This is the place to be if you want to ride a horse and you are a Girl Scout. They got plenty of both. Mini me and I attended the Girl Scouts Family Camp last weekend at Camp Bette Perot. For $40 we had two night accommodations in an air conditioned cabin--we had the nicest cabin they offer, leader's cabin in the Treehouse (central heat and air, bunk beds, private bath with two showers, SWEEEEET). For $40 more we each received a one-hour horseback ride. If you've ever paid for horseback riding, you know that this is about the price you'd normally pay for one person. Other activities included in the weekend included archery (first time ever and I got a bulls-eye), tye dying (shirt provided), swimming in their large partially shaded pool with swim toys, arts and crafts (I made the coolest leather name tag thingy ever), hiking, kickball, origami, sun catcher making, star gazing and flag ceremonies. The only thing we had to provide were our own sleeping bags and food. Piece 'o' cake...literally. We ate cake most of the weekend. I'm so healthy. Family camp means that all the kids had family members with them. Some mother-daughter, some whole family. It was great fun. The counselors were super. In all honesty I never went to camp as a kid unless you count Girl Scout day camp with ants as big as small mice in Mesquite. And I do not count that. Girl Scouts are known for their reasonably priced camps, and this camp was totally worth every dime! read more

Camp Bette Perot - dining hall at Treehouse - Summer Camps Near Me - Palestine, Texas

My daughter has been there many of years for Girl Scout camp. Always comes home and tells me she wants to go back to camp, she's ready for fun and to make some new memories. This camp offers zip lining, swimming, and archery. This summer will be the 5th year my daughter has attended this camp and has not complained once about it, and she's 15, so anyone with one of them knows how much they can complain. read more

Camp Bette Perot - Summer Camps Near Me - Palestine, Texas

WORST CAMP EVER, counselors were mean and uncaring about homesick kids. The petting zoo was just a fancy name for a pen of rabid animals (especially the goose). The cabins were about to fall apart, and the whole camp was infested with hornets. The food was awful and the water they made you drink had hornet medication in it. Ticks were all over the place, and one even attached itself to my neck. The bathrooms were about 500 ft away from the cabins and were hardly clean. The counselors did nothing and the campers were forced to clean everything (even the bathrooms). The windows which were only just nets with holes all over them let in the swarms of mosquitoes at night, and the cabins had no air conditioning. Never send your kids here unless you want them to be scared for life. read more