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Haut-Lac International
Summer Camp 2015
Active Camps for Amazing Kids
Residential Camps for 8 to 17 yo
Day Camps for 5 to 17 yo
Languages - Computers - Business - Sailing Golf - Horse Riding - Circus - Cookery Adventure - Lacrosse - Multi Activity - Multi Sport
www.haut-lac-camp.ch
Make a Splash at the Haut-Lac International
Summer Camp 2015
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Exciting Times at Haut-Lac.
The Centre.
The Camps - What’s included!
Language Lessons.
Language and Multi-Activity Camps.
Specialist Camps - Cookery, Multi-Sport, Circus,
Horse-Riding, Adventure, Sailing, Lacrosse and Golf.
Teen Entrepreneur.
Computer Camp.
Staff.
House Teams.
Health and Safety.
Excursions.
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Your Exclusive Camp
Exciting times
at Haut-Lac
We are delighted to present our
new Summer Camp to you.
A new Centre overlooking
the Swiss Riviera.
Based in Les Paccots just above
Vevey and Montreux on the Swiss
Riviera, we will have the calm and
safety that we have been used to in
Les Sciernes but are just minutes
from Lake Geneva and all the
excitement and activities around
Vevey and Montreux.
En-suite twin or triple
rooms.
We will also have exclusive use of the new
Haut-Lac Bilingual School campus with
extra classrooms, 3 fully equipped sports
halls, climbing wall and tennis court
Exclusive use of the new
Haut-Lac Bilingual School
Campus
On our residential camp we will have a
maximum of 70 students and so can offer a
care and attention that you will not find at
other camps.
This exclusive environment means staff and
students getting to know each other very
quickly and very well, and allows the
students to make new friendships without
feeling lost or overwhelmed.
Our day camp students will have the
opportunity to meet students from further
afield and enjoy a truly international
experience during their summer holidays.
This summer we are also able to offer our
residential students some specialist camps
that we have already been running for our
day campers, such as golf, sailing or horse
riding!
What all this adds up to is making a great
camp experience even better.
We look forward to seeing you.
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With best wishes
The Harwood's
The Dubler's
The Mc Shane’s
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The Haut-Lac International
Bilingual School Primary and
Infant Campus
Opened in September 2014 this campus along with the
secondary campus at Roches Grise have been made
available exclusively to the Haut-Lac international Centre.
Situated just 10 minutes from Les Paccots with beautiful views over Vevey
and Lake Geneva this campus provides us with numerous options:
Playing fields
Computer suite
Indoor gym - the biggest in the region which can be separated into 3
smaller halls and is fully equipped.
Climbing wall
Kitchen and dining hall for day campers.
Extra classrooms all fully equipped including interactive whiteboards
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Style, Comfort and
Safety Assured
The Centre
Our Centre is situated in the
village of Les Paccots about
10 minutes from Vevey and
Lake Geneva.
The Centre can
accommodate up to 70
students along with our staff
and is set in extensive
grounds with a small football
pitch and a basketball court
on site.
As well as the bedrooms the Centre
has 6 classrooms all equipped with
interactive whiteboards and
everything necessary for delivering
vibrant and interesting classes.
Along with the classrooms there is a
computer suite.
There is a dining room with a
beautiful terrace and a barbecue
area. As usual there will be a choice
of meals available and all dietary
requirements are catered for.
There are basketball and football
areas outside, and there is a games
area and a spinning gym inside the
Centre. We also have the local tennis
courts right beside the building.
In the village there are some shops
and restaurants.
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Rooms
Rooms are set out in
two bedroom units with
one twin room and one
triple room both rooms
have a television.
Sitting Area
There is a sitting area with a safe and
a fridge and a bathroom for each unit.
Classrooms
The Classrooms at the Centre are spacious
and well designed. They are very well
equipped and they each have interactive
whiteboards to enable teachers to deliver
fun and exciting lessons.
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Camps
On our camps all the necessary
components are included in the
price in order to make it clearer
for the parents to book and also
to make it easier for the
students once they arrive at
camp. There are no confusing
extra charges.
Included in the price are the following
services:
• Accommodation.
• All meals and drinks with meals.
• Language lessons if booked.
I'm just back and I miss it so
much already!
I would do anything to get to go
back even for just a day!
James
Extras
• All sports and activities except
rafting, hydrospeed and canyoning.
• All excursions except Europaparc.
• All transport during the camp (not
including airport transfers).
• Laundry (for stays of more than 1
week).
Medical Insurance
Cancellation Insurance
Airport Transfers
Visa Letters
Pocket Money
A week isn't long enough!
