SILC Academy Summer Camps in Switzerland & France

Extraordinary summer adventures. Skills for life.

Discover all 5 SILC Academy summer camps in France and Switzerland for summer 2026.

Our summer camps combine 21st-century skills, leadership and creativity with unforgettable outdoor experiences. Set across our beautiful campuses in Montreux, Gstaad and Leysin in Switzerland, as well as Cannes and the island of Corsica in the South of France, our boutique camps offer action-packed programmes beyond the classroom.

With camp sizes ranging from 18 to 70 students, participants enjoy the highest level of personal care while learning, exploring and building lasting friendships in some of Europe’s most beautiful natural settings.

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The best summer camps in Switzerland and France

SILC Gstaad Summer Leadership Camp Switzerland

Gstaad | Switzerland
The SILC original – our largest and most accessible programme. Based in the Gstaad valley, it combines our broad curriculum of 21st-century skills, which students develop during mountain adventures, teamwork, and leadership experiences. Standard sessions run for 2 weeks, with the option for stays of 1 to 4 weeks at this camp.

Ages: 10-17 years old
Session 1: June 29 – July 12, 2026
Session 2: July 13 – July 26, 2026
Fee: CHF 6.900

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SILC Montreux Summer Academy Switzerland

Montreux | Switzerland
Our future-ready summer camp at one of Switzerland’s most prestigious boarding schools on the shores of Lake Geneva. This high-adventure and activity-packed experience combines city, lake, and mountain exploration with real-world learning through partnerships with leading universities, corporates and start-ups.

Ages: 14-17 years old
Session 1: July 4 – 17, 2026 – Fully Booked
Session 2: July 18 – 31, 2026 – Limited Spaces Available
Fee: CHF 7,700

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SILC Creative & Entrepreneurial Camp France

Cannes | France
Hosted at our prestigious palace campus on the French Riviera, this camp helps students turn ideas into reality through arts, digital media, storytelling, and entrepreneurship. Each day combines creative workshops with outdoor activities across the beaches, cities, and lower mountains.

Ages: 11-17 years old
Session 1: 6 July – 19 July 2026
Session 2: 20 July – 2 August 2026 – Limited Spots Available
Fee: €6,700

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SILC Leysin Summer Leadership Camp Switzerland

Leysin | Switzerland
Located at our scenic Leysin campus in the Swiss Alps, this camp blends outdoor challenges with leadership, entrepreneurship, and teamwork development. From forest trails to lakeside adventures, students grow through shared challenge and discovery.

Ages: 13-17 years old
Session 1: 4 July – 17, 2026
Session 2: Only one session
Fee: CHF 7,400

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SILC Sea & Island Adventure Corsica

Corsica | France
A two-week journey of exploration aboard modern catamarans and across the island of Corsica and its stunning coastline. Students enjoy mountain treks, sea-based challenges, and water sports – all while applying our 21st-century skills curriculum for an unforgettable summertime adventure.

Ages: 11-17 years old
Session 1: 4 July – 17 July 2026
Session 2: 19 July – 2 August 2026 – Fully Booked
Fee: €9,800

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Amari, France

This entire camp is a family. I definitely want to say I’ve grown a lot. it has helped me look at people from a different perspective, and also make sure i can incorporate their best aspects into my drawing, which is visual. It’s been a really good learning experience for me. I’m very thankful for my opportunity to come and enjoy the entrepreneurial and creative camp offered by SILC, and it’s been a really great experience.

Amber, Parent of Mathieu, Spain

SILC has truly been a fantastic experience for our son! We’re so grateful for all the amazing memories he’s made there. SILC has hands down the best summer camps around France, and Mathieu has loved every minute of it. A big thank you for making it all possible.

Antonella, Italy

I think that the friendships and the people I’ve met here, have been the best. Everyone is just so supportive and kind to each other no matter what. At the camp here, I learned so many new attitudes and mindsets to have on certain things. For example, trying new things and just try to motivate myself for different ways. So I think it would really help me back home to have the same routine.

Farik, Parent of Elena, Croatia

We invest in our daughter a lot by spending time with her, providing her with different experiences, giving directions and raising her to become a healthy and stable individual. Still, every summer when she gets back from SILC camps, we see an additional huge change! She comes back home, inspired, conscientious, more ambitious, and more noble as a human being. W really think that SILC camps are the single most important “investment” into our daughter.

Develop leadership skills through adventure

Learning happens outdoors, through experience, not in classrooms. Each day is built around a leadership theme such as creativity, goal setting or communication, brought to life through inspiring real-world adventures.
From rock climbing and water sports to unforgettable overnight glacier experiences, students learn by doing, building confidence, resilience and independence in the most natural and enjoyable way.

Activity packed summer camps

Every day is filled with energy, excitement and discovery, from morning until evening. Our programmes are designed to keep students smiling, active and fully engaged in beautiful natural surroundings.

One day might begin with planning a glacier expedition, continue with an adrenaline-filled canyoning adventure and finish with go-karting in the evening, creating joyful moments and lifelong memories.

Boutique camps with highest personal care

Our boutique camps offer a warm, supportive family environment with small group sizes of 18 to 70 students. SILC trainers are with students day and night, ensuring everyone feels safe, supported and truly cared for. With professional activity instructors, dedicated staff and in-house chefs, students enjoy a high level of personal attention and leave feeling confident, happy and inspired by their summer camp experience.

Hikers on a green mountain trail toward a tall waterfall under blue sky

Two people on a towable tube skim over waves, laughing in life vests.

Overhead view of canyoners in wetsuits navigating a rocky stream

Smiling group whitewater rafting in a red raft, paddling through rapids.

Person bridge swinging through a forest with arms raised, smiling

Person paddles a cardboard boat on a lake with mountain backdrop under cloudy sky

Group of hikers roped together descending a lush alpine ridge above a valley, lake, and distant mountain peaks

Woman carrying a torpedo-shaped underwater scooter beside a scenic mountain lake

Hikers silhouetted on a hilltop facing snow-capped mountains at sunrise

A legacy of excellence in summer camps across Switzerland and France

We are a leading independent summer camp provider, dedicated to delivering high-quality learning experiences that support the personal, social, and academic development of young people. Our programmes are carefully designed to combine leadership, experiential learning, and adventure in inspiring environments where students are encouraged to grow with confidence and purpose.

With more than 15 years of experience, we work in close partnership with leading international schools around the world, welcoming students for educational trips, leadership programmes, and experiential learning throughout the academic year. This long-standing collaboration ensures our programmes are academically relevant, well structured, and aligned with international educational standards.

Today, we operate five boutique summer camps across Switzerland and France. Each camp offers a distinctive experience with small group sizes, personalised support, and carefully curated activities that help students develop essential life skills, build independence, and form lasting friendships while reaching their full potential.

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