Life at the Bay

The sea, once it casts it's spell, holds one in the net of wonder forever. Jacques Yves Cousteau. the dog days are over?  The splendour of the North Coast, the vast endless beaches, the lushness of Zinkwazi - this is the playground of Sugar Bay campers. It has been sweltering here today, but nothing stopped our campers and counselors heading for the beach.  Our photographer captured some of the many special moments to share with you... A reassuring hug from Solo.  'The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul' Wyland and I think I can fly   Relief from the heat Stand-up Paddleboarding The Amphitheatre The Zinkwazi Lagoon Monster Saving on sunscreen. Sandman Time to hit the big waves WHEW! Don Juan Dodge You can do it. Memories are made of this. Together we can do it Dashboard A few rules before the beac...

Welcome to Disneyland, where the magic really does happen. Today is the start of Disney Week and our campers will be welcomed by the cast of the Disney Channel. Our counselors will be in full costume and the kids will have an opportunity to have their photograph taken with their favourite characters in our photo booth. Opening Night Games - Lots of awesome games have been tailor- made to allow both the kids and the councelors to get to know one another better. Throughout the week, Disney music will be played all around camp, from the Disney Channel shows and Disney Channel original movies - to really bring the theme to life. At the end of the week, a Mr & Miss Disney Channel will be crowned during Party Night and leading up to this our our intrepid photographer will be roaming Sugar Bay taking pictures of campers dressed up as their favourite Disney character. Evening activities throughout the week - Phineas & Ferb love science and experimenting with new things! O...

Grab your djapanki, your hawai chappals, your zori, your japonki,  your Schlapfen or your vietnamki - and let's hit the beach... If I've lost you - grab your flip-flops and let's hit the beach! Those are just a few of the names for thongs around the globe. Life just does'nt get any better.  All hail the humble flip-flop, the most iconic footwear in the history of the world! Talk about timeless design - the flip-flop is so classic that there's an Egyptian hieroglyph for it, a long oval with an inverted V in just the right place. Prototypic flip- flops were discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamen, and a pair of papyrus leaf flip-flops from 1500 B.C. is on display in the British Museum. This would get my vote. It's Flip-Flop Friday at Sugar Bay. Campers arrived yesterday for the start of Funsunzi Week and today has been abundantly crammed with the most amazing things to do.After spending most of the day at the beach, campers will h...

SUGAR BAY IS ALL OUT FUN, SUN and THE SEA! I'm sure each and everyone one of you have heard of FUNSUNZI ! Next week at Sugar Bay we will be bringing this theme alive! What better place than Sugar Bay. We already have the basics! FUN! THE SUN and THE SEA! Now lets get crazy with some wild ideas. To start this week off our stay-over campers will being going on Excursion! They are off to Splash, the water park! This is going to be an awesome day filled with fun, sun and not the sea, but water! Campers and counselors will be going down slides all day and even take a calm ride on the lazy river! Now back to Funsunzi week... Each day next week we will be having a theme of the day! Flip Flop Friday, Bikini and Boardshort Saturday, Sunglasses Sunday and then Monday Madness! There will be prizes for our best dressed campers! I personally love the beach and all the amazing creatures that are found in our ocean. One night this week campers will get the chance to lear...

You can feel the tingle in the air...the festive season has arrived - with bells on! We sadly say farewell to our last bunch of campers, and what a cool bunch they were! No matter what you celebrate at this time of the year, the Sugar Bay magic has been liberally sprinkled over everyone! "Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living". (A. Bradley).  It has been an unbelievable week at camp, the fun started and just did not stop. From sunrise bodyboarding and the rare experience of ocean SUPing (stand-up paddleboarding), we have had a blessed three weeks leading up to Christmas! The lagoon has stayed closed and the weather has been phenomenal. Alongside kids new to camp, seasoned campers fit right in like they have never left.  A big shout out to those joining us for the tenth time! I pass throngs of exhilarated, slightly wide-eyed kids, ready to board trains, planes and automobiles. Back at the office, the calls ...

Hi Sugar Bay Followers! Sugar Bay has been INSANE so far! We started with Bubble Week, which was awesome. There were bubbles everywhere! Not to mention a foam pit and the great party night that followed. It's great to see lots of new faces and new counselors that have joined our Sugar Bay family. It makes me so happy to know that Sugar Bay is getting bigger and better every day, with new activities and new friends. Holiday week was crazy too. Every day was a different holiday. We had Valentines day with hearts and love everywhere, Easter Day and Christmas! But my favourite day was St Paddy's day. Everyone was running around in my favourite colour (green) and acting like leprechauns, hunting for their pot o' gold. It was nuts! At the moment, it's Wild Valley Water Park week. There is water everywhere and slides and we're even going to bring out the wake snake! I can't wait to see what happens tomorrow. I'm also excited for a wicked excursion to the w...

First week working as a photographer at Sugar Bay in a summer camp and I couldn't believe how much fun I had! This past week was Holidays Week and I had such an awesome time seeing kids having the time of their lives and making new friends. Campers got to explore new talents like; surfing, body boarding, rock climbing, BMXing and so much more! Almost everyone who went on Jacob's Ladder even got to the top pole with their partners, showing such amazing team skills and determination. Even the chilled out activities like arts and crafts or bracelet making was so cool because the campers got to show off their artistic talents. The evening programs were really cool! We had a Halloween carnival, Camp Out, an Irish evening, Easter Talent show and, of course, Party night topped off with an AMAZING fire show! I could barely hold back my excitement when the campers came into view with their amazing glowing spinning poi. They had skills! I can tell there will be even more...