VI.1.5.4. Planning the everyday camp activities:

• General schedule. It is to include the regular programs of the day ahead. For example the general wake-up time and bedtime, meal times, free time activities, games, competitions, hikes, scheduled lectures, evaluations and award winning ceremonies.
• Hiking plan, selection of routes, trails, sights, difficulty of the hike, its length, the name of the hike master, necessary equipment, map, compass, meeting point and time.
• Free time activities plan: it is absolutely necessary in each camp to plan what activities need to be done during free time. Campers may then choose an activity on the basis of their own interests.
• Duty schedule: In camps where no central duty system or security system operates, it is necessary to elaborate a system of our own in order to protect ourselves, our belongings. This task can be perfomed by any staff member, or even a suitable participant as well. The best site for this task is a central place of the camp, from where the person can easily see everything.
• Plans for a rainy day. It is also of utmost importance to have a plan B, a plan for a rainy day. Nature and weather can give us surprises. If there is a rain and the hike is cancelled, there should be another program to attend. If hikes are cancelled it is necessary to organize them on another day.

Below you can find an example of a plan, which was compiled and implemented by the author in a summer camp at Lake Balaton.

• Aquatlon.
• Tasks performed on the sports ground of the Vak-Bottyán pool.
• Sand artist.
• Competition: pavement art and poster design competitions.
• Aquatic games, quizzes, relay races.
• Room cleanliness competition.
• Beach volleyball.
• Torpedo and amoeba games.
• Competition. Rope skipping, push-ups, sit-ups and target practice.
• Armwrestling championship. .
• Football and foot tennis championship.
• Activity, poker, chess and other card games or board games.
• Table tennis.
• Badminton and other racket sports.
• Table football championship.
• Camp fire. Frying bacon and sausages.
• Arts and crafts: making bracelets, necklaces, origami.
• Camp closing farewell party.

Cultural programs and entertainment:

• Visit to the Balatonkenese cultural festival.
• Lecture and quiz: Lake Balaton, its sights and treasures.
• Lecture and quiz: History of shipping in the Lake Balaton area.
• Lecture and quiz on environmental protection and healthy lifestyle.
• Short hike to the Soós-hegy lookout tower.
• Hike, nature walking: weather permitting: a tour of Tihany or Balatonfüred. Boating and icecream tasting.
• Bob-sledding in Balatonfűzfő and a visit to the adventure park.