These camps were voted the Best Day Camps in the Bay Area in Bay Area Parent’s 2025 Best of the Best reader poll. Read the full list of winners here.
East Bay
Gold: Monkey Business Camp. Kids at this camp spend most of their time unplugged and outdoors, playing and exploring nature with a diverse group of campers and counselors. Berkeley. monkeybusinesscamp.com.
Gold: Oakland Zoo. Through hands-on exploration, play and community building, campers deepen their connection to themselves, each other and the natural world. Oakland. oaklandzoo.org.
Silver: 3Crosses Church Day Camp. Castro Valley. 3crosses.church/kidscamps.
Bronze: Viva el Espanol. Lafayette. vivaelespanol.org.
Peninsula
Gold: Camp Coyote & Academy @ Kids Connection. STEAM camps with a variety of themes for students in grades one through five. Foster City. kidsconnectionschools.com/elementary/camps-summer-programs/summer-camp/.
Silver: Art Attack! Burlingame. artattack911.com.
Bronze: San Carlos Children’s Theater. San Carlos. sancarloschildrenstheater.com.
San Francisco/Marin
Gold: AcroSports. Camps offer fun-filled weeks of jumping, bouncing, climbing and circus arts for ages 4½ to 12. San Francisco. acrosports.org.
Silver: Pacific Coast Surf Lessons. Bolinas. pacificcoastsurflessons.com.
Bronze: San Francisco Zoo Camp. San Francisco. sfzoo.org.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Resource Area For Teaching – RAFT San Jose. Campers learn and innovate through hands-on STEAM activities taught by credentialed instructors. Multiple locations. raft.net/steam-dream-camp.
Silver: Silver Creek Academy. San Jose. scaasanjose.com.
Bronze: Action Day Schools. Multiple locations. actiondayschools.com/summer-at-action-day.