The Overland Experience

Overland offers summer programs spanning the outdoors, service, language, and writing. For 25 years we have given thousands of students the opportunity to explore the world in safe, supportive and wholesome groups – please join us!

Between May 20th and 24th, we emailed all Overland families important details for this upcoming summer. Please check your email to find your specific group section (important for mail stops) and airline-required pick-up information for those students who will be flying as registered Unaccompanied Minors.

To find packing lists, group mail stops , flight and travel information, and helpful reminders, go to your specific program page and then click the Before You Go tab. As always, call us if you have any questions!

Leader Profile

Caroline Turnbull is a senior at Colby College where she majors in International Studies with a minor in Environmental Studies. She has led for Overland the past two summers and will be leading again in 2010.
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Program Spotlight

Overland welcomes our youngest students to join us for a week of exploration in the beautiful Berkshires and Green Mountains. We'll hike hills and mountains, cycle a quiet bike path and raft a fun river on our Berkshire Adventure.
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Group A of the European Challenge, led by Darcy and Joe, finished last week!

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Summer and Semester Programs

Overland Programs offers more than 40 different trips including New England summer camps and hiking adventures for tweens (5th graders and 6th graders), hiking trips for teens, teen bike trips in Europe and America, and teen summer service programs. Whether you're looking for a language immersion program, summer programs abroad or service programs abroad, summer writing programs, environmental studies programs, teen adventure travel trips, a field studies program, or even a gap year semester in Spain, you're sure to find a program here which will create lasting memories, capture the imagination, and strengthen physical, emotional and social skills. Overland is not simply a summer or semester-long experience—it's a life experience with value and resonance that extends far beyond the boundaries of a young person's time with us.

Elite Leaders

Overland leaders are students and recent alumni from top colleges and universities, including many schools in the Ivy League and NESCAC as well as other elite schools across the country. Overland leaders are campus leaders, varsity athletes, sports captains, peer counselors, outdoor guides, and honors students. All leaders are First Aid, CPR, and lifeguard certified.

Programs and Adventures Since 1984

Overland Programs, also known as Overland Summers and even as Overland Adventures, is proud to have ACA accredited summer programs, teen summer camps, teen summer adventures, teen travel, teen summer programs, teenage camps, teen adventure programs, teen adventure trips, summer camp programs, summer programs abroad, language immersion courses abroad, teen bike trips, teen bicycle tours, teen summer service programs and New England camps which are held to the highest safety standards. Overland is not a teen tour or a summer camp, our trips and programs are carefully crafted and designed to challenge our students, who are always in small groups with superlative leadership.