Hendersonville, NC
Every camper designs her own activity schedule on the first day of camp. Campers choose up to 10 activities — 5 for Monday, Wednesday, Friday and 5 for Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. By the end of their session, campers have built confidence and skills around activities they may have never participated in before.
Explore on the camp’s website ↗Camp Ton-A-Wandah offers beginning and advanced backpacking classes. Our advanced backpacking class gears up for a 3-day hike in Pisgah National Forest. Rock climbing is open to all ages and abilities — camp has a beginner wall, an intermediate wall, and an advanced wall. The High Ropes course is set beside the lake in the trees and ends by zipping across our 10-acre lake, with trained and certified staff walking each camper through 7 challenges.
Nestled on the shores of its very own ten-acre lake in the pristine Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Camp Ton-A-Wandah is a residential summer camp for girls. In historic Flat Rock, a few miles from Hendersonville, Ton-A-Wandah boasts 365 acres of mountainous terrain including streams, trails, and a cascading waterfall, where campers return to enjoy the refreshing summer climate year after year.
We have traditional wooden cabins here at Camp Ton-A-Wandah that are fully screened in. Living along the lake provides a nice cool that flows through camp and the cabins. Each houses around seven sets of bunk beds with two to three singular beds for the counselors. There are two toilets and sinks in each cabin. There are two shower houses for our campers with a separate shower house for our counselors.
Meals are eaten family-style with their cabin during the first week, randomly during the second week, and with their teams during the third week. Meal times are filled with camp traditions, fun songs, and announcements, with the popular 'Hershey Bar' game played every morning after breakfast.
A camp experience provides an opportunity for campers to gain independence, self-reliance and self confidence, which are all essential to a young girl's development. Our experience has shown that visitation by parents and relatives during camp creates interruption of the camp program, and we appreciate support of this policy by parents. Visitation day is considered opening day of the camp session, at which time parents are encouraged to meet staff and enjoy the facility.
The dining hall has the unique feature of sitting at eye level with the lake. The lake flows under the dining hall creating a pleasant cooling breeze and the continuous sound of the waterfall below. Additional facilities include an indoor gym with stage, arts and crafts building, a horse barn with three riding rings, high and low ropes courses, 40-foot rock climbing wall, professional all-weather tennis courts, indoor riflery range, playing fields, little recreation hall, infirmary and lodge.
Explore on the camp’s website ↗Camp Ton-A-Wandah provides three well-balanced meals daily at 8:15, 1:15, and 6:15, along with optional snacks available at the canteen in the morning or afternoon. Our food service staff is committed to catering to the dietary needs of all campers, including those with specific restrictions. We offer vegetarian and gluten-free options at every meal, and our staff will take the necessary steps to accommodate campers with additional food allergies as needed, including vegetarian, nut-free, gluten-free, pork-free and dairy/lactose free.
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