We are Celebrating our 26th year of trekking, building forts, building friendships, being wild, green and free. Thanks for supporting and joining us along the way.
Welcome to Tree Frog Treks Summer Camp! Our award-winning program is one of the best ways to enjoy summer sun and have fun outside in San Francisco. Your campers will spend every day hiking with our expert team of naturalists, exploring science and nature, art and music, and making new friends. Our programming includes wild science experiments and live animal encounters with our collection of rescued reptiles, amphibians and more.
Our camps are located in 5 different parks around the city so that you can Bike, Muni or Walk to camp daily. During each session, we may travel by chartered bus, or Muni, to sites of inquiry around the Bay Area, splashing in the water, digging in the dirt, and walking among the trees.
All Sites are for Rising 1st-5th grade campers, ages 5+
Golden Gate Park & McLaren park “Littles” program for pre-k & kinder campers, ages 4-5
Teen Machine Camp for 6+ grades available! Check it out below!
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Summer 2025 Camp Themes:
Dive into Discovery Days: Adventure awaits, and it’s time to explore! Whether you’re an aspiring astronaut, an underwater archaeologist, or a curious adventurer, Discovery Days is your passport to an exciting world of exploration. This week, we’ll traverse the globe—from the peaks of the hills to the depths of Golden Gate Park’s temperate groves. Who knows what we’ll discover next? We’ll practice navigating the seas like ancient mariners, follow the clues of ancient civilizations, and learn how explorers, both past and present, have shaped our understanding of the world. With treasure maps in hand and compasses set to adventure, we’ll seek out new knowledge, tackle challenges, and share our discoveries with fellow explorers. So, are you ready to dive deep and discover the wonders of our world? Pack your day bag, listen to your natural curiosity and let’s journey together into the unknown!
Gearing Up for Getting Down: Ready to dig in? Get out and get your hands dirty- put your minds to work as we journey beneath the surface of the Earth. This week, we’ll uncover the hidden world below our feet—exploring decomposers, fossils, giant geodes and volcanoes! From the tiniest mineral to the massive tectonic plates shifting beneath us, the Earth is full of secrets waiting to be uncovered. We’ll study rocks, gems, and fossils, and uncover the mysteries of how our planet was formed. But it’s not just about what’s beneath the surface; we’ll also explore how to protect and preserve our planet’s resources for the future. Grab your pickaxe (metaphorically, of course) and join us for a week of deep exploration, teamwork, and fun as we get down to the heart of our planet. Ready to dig? Let’s get geared up for an earth-shattering adventure!
Wacky Wild Science Week (4th of July holiday): Get ready for a week of pure, unfiltered science fun—where anything can happen and everything is possible! Wacky Wild Science Week is your chance to dive into a wacky world of weird experiments, quirky challenges, and outrageous team-building activities. We’ll kick off the festivities with our very own Science Olympics: think egg-and-spoon races with a twist, water-relays, and maybe even a homemade rocket challenge. Whether you're competing in out-of-this-world science stunts or teaming up to build the wildest contraption, the goal is to learn while laughing and having a blast. We’ll explore the science behind the fun, discover the forces of physics at play, and even experiment with a little chemistry and biology along the way. So, bring your imagination, energy, and a sense of humor—this holiday week is all about making science silly, spectacular, and totally unforgettable!
Set the Green Scene: Lights, camera, action! It's time to set the stage for creativity, inspiration, and environmental action! This week, we’ll use our artistic talents to make a big impact on the world around us. From creating eco-friendly skits to designing colorful camp chants, we’ll harness the power of performance and visual art to spread important messages about sustainability, conservation, and living in harmony with nature. We’ll be empowered to share what we know so the world can grow- from sketching murals, crafting props from recycled materials, or acting out a story that inspires others to care for the planet, this week is all about turning creativity into action. Together, we’ll bring our green dreams to life—on stage, on paper, and through our words. Join us as we learn to set the scene for a brighter, greener future—one that’s full of fun, hope, and positive change!
