Rating of the best children's camps in Kazakhstan in 2024

Rest in a summer camp is a great option to spend your holidays with benefit and pleasure. Children's camps in Kazakhstan are located in picturesque corners of nature and provide an opportunity not only to have fun in the fresh air, but also to take part in hiking, sports events, various creative activities, as well as visit interesting excursions and gain new knowledge.

Benefits of rest in Kazakhstan

Ecotourism is actively developing and gaining popularity. The flow of tourists from Russia and Europe is directed to Kazakhstan, which has great tourism potential, as it can boast of its most beautiful clean nature, historical sights, and ski resorts. This state has a rich culture and traditions, and also has a unique landscape that combines semi-deserts, lakes, steppes, glaciers. In addition, Kazakhstan has fifty climatic zones, which allows you to enjoy the sea or mountain air, improve your health in a sanatorium, a rest house in a forest or steppe area.

There are beaches on the coast of the Caspian Sea, as well as on the shores of numerous lakes. Children's camps located in this area provide a variety of water activities.

The best children's camps

This rating presents the most popular camps with a large number of positive reviews and a minimum of negative ones.

Children's health camp "Tau-Samal"

This health camp is located in the picturesque mountains of the Zailiyskiy Alatau, at an altitude of 1600 meters above sea level. Children from 7 to 14 years old are accepted. The camp provides cozy rooms (for 4-5 persons) with a separate bathroom and shower. On the territory of the complex there are football, volleyball and basketball courts, an outdoor pool in the fresh air, a club that organizes various quizzes and competitions, themed educational events, creative activities and bright discos. Experienced trainers and instructors organize hikes in the mountains, trips to the water park. The cost of the voucher is 21 350 - 22 684 rubles. (112,000 - 119,000 tenge) for 14 days.

• useful mountain air;
• hot water;
• qualified camp staff;
• five meals a day under the supervision of a nutritionist;
• medical procedures - physiotherapy and heliotherapy, exercise therapy, massage;
• language programs (classes in English).

• not detected.

Republican educational and health-improving center "Baldauren"

A unique center of its kind, created by analogy with the world famous children's center "Artek", is located on the shore of Lake Shchuchye in the Borovsk resort area.Baldauren provides a range of recreational activities, educational and pedagogical services, carries out scientific and practical programs and cultural events.

The cost of the voucher is 17 347 rubles. (91,000 tenge), which includes meals, room accommodation, medical services, excursions, a trip from the station (Borovoe Resort) and back. The eight-bed rooms are equipped with a shower and a bathroom in each room.

Baldauren is also a wellness clinic that takes advantage of the climatic features of the landscape and is equipped according to modern standards. The program includes various procedures aimed at hardening and strengthening health. These are massage, physiotherapy, breathing exercises, sauna, oxygen cocktails, exercise, as well as hiking and walking in the fresh air.

The circles, focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle, will tell about the secrets of massage, medicinal herbs, and tell children the basics of the safety of life.

• professional security of the Center;
• five meals a day;
• rest with parents is possible;
• library;
• gym;
• two swimming pools;
• amphitheater.

• not detected.

Children's health camp "Ak Bastau"

The camp is part of the sports and recreation complex of the same name, located in the city of Almaty. The key direction is health promotion, immunity enhancement, for which sports classes and medical and rehabilitation procedures are carried out.

The vouchers provide a 12-day rest, a comfortable double room for living with all the necessary amenities, as well as five meals a day. The cost of such a voucher is 13,647 rubles. (72,000 tenge). A voucher for the “Mother and Child” program (a child 5-14 years old with a parent for a season lasting 10 days) - 22,745 rubles. (120,000 tenge).

Fresh air, sports games, balanced nutrition, the diet of which includes healthy goat's milk, strengthens the body, and the competent work of camp counselors will help to find and develop talents and abilities, learn independence, free and easy communication, and become self-confident.

• playing football, volleyball, basketball and tennis;
• convenience and comfort;
• a variety of developmental activities;
• the possibility of living with parents;
• visits to the salt room;
• restorative procedures as prescribed by a doctor.

• not detected.

Children's camp "Maral-say"

It is located in an ecologically clean and picturesque place - in the Ile-Alatau State National Natural Park of the Zailiyskiy Alatau. The camp provides accommodation in comfortable, modernly equipped cottage houses - a building for girls, a building for boys with bathrooms and showers on the floor, as well as a building for kids, with amenities in each room. Meals (like "buffet") five times a day, high quality - the products are carefully selected. The menu is diverse, including dairy products, fresh juices, fruits, vegetable salads, pastries.

The territory of the camp is well lit, fenced and guarded around the clock, in addition, there are fountains and pools, there is a water park, a sports field, a lake, a go-karting zone, neat asphalt paths are laid.

Cultural and sports activities are constantly updated, the staff is highly qualified, having the appropriate diplomas and certificates.

The cost of the voucher is from 14 297 rubles. for 10 days, up to 18,300 rubles. for 12 days (75,000 and 96,000 tenge, respectively).

