Basecamp is Tamarack Resort’s dedicated childcare and activity center designed to engage children in outdoor education, recreation, and social development.
Ages Served: 6 weeks to 12 years
Availability: Seasonal, with seasonal camps and activities
Call 208-325-1153 for more information or to book today!
The program blends traditional daycare with adventure-based learning, offering activities like:
Basecamp is open Friday–Sunday from 8AM to 4PM; Après Hrs. Fri-Sat 4pm – 6pm, with extended hours and programming during holiday breaks.
What to Bring
To ensure your child has a safe and enjoyable experience, please pack:
Meals Provided
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Celebrate the season with us! Campers ages 5–12 will enjoy a festive day filled with autumn adventures, games, and creative activities. Costumes are encouraged!
Learn MoreTravel the globe during Thanksgiving Break! Campers will journey across cultures to discover how communities around the world celebrate harvest, gratitude, and light.
Learn MoreKick off Winter Break with festive fun! Campers ages 5–12 will enjoy holiday crafts, cookie decorating, outdoor snow play, and cozy games to get into the spirit of the season.
Learn MoreCelebrate the season with five days of winter wonderland fun! Each day brings new adventures—from snowshoe scavenger hunts and sled races to ice art, animal tracking, and a camp-wide Winter Carnival.
Learn MoreStep into a world where creativity knows no limits! Campers will build forts, invent games, create stories, design characters, and dive into hands-on art, drama, and building challenges. Perfect for kids to dream big and bring their wildest ideas to life.
Learn MoreTest your skills at the Snow Olympics! Campers will compete in fun outdoor challenges like sled races, snow fort building, snowball target toss, and team relays. With medals, teamwork, and plenty of laughter, this is winter fun at its finest!
Learn MoreA full day of friendly competition and excitement! Campers will rotate through high-energy game show stations, tackle fun challenges, solve memory games, compete in silly “Minute to Win It” tasks, and showcase creativity. Perfect for kids who love action, teamwork, and playful competition!
Learn MoreA full day of riddles, puzzles, and brain-bending challenges! Campers will rotate through a variety of hands-on and interactive activities, solving clues, completing logic challenges, and racing against the clock in fun, cooperative games.
Learn MoreA full day of hands-on invention, creativity, and problem-solving! Campers become young inventors for the day, designing gadgets, building contraptions, and tackling fun engineering challenges. Activities include building towers and bridges, designing their own contraptions, and completing team challenges. Campers will showcase their inventions at the end of the day.
Learn MoreA day full of wildlife fun, discovery, and movement—centered on the animals that live in and around Valley County! Campers will explore local habitats, learn about regional wildlife, and engage in active games and creative crafts inspired by their natural surroundings. Activities include moving like local animals, building mini habitats, tracking wildlife signs, and participating in team challenges based on real animal behaviors.
Learn MoreA week of hands-on discovery, outdoor exploration, creative challenges, and team games designed to keep campers ages 5–12 active, engaged, and having fun! Each day brings a fresh mix of activities, including nature scavenger hunts, art and building projects, science experiments, cooperative games, and fun challenges. Campers can enjoy hands-on learning, movement, and teamwork both indoors and outdoors, depending on the weather.
Learn MoreA day of creativity inspired by the outdoors! Campers will explore the natural world and transform what they see into hands-on art projects. Activities include leaf and flower printing, building natural sculptures, outdoor drawing and painting, collaborative group art, and creative prompts inspired by nature.
Learn MoreA day of discovery, exploration, and hands-on science fun! Campers will explore the wonders of our planet with activities focused on the environment, local ecosystems, and fun science experiments. Activities include soil and plant experiments, water and weather observations, eco-friendly crafts, nature exploration, and interactive science challenges.
Learn MoreA day where storytelling meets outdoor exploration! Campers will venture into nature and let the forest inspire their imagination. Activities include a nature scavenger hunt, building miniature forest villages with sticks and leaves, acting out characters, group story creation, and creative problem-solving challenges
Learn MoreCelebrate the end of the school year with a day full of energy, creativity, and fun! Campers will enjoy a variety of high-energy games, team challenges, creative activities, and playful competitions designed to get them moving, laughing, and excited for summer. Activities include field games and relays, obstacle courses, collaborative art projects, team competitions, mini scavenger hunts, and more!
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