Field Trips

Tailored alpine school trips in Zermatt

Connect Summer Camps designs bespoke school trips in Zermatt for international schools and groups. With the freedom to build your own programme, you can draw on our experience and local knowledge to create the perfect trip for your students.

Every itinerary is tailored to your group age, aims and budget, and can include hiking, rock climbing, Via Ferrata, mountain biking, orienteering, team challenges and Swiss cultural experiences.

Our trips support academic learning but have a particularly strong focus on developing social skills, self-confidence and independence. All this takes place at the foot of the Matterhorn, where students enjoy a healthy outdoor experience while learning to appreciate nature and the environment.

Every leader is first-aid trained, reference-checked and police-checked, and we run small, well-supervised groups with detailed risk assessments, so teachers can relax and enjoy the trip too.

For more information, or to enquire about the Field Trips let us know below.

A large group of children and some adults posing for a photo in front of a lake with mountains and green trees in the background. The children are wearing casual clothes, some with hats and backpacks.
A group of children sitting on rocks on a grassy hillside during a daytime outdoor educational activity, with an adult instructor in a neon yellow jacket leading the session.

Overview 

The purpose of our programmes is to offer children a well-rounded outdoor experience, children will not only develop physically due to the active nature of the camp, they will also be given the opportunity to develop social skills, self-confidence and independence.We will work closely with you to customise the programme so that the activities and workshops are in line with your requirements. Activities can be linked to your curriculum, we can accommodate groups of all different sizes and alter the duration of stay, typically 5 days, 1 week or 2 weeks. Our School Trip Programmes offer varied and exciting combinations of activities, excursions and workshops in an around Zermatt. Excursions to spectacular areas of Switzerland are designed to meet the school’s educational objectives with a cultural, historical or geographical focus. Also incorporated with the wide selection of activities and sports are educational workshops with a focus on nature and the Alpine environment.

A weekly schedule of activities from Monday, September 28th to Friday, October 2nd, including wake-up times, breakfast, morning activities, lunch, afternoon activities, dinner, and evening activities for each day.
A weekly schedule table from September 28 to October 2, 2019, detailing daily activities such as wake-up times, meals, guided tours, language lessons, visits to various parks, museums, activities, dinner, and evening events for different groups.
Weekly schedule for June 15-19, 2020, outlining activities such as wake-up time, breakfast, morning guided tours, lunch, afternoon activities including hiking and museum visits, dinner at Youth Hostel, and evening events like group set-up, cinema, di
A group of children and adults hiking on a mountain trail with the Matterhorn in the background, under a partly cloudy sky.
A large group of children and adults posing on outdoor steps in a mountain town with wooden buildings and a mountain peak in the background. Many are smiling and waving, some holding a flag.

What’s Included

• Full-board accommodation (3 meals plus daily snack) in 1 – 6 bed mostly en-suite rooms

• Supervision and control of activities by friendly, knowledgable and qualified Connect Summer Camp staff

• Highly qualified and experienced instructors and coaches for each activity

• Equipment rental (excluding ski/snowboard hire for ski trips)

• All admissions and cover charges

• Full-day and evening activities programme

• Pre-departure communication between International School and Connect Summer Camps to ensure travel options and curricular priorities are perfectly arranged.

Activities

All sports and activities are geared towards developing the skills and physical fitness of each camper.

Through sport campers are also encouraged to develop social, team building and leadership skills. Campers enjoy a selection of the following sports and activities:

Campers enjoy a selection of sports and activities.

General Activities

Mountain Activities

Optional Courses

Enrichment Activities

A group of children and a woman standing outdoors in a mountainous area with trees and small wooden houses in the background. The group appears to be on a hike or outdoor trip.
Group of children and adults standing outdoors in front of a red helicopter with mountains and trees in the background.

Accommodation

Campers stay in a selection of residences, depending on the size of the group, all of which are recently renovated, modern, spacious, with mainly en-suite bedrooms for 1 – 4 campers, lounges and play areas as well as excellent dining facilities. They are situated just above the village, within 5 – 10 minutes walk of all the sport and leisure facilities and also the town centre. Campers are assigned to rooms according to age and gender and experienced staff stay within the chalet in separate rooms. Facilities also include Internet and TV rooms, table tennis and table football.

A row of wooden lockers with numbered doors, some with locks, in an indoor setting.
Mountain village with houses, trees, and snow-capped peak in the background under a clear blue sky.
Scenic view of a mountain village with multistory buildings, trees, and a winding road, surrounded by forested mountains with snow-capped peaks under a partly cloudy sky.
A multi-story building with beige walls, dark brown window shutters, and flower boxes on the windows. There are flags on poles to the right side with an organization logo, against a clear blue sky. A small garden and outdoor seating area with flowers
Empty dining area with wooden tables and black chairs, large windows showing a mountain view, and ceiling lights in a modern building.
Room with bunk bed, a window showing a mountainous landscape, and a small table.
A hotel room with a double bed, two pillows, two small bedside tables with lamps, a wooden desk with a chair, and a window showing a mountain view with trees. The room has white and green walls, and red curtains.
A minimalist bedroom with a bunk bed, featuring a wooden frame and ladder, a window showing neighboring buildings, and a dark floor.

Facilities

Facilities in Zermatt

•Summer ski lifts – top station 3820m
•Indoor multi-sports centre
•Mountain bike trails
•Shops
•Indoor climbing wall
•Outdoor fixed climbing routes
•BBQ areas
•Mountain Huts
•Swimming Pool
•Supermarkets

•Fixed High-ropes course
•Football Pitch •Cafes and restaurants
•Hiking trails
•Beach Volleyball court
•Mini-golf
•Indoor and Outdoor tennis courts
•Cinema
•Basketball courts
•Badminton courts

Evening Activities

•Films
•Torch-lit walks
•Educational workshops
•Card games
•Team-building challenges
•Village outings
•Talent and music shows
•BBQs
•Bowling
•Fire-building and outdoor cooking

Educational Component

Our well-structured programme encourages children to build trust and teamwork, and teaches valuable life skills for the overall development of each child. Covered in workshops is study on mountain ecology, map reading, navigation with compasses, flora and fauna, and outdoor survival skills such as shelter and fire building. Our workshops seek to challenge and fully engage the children through the use of games and challenges, with a clear educational focus. On request we can add-on CAS specific components or language tuition from qualified teachers to any trip.

Our workshops seek to challenge and fully engage the children through the use of games and challenges, with a clear educational focus. Other requests of suggestions for different workshops are welcomed.

  • Team Challenge

  • Nature and the Environment

  • Navigation Skills

  • Mountain Explorer Challenge

  • “Lost“ Adventure

  • Rope Work and Rescue

Four children outdoors in a forest, smiling, with a stack of rocks in the foreground, and trees and a wooden bridge in the background.
Kids playing and running on a red tennis court with a net, surrounded by green banners and trees, in front of residential buildings.
Two children riding off-road tricycle bikes on a dirt trail with mountainous landscape in the background, including snow-capped peaks and clear blue sky.

For more information, or to enquire about the Field Trips let us know below.