Camp Lokanda reviews

This will be my kids 4th summer at lokanda and it has been fabulous. The counselors are wonderful, the activities are great and most importantly the kids love it there and have made friends for life. Very happy with overall experience.

I went to lokanda for 6 years and i had the time of my life.I made amazing friends who i still talk to 24 7. I went on a teen tour last summer and i loved it but it could not compare to camp i missed lokanda so much. I cant imagine how different my life would be without lokanda. It really changed my life.

When I go back for this 2010 year i'll be a junior and my 5th year. I started from the lowest age with two other people that are still with me now. One of those two have been in my bunk every summer. This is by far the best camp EVER!!! I have made friendships with some camp people that I am more friends with then my friends back home. That place is my second home. I've had people from NY come down to visit. The staff is really nice and you become friends with them too. I would recommend this camp for anyone. Nobody doesn't fit in. There are friends for everyone at this camp. You also become good friends with the opposite gender too because you hang with them every night. You really get to know the people in your bunk because you are living with them for 2 months. I have a nice bunk bed mate who lives in Florida and we fly all the way from FL every year to get to this camp in Glen Spey NY. We have a 3 hour plane ride followed by a 2 hour bus from FL. It's so worth it!

Camp Lokanda was my life, I went there for ten years from frosh to ultra. I would never trade any experiences ive had there or the friends I've made for the world. However, the new owners are ****s and have no idea how to run a camp whatsoever. Camp is about traditions, you come back because you love them and you love the people you know will be there year after year. These new owners dont get it. Yea, they want to start their new traditions, understandable, but that doesnt mean you need to destroy all the old ones, the ones that made people keep coming back to Lokanda. They paid no attention to the upper camp kids, which yes do pay as much as everyone else who cares there and it was bs. I used to love Lokanda, now it's all gone downhill. I would recommend choosing a different camp, one that really values the camp experience.

I go to camp lokanda and I love it even though the food is okay. I made friends so quickly. Last year I was new but I fit right in.

I worked at Lokanda and I lived on Girl's teen camp which was awesome because I stayed in the "Big House". I also worked as a semi in another area. Although the food sucks and the living conditions are tough I really enjoyed the experience. I'm not to sure about the new owners because they really seem to know absolutely nothing about running a camp. Neither did the previous owners but they hired people that knew how to run the camp smoothly. Teen Camp is alot different than the lower camps simply becuase you are working with children who are aware of things that are going on. The kids are pretty spoil and sometimes they are disrespectful, there isn't sufficient punishment either, but this camp was a GREAT experience. Just be prepared to spend lots of money because they charge you for everything!!!! The faculty laundry room is a disgrace and the "staff lounge" lol, would be so much better if it was a bit larger with more than 3 computers for 100 STAFF members!

Lokanda is a great experience for any child. At every camp there are bad counselors but they are trained very well before camp starts.Activities are fun and creative and there is never a boring day. The bunks are kept clean and the camp is beautifle. I definatly recomend camp lokanda. I lOVEEEE LOKANDA

THIS CAMP IS ABSOUTLY HORRIABLE> I CRIED THE WHOLE TIME THE COUNSLERS YELLED AT US THE WHOLE TIME MY PARENTS WASTED A LOT OG MONEY!!

10 years at this place and i would never change it for anything. i made my best friends at this place. i love you camp lokand!!!

this camp is so ugh! there kids and staff are rude and shallow. look across the lake, brookwood is like a million times better than lokanda, there all so nice and friendly when we play games with them, im switching to go to brookwood!

Lokanda is amazing! The staff try there hardest to make sure the kids have a great time! Although the bunks arn't always the nicest it is part of summer camp, same with the food not being great. I just got home from Lokanda and am counting down the days until next year! Lokanda is a place where friends become best friends, and best friends become brothers and sisters! I left camp this year with 27 little sisters, and a bunch of other people i know that i can call fi i ever need someone to talk to :)

first off i'd like to start by saying this is the best camp actually ever I've made countless memories and friends that i know will last a life time and i love them all so much, this camp has provided me with that opportunity. and for all those that are talking abot carpet and club med and blah blah, that is only for the oldest campers, and after spending enough time and money at the camp, i think they deserve it. i'd recommend this camp to anyone, everyone is trying to look out for everyone esle making sure they ahve the best summer possible. everyone that goes to lokanda absolutely adores it... its actually amazing.. RED AND GREY ALWAYS :)

wow, welll i have only been going to lokanda for a year now but i am so excited for a second summer there, subbies '08 is going to be amazinggg...... i cant wait to see my 27 sisters again. my camp experience would be nothing with out themm!! the staff might not aways be the best but when u hve good counselors they are the best counselors everr!!!! even though the food is gross..... i would rather eat it and be there then not be there and not have to eat it........ sending me to lokanda was the best thing my parents have ever done for me!! the new owners this year will amke camp even better...... i am so eacited for this summmer subbies '08! Red and Grey forever <33 Lokanda now and foreverr

