BENEFITS OF CAMPING

1. Camping helps with problem solving

Sometimes camping and its associated activities present you with challenges. Often these are
challenges that you don’t deal with on a daily basis: where and how to set up your tent; or how to
deal with scenarios where you aren’t armed with all your mod-cons or items of familiarity. In
addition, camping introduces you to new experiences – perhaps an activity you’d always wanted to
try but never found time for. Whatever the case, new challenges and experiences keep your brain
healthy, as they force you to think for yourself.

2. Camping helps you sleep better

There’s another important reason why camping is good for your health, and if you suffer from
lack of sleep you should be paying particular attention. It’s all to do with the increased use of
artificial light in our daily lives and the fact that camping can help us to adjust to the natural light-
dark cycle if we're given that chance. Receiving adequate sleep has long been touted as critical to
our overall health and wellbeing.

3. Camping makes you happier

That’s right – camping goes a long way to improving your mood. It’s all to do with serotonin,
that wonderful chemical our body produces that helps to make us happy. We’ve already touched on
some factors that help the body create serotonin: more sunlight, more oxygen, and increased
physical activity. And when you’re camping, you’re likely to tick all these boxes. Happy days!

4. Encourages an Appreciation for Nature

How can you not appreciate nature when camping? Some campsites offer views that are
breathtaking and inspiring. Without television, electronic devices and even electricity, we can learn
to take in all the sights and sounds of nature. We appreciate its beauty and wonder. In turn, we care
more about protecting it!

Camping gives families the opportunity to appreciate the beauty and wonder of nature!

5. Fosters a Healthy Lifestyle

Studies have shown that being outside improves health, physical and mental. In addition, being
relaxed and forgetting about the worries of the world, can also help a person improve their
physical health. Lastly, camping often involves some form of exercise, and we all know that
being physically active helps improve mental and physical health!

6. Stress reduction

Leave the overbooked scheduling at home. When you’re camping, there’s no place to be at a
certain time, and there’s nothing interrupting you or competing for your attention. The natural
outcome of this type of setting is stress reduction and relaxation like you can’t find anywhere else.