Camp Shi'ini reviews

Camp Shi'Ini is AMAZING!!! My two sons (now 13 and 10) have been going every summer for 7 and 6 years respectively and LOVE it! they ride horses and perform archery and play great games like elephant soccer. There are even some beach trips thrown in. Every afternoon my kids come home tired and happy. It's so gret that they're outside having a good time and not glued to the TV or video games!!!

Camp Shi'ini is the best summer camp!!! My kids can't wait to go there every summer!!!

My daughter has been attending Camp Shi'ini for 7 years. She loves camp, talks about it all of the time and looks forward to camp all year. The activities are so fun and a true summer experience. She has made wonderful friends and loves the counselors. She loves the story that the camp puts on and is fully engaged in the various plots and characters that emerge throughout the summer. Noah and Peter are engaged in all aspects of planning the camp and know the campers. My daughter really feels like she is a part of this camp. It truly is the highlight of her year, every year.

For everyone out there with kids, I highly recommend Camp Shi’ini. Our girls went there for years and loved each year. They are now in high school and still talk about how much fun they had and all the other kids and counselors they met. The owners, Noah & Peter are there each day joining in all the activities and fun. Camp Shi’ini is unlike all the other camps. Your child will take away a lifetime of awesome memories. I just can’t say enough good things, we were blessed to have experienced the time with Camp Shi’ini. Please feel free to call me if you have any questions about our experience at Camp Shi’ini. Sincerely, Julie Ramirez

My children love this camp. They go year after year and can't get enough. It is a true highlight every year. They come home tired but excited for the next days adventure. They are safe, the councilors love them and they experience lots of physical activity outside. I can not say enough about this camp, it is a true gem.

Camp Shi'ini is the BEST that Pasadena has to offer! Our three children started going to Camp Shi-ini as soon as they were old enough to go at age 4 and went every summer! When they became too old to be campers, they became junior counselors. We've been a Shi'ini family for over 20 years! The campers have the best time and are so well taken care of by the staff. The counselors love the campers and have so much fun with them. The activities are amazing every year, and the camp owners put so much energy into keeping the story new and exciting. Everyone has fun everyday at Camp Shi'ini, and the kids are very well supervised. They have a wonderful adventure every day and will have wonderful memories of their summers at Camp Shi'ini!

Our family has been going to Camp Shi-ini since 2008. What we love about the camp is the combination of traditional camp activities with a treasure hunt/narrative that extends over the entire summer. Each day our children would come home with stories of the adventures they had that day. Our experiences with Peter and Noah the camp directors have always been wonderful, they always return my calls in a timely fashion, they always have time for any questions and they always have time for our children, even in winter time. One year my son was missing camp and called Peter. They talked for 20 minutes about camp and it really meant a lot to my son. The vans they use to transport the kids are clean and the drivers are super friendly and responsible and they always make sure the children go home with the right adult. We love Camp Shi-ini and are looking forward to more years of adventure and fun.

My kids (now 12 and 13) have attended Camp Shi'ini since each was 5 years old (my youngest just attended for his last year during the summer of 2012). They LOVED the play-acting by the counselors, and the creative storyline that goes along with the camp experience. Noah and Peter, and their staff of trained counselors, do an awesome job of directing the summer session, with regular camp activities (archery, horseback riding, hiking, swimming) along with an exciting story that continues from day to day, and from year to year. My kids would come home each day, and discuss recent developments in the story with their friends - Camp Shi'ini blends a traditional camp experience with a dynamic backstory that keeps the kids engaged and excited!

Our family has been enjoying Camp Shi'ini for the past 8 years, and we love everything about it -- the awesome directors Peter and Noah, the enthusiastic counselors, the ongoing scavenger hunt and dramatic storyline that plays out throughout the summer, and the new air conditioned vans. We love this camp and would recommend it to anyone.

Camp Shi'ini is by far one of the best camp experiences both you and your child will have. Having worked in camp grounds for several years I was impressed with the overall leadership team, the programs that get every camper actively involved, the attention the counselors give to each camper and the genuine love and care of the staff. The fact that they have transportation to and from camp is an immense help and convenience given I'm a working parent. It’s also a welcomed treat during the holidays to get the annual DVD that showcases your child’s camp experience from the summer. My son was a camper for several years and is now on the staff. Camp Shi'ini far exceeded our expectations when it came to a summer camp experience.

