Zombie Survival Camp

Zombie Survival Camp is a purpose-built adult camp in the sports & fitness lane, based in New Jersey. This is not a retreat center with a camp theme bolted on; the format is a weekend-length sleepaway with programmed activities, communal meals, and the deliberate structure of a real summer camp, aimed squarely at grown-ups.

The tongue-in-cheek New Jersey camp where adults learn genuinely useful apocalypse skills: crossbow and knife throwing, first aid, bug-out bags, firearms with NRA-certified instructors, and the house martial art 'Zombitsu.' The site and Facebook presence have gone quiet, so current operations could not be confirmed. A similarly themed weekend runs at YMCA Camp Bernie in October 2026.

The experience

Practical picture: the format is day and weekend overnight camps on a 60-acre training site. A short sleepaway is the most forgiving on-ramp into camp life, and this one follows that playbook: a couple of nights in, all logistics handled. This is an adults-only environment: no kids programming, no family sessions mixed in.

Cost

Published pricing: roughly $150 (day) to $400+ (weekend) USD historically. That puts it at the affordable end of the adult camp market, where most all-inclusive weekends land between $400 and $1,000. Confirm what the price actually covers. Camps in this dataset differ on whether lodging, meals, and transport are bundled, and that swings the true cost more than the ticket price does.

Where and when

The venue is in Whiting (Pine Barrens), New Jersey. Season and dates, as best we can verify: historically spring/fall weekends; recent dates unconfirmed (a separate YMCA Camp Bernie 'Zombie Survival Training Camp' runs Oct 23-25, 2026).