OKAY.. IF U THINK THIS IS LIKE THE BEST CAMP OR THE BEST THING THIS PLACE HAS EVER DONE TO U WELL THEN YOU HAVE TO BE MASTAKEN. THIS PLACE IS THE WORST PLACE I HAVE EVER BEEN TO. THE PEOPLE HERE ARE DISGUSTING AND THE FOOD MAKES YOU WANT TO PUKE. I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A PLACE THAT WAS AS GROSS AS THIS. I AM NOT LYING WHEN I SAY ALL THESE THINGS. THE PEOPLE ONLY LIKE YOU FOR YOUR SPORT ABILITY OR WHAT YOU HAVE OR OWN. I'M SORRY BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT I CALL A CAMP. BAD STAFF BAD SUMMER BAD STUFF

camp lokanda is the best thing that has EVER happend to me. i have been going there 10 years of my life and those are the best years of my life. i love lokanda more then anything. i have made best friends who are now sisters to me and i will never forget anything at lokanda. i wish i could go there forever and ever.

okay CAMP LOKANDA is the best place in the whole world!!! is going to b my 5th summer and im counting the days till i get back theree!!! ive made soo many close bonds w. counslers andd my sisterrs in bunk o and everyone else. there is no better camp out there so dont bother looking!! CL 4 lifee!! subbies oheight here we come!!!! oxox

My two kids went this past Summer and had a great time. The staff was very attentive to our concerns although the infirmary did not adequately deal with a respiratory infection that spread thru girls campus. In terms of value for money, the camp costs a lot and the facilities are nothing special. I was also horrified at the quality of food my kids reported eating, i.e. mozarella sticks several times a week. The food is kosher which costs more so perhaps they skimp on the quality. Its a very social experience for the kids so don't expect your kids to come home with any kind of new special skills, athletic, cultural or otherwise. That may be enough for some parents.

OMG I LUV THIS CAMP IS AMAZING. No other camp is better. conclors are amazing and so is the activities. all i can say is i love lokanda

Lokanda sucks. Worst camp in the United States. i went there for 3 years, then switched to camp summit for the next 11 years of my life. Camp Summit is the greatest camp in teh world. greatest memories, people, food, facilites, lokands sucks

I worked at this camp for 2 summers and it is an amazing place. The staff and the kids love it but the "higher ups" in the camp are very disrespectful and ungrateful for there staff. They threaten to fire people and do fire people all summer long for sometimes no reason at all. They even fire people just days before the camp ends. However I did go back for a second summer and will continue to work there until they fire me. HA. If your a parent you might be wasting your money but the kids get a true camp atmosphere and that is what camp is about and they go to camp for their friends just like the staff go back for the other staff that they have met from across the world. It may not be the best place to be a staff member but believe me when I say this, it is head and shoulders above A LOT of other camps. So It isn't as bad as it seems, its just not ideal.

OMG comdined we have been going to this camp 4 years we love this camp sooooo much. it is the best camp ever. U haaaave to send your child here. Can't wait for subbies '08. That is going to be the best summer ever LOkanda we love and miss you. Pollak we love you

THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR AND IT IS GREAT. I HAD SO MUCH FUN. THE COUNSLERS ARE GREAT AND THEY TAKE CARE OF YOU.

I've worked at several different camps and this was the worst. It just is horrible, even though the kids love it, they are horrible to the staff members. I would never go back, and please don't work here, because you'll hate it, and please don't send your child here because you wouldn't want to support this horrible, terrible, disgusting camp. Thank you for listening to my plea!

I went to Camp Lokanda both as a Camper and a Counselor. In total, I spent 12 summers of my life in this place, and they were by far the best 12 summers of my life. I made friends who have travelled with me ever since, and I have made memories which will last longer still. Some of the people who are not used to camp are complaining about the facilities, how they have grafiti from the 1950's and they're shacks... That's what camp is! When they tried, several summers ago, to paint over that grafiti a lot of us former campers got very upset by it, that's history they'd be covering up. You don't go to camp for air conditioned bunks and gourmet food, you go for the experience, and Lokanda is #1 as far as that is concerned.

overall disgusting camp with awful facilities. I worked there 3 years ago and i could not have been more miserable

Camp Lokanda is amazing. It is my second home. once the summer rolls around, I know i will be with my brothers and have the best summer yet. 2007 will be my 8th summer, and i have made lifelong friends, both boys and girls. During the year, along with the rest of my friends, long to be at camp, just sitting in our bunks, or the benches, or just walking around camp. The memories will last forever and I know that I have friends to talk to about anything. Camp Lokanda is my favorite place to be, its like no other. Lokanda is my second home, and i have my 29 brothers that love Lokanda just as much as I do.

