3. Encourages an Appreciation for Nature

Camping gives families the opportunity to appreciate the beauty and wonder of nature!

How can you not appreciate nature when camping? Some campsites offer views that are breath taking and inspiring. Orchard View Farm Camping and Glamping is a short distance from the Chiltern Hills and is home to our own rare breed pigs, sheep, deer and chickens. Without television, electronic devices and even electricity (we have no electrical hook ups), we can learn to take in all the sights and sounds of nature. We appreciate its beauty and wonder. In turn, we care more about protecting it!

4. Enhances Problem Solving Skills

Camping requires a great deal of problem solving from the moment you arrive at the campsite. Families must learn to properly pitch a tent so they stay dry and safe, start a fire so they are warm and can cook meals and, of course, you can’t get lost in the countryside, so someone has to figure where to hike and how to make a trail home. Other camping activities can involve problem solving skills!

If you want an easier introduction, you can opt to stay in a ready-to-go Glamping tent (we have them!). You still get the outdoor experience without needing all the equipment.

5. Fosters a Healthy Lifestyle

Studies have shown that being outside improves health, physical and mental. In addition, being relaxed and forgetting about the worries of the world, can also help a person improve their physical health. Lastly, camping often involves some form of exercise, and we all know that being physically active helps improve mental and physical health!

Leave the overbooked scheduling at home. When you’re camping, there’s no place to be at a certain time, and there’s nothing interrupting you or competing for your attention. The natural outcome of this type of setting is stress reduction and relaxation like you can’t find anywhere else.

You may not realize how scarce fresh air is in your day-to-day life. When you go camping, you get the wondrous scents of the outdoors, as well as the smell of dinner cooking over an open fire.

6. Exposure to Scientific Concepts

Camping is a great time to explore nature and learn various scientific concepts!

Science is everywhere in nature! When camping, you learn about various plant life to not get a rash or eat a poisonous berry. Campers also learn about what various plants and trees look like, what they need to survive and what animals eat them.

While camping, campers are also exposed to astronomy as they gaze at the stars at night. Lastly, you can’t make a fire without using science. You have to understand the science behind chemical reactions if you want a long-lasting fire!

We’ve also teamed-up with local expert Alex DeWitt and have Bushcraft experiences available. His outdoor courses allow kids and adults to learn fun new skills in an outdoor setting. Find out more here

7. Increased Self-Awareness

What’s a better way to learn more about yourself than roughing it in the great outdoors? First, you will learn if camping is for you or not. Next, you find out what kind of camper you are: tent, caravan or cabin. Then you find out what you are made of. Can you put up a tent, build a fire, cook over an open flame or make it through a 3-hour hike in the countryside? You discover that you can do more than you ever thought possible.

8. Exposes People to New Challenges and Adventures

Exploring Orchard View Farm and the surrounding countryside. Either walking or cycling, visiting historical towns or simply signing up for one of our Bushcraft courses.

Campsites and surrounding areas are often full of outdoor adventures and challenging activities. You are sure to find a new adventure that will test your strength and endurance! Trying new challenges helps people build self-confidence and self-esteem. Whether you succeed or not, you can be proud of yourself for trying!

9. Creates New Friendships

Many may think that camping is just the family in the countryside, all alone! That is often not the case. Today, camping can be a community of friends and family enjoying a common interest. Often, campers congregate around each other’s tents or campfires and share fun stories. Not only do parents make new friends but so do the kids. Last summer, my friends met new people while camping. This year, they are planning a camping trip together. Camping not only brings on new experiences, but new friends too!



10. Allows Families to Relax, Unwind and De-Stress

There are so many pressures in life today, for adults and kids. From working to getting good grades to paying the bills, everyone feels a little anxious during the year. Camping can help families relax and unwind. They can put down their phones and textbooks and just concentrate on having fun. Kids can play without any worries and parents can relax or an engage in a new adventure. Being able to de-stress can help increase productivity when returning to work and school!

So, there you have it, my 10 benefits of camping!