What to Expect:

• Dates: Monday, July 8, 2024 – Friday, June 12, 2024

• Location: La Fortuna, Baja, Mexico

• Ages: 12-17 (Boys only)

• All-Inclusive: Food, accommodations and activities

• Six spaces available

• Cost: 25,000mxn + IVA (16%)
   

Main activities includes

• Surfing 🏄‍♂️

• Music  🎸

• Underwater photography

• Documentary and Science/Nature workshops
   

Side activities include:

• Martial Arts 🥋

• Boxing 🥊

• Qigong 🌿

• Yoga 🧘‍♂️

• Meditation 🧠

• Nature Walks with plant & animal identification 🚶‍♂️

• Fishing 🎣

• Snorkeling 🤿

• Boat Tour & Ocean Safari 🚤

• Underwater music experience

• Documentary & movie Nights 🎬🎮
  
   

What’s Included:

• Accommodation in the schoolbus on our beachfront property

• Three healthy meals a day plus snacks and drinks

• Watersports equipment & boat tours

• Use of fully equipped music studio

• GoPros for underwater photography

• Professional guidance from three camp leaders

• Photography and video souvenir package

 

What’s not included:

• Last night dinner at Shade Restaurant

• Transport to and from the Baja Station

• Laptop or smartphone for photo journaling. Each child should bring their own

 

Camp Outputs:

The goal of the teen camps is that each child will produce a small collection of work that brings together art, science and nature, which can be used as a portfolio in their educational journey and as a personal souvenir of the knowledge they’ve learned. These include:

• A filmed recording showing the kids participation in a live jam session.

• Completed song written, played and recorded by the kids under the guidance of our instructor.

• Land based photojournalism package that includes a selection of nature/wildlife photographs with a small scientific caption written for each one, in a digital and printable format. 

• An underwater photojournalism that includes a selection of underwater nature/wildlife photographs with a small scientific explanation of each one, in a digital and printable format. 

 

Camp Highlights:

• Learning & Creativity: An intensive schedule of learning skills in different fields that can be immediately applied into creative output that can be used towards a portfolio

• Empowerment and Growth: Young men will be surrounded by positive masculine role models who will inspire and guide them.

• Digital Detox: A chance to disconnect from phones and video games and reconnect with nature and themselves.

• New Passions: Exploration of various activities that might spark a new interest or passion.

• Brotherhood: Build bonds with other like-minded boys, forming friendships and memories that will last a lifetime.

 

 

Daily Itinerary:

Day 1: Monday, July 8, 2024

• 9:00 AM - Arrival and Check-in

• 10:00 AM - Welcome Orientation and Ice Breakers

• 11:00 AM - Surf Lesson and Beach Time

• 1:00 PM - Lunch

• 2:00 PM - Guided jam session

• 4:00 PM - Rest period & Freetime

• 6:00 PM - Sunset nature walk with plant & animal identification & photography

• 7:00 PM - Dinner and campfire

• 9:00 PM - Lights out
   

Day 2: Tuesday, July 9, 2024

• 7:00 AM - Morning Yoga and Meditation

• 8:00 AM - Breakfast

• 9:00 AM - Martial Arts Training

• 11:00 AM - Surfing

• 1:00 PM - Lunch

• 2:00 PM - Guided music Jam

• 3:30 PM - Freedive training & snorkelling adventure

• 6:00 PM - Dinner

• 7:30 PM - Outdoor documentary Cinema night

• 9:00 PM - Lights out
   

Day 3: Wednesday, July 10, 2024

• 7:00 AM - Morning Yoga and Meditation

• 8:00 AM - Breakfast

• 9:00 AM - Music recording workshop

• 11:00 AM - Surfing and Beach Activities

• 1:00 PM - Lunch

• 1:30 PM - Underwater photography workshop

• 4:00 PM - Photo editing and journaling 

• 6:00 PM - Dinner at Shade restaurant

• 7:00 PM - Game Night

• 9:00 PM - Lights out
   

Day 4: Thursday, July 11, 2024

• 7:00 AM - Morning Yoga and Meditation

• 8:00 AM - Breakfast

• 9:00 AM - Boat trip, ocean safari and underwater music experience

• 12:00 PM - Lunch

• 1:30 PM - Qigong Session

• 3:00 PM - Music recording session

• 6:00 PM - Nature Walk and photography

• 7:00 PM - Campfire & outdoor starlight Music Jam 

• 8:00 PM - Meditation

• 9:00 PM - Lights out
   

Day 5: Friday, July 12, 2024

• 7:00 AM - Morning Yoga and Meditation

• 8:00 AM - Breakfast

• 9:00 AM - Photojournalism write ups.

