Wild Pride camps are 3-day nature-based camps designed by queer people for queer people. A space to connect with ourselves, each other and the natural world around us.
The camps follow a modern Rite of Passage model: a process of separating from normal life by immersing ourselves into our camp experience, transitioning or deepening into our identities through experience and/or adventure, and integrating what we’ve learned on camp to take it back into the world with us.
More on the philosophy of Wild Pride
All of our camps are currently adults only, to make sure we can ensure everyone’s safety.
We currently offer two different types of experience, the Wild Pride Rite, which is ideal for creative spirits who are looking to connect with nature in more gentle ways, and the Wild Pride Adventure Camp, which will be suitable for those ready to step out of their comfort zone and who wish to add a physical challenge element to their rite.
Wild Pride is a grassroots and homegrown seedling, and we’d love to see it grow deep roots here in Aotearoa, New Zealand. To help this seedling establish, we’d love to hear from: