{"id":161851,"date":"2012-06-07T21:54:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T21:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bfbb226d-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e"},"modified":"2012-06-07T21:54:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T21:54:00","slug":"bfbb227d-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/bfbb227d-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e\/","title":{"rendered":"13th Summer Eco-Camp begins next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marianas Trekking will be holding its annual Summer Eco-Adventure Camp, offering children the chance to take advantage of the undeveloped beauty of the northern part of Saipan.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the 13th year for the camp, which is open to children 4 to 15 years old, locals and tourists, and will run in two week sessions starting Monday, June 11, until Aug. 3.<\/p>\n<p>The Summer Eco-Adventure Camp will provide a fun, interactive, and educational environment for young vacationers to learn, share, and play with a low student-to-instructor ratio.<\/p>\n<p>Facilities for the camp include swimming pools, a golf course, soccer fields, snorkel and kayak beach, go kart track, stables, tennis court, and buffet lunch option.<\/p>\n<p>The camp program consists of swimming lessons, go kart, kayaking, snorkeling, volleyball, mountain biking, movie making, golf, field games and trips, arts &#038; crafts, dance, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>The Summer Eco-Adventure Camp will be held at the Mariana Resort &#038; Spa from 9am to 3pm, with complimentary extended care up to 5pm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not only the best place for local kids to spend the summer and make some new friends, but it\u2019s also a great place for tourists\u2019 kids to have fun and explore Saipan,\u201d said Marianas Trekking manager Elly Stoilova.<\/p>\n<p>Stoilova said participants will be grouped according to age and each group will have counselors who will interact with them throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>Usually, she said, local participants sign up for two-week sessions while visiting campers join for shorter sessions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe kids will have activities in the ocean or pool at least once a day, and the organizers also plan indoor activities as well so there is a good balance in the schedule,\u201d added Stoilova.<\/p>\n<p>Local children can avail of the special price of $30 per day, $125 per week or $195 per session, which is equivalent to two weeks. <\/p>\n<p>Stoilova noted that participants have the option to bring their own midday meal, although they can be provided with a buffet lunch at the resort for an additional $6 per day.<\/p>\n<p>Marianas Trekking offers the camp in partnership with Mariana Resort. For more information, log on to www.marianastrekking.com or call 323-8735.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marianas Trekking will be holding its annual Summer Eco-Adventure Camp, offering children the chance to take advantage of the undeveloped beauty of the northern part of Saipan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}