• 11:00 AM - Surfing

• 1:00 PM - Lunch

• 2:00 PM - Packing up and Moving out

• 3:00 PM - Reflective Meditation and Group Sharing/Presentation with parents

• 4:00 PM - Leave 

 

Important Information for Parents:

• Safety First: All activities are supervised by trained professionals.

• All-Inclusive: The fee covers all meals, accommodations, and activities.

• Health and Wellness: We provide nutritious meals and encourage a healthy lifestyle.

• Contact Information: We will provide emergency contact information and daily updates.
   

How to Register:​

• Contact us: info@thebajastation.com or + 52 624 154 6883 (What's App)

• DM us on Instagram: @thebajastation

Join us for an enriching and adventurous retreat that promises to leave a lasting impact on your child's life. We look forward to welcoming your son to Boys Summer Camp at La Fortuna, Baja, Mexico!

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About ‘The Baja Station’

The Baja Station is a unique beach lodge and eco-resort in La Fortuna, East Cape of Baja California Sur, Mexico. It blends art, science, and nature, offering an inspiring environment to live, work, and play. Accommodations include private rooms, bunk beds, tiny homes, yurts, and a converted bus, all emphasizing sustainability and harmony with nature. With beachfront access, guests can enjoy activities like surfing, whale watching, snorkeling, and freediving. The resort features a music studio, carpentry workshop, café with healthy food, yoga classes, a small art gallery, live music Sundays, and outdoor documentary cinema nights. Expert teachers offer workshops, courses, and masterclasses. The Baja Station fosters a collaborative community of scientists, artists, and digital nomads, aiming to create a self-sustainable hub supporting creative and scientific endeavors while promoting wellbeing and environmental stewardship
 

Leaders:

 

 

 

 

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Giovanni Damiani - Camp Director

Gio is the founder of ‘The Baja Station’ and at age sixteen decided on his dream to become an explorer, combining interests in art (particularly music), science and nature. Part one involved getting a degree in marine biology, specializing in underwater acoustics and spending the next twelve years at sea as a Captain on sailing yachts around the world. This included several years running underwater documentary filmmaking expeditions on his own sailing yacht, which resulted in work published by National Geographic. After identifying Baja California’s East Cape as the ideal location for part two of the life plan, he left his sailing career behind, built The Baja Station and is currently enabling others to lead a lifestyle of learning and creativity on a paradise surf beach. 

 

Tate Keller -  Camp Leader

Tate is a professional musician and teacher who has spent the last 16 years living in Los Cabos. During his teenage years he attended a boys club led by his mentor Josh Smith, which helped him focus his passions, gain a sense of confidence and brotherhood and contributed to living a more positive life. This inspired him to continue the program as a teacher, which he has been doing for the last several years, on a weekly basis in San Jose. Now he is adapting his boys club programme into a five day intensive course through a collaboration with The Baja Station, which gives a chance for him to incorporate his interests in surfing, yoga and meditation into a holistic learning experience. 

 

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Citlali Chalvignac -  Camp Leader​​​​​​​​
Citlali grew up by the ocean in mainland Mexico and went on to study photography and film before moving to Los Cabos ten years ago. Here she established herself as a leading underwater and surf photographer, ocean safari guide and yoga/meditation instructor, working with a range of high-end clients and developing a deep knowledge of the local environment. In 2016 she received the Ocean Geographic Merit of Excellence award for her photography of the giant Manta Ray, she creates digital content for big name surf brands such a Roxy, Rip curl and Quicksilver and has also created a specialty service capturing pregnant women underwater. Teaching people how to connect with themselves and with nature through Yoga and Meditation practices. She brings a wealth of knowledge and skill to those interested in pursuing a similar path.