Introduction
For many tourists, campground activities often become an important criterion for them to consider when choosing a campsite for leisure and vacation. It is important to provide some interesting campground activities for tourists. Below, we will share a series of campsite activity ideas to make your campsite an ideal leisure and vacation destination. We separate campground activities into two categories: indoor activities and outdoor activities.
Indoor Campground Activities
For tourists who prefer to be alone or seek private time, you can specially prepare a series of colorful indoor campground activities. Moreover, during the camping trip, it is inevitable to encounter bad weather such as rain, which naturally makes outdoor activities less suitable. Therefore, you can carefully arrange the relevant props in the tent so that tourists can choose to play or not according to their personal preferences.
1. Jigsaw Puzzles
You can carefully select a series of puzzles with different themes, such as landscapes or cartoons, to suit the preferences of tourists of different ages. Then you need to put these puzzles in the tent. When tourists move into the tent, you can tell them that there are puzzles to play. By solving these puzzles by themselves, tourists can improve their problem-solving skills.
2. Yoga and Meditation
You can provide some indoor exercise for your customers, such as yoga and meditation. Such activity needs a spacious space. Therefore, it is advisable to use spacious glamping tents with large awnings to conduct this activity, such as our extreme safari tents.
Besides, you need to prepare some soft yoga mats and speakers that can play soothing music to create a calm atmosphere. Also, you can set up some yoga learning channels on TV for tourists to learn. Or you can arrange for a private yoga trainer to guide tourists in yoga practice.
3. Board Game
You can place various popular board game sets in the tents such as chess, monopoly, scrabble, etc. To make tourists have a better glamping experience, it is recommended to choose a luxury tent with a spacious space to play these games, such as our luxury lodge tents. Moreover, tourists can enhance communication and collaboration with each other through this activity.
4. Handmade Activity
To enrich your indoor campground activities, you can also plan a handmade activity to let participants make useful handicrafts, such as a simple compass and a camping lamp. What’s more, you need to prepare a handmade material package, related tools, and instructions for the tourists. Such activities can be conducted in the indoor activity area. Or you can place the handmade materials in the glamping tent and let them decide whether to make it.
Outdoor Campground Activities
To attract more tourists to our campsite, you also need to prepare a variety of outdoor activities. Below, we will provide 11 outdoor campground activity ideas for your reference.
1. A Night Sky Observation
You can plan a starry sky observation campground activity. Firstly, you need to prepare astronomical telescopes, star maps, and comfortable chairs for tourists. Then, under a clear night sky, you can organize campers to use astronomical telescopes to appreciate stars in the beautiful night sky. Through this sky observation activity, tourists can increase their astronomical knowledge in a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere.
2. Hiking
When planning a hiking activity, you can schedule a trail with some safe marking, ensuring that tourists can safely explore the surrounding natural scenery. To ensure the smooth progress of the activity, it is recommended that you arrange for one or two staff members who are familiar with the route as guides to lead tourists on this relaxing hiking journey.
At the same time, don’t forget to prepare plenty of snacks for tourists to replenish their energy along the way. If the terrain is more complicated, you can also prepare maps and compasses for tourists to help them navigate accurately and avoid getting lost. Through such hiking activities, tourists can exercise their bodies and enjoy natural beauty.
3. Cooking
In the many campground activities, cooking activities can undoubtedly add a lot of fun and warmth. If you want to organize a cooking activity, you need to prepare a full range of cooking utensils for tourists in advance, including pots, shovels, and plates. Also, you can select some high-quality ingredients for tourists cooking, such as fresh meat and seasonal vegetables.
Going a step further, you can hire professional chefs to come to the campsite to teach tourists unique cooking techniques of delicious local food. Such activities not only allow tourists to master new cooking skills but also enhance mutual feelings in the process of sharing food among family and friends.
4. Art Creation
If you want to offer some campground activities that are suitable for children, you should consider art creation activities using natural materials. In this activity, you can guide tourists to use the rich materials in the natural environment, such as leaves, stones, and branches, to create unique artwork.
Also, you can prepare a series of tools, including brushes, scissors, drawing paper, and glue. Every tourist can take away the artwork made by themselves as a unique souvenir of this glamping trip. Such activity can be appreciated by parents because it can greatly stimulate the creativity and imagination of children.
5. Campfire
On the night, you can hold a campfire event. You can choose a certain period in the evening. For example, You can choose from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Besides, you need to prepare sufficient wood and a safe bonfire pot in advance. Then, you can arrange for some staff to light a blazing bonfire to create a warm atmosphere.
Also, you can prepare guitars and other musical instruments and invite talented tourists to play. Other tourists can sit around the bonfire freely and share their stories. Such campfire activities can greatly enhance friendship between tourists and allow participants to feel the warmth of each other.
6. Fishing
You can lead tourists to the lake or river near the campsite. It is important to note that these places are not forbidden fishing. What’s more, you can prepare a full range of professional equipment in advance, including fishing rods, fishing lines, fresh baits, hooks, convenient fishing tackle boxes, and comfortable fishing chairs. Tourists can easily get started without bringing any tools and immerse themselves in the fun of fishing.
7. Treasure Hunt
If you want to plan a treasure hunt, you first need to carefully plan the route. Then, you need to place several beautifully decorated treasure chests in hidden corners around the campsite. Each treasure chest can contain some small gifts that can be practical outdoor supplies or exquisite handicrafts. Before the event begins, you need to provide a map and a series of clues, which can be riddles or directions to guide participants to the location of the treasure.
8. Nature Observation
You can organize a nature observation activity, which is very suitable for families with children. First, you need to choose a natural area with rich biodiversity and a beautiful environment near the campsite as an observation site, such as a forest. Of course, you need to visit the area in advance so that the area is safe and learn about the local ecological characteristics.
Besides, you need to prepare notebooks, pens, and magnifying glasses for each tourist to observe and record. Also, you can set a series of observation tasks, such as looking for specific types of animals and plants or observing the behavioral patterns of insects.
9. Movie Night
You can plan a movie night where tourists can watch movies in the cool evening. If you want to plan this campsite activity, you need to choose an open area as the screening venue. It would help if you prepared enough stools so that everyone can sit comfortably.
Of course, you also need to install a high-definition projector and a large projection cloth. Moreover, to meet the needs of tourists of different ages and interests, you can also prepare a diverse film library, such as comedy, science fiction, and other genres.
10. Cycling
Cycling is one of the attractive campsite activities. You can also plan a cycling activity to let tourists explore the natural scenery around the camp. To increase the attraction of this activity, you can provide high-quality bicycles and some helmets for each participant. Also, you can arrange for staff to accompany them. Such cycling activities can effectively exercise cardiopulmonary function and improve the physical fitness of tourists.
11. Tug of War
If you want to plan glamping campsite activities that can inspire team spirit, a great choice is to organize a tug-of-war activity. This activity is especially suitable for company team building. By dividing tourists into several groups, each group of members stands at the two ends of the tug-of-war rope. To ensure the smooth progress of the game, you need to select the competition area. Also, you need to prepare the rope, marking tools, referee flag, and whistle.
Conclusion
From indoor campground activities to outdoor campground activities, these activities can increase the attractiveness of the campsite. However, the successful implementation of these activities is inseparable from the reasonable planning of activity areas and accommodation spaces in the campsite.
If you don’t know how to divide these activity areas and accommodation areas to optimize the layout of the entire camp, you can contact us. We are not only a glamping tent manufacturer, but also a provider of overall glamping solutions. We can provide one-stop glamping design services and glamping tents. Finally, we hope that this article helps you have clear campground activity ideas.
