Things To Do With Your Kids: Camping At Sundance Lodges

Jul 7, 2021

3 min read

Camping with little kids is an adventure. Depending on your level of comfort and expertise it can either be a breeze or an absolute nightmare, and a lot of how the experience turns out depends on where you go.

In the last two years, we’ve gone camping with the kids three times. This hardly makes us seasoned veterans, but what I can tell you is I’ve learned what makes for a good camping experience as opposed to a bad one, and with that in mind I can confidently say Sundance Lodges is a good camping experience.

Located in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, Sundance Lodges offers adventure accommodation in beautiful canvas tipis, comfortable trapper’s tents and unserviced campsites. You’ll be off the grid and disconnected from city life but connected with the outdoors.

Tipi at Sundance Lodges

Just down the road from Kananaskis Village and Nakiska Ski area, Sundance Lodges is settled right into the forest. We travelled with my sister-in-law, her husband and twin boys and were able to have sites that were right across from each other, but still very private. We both stayed in trappers tents, which makes this trip more of a “glamping” experience than a hardcore camping one, but for that I was grateful. With beds, heaters and protection from the rain (which we got on our last day) these tents make the perfect home for your stay.

Sundance Lodges has a store that supplies you with everything you could need, literally. Jane and I forgot our pillows for the trip and the store had some we could rent! They serve hot coffee in the morning and sell basic groceries and gifts. Additionally, they have hot showers and flush toilets that are free to use and stunning views like this from the parking lot.

Being right in the heart of Kananaskis, Sundance Lodges has all sorts of activities either on-site or close by. Everything from hiking, to mountain biking, river rafting, golfing, rock climbing and tons more.

The cost of Sundance Lodges depends largely on what accommodations you’re booking and what time of year you are booking. We stayed mid-week in June and paid about $100 a night for the trapper’s tent.

We had lots of questions going in about how hot the heater in the trappers tent would get and if we’d need extra clothes at night, especially for the kids. Daytime temperatures got to the high 20s while we were there and nighttime temperatures got between 10-15 degrees and I can confidently say we did not need extra clothes. Our heater got HOT. I ended up sleeping in just my underwear (TMI?) and was still hot. A family we met down the road didn’t use their heater and they were just fine.

Overall, I highly recommend the experience at Sundance Lodges. It’s higher priced than other options but offers a piece of mind that you can’t pay enough for when it comes to camping with little kids.