From arts and crafts to lakeside lessons, here are 30 camps in the Lake Travis-Westlake area to check out this summer.
Austin area
Art + Academy
The camp helps young artists learn new techniques and practice art skills in a supportive environment.
Type: arts, half-day camps
Ages: 5-17
Dates: June 29-August. 14, five-day sessions
Cost: $365 weekly
Board Bound Wake Camp
The camp features wakeboarding and wakesurfing instruction, tubing and swimming led by coaches offering hands-on instruction.
Type: sports, swim
Ages: 8-14
Dates: June 1-4, July 27-30 (Lake Austin); June 29-July 2 (Lake Travis)
Cost: $1,050 (Lake Austin), $950 (Lake Travis)
St. Michael’s Preparatory School
The school offers a variety of summer camps, including music, athletics, robotics, college prep courses and more.
Type: academics, arts, day, sports
Ages: pre-K4-12th grade
Dates: June 1-July 24
Cost: varies weekly
Tumble Town
The camp features tumbling stations, team-building games and other activities.
Type: sports, arts, science
Ages: 4-12
Dates: June 8-July 31
Cost: $315 weekly
Bee Cave area
Bee Cave Arts Foundation
The camp includes projects such as painting, drawing, sculpting, printmaking, clay and mixed media.
Type: arts
Ages: 5-11
Dates: May 26-Aug. 7
Cost: $280 weekly (half day), $560 weekly (full day)
Hill Country Indoor
The camp features basketball, volleyball, soccer and pickleball sessions, as well as a general camp called Wipeout with themed weeks.
Type: sports
Ages: 5-14
Dates: May 26-Aug. 11
Cost: $375-$450 weekly
iCode School Bee Cave
Camps offered teach coding, robotics, game development and much more. Some camps include Minecraft-Modding Adventure, Artist’s Studio-2D and 3D Design, and Roblox Editor-Create and code your own world.
Type: STEAM
Ages: K-12th grade
Dates: June 1-August. 8
Costs: $599 weekly (early drop off/late pickup upon request)
Magnolia School Summer Camps
Description: The school offers a variety of themed camps with academic programs, including Spanish Immersion for preschoolers.
Type: academics, arts, science, outdoors
Ages: 3-14
Dates: June 1-July 24
Cost: $325 half day, $575 full day, extended care additional $100 weekly
Lakeway area
Apache Art Camp
Apache Art House offers studio experiences, workshops, and after-school lessons year-round, with classes capped at 10 students.
Type: art, swim, outdoor
Ages: 5-12
Dates: May 25-July 31; 9 a.m.-noon with aftercare available until 3 p.m.
Cost: $135 weekly (three-day camp), $225 weekly (five-day camp)
TexARTS
The camp will feature musical theater productions such as “KPop Demon Hunters,” “Wicked,” “Frozen” and “Moana.”
Type: arts
Ages: 5-8 (half day), 7-10 (full day)
Dates: May 26-Aug. 7
Cost: $285 (half day), $385 (full day)
Marble Falls
Camp of the Hills
The camp specializes in working with youth from low-income and at-risk communities. Activities include swimming, ropes courses, canoeing, fishing, arts and crafts, music, dance, a talent show, and faith connections through Bible study and worship times.
Type: overnight
Ages: 8-18
Dates: June 1-Aug. 1
Cost: $100 weekly
Spicewood
Camp Texlake
The camp features a 455-acre outdoor program on Lake Travis with cabins, treehouses, lodges, a junior Olympic-sized pool, horseback riding activities, ropes courses and more.
Type: overnight, outdoors
Ages: 7-17
Dates: June 7-July 17 (six-day sessions)
Cost: $615-$700 weekly average (pricing before April 1)
T Bar M Camp Travis
Campers can enjoy a pool, lake activities and more faith-based activities
Type: overnight
Ages: 12-17
Dates: May 24-Aug. 1
Cost: $1,430-$1,530 weekly (overnight camp)
Westlake area
Danny McBeth Recreation Center
Type: day
Ages: 6-16
Dates: June 8-Aug. 12
Cost: $140 weekly for Austin residents; $220 weekly for nonresidents
Eanes ISD Summer Enrichment
The school district will offer a range of summer camps featuring robotics, athletics with Westlake coaches, chess, culinary classes, STEM and more.
Type: robotics, sports, chess, culinary, STEM, art
Ages: 5-18
Dates: May 26-Aug. 5
Cost: varies by class and week
Life Ki-do Martial Arts
Children will be active and gain confidence through martial arts training, high-energy games and obstacle courses in a supportive environment.