I am about to go into my 5th year at this camp, and I can't imagine a better place to spend my summers. I have the most amazing memories, and I am so excited for this camp season. My mom went to Lokanda for 13 summers, and she didn't hesitate to send me there when I was only 8 years old. The second I got there I fell in love with everything, the counselors, the facilities, and the friends. It's the best thing that ever happened to me, and I can't say enough about how amazing my experiences have been. It's the best camp in the world. Only if you go there you will experience the magic of it all. Come to lokanda, it's a guaranteed amazing summer.

oh my god this camp is amazing. I love it soooo much and this is exactly where i want to spend my summers.

I ABSOULTY LOVE LOKANDA.BEST CAMP IN THE WHOELEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE WIND WORLD.UR SOOOOOOOo JEALOUS U DONT GO THERE.the counslers are hilarious and idk what anything else means but i love camp.its amazing.i never want it to change.its soo fun and u should go back forever.the friends i make there come to be my best best best friends forever.they are relaly my sisters.nothing can comepare. i was i could stay there forever and enver leave. its my home away from home and i miss it forever and ever.nothing can compare. if u dont go back than ur a loser cause i tihnk everyone should go back. the evening activities are sometimes weird.like idk its just idk.but lokanda is the best.noone will com ebetween me and my sisters.subbies 07. yea i cannot wait at all. i love you all so much. rating this is absolutly hilarious. some counslers ehhhem sarah blonde and brunnete are so weird.like they cry when we dont clean up- but its all good. i will go back forever and ever,.I LOVE LOKANDA.BUNK B 06!

its going to be my 7th summer at camp this year and im soooooooooo excited i loveeeeeeee my friends bunk d <3 and i have to say it is the time of mahh lifee! kate we wiiiilllll misss you! ALWAYS & FOREVER

umm i lovee campp lokandaa a lott and its the most amazming camp ever. i plan on returning there until i am a counsler and evenutally send my children there

I went there as a child and have great memories. After going to another camp and not having a great experience and the staff not caring I came to Lokanda and the staff made sure I had an amazing time. I will send my children to the camp.

Lokanda is the most amazing place on Earth. I cannot imagine going to any other camp.

I'm about to go to camp for my 10th and final summer at Lokanda. I couldn't have asked for a better camp with the most amazing friends! My best friends have become my sisters and Lokanda is really my second home! I live 10 months for one incredible summer! Playing sports and hanging out in the bunks when it's raining and competing in Olympics and Color War are why I have so many unforgettable memories! Uppers 05, SUPERS 06, AND ULTRAS 07: I love you with all of my heart! Red and Grey Always and Forever! "Dancing in GLen Spey rain under lokanda skies, together we have it all, we can't describe the way we feel, you've changed us all for good"-uppers alma mater!!

I was a camper there and now my child is. He loves it just as much as I did. It is his first experience at sleepaway camp and he is having the best summer. He can't wait to go back next summer.

ive been going here for 6 years and it the best place ever. the kids are great and the staff is great too. long lasting friends 4ever

As a former staff member, I would absolutely advise against sending your children to Lokanda. For the extravagant prices, the "cabins" are ramshackle shelters that are quickly painted and "maintained" directly before Visiting Day. No work was done on them except in the few days leading up to the one day a year the parents visited. There is graffitti on the walls from the 1950s. The beds are nailed pieces of wood with stained mattresses. The food is horrible and the kids often refuse to eat it, along with the staff. The "adults" motivate your childrens' counselors with threats of firing, not encouragement, and make examples frequently by letting people go for no reason. Many staff members quit before the summer ends. Also, since the salary ($1500 for 8 weeks of residential camp, 7:30am to 12:30am) is supplemented by a 'generous' $400 possible bonus, they dangle that as an incentive and punishment. Overall, it is not a wholesome place and I would never send my kids there.

most amazing camp. I've been going for 6 years and would never go anywhere else. I've met my best friends here and the memories are priceless. It's where Friends become Best Frienda, and bestfriends become sisters.

camp lokanda is filled with great people. you make the most amazing friendships that will last a life time. I went to lokanda for six years and by the last summer, nothing at camp mattered to me nearly as much as my friends. its an excelent camp that is worth sending your children to.

We have been at this camp for a combined total of 17 years. My children think it is the best place on earth. My husband and myself have become very disenchanted with the "nickel and dime " aspect of the camp. After charging above the competitive rate for a camp they have the nerve to charge each camper $7 to recieve e-mail for the summer- come on why can't they include it in the price- once your children are entrenched in a camp it is very hard to get them to leave when the owners start pulling stuff like increasing the price $500 to $750 per season. On top of the tuition they charge for baggage delivery, canteen, "mini- camps" within camp and trips- the price of this camp has really gotten out of hand. Other camps bring the childrens trunks up on the bus, and they inclide canteen in the tuition- all for less than Lokanda is charging. I would think twice.