We have many outdoor activities available at MiCamp Whakamaru to keep your group entertained, challenged as well as to allow you to enjoy and appreciate the great outdoors. See the activity options below.

Safety Paperwork

Click the link below to see our Standard Operating Procedures, including how we manage and minimise risk.
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Sample Programs

See below for an example of what a activity program with MiCamp could look like. 
We are happy to work with you to design a program that reflects the goals and values you are trying to achieve with your group, please get in contact with us.

Instructed Activities

Let the trained MiCamp Instructors guide you through these amazing activities. 1 hour or 1.5 hour sessions available.
A max of 2 instructed activities can be chosen per program or dependant on the availability of instructors. 

Climbing

Let one of the trained MiCamp Instructors create a awesome space for your campers to learn & experience climbing - Great for all ages
*Group must provide 1 supervisor for this activity.

Raft Building

In a sessions, the participants will learn to tie knots, work as a team to plan and build a raft and race their raft!
​*Group must provide 1 supervisor for this activity.

ZIPLINE

Ready to challenge yourself, have fun and potentially face your fears? Why not try the Zipline? This is a great activity run by our trained instructors.
​*Group must provide 1 supervisor for this activity.

Bush Craft

Learn about NZ Bush, how to care for it and how to survive in it with one of our trained instructors.
*Group must provide 1 supervisor for this activity.

Kayaking

MiCamp Whakamaru is ideally situated for top quality Kayaking sessions. Come learn, play some games and explore our backyard!
*Group must provide 1 supervisor for this activity.

Hire an Instructor 

You may wish to hire one of our trained staff to instruct any of the 'supervisor led' activities or facilitate team building and leadership development programs.

Supervisor led Activities

The MiCamp Staff will train up an adult supervisor so that they understand the requirements of each activity, what they are required to do and their role and responsibility. 
In order to ensure the competency of the supervision of the activities we require that the supervisors be assigned to an activity and not rotate with the group.

Archery

Learn the skills required to aim & fire and bow & arrow. Test your aim with others in your group.

BMX

Great for Primary-Intermediate aged kids. Practices on our wooden obstacles before heading onto the track

Geocaching

Using a Garmin GPS the students need to find "waypoint" markers around camp whist learning about native trees

Swimming

A camp highlight!
​Nothing beats a swim on a hot day or doing a manu off the pontoon. 

Sports Pack

Hire our sports pack which includes, cricket gear, soccer ball, volley ball, rugby ball. Other items on request.

Chess

Water Trampoline

Air Rifles 

People of all ages get a kick out of loading and firing a rifle. The satisfying 'ping' when the slug pellet hits its target!

Bush Craft

Learn about survival in NZ's bush! This activity works best when someone with outdoors/bush knowledge is running it

initiativies / Team Building

A series of small activities that promote team work & initiative amongst the group

Sling Paint / Paintball

Choose to shoot at targets or at each other in our paintball area. All paintballs are shot from slingshots not guns.

Fire

Our campfire is beautifully situated on the lake and is a great social area. 
​*fire restrictions apply in summer

Volley Ball

Spa pools 

Burma Trail

The burma trail is always a winner. This is a great evening activity or can be done during the day with blindfolds. 

Confidence Course

The confidence course is a series of activities that need to be completed safely as a group 

Orienteering

Lean about map reading skills on our Easy & Hard orienteering course. Be the group to find all the markers!

Slackline

Practice your balance and tricks on this worldwide craze. Perfect session for beginners.

Top Team

A great way to start or finish your camp. A series of small activities that all whole camp group rotates around. 

Quality Living Talk

This is a free, values based, interactive talk given by MiCamp staff.  In the 30min session (which can be run inside or outside) a staff member will run a game or two & share their talk. Talk subjects are often based around, valuing each other, stretching boundaries/potential or other positive messages for school students.

FREE Downloadable onsite activities for Whakamaru

Other activities in the area  (non-MiCamp Activities)

These are some suggested activities in the surrounding area. The group must ensure they have the correct RAMs / SOP's for running these activities.

Waikato River Trails

Wiakato river trails goes right past camp. This is a basic-intermediate bike tracks and also makes for a really nice bush walk too.

Whakamaru / Atiamuri Dam

Lake Whakamaru, which is part of the Waikato River has a dam at both ends. Some groups use this as an opportunity to teach students about hyrdro power.

Fishing

Lake Whakamaru is full of trout (must be a license holder) along with that we get lots of rud in the summer which the kids (and adults) love to catch!

Orakei korako Geothermals

This amazing geothermal walk is located 30mins away from camp. See their website for more details www.orakeikorako.co.nz​

Pureora Forest Park

The start of the Pureora Forest is only 20 mins drive from camp. It is filled will short to long, easy to hard tracks. See the DOC website for more info.

Rotorua / Taupo

MiCamp Whakamaru is only 45 minutes from Rotorua and 35 minutes from Taupo. Both these locations have lots of attactions.