Active and creative camp "Edelweiss" in the Carpathians

Camp "Edelweiss" is located in Oryavchyk village, Lviv region, near the National Park "Skole Beskydy", at an altitude of 900 m above sea level, 140 km from Lviv and 20 km from Skole town.

We organise groups of children to take them to the camp. These groups are accompanied by a camp instructor. We have departures from  Dnipro and Kyiv. Transfers from Odessa and Kharkov are optional. In case  at least a small group of 4 persons. Then groups are taken by train to Lviv and then transported by bus for 2 hours to the location.

It is a traditional type of accommodation for campers age from 7 y.o. There are 6-beds rooms and two 12-beds rooms accommodation in the building "Chalet Edelweiss”. The room sizes are 16 m2 and 25 m2. The rooms are equipped with bunk beds with limiters. All the facilities are in each room, hot water 24/7. Heating is provided by our own boiler room. Bed linen and towels are changed once a week. We provide the possibility of washing personal belongings.
 

There is WI-FI throughout the territory, but to get the password you will have to solve the riddle (as a rule, they don’t solve it 🙂). An exception for children whose parents are abroad and the Internet is required for communication.
 

+ Optimum  ratio Price-Quality

+ Habitual type of residence

+ Exclusion of weather factors (always warm and dry)

+ Bathrooms in each room

– Number of people living in a small  room

Kybyitka (for campers from 10 y.o.) are another type of accommodation. They are stylised traditional horse carriages of the Wild West ( the Conestoga wagon). Our cowboys live in Kybyitka. This is a more comfortable alternative to tents. The size of the wagons is 5 x 2.5 m, height 3.5 m, area 12.5 m².
 

Kybyitka (also spheres and tipis) are located in Pioneer Town, 50 meters from the Chalet. There are 4 bunk beds (accommodating up to 8 children in 1 wagon), shelves for personal things, electricity and sockets in each Kybyitka. There are 6 bathrooms with showers and toilets (hot water 24/7) on the territory of Pioneer Town. Night lighting is switched on by motion sensors.
 

+ The price is lower than other types of accommodation

+ The tent does not get wet, it is always dry inside when it rains

+ Kybyitkas are equipped with a ventilation window and ordinary doors

+ Provided with electricity

+ In  case of cold weather, you can quickly arrange heating with electric heaters

– Shared bathrooms for the campers of tips and tents

– In case warm sunny weather it can be hot

Spheres (for campers from 14 years old) - geodesic domes in which the Jedi live. The size is 28m² and 36 m², diameter 6 m and 7 m. There are 5 beds (2 bunk beds and a bed on the second level of the sphere) in three spheres. There are 6 beds (2 bunk beds and 2 beds on the second level of the sphere) in one sphere. If necessary, you can increase the accommodation up to 7 and 8 people.
 

Each sphere is equiped with its own individual modern bathroom with a hairdryer. It has huge panoramic window with day/night curtain system. All spheres are equipped with winter/summer air conditioners; a large amount of furniture for storing personal items. The floor is covered with laminate with multi-layer insulation.
 

+ Maximum comfort

+ Small number of residents

+ Individual modern bathroom, hair dryer

+ The door is closed (by a magnetic key or by the occupant's phone), which minimises the access of strangers to the room.

+ Exclusivity of accommodation

– The highest cost of accommodation

– Child’s  behaviour / accuracy / responsibility on previous sessions is taken into account.

Tipi (campers age from 12 y.o.) - traditional housing of native Americans. This type of accommodation is  full of romance, closeness to nature and the ancestral spirits.  The inhabitants of tipis we call Indians. Tipis size is 26 m² and 32 m², diameter 6 m and 7 m. One tipi accommodate 4-6 people. Each tipi is equipped with 4-6 beds, cabinets and shelves for individual items. There is electricity and  sockets in each tipi. Non-ensuite designers bathrooms with hot water are 3 meters away.
 

Tipis do not come into contact with the ground. They are located on wooden platforms. The walls are double layered and do not get wet. The floor is covered with laminate with multi-layer insulation. Their design provides constant temperature. The inside temperature doesn’t depend on the outside weather conditions.
 

+ A small number of people living in a large tipi

+ Furniture for storage of personal belongings

+ Electricity and sockets

+ In  case of cold weather, you can quickly arrange heating with electric heaters

+ Very good ventilation (due to design)

+ Embrace the lifestyle of movie characters, exclusivity of accommodation

– The cost is higher than the tents

– Non-ensuite bathrooms

– The design of the tipi is traditional, it has specific entrance. If you leave it open during the rain, the floor will get wet

Full board (3 meals per day) and water drinking regime are provided in the camp. We use local organic products for cooking. Vegetarian or dietary menu are in option. Our menu is developed according to the health status and children needs.

The camp is guarded 24/7. But the territory does not have a fence. Experienced instructors and volunteers are responsible for the kids safety during the active classes and on hikes. The instructor to campers ratio is 1 : 5-6

There is a doctor in the camp. We insure all children in the Grave Ukraine insurance company. The doctor informs the parents and treats the child if the camper gets sick. The nearest hospital is 20 km away in Skole town.
 

If the child should follow the course of treatment during they stay in a camp, we should be inform in advance. This child should have a set of medications. It should be taken under the supervision of a doctor.
 

All first aid kits that was taken to the camp by kids are handed over to the doctor. We will  return them  at the end of the session.❗It is very important to inform the camp administration and the doctor about the child's health and specific nutrition.

The camp has a climbing wall, a modern rope extreme park, an archery range, a swimming pool, air rifles, potter's wheels, mountain bikes, slackline, and various board games.

• All the necessary tourist equipment  for hiking (tents, backpacks, sleeping bags, mats) is provided in the camp.
• For transportation we use: an off-road vehicle GAZ-66, a Land Rover jeep and a Yellow Submarine bus.
• For astronomy classes we use a professional telescope with computer tracking Sky-Watcher DOB 10 Retractable GO TO with the possibility of astrophotography.

The hotel has a conference room for trainings, study sessions and film watching (film projector, screen and dolby surround system).