INFO ON CAMP KULA
Here’s a video montage of our past camps…
“KULA” (pronounced Koo-lah)
means “community of like-minded individuals.
CAMP KULA is for kids/youth open to meeting others, who are looking for action and who know how to have fun!!
WHATSAPP US AT 730-YOGA (9642) TO REGISTER NOW!
Camp Kula’s home base is at
The Sangha Trinidad,
located at
6 Scott St. , St. Clair, Port of Spain
See below for THIS YEAR’S Camp Details…
Pay for the week: $900TT (plus $300 for ancillary fees)
Pay for the day: Fee is listed next to the activity
For information on the camp counsellors,
details on the places we plan to visit,
the overnight camping and more…
continue reading!
WHO ARE THE CAMP COUNSELLORS?
#1 – KAREN BLACKMAN
Karen Blackman is the founder of CAMP KULA, which began in 2018! She first got her camping experience from camping back in the day at YMCA on Wrightson Rd., and and then from camping in Bermuda – where her mother was born and where she visited in the Summers. Then later, from her experience attending her parent’s camps – The Blackman’s Summer School and Camps back in 1978 and 1979! Who would have thought that camp could be so much fun! In fact, it was because of these camps, that Blackman’s Private School was established in 1979…the parents and kids just couldn’t get enough! After noticing the latest trends of camps becoming more like babysitting experiences and quite honestly, looking so boring! She decided it was time to bring back the old and make it new! BRING ON THE FUN!!
HER QUALIFICATIONS:
Karen is an E-RYT® 500 yoga teacher. She is certified to teach hot yoga, yin yoga, meditation, aerial yoga and vinyasa yoga and is the creator/founder of The Sangha Trinidad, as well as The Sangha Trinidad’s Yoga Teacher Training Program. The Sangha Trinidad was established in 2005 and is an RYS® 500 school (currently the only yoga alliance 500hr registered school in this part of the Caribbean), making it just over 18 years that she has been teaching. During this time she has also worked with many kids teaching quite a few youth yoga classes at various schools and at her yoga studios. She has been successful in earning their trust when it comes to them learning new things…they love her! She also has a 14 year old niece and 4 year old nephew, who keep her young at heart and other than that, she just can’t wait to have fun with your children!!
#2 DETAILS COMING…
OUR JUNIOR COUNSELLORS: EMILY WRIGHT AND ZHOE BLACKMAN!
Both have been Camp Kula Kampers over the years and know exactly how this camp rolls! They have proven themselves to be very responsible and totally fun!!
THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES and SCHEDULE FOR CAMP KULA 2023 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(can be adjusted as needed)
MONDAY – NATURE DISCOVERY, EDUCATION AND SWIMMING!
DAY RATE: $350.00TTD
8AM to 9:30AM – PARENT DROP-OFF AND AERIAL YOGA
We let the kids swing around, hang upside down as they learn how to do Aerial Yoga. This session will be lead by Karen Blackman, who is a certified Aerial Yoga Teacher and has been teaching Aerial to Kids and Adults since 2014!
9:30AM to 12:30PM – FONDES AMANDES HIKE WITH COURTENAY “BUSHMAN” ROOKS AND LUNCH
Courtenay is a well-known and very experienced guide! He has been working with kids for yearssss and is the best person to take us on this kid-friendly hike. Along the way we will get educated and then have time for an amazing dip in the natural pools.
HERE’S A VIDEO OF ONE OF OUR PAST HIKES WITH COURTENAY!
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12:30PM to 2:30PM – A VISIT TO THE FONDES AMANDES COMMUNITY REFORESTATION PROJECT CENTRE
After our hike with Courtenay, we will head over to the FACRP. Akilah Jaramogi is the founder and managing director of the Fondes Amandes Community Reafforestation Project (FACRP), which was awarded the Trinidad & Tobago President’s Hummingbird Gold Medal (2007). Here we will learn about the Fondes Amandes Forest, as well as the importance of protecting it. We will also get to see some of the jewellery, herbs and a variety of other things that come from the land!