The instructors were amazing
and I hope that the head we made
still is on display in the office!
Love you so much! xxx
Rionach
Language Programmes
20 lessons per week.
Maximum 10 students per
class.
Fun and interactive
lessons.
Final test and certificate
with a complete teachers
report.
Choose English,
French or
German!
Did you know that you learn better when
you are having fun?
Did you know that the brain thinks in
pictures?
Our students chose the themes around
which their classes will be based so they
have a big input into what they will be
learning to make sure that it will be
interesting and fun.
Our programme has always been
very visual, from using flash cards
to getting outside the classroom and
using video and web images in
order to learn vocabulary.
Did you know that standing up makes
you 80% more effective in your
learning?
Our students get out of the classroom
as often as possible. We use games,
role playing, interviews, video reporting,
acting, singing and many other
mediums to get out students moving,
focused and interested.
We have always found this to be true.
You will not learn if you are not interested
and generally you are not interested if
you are not having fun!
Our teachers are encouraged to think
outside the box and to innovate, to
organise inspirational lessons that will
show our students how valuable it is to
communicate with someone in their
language
Our language programmes are our
flagship programmes and can be
combined with our Multi-activity camp
and any of our specialist camps.
Language and MultiActivity Camp
28.06 - 08.08
Teen Camp 1600 CHF per week
Junior Camp 1550 CHF per week
Day Camp 960 CHF per week
Minimum 1 week stay 5 to 17 yo
A world of choices
With language lessons in the morning followed by a wide variety of sports, activities and excursions in the afternoons
and evenings this camp always proves to be very popular with our clients. Below are just some of the exciting
possibilities included in the price and a typical weekly programme.
Football, basketball, mountain scooters, adventure park, swimming, bridge jumping, kayak, sailing, horse riding, tennis, badminton, water skiing,
banana boat, karting, laser tag, bowling, archery, mountain bike, volleyball, ice skating, mini golf, lacrosse, drama, photography, table tennis,
billiards, arts and crafts, campfire, talent show, cat walk, tag rugby, ultimate frisbee, vista to Gruyere, Cailler chocolate factory, Lausanne, Bern,
Geneva, Montreux, Vevey, Aquaparc, the Labyrinth, team-building games - olympics, mission impossible, super teams. Extra Charge
Europaparc, Rafting and Canyoning.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Class
Class
Excursion
Class
Class
Departures or
Excursion
Arrivals
Haut-Lac
Olympics
Horse-Riding or
Swimming or
Adventure Park
or Football
Visit to Bern Zoo, Bear Pit,
Cathedral,
shopping
or Europaparc
Tennis, Squash,
Badminton or
Bridge-Jumping
or Kayak
or Swimming
Gorge Walk and
visit to the Cailler
Chocolate
Factory
or Sailing
or Basketball
Visit to Lausanne
Olympic Museum
Swimming or
Water Skiing
Shopping
Volleyball or
Arts and Crafts
Archery or Dance Class or
Table Tennis
Tournament
Pool tournament
or Table Football
Tournament or
Drama Class
Excursion or
Games at the
Centre
Haut-Lac
Your a Star
Talent Show
Team
Presentation and
Disco
BBQ and Cinema
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Saturday
Thank you so much for
providing Daria with such
a wonderful experience.
She has not stopped
talking about the camp
since she got home.
Her English has improved
a lot and she just seems
so much more confident.
Mrs Dazhinova
Multi-Activity Camp
28.06 - 08.08
Teen Camp 1300 CHF per week
Junior Camp 1250 CHF per week
Minimum 1 week stay 8 to 17 yo
The Multi-Activity camp can also be taken without
language lessons.
In this instance the students will replace the
language lessons in the morning with yet more fun
and exciting activities!
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Tennis
Kayak
Excursion
Archery
Mountain Bike
Departures or
Excursion
Arrivals
Haut-Lac
Olympics
Horse-Riding or
Swimming or
Adventure Park
or Football
Visit to Bern Zoo, Bear Pit,
Cathedral,
shopping
or Europaparc
Tennis, Squash,
Badminton or
Bridge-Jumping
or Kayak
or Swimming
Gorge Walk and
visit to the Cailler
Chocolate
Factory
or Sailing
or Basketball
Visit to Lausanne
Olympic Museum
Swimming or
Pedalos
Shopping
Volleyball or
Arts and Crafts
Archery or Dance Class or
Table Tennis
Tournament
Pool tournament
or Table Football
Tournament or
Drama Class
Excursion or
Games at the
Centre
Haut-Lac
Your a Star
Talent Show
Team
Presentation and
Disco
BBQ and Cinema
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Saturday
Multi-Sport Camp
A High Energy Camp
Enjoy all your favourite sports each afternoon though out the week.