Type: sports
Ages: 5-11
Dates: June 1-July 23
Cost: $175-$215 weekly
Neuron Garage
Campers will get hands-on experience repurposing their recycling to solve engineering challenges. Students will collaborate with peers and develop the skill of a growth mindset by working through successes and setbacks.
Type: academics, day, STEAM
Ages: 5-12
Dates: June 8-July 24
Cost: $425-$455 weekly, $95 extra per week for extended hours until 5:30 p.m.
St. Stephen’s Episcopal School
Campers of various ages can enjoy sports, arts and enrichment while building new skills and making friends.
Type: half-day, full-day and residential camps
Ages: 6-18
Dates: June 1- June 30
Cost: $300-$850 weekly
Westlake Chinese Academy
Campers can look forward to morning cooking sessions, afternoon art sessions and finishing the day with a swim in the camp’s natural creek.
Type: day, art, cooking, swim
Ages: 4-12
Dates: June 1-June 26 (five-day sessions)
Cost: $450 weekly
Multiple locations
Brandy Perryman Shooting Camp
All camps include 28 hours of instruction, which is estimated to be the same amount of practice time as in middle school or a full season of youth league.
Type: sports
Ages: 7-16
Dates: June 1-Aug. 6 (four-day sessions)
Cost: $280-$299 weekly
West Austin Youth Association, 1314 Exposition Blvd., Austin; Westlake Athletic & Community Center, 4300 Westbank Drive, Austin; St. Michaels Athletic Center, 3000 Barton Creek Blvd., Austinwww.bperrymanshootingcamp.comCrayola Imagine Arts Academy Camps
The hands-on art camps are designed for elementary-aged kids and include five camp themes.
Type: art
Ages: 5-12
Dates: May 26-Aug.14
Cost: $240-$390
Kidventure
The active day camp will feature creativity, hands-on STEAM activities, rock climbing, team-building games and field trips.
Type: sports, arts, academics
Ages: 3-14
Dates: June 1-Aug. 7
Cost: $370 weekly; $390 weekly (LEADS camp for sixth through ninth grades)
Kidventure Overnight
The overnight camp will give campers an opportunity to climb, paddle, explore and create friendships through outdoor challenges and more.
Type: outdoors, overnight
Ages: 8-16
Dates: June 29-July 4 (Safari); July 11-19 (Echo); July 26-Aug. 3 (Quest)
Cost: $1,670 (Safari), $2,240 (Echo), $2,240 (Quest)
Lake Travis ISD Summer Enrichment
Led by LTISD staff, the half-day and full-day camp explores sports, fine arts, STEM, robotics, music, science and more.
Type: sports, academics, arts
Ages: 4-14
Dates: June 1-June 25
Cost: Varies, with half- and full-day options
Mad Science Camps
Designed for elementary-aged kids, the camps feature hands-on experiments, creative building and learning activities. The camps offer 12 themes, including chemistry, robots, rockets and more.
Type: academic
Ages: 5-12
Dates: May 26-Aug. 14
Costs: $240-$390
My Coding Place
The camp offers hands-on coding and STEM experiences.
Type: academics
Ages: 7-16
Dates: May 25-Aug. 14
Cost: $299 (two-day session), $589 (full week session)
My Time Kids Academy
Attendees can enjoy weekly themes and events featuring splash days, animal visitors, STEAM activities, face painting and bounce houses.
Type: imagination/creativity, play-based academics
Ages: 2.5-6
Dates: June 1-Aug. 7
Cost: varies based on session days/hours
Reach for the Stars
The camp features hands-on activities such as escape room challenges, odd-object tower building, obstacle courses and arts and crafts, inspired by conservationists.
Type: academics, arts,
Ages: rising first-fifth graders
Dates: schedule not available yet
Cost: varies depending on the district
Sportball Austin
The camp offers basketball, soccer, baseball, volleyball, football, hockey, tennis and golf sessions split by age, and includes snack and lunch time, crafts, stories and other activities.
Type: sports
Ages: 3-9
Dates: May 26-Aug. 14
Cost: $240-$300 weekly
Young Rembrandts Drawing Workshops
Attendees can dive into K-pop, anime drawing and dragon drawing in the creative, multi-session summer camp.
Type: arts
Ages: 6-12 for most camps
Dates: June 1-Aug. 7
Cost: $190-$315 weekly