Let’s Play, Up Up and Away: In my beautiful, my beautiful flying frog machine! We will investigate the properties of UP - as in Look up and see what you can see. Is that a dragon in the sky or a cumulonimbus cloud? Star light star bright first star I see tonight wish I may wish I might grant my wish tonight - Is that first light in the night a star or the planet Venus? What is a shooting star? How does a rocket launch? Learn about Bernoulli's principle and how it helps create lift on a wing allowing a bird to soar and a plane to fly. Bats are the only mammals that can truly fly (Birds and Bugs too), while some other creatures like flying squirrels, flying fish or Bornean gliding frogs glide through the air. We will make our own version of flying squirrels - using paper airplanes we will experiment to see what zooms and what kabooms. Also, when one thinks of UP one might be envisioning climbing up a mountain or walking up the stairs at home or maybe even taking the elevator to the top of the Empire State Building. We will explore many local Tops of hills, towers and roofs to get a 360 degree point of view of our local surroundings as we explore the many different facets of UP.
Sail the Summer Seas: Ahoy mateys- it’s summertime! Hoist the sails, seal the submarine hatches, onboard the Outrigger, and prepare for an aquatic adventure. During a week dedicated to the summer seas, we’ll explore marine habitats, coastal communities, the wonders of weather, and the mysteries of the Blue Planet! The oceans are responsible for producing most of the oxygen on earth needed by all its inhabitants. The Pacific coast of North America is one of the most biologically productive places in the world, and we can see the evidence. Whales are always stopping by for a snack, otters, seals, sea lions and dolphins play in the tides while sunfish, blowfish, swordfish and skippers are all fond of our cold waters. The oceans manufacture the famous fog of San Francisco, and the sailors of the bay and beyond know that the wind here can lift you off your feet. Join us for a fantastic fun neat week of whacky weather and sandy feet to kickoff our summer.
Rage Against the Time Machine: We are the renegades of funky earth. Mesozoic mud contains the evidence that many dinosaurs had feathers, Cambrian calcified fossils like the novel Nautilus had spiraled shells and trilobites armored themselves before completely disappearing. Paleozoic Phish pushed life onto land, and Cenozoic made mammals and man. Time rages on and we have the opportunity to look into the past for inspiration and to fantasize about the future. Remember Geologic time moves slow, and so will we, it's summer after all- build a fort, climb a tree, hold a bug, smell the sea!
Bring On the Bio- Boogie, booyah!: What time is it? It’s Biology Bonanza Time. Time to learn about all the amazing kingdoms of life on our planet. What if you could live off sunlight like a plant? Eat decaying wood like a fungi? Breathe underwater like a fish? Fly like a dragon fly? Or travel unharmed through outer space like a tardigrade? Life is full of incredible adaptations to wildly diverse habitats. By studying our Tree Frog Treks animal ambassadors up close, we will learn to hone our powers of observation to see and notice some of these remarkable strategies for survival. Water and Light make life possible down here on our planet’s surface. From deep seas to the tops of the tallest tree canopies, the study of life is called biology. During this Bio Boogie Booyah week, we will take time to wonder and share the love of life as we work together to save, preserve and maintain our home.
Create like a City Creature: It’s time to transform our city into a thriving, eco-friendly paradise. Imagine creating living green walls, installing heat pumps, and building homes from bottles, cans, and old tires. Who’s ready to make it happen? A TFT Carbon Kid, that’s who! Join your fellow Earth Dragons—Jub Jub the Green Iguana, Spike and Cinnamon the Bearded Dragons, and Dirty the White’s Tree Frog—for an exciting adventure to green it up and carbon it down! As a Carbon Kid, you’ll have the chance to design the future of your city—one that’s carbon neutral, carbon free, and even carbon negative (drawing carbon out of the atmosphere). Picture this: high-speed rail zipping you to LA, electric bicycle lanes dominating the streets, or hydrogen fuel cell cars lifting off vertically, releasing nothing but water vapor as they soar over busy urban areas. In this hands-on journey, you’ll learn basic engineering principles and project design, focusing on teamwork and collaboration. Who knows? Maybe you’ll even invent a way to harness tidal energy to power your very own green frog city by the Bay! Let’s work together to create a cleaner, greener future—one idea at a time.
Mixing Molecules- Formulas to Flames: There’s Magic in the mysteries of chemistry! From color range to phase change, potions in motion will be a wild ride and a deep dive. We’ll make a splash around town and drop eggs to the ground. This is a session to experiment with slime and get icky sticky with gak; to mix and match kitchen safe chemistry and watch it go splat. Imagination and play make for great summer days, zooming on brooms and observing cocoons. Tree Froggers know how to find magic in nature, and owls in the trees, and do experiments with temperature measuring each degree.