28.06 - 18.07
Residential 1650 CHF per week
Day Camp 1080 CHF per week
7 to 17 yo
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Class
Class
Day Camp Class
Residential Excursion
Class
Class
Departures or
Excursion
Arrivals
Football and
Swimming
Tennis and
Badminton
Tag Rugby and
Softball
Basketball and
Volleyball
Climbing and
Uni Hockey
Visit to
Lausanne
Olympic
Museum
Volleyball or
Arts and Crafts
Archery or Dance Class or
Table Tennis
Tournament
Pool tournament
or Table Football
Tournament or
Drama Class
Excursion or
Games at the
Centre
Haut-Lac
You’re a Star
Talent Show
Team
Presentation
and Disco
BBQ and
Cinema
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Saturday
Language and Cookery
Camp
05.07 - 11.07
Residential 1650 CHF
Day Camp 1080 CHF
7 to 17 yo
For all ages and abilities
This fun camp will allow you to learn how to cook and bake or help you improve
your techniques and knowledge.
A fantastic week of cooking, baking and of course tasting!!
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Class
Class
Day Camp - Class
Residential Excursion
Class
Class
Departures or
Excursion
Arrivals
Cookery
Cookery
Cookery
Cookery
Cookery
Visit to Lausanne
Olympic
Museum
Volleyball or
Arts and Crafts
Archery or Dance Class or
Table Tennis
Tournament
Pool tournament
or Table Football
Tournament or
Drama Class
Excursion or
Games at the
Centre
Haut-Lac
You’re a Star
Talent Show
Team
Presentation and
Disco
BBQ and Cinema
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Saturday
All the fun of
the Circus
but now you
are the star!!
Language and Circus
Camp
12.07 - 18.07
Residential 1650 CHF
Day Camp 1080 CHF
7 to 17 yo
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Class
Class
Day Camp Class
Residential Excursion
Class
Class
Departures or
Excursion
Arrivals
Circus
Circus
Circus
Circus
Circus
Visit to Lausanne
Olympic
Museum
Volleyball or
Arts and Crafts
Archery or Dance Class or
Table Tennis
Tournament
Pool tournament
or Table Football
Tournament or
Drama Class
Excursion or
Games at the
Centre
Haut-Lac
You’re a Star
Talent Show
Team
Presentation and
Disco
BBQ and Cinema
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Saturday
Language and HorseRiding Camp
Spend a week learning how to ride or improving your riding while also
learning how to look after your horse and equipment. The camp is suitable for
all levels of riders from beginners to advanced.
19.07 - 25.07
Residential 1650 CHF
Day Camp 1080 CHF
7 to 17 yo
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Class
Class
Day Camp Class
Residential Excursion
Class
Class
Departures or
Excursion
Arrivals
Horse-Riding
Horse-Riding
Horse-Riding
Horse-Riding
Horse-Riding
Visit to
Lausanne
Volleyball or
Arts and Crafts
Archery or Dance Class or
Table Tennis
Tournament
Pool
Tournament or
Table Football
Tournament or
Drama Class
Excursion or
Games at the
Centre
Haut-Lac
You’re a Star
Talent Show
Team
Presentation
and Disco
BBQ and
Cinema
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Saturday
Language and Adventure Camp
A week long, high-octane adventure!
Are you ready for all the thrills of our
Adventure Camp? Every activity will
be a test of your nerve and your
skills.
This camp is a guaranteed hit for
those who love to be active and
who love a challenge and an
adventure.
19.07 - 25.07
Residential 1650 CHF
Day Camp 1080 CHF
7 to 17 yo
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Class
Class
Day Camp Class
Residential Excursion
Class
Class
Departures or
Excursion
Arrivals
Water Skiing
Adventure Park
Rafting
Canyoning
Skydiving
Simulator
Visit to
Lausanne
Volleyball or
Arts and Crafts
Archery or Dance Class or
Table Tennis
Tournament
Pool
tournament or
Table Football
Tournament or
Drama Class
Excursion or
Games at the
Centre
Haut-Lac
You’re a Star
Talent Show
Team
Presentation
and Disco
BBQ and
Cinema
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Saturday
Language and Sailing
Camp
26.07 - 01.08
Residential 1650 CHF
Day Camp 1080 CHF
7 to 17 yo
Sailing fun with a magnificent backdrop!
This camp is for all levels of sailors, from beginners to advanced. Lessons take place on Lake
Geneva which is a truly stunning environment and a pleasure to sail on!