My 7 year old and 10 year old boys attended for the first time this summer and just LOVED it. I cannot tell you how crucial it was that the management of Camp Shi'ini made the conscious effort to make sure that both of my kids were arranged in groups with their other friends that were signed up for the camp. Not every camp will do that, but Camp Shi'ini made sure that my boys were with their friends so that they could feel comfortable all day long. We're coming back in 2013!!

Shi'ini is definitely the coolest camp in Pasadena, and it has been for years. I attended the camp back in the late 1970s and it still has the same basic activities. Lots of history and I really enjoy the Native American Indian theme that the camp showcases. My son Brady is genuinely interested in Native American history and culture now thanks to Camp Shi'ini. We're going to be back next summer, and every summer until he is old enough to work as a Junior Counselor. (That's his new dream job!) THE LONG FAMILY LOVES CAMP SHI'INI!

We very highly recommend Camp Shi'ini to the San Marino and Pasadena communities. The camp is a perfect and affordable way to spend the summer. It's a great camp for my kids who have good imaginations and like the outdoors. We endorse it fully. A+.

2012 marked the first summer that my family used Camp Summer, and needless to say, we were definitely delighted with it! The camp picks up and drops off kids directly from your home, provided that you reside in the general Pasadena area, which we do. My kids woke up at the crack of dawn each morning to put on their custom camp shirts and wait outside for the van to pick them up. The counselors were courteous and very responsible. And I still cannot get over how many unique activities they offer at the camp. Every day, my kids were summing, riding horses, and playing in canoes. There was plenty of archery and exercise too. They also brought home beautiful wooden totem poles that they painted over the summer. These crafts are well over a yard high and very legit. Super program! The Wong family gives it two thumbs way up! A.W.

My son and daughter attended this camp from 2009-2011 and loved it. We moved to the East Coast in Fall 2011 and my kids missed the camp tremendously this past Summer of 2012. They have an excellent staff and dynamic counselors. They also showcase very cool daily activities for the campers to partake in ... like horseback riding and archery and canoe boats and this amazing treasure hunt adventure. I worked at a few summer camps as a kid and none of them were anywhere near as quality as Camp Shi'ini. I highly recommend Camp Shi'ini to everyone, as it is a quality experience. Thumbs up for Shi'ini!

This is definitely a top-notch camp. My son attended for the first time this past summer and loved it. To this day (now almost 4 months later), he still talks about it at dinner each night. They have great individual attention to the kids and really take pride in the camp. We will be back in 2013!

My son loves Camp Shi'ini!!! It is fun and creative with different programs and activities. The staff is great and dedicated. They also pick up and drop off the kids from the house. This past summer, my son came home every day excited for the next day of camp. The highest complement for Camp Shi'ini!

This camp features a running "adventure" skit that stressed our chjld out and gave her bad dreams. I saw one of them and it made the pre-school kids cry. When we expressed our concerns to the head of the camp he was rude and dismissive. After a few days our daughter didn't want to go back, and cried when we dropped her off. Finally it got so bad that we pulled her out. We very respectfully requested a pro-rated refund, explaining that we were on a tight budget and would now need to find other arrangements for our child. They called us and stated that they never give refunds for any reason but that they would discuss it and call us back. They never did. I don't recommend this camp, there are much better camps out there.

My wife and i had an interesting and very FUNNY experience. My wife signed up our girls to this camp. To make it short, we thought this was an actual "camp", we thought we were going to take our kids to a facility where they do all this activities. WRONG! There is no facility. What camp Shiini does is they pick up all these kids with their vans and they meet and take all these kids to different locations, such as some park to do archery, or to the beach or to Pasadena City College for swimming. We seriously thought they actually had all this activities at their own property or facility, which they don't. We figured this out the first day we decided to take them personally to the place where they meet the first day. The staff seems to be nice, they are fairly young kids. They do take care of my kids, as to personal attention, i don't know because we pretty much don't see each other. My kids, well, they kind of don't like it. Maybe they are too little.

Camp Shi'ini is an A+ camp all the way. Their archery and canoeing and horseback programs are outstanding and their treasure hunt is the most innovative thing my children have ever experienced.

"" This camp was a horrible experience for my 6 and 7.5 year olds. The physical actives were great but the adventure story line which is acted out by the counsellors during the day is so aggressive and inappropriately frightening for young children that many come home crying and fearful of going back. Please do not send your young children here, they will end up having nightmares about scary villains, dynamite explosives, and aggressive fighting.

Oh my gosh, my kids absolutely love Camp Shi'ini! They have attended for 7 straight years!

My kids love Camp Shi Ini. They can't wait to go back each year!!!