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Counselor in Training: Grades 9-12

Gain valuable career experience to become a Busch Gardens® counselor. This week long program offers you a real opportunity to learn from the best. Our expert educators will share their experience and knowledge with you on topics from child development to zoo careers and environmental awareness. You'll complete a specialized orientation and work side by side with our camp counselors during our summer day camp programs.

If you are looking for something fun to do this summer, that will provide you with valuable career experience, then the Busch Gardens® Counselor-in-Training program (CIT) is the summer camp program for you. Here are just some of the experiences you can expect:

  • Meet animals daily, with opportunities to take photos
  • Attend Counselor Clinics
  • Spend time together as a group, making new friends and having fun!
  • Work alongside experienced camp staff, accompanying groups of campers (kindergarten through eighth grade), participating in and assisting with all daily activities

Counselor-in-Training is a week long program which runs Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Camps are fully chaperoned day programs that include the following amenities:

  • Daily lunches, snacks & drinks
  • A Camp T-shirt and a water bottle
  • A complimentary photo with a Busch Gardens® animal ambassador
  • Complimentary admission to Busch Gardens® following camp each day for campers

$260 per camper

$180 each additional week per camper

Extended care is available after camp daily from 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. for $15 per camper per day.