As always our camps are run by qualified and experienced coaches to provide an exciting and
safe experience.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Class
Class
Day Camp Class
Residential Excursion
Class
Class
Departures or
Excursion
Arrivals
Sailing
Sailing
Sailing
Sailing
Sailing
Visit to Lausanne
Volleyball or
Arts and Crafts
Archery or Dance Class or
Table Tennis
Tournament
Pool tournament
or Table Football
Tournament or
Drama Class
Excursion or
Games at the
Centre
Haut-Lac
You’re a Star
Talent Show
Team
Presentation and
Disco
BBQ and Cinema
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Saturday
An exciting new
sport - our
camp is run by
the Coach of the
Swiss National
Team.
Language and
Lacrosse Camp
26.07 - 01.08
Residential 1650 CHF
Day Camp 1080 CHF
7 to 17 yo
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Class
Class
Day Camp Class
Residential Excursion
Class
Class
Departures or
Excursion
Arrivals
Lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse
Visit to Lausanne
Volleyball or
Arts and Crafts
Archery or
Dance Class or
Table Tennis
Tournament
Pool tournament
or Table Football
Tournament or
Drama Class
Excursion or
Games at the
Centre
Haut-Lac
You’re a Star
Talent Show
Team
Presentation and
Disco
BBQ and Cinema
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Saturday
Language and Golf
Camp
Whether you are wanting to start to play
golf or to improve your game, this camp will
provide you with everything you need - top
class instruction and beautiful courses.
02.08 - 08.08
Residential 1650 CHF
Day Camp 1080 CHF
7 to 17 yo
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Class
Class
Day Camp Class
Residential Excursion
Class
Class
Departures or
Excursion
Arrivals
Golf
Golf
Golf
Golf
Golf
Visit to
Lausanne
Volleyball or
Arts and Crafts
Archery or Dance Class or
Table Tennis
Tournament
Pool
tournament or
Table Football
Tournament or
Drama Class
Excursion or
Games at the
Centre
Haut-Lac
You’re a Star
Talent Show
Team
Presentation
and Disco
BBQ and
Cinema
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Saturday
Teen Entrepreneur
26.07 - 01.08 14 to 18 yo
Residential Camp 1980 CHF
Day Camp 1440 CHF
Prepare for
tomorrow today!
In conjunction with our partners
Team Business and Dr. Keith
Weigelt from The Wharton School,
Haut-Lac can offer a range of
dynamic and exciting programmes
which enable students to learn all
the fundamentals of setting up and
running a business.
Dr. Keith Weigelt is a Professor
of Strategy at The Wharton
School and the founder of
Building Bridges to Wealth, an
organisation dedicated to
financial and business literacy
for our youth. He has been
teaching at Wharton for over
24 years.
At the beginning of the programme
students will participate in the Box
programme run by Team Business.
Students are led through an imaginary
6 months in the development of a new
business and are faced with
competition from other student groups
all developing product in the same
market.
Leaders will rise to the surface but
quickly find that team cooperation
tumps individual brilliance.
During the Box
Programme students will
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Receive a business challenge.
• Teams go into management
meetings and develop a
business plan.
• Identify key value and cost
drivers.
• Turn their plan into action
against the clock.
• Market the product to their
customer.
• Measure and analyse their
results on income and cash flow
statements.
• Most critically, they reflect on
what happened and learn from
their mistakes and successes
“Like you, I aim to create a firm foundation from
which students can grow and succeed. I look
forward to forging a partnership founded on the
shared belief that we can do more to educate and
inspire our business-minded students at the
college-prep level.” Dr. Keith Weigelt.
Intensive summer entrepreneurship program taught by Dr. Keith
Weigelt in Switzerland.
After the initial box programme Dr. Weilgelt will enable the students to move forward with a business idea and by the
end of the week students will have achieved the following:
• Envision a new product or business idea.
• Work in teams to develop marketing, competitive, financial, and operational plans.
• Pitch their idea to a group of ‘investors’ who challenge them on their concept and plan.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Box
Programme
Class
Lecture
Class
Class
Departures
Arrivals
Box Programme
Session 1
Visit to Cailler
Chocolate
Factory
Session 2
Final Business
Plan
Introductory
Presentation
Dinner in
Gruyeres
Thermal Baths
Dinner in
Montreux
Planning Session
Presentation of
Business Plans
and Q&A Session
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Exciting,
Fun and
Highly
Relevant!
