YMCA / YWCA of Vancouver Island Camp Thunderbird·they come to you
! $37.88 a child is over your $10 budget
Cost
$606 per class
$37.88 a child for 16
The $606.00 rate is a three hour session for 30 participants or fewer. Four hours is $755.00, five hours is $881.00 and six hours is $967.00 at that size. For 31 to 60 participants, three hours is $1209.00, four hours is $1508.00, five hours is $1751.00 and six hours is $1942.00.
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What it actually looks like
Photos from YMCA / YWCA of Vancouver Island Camp Thunderbird's website
Our note
This is the option when a bus out to Sooke is not realistic. The published price is for the whole group rather than for each child, so a full class spreads it further than a small one. Ask what indoor and outdoor space they need before you commit.
What the children do
Camp Thunderbird staff travel to your school or community centre anywhere in the Greater Victoria area and run a teambuilding session there. The fee covers program planning, staff and all props and materials. Sessions run for three, four, five or six hours, and the published fees cover groups of up to 60 participants.
Children stay at their own school or centre and work through group games and challenges led by camp instructors, starting with simple tasks and building to harder ones that only work if the whole group co-operates.
Good to know
Everything is brought to you, including staff, planning and equipment. Ages, months and the space required are not published, so ask about all three when you enquire.
Sources disagree. Their own pages give two different answers for how many adults have to come on an overnight stay. One says one adult per nine children, the other says one per eight. We use one per eight, from their 2026 teacher booklet. Worth settling when you book, because it changes how many staff you need.
Sources disagree. The price for bringing camp staff to your school is confusing on their own page. The column is labelled as a price for each participant, but the rows are priced by group size, so it reads as a price for the whole group. We have taken it as the whole group. Confirm the total before you commit.
Sources disagree. Three different phone numbers for the camp appear across their pages. We use the one their camp page calls the new number. If it does not connect, the older camp line and the main Y office number are both still listed.
Sources disagree. The same camp address is written two ways on their own pages, one ending in ca and one in com. We use the ca version, which is what the rest of their site uses. If one bounces, try the other.
Washrooms
The three Animal Cabins have a 3-piece washroom in cabin. The yurts have a shower and washroom house nearby, and the Shrub Cabins have a shower house and outhouse nearby.
Lunch space
Day groups can choose to eat in the dining hall or bring their own lunches, which are enjoyed in a picnic area at camp.
Rain backup
Needs confirmation
Strollers
Needs confirmation
Wheelchair access
We can arrange for additional supports such as all-terrain wheelchair rental. Please contact us to discuss how we might work together.
Bus parking
Coach buses do not fit on Camp Thunderbird roads. Only school buses should be booked for student transportation. If this poses a barrier, please contact us.
Nearby park
Needs confirmation
Restrictions
We ask that peanut and nut products are not brought to Camp Thunderbird.. Coach buses do not fit on Camp Thunderbird roads. Only school buses should be booked for student transportation.. One of the accompanying adults must be a certified first aid attendant.. A vehicle must be brought to the site and must be available and designated as the emergency vehicle.. Children under the age of 12 must be directly supervised at all times.. Chaperones are required to sleep in the cabins with the campers to provide support and supervision.. We request that students not bring electronics to camp.. No food is kept in the cabins.. Our kitchen/cooking facilities are not available for group use. All food prepared in our commercial kitchen must be prepared by our kitchen staff.. The Y Outdoor Centre / Camp Thunderbird is a non-smoking and non-vaping facility.. Pets are not permitted.
No travel. They come to you — nothing to book, no ratio change on the road.
Details checked on 2026-09-03 against the venue’s own pages. Something wrong? , it takes one tap. · Venue page · 672-884-1264
