San Antonio and the hill country area is filled with wonderful traditional summer camps. The point of these camps is to keep kids active, healthy, and engaged during summer. While summer may look different for many families due to the coronavirus, many camps in San Antonio are creating virtual online spaces for campers to engage. Here’s a list of the best online summer camps for kids and teens.

Here are the 2020 Best Virtual Summer Camps in San Antonio.

ID Tech Virtual Camp

ID Tech Virtual Camp is completely structured and comes with live instruction, some of the most competitive curriculum, and a guaranteed week of learning. Campers will get to learn Java, Roblox, Adobe, 3D modeling, and much more. Students can even receive individualized instruction since there are only 5 campers per teacher. ID Tech Virtual is even offering $100 off of registration by using the code TOGETHER at check out.

Varsity Tutor Virtual Summer Camp

Varsity Tutoring Virtual camps are for kids from ages 5-15 years old. Varsity offers plenty of virtual, week-long summer camps where kids can make recycled art, create a LEGO movie, investigate a mystery, study theatre, and more. Each camp is a week-long, 5 days a week, for an hour a day. The best thing about Varsity Tutor Virtual Summer Camps is that they’re 100% free.

Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas Camp

Summer Camp in a Box is a five-week summer camp alternative for students K-12 who are looking for a nontraditional way to do some fun traditional girl scout activities. Activities include online flag ceremonies, table talks, campfire sing-alongs, and plenty of opportunities to work hard for a new girl scout badge. Each week, campers will get a box of supplies for activities that relate to the week’s girl scout theme.

Boy Scout Virtual Camp

For campers entering 1st through 5th grade next year, the Boy Scouts have created a fun, free, online program! Live, virtual camps will be on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 1 – 2 pm. There will also be rank-specific adventures to choose from, online, Monday through Friday, from 8 am to 8 pm. There is no registration fee, all activities are free!

SAC Virtual Summer Camps

San Antonio College summer camps offer at least 5 different class options for each elementary schooler, middle schooler, and high schooler that’s interested in signing up. Elementary kids can learn beginning ballet and jazz while middle schoolers can take fairytale lessons and learn to cook. High schoolers can learn SAC teen leadership among many other things. Registration is completely free!

St. Mary’s Summer Camps

St. Mary’s offers plenty of fun and exciting virtual summer camps that are designed to inspire and inform their campers. Campers can learn Robotics, Java, volleyball, musical theatre and much more. Most of St. Mary’s San Antonio virtual camps are for middle school or high school students, while some (like VolleyTots) are for younger kids.

Zoo Your Own Adventure Camp

Zoo Your Own Adventure is a great San Antonio virtual summer camp to attend. Campers will get to experience all the fun of a zoo summer camp from the comfort of home. Campers can also choose from plenty of exclusive live and interactive videos with animals, zoo workers, and other campers. If your kids are looking for an animal-centered fun and interactive camp that combines education and experience, this is a great camp to look into.

Nature of Art Summer Camp

Southwest School of Art and the San Antonio River Foundation are excited to offer the third year of Nature of Art Summer Camp will be virtual this year and focuses on allowing campers to have one on one interactions with talented artists over Google Classrooms. The camp will also supply kits for kids upon registration. Nature of Art campers will get to come to Confluence Park and will be safely, socially-distantly distributed. This summer camp is free and has limited space. So if you’re interested, sign up quickly.