3PM – PARENT PICK-UP
TUESDAY – WOODWORKING AND STILT WALKING!
DAY RATE: $350.00TTD
8AM – PARENT DROP-OFF
8:30AM to 12:30 – WE CRAFT, WE BUILD WITH NIRVAN GOSEIN!
Nirvan is an amazing woodwork craftsman and having young children himself, he knows how to make a project fun and how to be safe! Today we learn TEAM WORK, while getting creative with wood!
12:30PM – LUNCH
1PM to 3PM – STILT WALKING WITH 1000 MOKOS AND PARENT PICK-UP!
1000 Mokos group has great experience in dealing with kids and new participants to stilt walking. So who better to introduce us to this local tradition!
WEDNESDAY: SAN ANTONIO STABLES IN SANTA CRUZ AND ART WITH CHLOE!
DAY RATE: $350.00TTD
8AM to 12NOON – HORSEBACK RIDING, FEEDING THE HORSES AND LEARNING TO CLEAN THEM
12:30PM – LUNCH
1:30PM TO 3PM – ART WITH CHLOE AND PARENT PICK-UP
Chloe Cadet is a mixed media artist based in Trinidad and Tobago. She is currently pursuing a BA in Visual Art at the University of the West Indies. Chloe’s current body of work includes drawing, painting, illustration, tattoos, textile design or a mixture. She is particularly interested in experimenting with different mediums and techniques. Chloe has worked with children teaching extracurricular arts and crafts as well as teaching art as a camp counsellor. Alongside, she has been a babysitter for the last seven years and worked on art with the children which developed her interest in children’s illustration. Most recently, Chloe worked as an Art Director in a Commonwealth Secondary school competition the Queens Baton Relay 2022. Currently, Chloe is focusing on tattoos, illustration and textile printing, however she is always looking for new ways to express herself creatively. Whether working with paint, ink or fabric, Chloe’s art is driven by curiosity and a desire to explore and challenge boundaries and tradition.
THURSDAY: AERIAL YOGA, MORE ART AND BUSH MOUNTAIN FOR TRAILS AND SWIMMING!
DAY RATE: $300.00TTD
8AM to 12NOON – AERIAL AND ART
We hang out at The Sangha Trinidad for the morning while we hang around and do some more art with Chloe.
12NOON to 3PM – BUSH MOUNTAIN AND PARENT PICK-UP
We head on over to Bush Mountain for the afternoon to walk/run the Trail, have some lunch, do some swimming!
FRIDAY – OUR BIGGEST AND LONGEST DAY – MORE AERIAL, EVEN MORE ART, 5ISLANDS PARK ANNNNND OUR SLEEPOVER!:
DAY RATE: $450.00TTD
8AM to 12NOON – AERIAL AND ART
12NOON to 6PM – 5 ISLANDS WATER AMUSEMENT PARK!!!
6PM TO 9AM (SATURDAY) – AERIAL, DINNER, MOVIES, KARAOKE, SHOWERS AND COOKING PANCAKES AND WAFFLES FOR BREAKFAST ANNNNNND PARENT PICK-UP!!
CHECK OUT OUR LAST SLEEPOVER FUN!
OTHER DETAILS:
Water is provided, but lunch and snacks must be provided by parents, unless otherwise stated. If for some reason we cannot go where will planned, PLAN B goes into place – BOARD GAMES!!! But first and foremost we are trying to be active active active!
We usually over plan leaving the kids exhausted…oops! *LOL* so we won’t plan much more until we meet the kids. Who knows…let’s see what they choose!
Oh yeah…and Camp Songs…yeah yeah! No camp should call themselves a camp if they don’t have camp songs – Do you ears hang low? Mexican Hand Clapping Song (Chiapenacas) and so many more! What else are they gonna sing during the sleepover??
