Summer Camps in Switzerland 2027: How to Choose

29 March 2019, updated 8 October 2026

A summer camp in Switzerland usually runs in sessions of one to three weeks, and the 2027 season starts in June rather than July: Les Elfes in Verbier opens on 6 June and Le Rosey's My Mountain Adventure in Gstaad on 16 June, while most boarding-school camps run from the end of June or early July into August. The summer camps in Switzerland compared below take children aged 5 to 18, and the usual minimum age is 8. Registration opens long before the summer: four camps are already accepting applications for 2027, four more open registration in October or November 2026, and Beau Soleil says its camps fill up fast.

We first wrote about Swiss summer camps in March 2019, for parents and for the children who go. This version has been rewritten for the 2027 season, with every camp date, age and price taken from the camp's own website. For more detail, our sister service Swiss Education keeps a comparison of summer camps in Switzerland for 2027, with fees, dates and ages, each figure with its source and the date it was checked.

Eight Swiss summer camps compared for 2027

The table lists eight camps that have published their 2027 dates, with where they are held, the ages they take, how long a stay lasts and the language of the programme.

Institut Monte Rosa, named in the 2019 version of this article, is giving way to a new school: its owners have invited the Eastwood Schools Group to establish Eastwood Montreux International School on the Montreux campus, opening in 2026, according to Monte Rosa.

What does a summer camp in Switzerland cost in 2027?

Published prices for two weeks in 2027 start at CHF 4,750 at Les Elfes, with full board, and three weeks cost between CHF 8,700 at Brillantmont and CHF 13,500 for Le Rosey's Legendary Classic.

Les Elfes quotes full board, and Beau Soleil, La Garenne and Brillantmont list what their fees include; ask each camp what the price covers before comparing the figures.

When does registration for summer 2027 open?

Aiglon College, LAS Summer, La Garenne and Les Elfes are already accepting applications for 2027; Beau Soleil and Brillantmont open registration in October 2026, and Le Rosey and Collège du Léman in November 2026. Beau Soleil states that its summer camps fill up fast.

In practice, that means settling the dates and a shortlist in the autumn, so that the application can go in as soon as registration opens. If you are starting later than that, we will tell you honestly if a timeline is not realistic.

How to choose a summer camp in Switzerland

The child's age and the language of the programme narrow the choice quickly, so they are the place to start.

La Garenne takes children from 5, Les Elfes from 6 and Aiglon's day camp from 7, while most of the others start at 8, LAS at 9 and Brillantmont at 10. The upper limits differ too: Le Rosey's Lake Geneva camp takes children up to 15, Aiglon, La Garenne, LAS and Brillantmont up to 16, Les Elfes and Beau Soleil up to 17, and Collège du Léman up to 18.

On language, the question is whether the summer should improve a language or be spent in one the child already speaks. Les Elfes runs mainly in English and Le Rosey uses English and French daily; Aiglon, La Garenne, LAS and Brillantmont teach English or French in the mornings, Collège du Léman offers English and French classes, and Beau Soleil morning lessons in French, English or Spanish.

The balance between lessons and the outdoors comes next. In Aiglon's Classic Summer Camp each child chooses a morning focus, from English, French, robotics or sport to Art and Explorer for 8 to 12 year olds and Entrepreneur and Leadership for 13 to 16 year olds, while its Signature Academies take up the whole day. Les Elfes offers more than 45 activities. Le Rosey runs two programmes in Gstaad, the two-week My Mountain Adventure for 8 to 12 year olds and My Family for 8 to 13 year olds with an optional third week, and Beau Soleil adds an Odyssey Week from 1 to 8 August.

On length, Aiglon and Beau Soleil offer one, two or three weeks, La Garenne two or four, and Brillantmont asks for at least two. Les Elfes and LAS Summer both charge less for two sessions in a row, and Brillantmont for three weeks, as the price table shows. For families staying nearby, Aiglon, Beau Soleil, La Garenne and Collège du Léman also take day campers, and Les Elfes runs a separate day camp in Verbier.

Seven of the eight camps are run by boarding schools, and Les Elfes is a camp organiser rather than a school. For a family that is considering a Swiss boarding school, a few weeks on a school campus are also a way to see how the child takes to boarding.

Arrival and the camp day

Each camp works with set session dates, so the family's travel is planned around the camp rather than the other way round.

All eight camps are in the cantons of Vaud, Valais and Geneva, apart from Le Rosey's two mountain programmes at its campus in Schönried near Gstaad, in the canton of Bern. For a child who flies in, what matters is who meets the child at the airport, how the transfer to the camp runs and who can be reached if a flight changes. We arrange the travel, including private aviation and the ground arrangements at both ends, and the parents' own holiday if the camp weeks are also theirs. The arrangement is held in Zug and worked wherever the family is.

At Aiglon and Beau Soleil, the day follows the pattern this article described in 2019: lessons in the morning, often languages, and sport and activities in the afternoon.

Where a camp is part of a move to Switzerland, it sits inside a larger decision: a school decision usually arrives with a relocation, a language question and a set of practical problems that have nothing to do with the curriculum. Our guide to relocating to Switzerland sets out the order in which those things have to happen.

What should parents settle before booking?

A few questions are worth putting to the camp in writing before a booking is confirmed.

• Ask what the price covers, from board and excursions to airport transfers and insurance, and what is charged on top.
• Ask how many adults look after how many children, by day and at night, and who the family's contact is during the stay.
• Agree how medical information, allergies and medication are handled, and how the camp reaches a doctor.
• Confirm who meets the child at the airport, on which day and at what time, and who may collect the child at the end.
• Read the cancellation terms, and ask whether a session can be extended once the summer has begun.
• Settle when and how the child can call home, and what the camp's rules on phones are.

For a fuller comparison, with fees, dates and ages and the date each figure was checked, see Swiss Education. If you would like a camp suggested for your child and the travel around it arranged, our private education service is where that starts. Verbier and Gstaad, where Les Elfes and Le Rosey's mountain camps are held, are compared as winter resorts in Skiing in the Alps.