Summer vacation is upon is and with Ramadan coming up, we’re sure many moms out there want to keep their kids busy and away from their PlayStations.

If you’re wondering how to keep the kids busy, entertained, fit and mentally stimulated without losing your sanity, we have combined a list of summer camps taking place this season around Cairo.

 

CTC summer camp

What: Helen O’Grady Drama Academy offers a sports and arts summer camp

Where: New Cairo

When: June 22^nd and until July 10^th. Five days a week from 9am to 3pm

Activities: Tennis, soccer, basketball, swimming, water activities, master chef, treasure hunt, water balloon fight, and performing and creative arts.

Prices: LE 1,100 per week but ground discounts and discounts for longer enrollment are available.

How to register: Registrations take place at Arabella Country Club Squash Terrace on Mondays from 5pm to 7pm and on Thursdays from 10am to 11am.

Contacts: Tel. +2 (010) 6347-9551 • Facebook  • Address: Arabella Country Club, Ring road Exit No. 11,Fith District, New Cairo City?11835, Cairo

 

The Little Gym Summer Camp

What: Sports and arts, including more indoors fitness activities. Breakfast and lunch included

Where: New Cairo and Sixth of October

Who: Ages 3-12.

When: June 15^th to September 18^th. Sunday to Thursday from 9am to 4pm

Activities: Dancing, fitness, gymnastics, arts and crafts and games, karate and movies.

Prices: LE 800 for members and LE 850 for non-members

Contacts: Tel. +2 (010) 0019-7265 • Facebook • Website  • Address: Cairo Festival City in New Cairo, beside KidZania, Fifth Settlement and Arkan Mall in Sixth of October, plot 31

 

Kidzania Summer Camp

What: Kidzania offers more specialized camps through different themed summer camps; you can choose from, acting, modeling, painting, TV production, accessories, athletics, photography, dancing, decorations and handicrafts.

Where: New Cairo

Who: Ages 4-14

When: June 1^st to August 30^th. Sunday to Thursday from 9am to 3pm or from 10am to 4pm

Price: LE 950 per week

Contact: Tel. 16953 • Facebook • Address: KidZania Cairo, The Ring Road, Taha Hussein St. South of The Police Academy 5th District, New Cairo

AUC Youth Summer Camp

What: A more educational summer program offering recreational and cultural activities

Where: New Cairo and Heliopolis

Who: Ages 6-15

When: June and July from 9am to 3pm

Price: LE 1,630 for 10 days in New Cairo or LE 925 for the Heliopolis branch

Contact: Tel. 16723 • Website

 

CAC Summer Camp

What: Summer camps divided by age groups

Where: Maadi

Activities: Dancing, playing, reading games, creative arts and crafts, swimming, team sports, cooking, drama and science

Who: Ages 4-15

When: June 22^nd to July 24^th. Sunday to Thursday from 8am to 3pm or from 9am to 2pm

Price: $145 to $520, depending on hours and camp of choice.

Contact: Tel. +2 (02) 2755-555 • Website • Address: 1 Midan Digla, Maadi, Cairo

 

Art Café Kids Camp

What: Specialized art classes

Where: Maadi

Who: Ages 13-18

Activities: Drawing, painting, clay pottery, jewelry, cartoon drawing, paper art, photography, Photoshop, fashion design, wood work, needle work, cooking, candle making, mosaic, calligraphy, cake decorations, flower arrangements and needle work

When: June, July an August. Five days a week from 1pm to 4pm

Contact: Tel. +2 (012) 2270-50753 • Email: info@artcafe-egypt.com • Website • Address: 62 Road 13, Maadi

 

Club K Camp

Where: Nasr City, Maadi, Sixth of October and Fifth Settlement

Who: Ages 4-15

Activities: Manners, dancing, sports, arts, story telling, marionette, language classes and swimming lessons

When: From May to August, five days a week from 9am to 4pm

Price: From LE 600 to LE 800 a week.

Contact: Tel. +2 (011) 4714-7476 •  E-mail: ydc.egy@gmail.com • Website

 

My Gym Camp

What: A children’s fitness center offering weekly themed camps around various countries for the kids to learn about the geography, culture, cuisine and history of those countries.

Where: Heliopolis

Who: Ages 4-13

When: June 8^th to August 8^th from 9am to 3pm

Price: LE 200 per day or LE 900 per week

Contact: Tel. +2 (010) 6508-9900 • Facebook • Website • Address: 15 Abdel Moneim Hafez street (Off El Nozha street), Heliopolis

 

Young Fashion Academy Camps

What: The Young Fashion Academy offers summer camps in fashion designing, styling, accessories design, etiquette, modeling and make up. Classes offered in Diwan Bookstore in Heliopolis, Samia Allouba Gym in Maadi, National Council for Women in Mohandessin and Roots School in Nasr City

Where: Heliopolis, Maadi, Nasr City and Mohandessin

Who: Ages 8-17

When: May 28^th to August 31^stPrice: LE 750 for six sessions or LE 850 for 8 sessions

Contact: Tel. +2 (012) 0101-9835 • Facebook • Email: youngfashionacademy@gmail.com

 

Rizkallah Summer Camps

What: Directed towards arts and development activities held in Roots School in Nasr City and Kattameya Heights in New Cairo

Where: Nasr City and New Cairo

Activities: Graffiti, sculpting, origami, drawing, color theory, accessories design, art in 3D, swimming, dancing and other cultural awareness activities

Who: Ages 4-12

When: May 18^th to June 16^th. Sunday to Thursday from 9am to 3pm

Price: LE 625 per week in Roots School and LE 750 per week in Kattameya Heights

Contact: Tel. +2 (012) 1111-2671 • Facebook • Email: rizkallahmarketing@gmail.com • Website

 

The Nutty Scientists Summer Camp

What: Aiming at creating and encouraging little scientists, the camp focuses on science

Where: Heliopolis and New Cairo

Activities: Science shows, how things works, crime scene investigation, science in action, and character building

Who: Ages 4-9 at the My Gym branch and 4-12 at the Hayah International School branch

When: May 25^th to June 5^th at My Gym and June 6^th to August 15^th at Hayah International School. Five days a week from 8:30am to 3pm

Price: LE 850 per week

Contact: Tel. +2 (011) 4533-2288 • Facebook 

 

Hewaya Art Center Summer Classes

What: Camps for younger children

Where: Sixth of October

Who: Ages 2-4 and 5-7

Activities: Drawing, crafts, pottery, planting, cooking and face painting for the 2-4 age group. Cooking, pottery, dancing, carpentry, arts and crafts and storytelling in German, English and French for the 5-7 age group.

When: July 1^st to July 15^th, five days a week from 9am to 3pm for the 2-4 age group and from June 20^th to July 20th five days a week from 10am to 3pm for the 5-7 age group.

Price: LE 950 per week for the 2-4 age group and LE 500 for the 5-7 age group.

Contact: Tel. +2 (010) 0103-1870 • Website

 

Thomas cook summer camps

What: Summer camps abroad for older kids and younger teenagers

Where: Spain and United Kingdom

Who: Ages 7-17

Price: Prices start at LE 15,500

Contact: Tel. 16119 • Website