The first session of Camp Tibet — the first step in a new project to create an annual summer camp for the children of North American Tibetan families — will be held the week of August 10, 2025.

You can apply online beginning on April 10, 2025.*

Camp Tibet is a new overnight summer camp for Tibetan girls and boys ages 9-15, where they will have the chance to make life-long friends, in a beautiful natural setting on a lake in the Adirondack mountains.

Led by Tibetans, the daily program at Camp Tibet will focus on Tibetan culture, language, history, dance, music, art, food and more. These programs will be led by experienced Tibetan youth counselors, with the help of special guests such as lamas, mentors, scholars and others.

Integral to the Camp Tibet program will be elements from the K-12 SEE Learning (Social, Emotional, and Ethical Learning) curriculum developed by Emory University’s Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics.

Camp Tibet is modeled after a successful one-week overnight Tibetan summer camp at Tanager Lodge — a camp that many young Tibetans attended from 2004 to 2018.

The location for this first session of Camp Tibet is on Eagle Island in Saranac, NY. An overnight summer camp for children since 1938, Eagle Island (like Tanager Lodge) is on a lake in the Adirondack mountains of upstate New York.

Camping at Eagle Island will give Tibetan children the chance to hike, swim, boat, build campfires, sleep in cabins and tents, and enjoy other camp and outdoor activities — all accompanied by Tibetan youth counselors, supported by Eagle Island’s professional staff.

Tibetan campers will be the only group using Eagle Island that week.

As before at Tanager Lodge, there will be a tuition fee for each child who attends Camp Tibet. This fee will be substantially less than the full cost of the camp.

There will also be a limited number of scholarships available for those experiencing financial hardships, and the full cost for each camper’s attendance will be subsidized by the camp’s sponsors and donors to the full extent possible.

The opportunity to attend Camp Tibet is open to Tibetan girls and boys, ages 9-15, living in the North American Tibetan community.

Interested parents will be able to apply online beginning on April 10. Applications must be completed online. Applications must be submitted by April 27.

Because this is a pilot project there will only be spots for 50 campers available this year.

After the open application period closes on April 17, an independent committee will select candidates — with the aim of having an appropriate mix of ages, genders and geographic areas represented.

After the registration committee notifies the parents that a candidate has been accepted, parents will be required to pay a $100 deposit fee — indicating that parents have read and accepted the schedule for paying the required tuition fees.

* About applying to Camp Tibet

Camp Tibet Summer 2025