.00 am Livestock show
10.30 am Ecological walk (native woods and bamboos in the Buenavista
Creek)
12.30 am Exhibition of trained pets, dogs, birds and more.
3.30 pm Pig-dom (juan chancho montoya) pig competition and musical animation
5.30 p.m Return to the farm
8.00 pm Boquinson Expedition Part I
DAY 3
8.30 am Leave
for PANACA
9.30 am Visit the organic garden and its various cultivations
10.30 am Visit the treatment plant and management of organic waste
1.00 pm Visit berry cultivation and silk worm farm
2.45 pm The amicable world of the dog (races and training)
3.45 pm The world of the horse (show of equine races and acrobatics
on horse)
8.00 pm Night expedition
DAY 4
08.30am Leave for Santa Rosa Hot Springs
09.30am Visit “Cesar Gaviria Trujillo” viaduct in Pereira
10.00am Visit Santa Rosa de Cabal
10.30am Entrance to Arbelaez Hot Springs
0430p.m Return to the farm
08.00pm Night of Myths and Legends (part I)
DAY 5
08.30am Leave for the Farm of Mama Lulu.
01.00pm Visit the aprisco (production of goat cheese and milk)
02.30pm Visit the park of smells and senses, talk offered by Alvaro
Botero.
08.00pm History of the region told by a story-teller
DAY 6
08.30am Leave for the coffee park (multiple passport)
08.00pm directed recreation
DAY 7
08.30am Leave for
Brasilia Farm
09.00am Milking and management of livestock/ pool and directed recreation
01.00pm Trip to the River Barbas
03.00pm Fishing in Palmilla Lake
07.00pm Mass
DAY 8
08.30am Leave for Quimbaya
09.00am Ride a Jeep Willis to the put-in on the River Vieja (a trip
in balsam rafts down the river)
05.00pm Return to the farm
08.00pm Night of myths and legends (Part II)
NOVENO DIA
08.30am Leave for Salento and visit the village
10.00am Visit the trout factory. Ecological walk through the Woods of
Palms and Fog until Herencia verde
03.00pm Visit Salento, go to the lookout, and check out the arts and
crafts
05.00pm Visit Circasia and the open-air cemetery
08.00pm Roasted Marshmallows
DAY 10
08.30am Leave for Pereira
09.00am Visit the Matecaña Zoo of Pereira.
03.00pm Movie in Pereira Plaza
08.00pm Night of the Stars (songs, music, jokes, and dancing)
DAY 11
08.30am Leave for Calarca
09.30am Visit the butterfly farm and botanical garden
01.00pm Picnic on the Green River
03.00pm Visit the Bamboo Museum
08.00pm Group dynamics
DAY 12
08.30am Leave for Quimbaya
09.00am Visit the Ocaso Woods to go bird-watching and look for Howling
Monkeys (forest reserve)
04.30pm Return to the farm
08.00pm Contests (Bosquinson Expedition Part II)
DAY 13
08.30am Ecological walk for the Los Angeles creek
11.00am Directed Recreation
02.00pm Pool, soccer, and horses
08.00pm Reflection Hour in charge of Father Gustavo Adolfo.
DAY 14
08.30am Leave for Armenia
09.30am Visit the Park of Life
02.00pm Visit the Quimbaya Museum
03.30pm City Tour of Armenia
08.00pm Going Away Party; Musical group "Chicha y Cafe," graduation
and diplomas
DAY 15
08.30am Return home
FEES
$1.270.000
per child (minimum 40)
$1.335.000 per child (minimum 20)