Computer Camp
05.07 - 08.08
Residential Camp 1750 CHF
Day Camp 1150 CHF
7 to 17 yo
To take the ECDL official exam students need the following:
ECDL Skills Card Basic 85 CHF Advanced 85 CHF
ECDL Inspection Fee Basic 100 CHF Advanced 150 CHF
European
Computer
Driving
License
During a one week programme one
or two modules of the ECDL can be
completed and students receive an
internationally recognised certificate.
The ECDL programme is suitable for anyone
from beginners to advanced.
To enrol on the basic ECDL programme
students need little or no knowledge of
windows.
To enrol on the advanced ECDL programme
students must have completed at least two
ECDL modules or have advanced knowledge
of Office.
Why play games when
you can build your
own!
The Scratch programme teaches students how to take their first steps in the
world of game programming and has been a great success.
In one week students will learn programming skills to enable them to build
and play their own game and understand more about the computer game
industry.
Sunday
Morning
Afternoon
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Computer
Class
Computer
Class
Excursion
Computer
Class
Computer
Class
Departures or
Excursion
Horse-Riding or Swimming or
Adventure Park
or Football
Visit to Bern Zoo, Bear Pit,
Cathedral,
shopping
or Europaparc
Tennis, Squash,
Badminton or
BridgeJumping
or Kayak
or Swimming
Gorge Walk
and visit to the
Cailler
Chocolate
Factory
or Sailing
or Basketball
Visit to
Lausanne
Olympic
Museum
Swimming or
Water Skiing
Shopping
Pool
tournament or
Table Football
Tournament or
Drama Class
Excursion or
Games at the
Centre
Haut-Lac
Your a Star
Talent Show
Team
Presentation
and Disco
BBQ and
Cinema
Arrivées
Haut-Lac
Olympics
Evening
Volleyball or
Arts and Crafts
Archery or Dance Class or
Table Tennis
Tournament
Saturday
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Our Staff
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At Haut-Lac we have a very
high ratio of staff to students
At our maximum capacity we would have
one member of staff for every 5 students.
Haut-Lac started as a
family business and even
though it has grown
significantly since those
early days the family
atmosphere and values
still drive our staff and
our programmes today.
Our staff are young but experienced in their field.
Devoted to working with young people, they are
dynamic, responsible, energetic and enthusiastic.
Their goal is to provide our students with a
positive life experience.
All staff follow a rigorous training programme and
extensive background checks before
commencing their work us.
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House Teams
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Being part of a team immediately
creates a common bond for the
students and friendships will form.
Our House Team system is invaluable to the success of our
programmes.
Each week students are assigned to teams so that each team has an equal number of boys
and girls and an equal mix of age ranges.
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Staff members are divided equally among each team so that right from the first day students
in each team will get to know a lot of staff members very well and the staff will get to know
the students in their team very well. The teams help all students settle in to life at Haut-Lac
quickly and comfortably.
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In terms of organising the students the House Teams enable us to get valuable information
very quickly through daily House Team meetings. Throughout the week students can win
points for their team by participating in the various activities and each week the winning
team receives a prize at the weekly presentation ceremony!
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Health and
Safety
At Haut-Lac we know that the quality of
programme on offer means nothing if all Health
and Safety issues are not fully incorporated into
the daily practices of our staff.
We have worked hard in the areas of
identification of potential hazards, upgrading and
maintenance of equipment, organisational safety
systems, staff training, communication and
administration. This is a continuous process and
is reviewed at least twice a year!
Haut-Lac’s goal is to ensure that the
transport,accommodation and
services we provide are clean and
safe, fit for purpose, comply with the
appropriate legislation and meet or
exceed the core values as set out in
our Code of Practice document.
It is Haut-Lac’s prime aim and
objective to ensure that we adopt
good working practices and comply
with current legislation and we
achieve this through the following
methods:
• Taking every reasonable measure to reduce
the risk of accidents.
• Maintaining a safety management system.
• Ensuring that our services comply wherever
applicable with the current local,national
and/or international standards.
• Maintaining accurate and up to date Health
and Safety records.
• Actively promoting the awareness,continual
assessment and improvement of
operational standards with regards to Health
and Safety among our staff.
• Providing intensive training for staff so they
are able to make informed decisions and
react appropriately in any given situation.
• Regular inspection of equipment and
transport.
• Actively seeking feedback on Health and
Safety issues from our clients and on our
staff performance.
• Maintaining management structures to
ensure consistent implementation of our
Code of Practice and Safety Management
System.
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Gruyères
Switzerland - An Amazing Playground
Geneva
Vevey
Bern
Montreux
The Labyrinth
Lausanne
Haut-Lac
International Camps
www.haut-lac-camp.ch
Téléphone +41 (0) 26 928 4200
E-mail [email protected]