2025 Camp Prices
Tuition is $375 per camper, per week, plus 6% KY sales tax. In order to reserve a spot, you must pay 50% of the registration cost ($187.50) which includes a non-refundable $50 registration fee. The remaining balance is due on May 1, 2025. We offer a monthly payment plan option if you would like to pay the balance off over time.
Additional Camp Options
Bus Transportation
The bus location is in the back of Ballard High School (6000 Brownsboro Rd, 40222) between the baseball and football fields. There is a $30/camper fee for using the bus for the week.
- Buses depart Ballard at 9:15 am, so please arrive around 9am for check-in with your counselor.
- Buses arrive back to Ballard at 3:15 pm.
Car Riders
- Morning carpool is from 8:45 am-9:15 am at Camp Hi-Ho. We will email you information regarding drop-off procedures for the morning. As you enter Camp Hi-Ho, you will be directed to drop your campers off with their counselors as you circle around the front parking lot.
- In the afternoon, there are two pick-up times: Last names A-L need to be picked up at 2:50 pm, and last names M-Z need to be picked up at 3:10 pm.
Photo Package
- This includes 8+ full-size images of your camper and all the fun he/she is having! We use Waldo Photos, a service that uses facial recognition to identify and text photos directly to you! You then have the ability to save the photos, print them or post them to social media. $55/camper/week.
Lunch & Snack Shack
- Lunch is $55/week/camper and includes chicken nuggets, pizza, sandwiches and grilled hotdogs. Each day we serve a side of chips, cheese stick, fruit pouch, GoGurt, pudding and a drink. More detailed information can be found on our Lunch Page.
- You can add money to the “Camp Store” on your account so your camper can purchase snacks throughout the day. We offer a variety of snacks, drinks, ice cream, snow cones, and candy.
Merchandise
We have a variety of Hi-Ho gear on our online shop. You can also purchase items on your account and we’ll pass them out to your camper on the Monday of their camp session!
Non-Structured Activities
It’s true, campers are not told which activities to participate in or for how long at Camp Hi-Ho. If your camper loves fishing and swimming, why force her to do arts & crafts? We focus on giving our campers the freedom to make their own choices! We do encourage all campers to give everything a try because it’s all fun, safe, and healthy, but we don’t force them to participate in activities they have no interest in. We offer a variety of fun activities, and children of all ages and backgrounds will find many exciting things to do at Camp Hi-Ho while meeting new friends! We place our staff members at each activity to ensure your children are supervised and safe while getting to exercise their freedom.
Groups
Camp Hi-Ho is a non-structured, independent-play-focused camp. So what does that mean when it comes to groups? From an administrative standpoint, it allows us to keep everyone organized and checked in and out each day. This also helps to make sure that our camper to counselor ratios stay as low as possible. Lower ratios ensure the safety of each camper that comes to our camp, and increases the fun for everyone involved! We say this to let you know that our groups are not meant to keep any camper from playing with anyone. In fact, once they are checked in and arrive at camp, it is complete and total freedom (with a little chaos as they sprint down to the lake to be the first ones on the blob). We are all about fun, freedom, and safety and our groups allow us to achieve these goals. With all of this in mind, know that there is no need to request that your child be in a group with someone else because all children play together at Camp Hi-Ho.
Junior Hi-Ho
[4-year-olds: Required. 5-year-olds: Optional. $50 fee] Junior Hi-Ho is a group consisting only of 4-5-year-olds who haven’t attended Camp Hi-Ho before and are not quite ready for the complete freedom that Hi-Ho offers. Junior Hi-Ho has a lower camper-to-staff ratio (about 8:1) and the campers stick with their counselor all day. We encourage all returning 5-year-olds to choose the Blue Group and not Junior High-Ho. This group is guided by a trained, dedicated counselor who will lead the group from activity to activity. This will give those campers who need extra assurance and encouragement an opportunity to experience the excitement Camp Hi-Ho has to offer, but with more structure and supervision.
Blue Group
[5-6-year-olds] This is our youngest and most nurtured group. “Blue Groupers” enjoy every activity at camp, so don’t worry, your camper will be able to participate in anything he/she is willing to try. We keep our ratios low (approximately 8:1 – 10:1) to ensure these campers are having fun at camp. This group is also good for first-timers who want to jump into a camp experience and hit the ground running.
Red Group
[7-8-year-olds] Always our most rambunctious group, Red Group campers are the life of the party. It might be their sense of entitlement after coming to Hi-Ho previous years, or the age they possess, but whatever “it” is, these kids are ready for a nap come 3:15 pm (and so are we)!
Green Group
[9-10-year-olds] These kiddos are ‘”mature” but still enjoy every activity Camp Hi-Ho has to offer, even if they’ve come the past four years. This stuff never gets old!
Yellow Group
[11-12-year-olds] This group consists of our oldest and most seasoned campers. They hold a special place in our hearts because they have typically been to camp for multiple years and are ready to help the younger campers learn the ropes. Even though they are the oldest, the yellow groupers still have a ton of fun at Camp Hi-Ho and enjoy our activities.
Counselor Groups
We employ approximately 80 counselors and CITs, making our camper-to-counselor ratio around 6:1. Campers are assigned one counselor in their group based on their color group and transportation method. Campers check-in and check-out with their counselor every morning, in the afternoon for lunch, and at the end of the day for dismissal. If your camper comes with a friend, and they are assigned different counselors, the ONLY time they will be separated will be at check-in times.
We try to separate our buses by age group and each camper must ride the bus to and from camp with their counselor. Campers are required to ride the bus to camp, eat lunch, and ride the bus back with their counselor. We require this for safety and organization! While at camp, kids are free to hang out with anyone they please, no matter their age or counselor.