Beginner Weeks Vallendar im Westerwald

There are no lessons on this programme. The Beginner Weeks are a supervised holiday week for children aged six to thirteen, built around camp games, creative workshops and sports on site, with guided day trips in the surrounding area. The week is pitched at first-time campers: counsellors work to a ratio of one to ten and each group keeps the same key worker for the whole stay.

The package covers a seven-day stay with six nights at the Ferienanlage Marienberg, full board, the on-site activity programme and the included excursions: the Wild- und Freizeitpark wildlife and adventure park, free entry to the local open-air pool, a session at the climbing park and a history rally at the Ehrenbreitstein fortress above Koblenz. Supervision by trained counsellors is included throughout. Travel to and from the camp is arranged by the family, and the meeting point is confirmed with the travel documents.

Children sleep in a friendly, modern bed-house in rooms of four to six beds, with showers and toilets shared on each floor. Boys and girls are accommodated in the same house in separate rooms. Meals are taken in the camp's own dining room.

Full board, prepared on site by the camp's own cook and served three times a day in the dining room. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, lactose-free, fructose-free and pork-free meals can be arranged if requested at booking. The camp states that it cannot cater for children with a peanut allergy or on a protein-free diet.

Days mix activities at the camp with trips out. On site there are creative workshops, outdoor games and a campfire evening with bread baked on sticks. Trips during the week include the Wild- und Freizeitpark wildlife and adventure park, where children can feed animals, watch a falconry display and ride the water chute and roller coaster; free entry to the local open-air pool; climbing at the ropes park; and a rally through the Ehrenbreitstein fortress. Further excursions and extras not already included can be booked on site.

The Ferienanlage Marienberg is a holiday centre in the Westerwald hills with a bed-house for guests, a shared dining room with its own kitchen and open grounds for games and outdoor activities. Showers and toilets are on each floor of the accommodation.

This is a first camp away from home for younger children. Counsellors are on hand around the clock at a ratio of one to ten, with a fixed key worker for each group, so a child travelling alone for the first time always has the same person to turn to. The camp notes that the programme is not suitable for children with limited mobility.