About an hour south of Chicago, an amazing luxury campground just 5 minutes from Illinois’ most famous state park offers an oasis for the cabin-loving camper.
Join us at Camp Aramoni, a private luxury campground for 3 days full of relaxation and beautiful nature. We’ll stay in hotel-level luxury safari tents, enjoy home-cooked meals and drinks at on-site restaurant The Barn (included in registration!) and wander through Starved Rock State Park, a beautiful natural wonder along the Vermillion River full of spring wildflowers, limestone bluffs, gorgeous waterfalls in 18 canyons and over 13 miles of trails.
Besides hiking and enjoying delicious meals at camp, we’ll also enjoy a charcuterie style lunch along the trail at Starved Rock, before coming back to the cabins and partaking in a happy hour flower pressing workshop led by guides. Participants will get the chance to preserve their favorite spring blooms during the peak of spring flower season. This is how you glamp, baby!
Adventure Rating: Beginner
This trip is rated beginner because of our luxurious accommodations. Hiking at Starved Rock is along well groomed trails. There will be some elevation gain, but should be suitable for the average hiker.
ACTIVITIES
Guided hiking at Starved Rock State Park. With more than 14 miles of hiking trails through canyons and along bluffs, Starved Rock provides some of the best hiking in the whole state.
Professionally cooked restaurant family style meals with your fellow Wanderers every morning and night
Campfire hangs with Camp Aramoni’s special gourmet s’mores kits
Flower pressing activity led by WW guides
ACCOMMODATIONS & LOCATION
We’ll be staying in two large luxury safari-style platform tents. The safari tents come equipped with a covered front porch, heat, A/C, electricity, flush toilet and a shower. Participants will be staying in super comfy bunked beds.
About Starved Rock State Park
Starved Rock State Park, nestled along the Illinois River in La Salle County, stands out as one of the most stunning spots in Illinois. Established as the state's second state park in 1911, it boasts 18 canyons with striking vertical walls of moss-laden St. Peter Sandstone, shaped by glacial meltwater over 14,000 years ago. With over 13 miles of trails, visitors can explore rain-fed waterfalls, sandstone overhangs, and breathtaking viewpoints. The park is rich in diverse plant life, including white and red oaks, maples, hickories, white pines, eastern red cedars, and northern white cedars, all of which provide a habitat for a variety of wildlife. Source: Illinois DNR
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Your registration provides you:
Professional Wander Women guides to help make the trip as seamless and fun as possible
Sleeping accommodations & parking
All meals (breakfasts and dinners at the on-site restaurant, picnic lunch with Wander Women)
Guided interpretive nature hike
A Wanderer swag bag full of goodies
Flower pressing activity & materials
A detailed pre-trip online guide with everything you need to know for your trip
WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED
Participants will be responsible for providing/paying for:
Transportation to/from trip (we always encourage carpooling and can connect you with other participants to ride with!) and trip activity locations
State park entrance fees
INVESTMENT
$625
PAYMENT PLAN
We offer payment plans for all our trips, so you can pay a deposit now and the rest over time! WeTravel (our booking platform) easily lets you make a downpayment (this is also your non-refundable trip deposit!) and set up automatic payments for the remainder. For the payment plan schedule, just check the WeTravel page for details. There is NO fee for choosing the payment plan option!
Deposit for this trip: $315