• concert programs, competitions, discos;
• familiarization with Kazakh traditions and customs, dishes of national cuisine;
• teaching girls needlework;
• sports competitions with prizes;
• business basics training;
• the opportunity to shoot your own film at a mini-TV studio, and get an Oscar statuette for it
• excursions to the city and the Maral-say gorge;
• basics of scouting;
• swimming training;
• teaching various types of dances;
• creative pursuits;
• availability of a fitness room;
• scientific studies (arithmetic, chemistry, visiting the planetarium);
• sailing on catamarans on the lake;
• paintball for senior units;
• the presence of a hippodrome (horse route to the mountains for older children).

• heating problems were noticed.

Children's health camp "Ak Erke"

It is located forty-five kilometers from the city of Almaty in the foothills of the Zailiyskiy Alatau, in an ecologically clean place where nature has a mild climate. The camp has a spacious area equipped with sports fields, horse riding and outdoor swimming pool. The territory is guarded around the clock, equipped with a fire alarm and video surveillance.

The cost of the voucher is 8 529 rubles. up to RUB 18,575 (from 45,000 tenge to 98,000 tenge) depending on the length of stay. The amount includes five meals a day, accommodation, medical care, swimming pool, disco, horse riding and other services.

The camp is designed for 280 children from 6 to 15 years old, the formation of units is carried out by age, usually 9 units of 28-35 people are created. At least three counselors work with each squad. Children are accommodated in comfortable two-storey houses with 4-6 bed rooms.

• modern disco club;
• sports grounds;
• combination of cognitive and active recreation;
• the opportunity to gain or improve communication skills;
• various activities - creative, entertainment, sports;
• high professionalism of the staff;
• individual approach to everyone.

• it takes a long time to get to the camp;
• it is forbidden to carry cell phones (you can only use a telephone machine inside the camp);
• high cost of vouchers.

Children's health camp "Arman Dala"

The name of the International Center for Family and Children's Recreation "Arman Dala" is translated as "the valley of dreams". The camp is located near the city of Almaty (at a distance of 18 km) and can accommodate 500 children from 7 to 15 years old in one shift.

The cost of a voucher for 7 days is 12,009 rubles. (63,000 tenge), for 10 days - 24,640 rubles. (130,000 tenge). In addition to basic services, the price also includes:

• swimming;
• classes on sports grounds;
• horseback riding;
• mountain hikes;
• classes in a dance club;
• visiting a disco club;
• applied arts classes;
• drawing and painting lessons;
• visiting the flying club.

For children, the camp provides new brick cottages and a three-storey hotel complex, 6 people in one room. Each room has its own bathroom and is equipped with warm floors.

Professional teachers and counselors undergo special training and rigorous selection. In addition, the staff members have experience in the Artek camp.

On the territory of the camp there is an aqua center, a senior educator, the leaders of the detachment supervise the bathing of children, and there is also a medical worker, a swimming instructor and a lifeguard.

The main goal of this children's camp is the physical and spiritual development of the child, the education of the team spirit of children, the development of individual abilities and qualities. The camp program was created taking into account the physiological and psychological characteristics of each age.

• outdoor sports grounds;
• the presence of a large amphitheater;
• campfire sites;
• pony club;
• a pond with ducklings and fish;
• areas for riding on segways, scooters and roller skates (under the supervision of an instructor);
• tennis tables;
• badminton court;
• vocal and dance lessons.

• not detected.

Children's sports recreation camp "Pioneer"

It is located near the village of Beskaynar, 25 kilometers from the city of Almaty. The cost of a voucher for 10 days (1 shift) is 16,203 rubles. (85,000 tenge), this cost includes:

• travel (Almaty - "Pioneer" - Almaty);
• accommodation;
• five meals a day;
• all services of the camp program;
• special equipment;
• security;
• insurance against accidents.

Children are provided with cozy heated rooms and houses, 4-5 people per room. All amenities are on the floor. During the hike, all participants are provided with sleeping bags and are accommodated in tents.During hiking trips, children learn to cook on their own over a fire or a primus stove (under the supervision of an instructor).

The teams are led by experienced mountaineers-guides: the goal of the camp is to teach children the basics of life outside of civilization, to make independent decisions, and also to show the benefits of life without television and the Internet.

The camp program includes nine mountain and forest routes, trial excursions, climbing small rocks in climbing equipment and belaying, as well as orientation lessons on the terrain using a topographic map, compass and modern navigation aids. In addition, children will be taught how to tie the main types of knots, provide first aid on a hike. The organization of the trip depends on the meteorological conditions and the condition of the team members.

• conducting master classes and trainings;
• games and activities aimed at team building;
• additional sports activities (optional);
• analyzing every day;
• friendly evening conversations.

• the diet contains few fermented milk products, fruits and vegetables;
• low level of comfort;
• heavy loads.

When choosing a camp, one should take into account its direction, the goals of the program (for example, creative, sports or entertainment), the location of the camp, the length of stay in it. You also need to find out about how long the camp has been operating, living conditions and quality of food, daily routine. Equipment of the camp, security, medical care, professionalism of the staff also play an important role in the selection. Additionally, it is worth asking about the policy of phone calls and communication with parents.

The children's summer camp is able to give a child friends, a lot of new vivid impressions, teach necessary and useful skills, help find and develop abilities and talents in various fields, as well as teach independence, communication and teamwork.