Discover Nature’s Playground at Welchman Hall Gully!

Let your kids step into a world of wonder and adventure! From our Back to Nature Camp to fun-filled Education Tours, Welchman Hall Gully has endless excitement for children of all ages.

What’s in store?

  • Back to Nature Camp: This is the year your child discovers the beauty and magic of nature!

  • School Tours: Perfect for all ages—explore, learn, and grow! For details, contact Debbie Branker at welchmanhallgully@gmail.com or (246) 234-9960.

  • Adventure Park: Climb, explore, and conquer in our outdoor adventure paradise.

  • Animals, Birthday Parties & More: From cuddly critters to epic birthday celebrations, we’ve got it all!

Ready for the adventure? Join us for a day of fun, learning, and nature at its best - Discover more below!

A group of children and adults walking along a paved trail in a lush, green forest during daytime.

Camps

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Camps 〰️

Group of children playing and posing in a lush green outdoor setting with plants, some lying on a blue tarp, others standing and raising their hands in excitement, smiling and having fun.
Group of children and an adult planting or gardening outdoors on a grassy area with trees and a dirt path in the background.

Activities include but are not limited to:

  • Environmental games

  • Hikes

  • Nature activities

  • Environmental art

  • Collecting snails

  • Roasting marshmallows

  • Tour outside the gully

Young boy standing outdoors, lighting a small fire using sticks and stones on a concrete surface surrounded by lush green plants.
Two young girls in a forest, one in the foreground holding a branch and smiling, and another in the background about to cross a log bridge.

Back To Nature Camps

Let this camp be the camp your child falls in love with nature. They will discover its wonders, its smells, its feels, and get excited about being part of it. The key is allowing for a close relationship to develop between children and nature before they are willing to protect it. Welchman Hall Gully offers a unique place for young people to explore nature in a safe environment.

Limited space available (maximum of 30 campers per week)

Winter Camp 2025 - Dates

  • December 15th - December 19th, 2025

Cost: $300Bds ($150US) per week with sibling discounts on request. Four day camp $240Bds ($120US) Hot lunches are extra 10Bds ($5US) per day

Contact 234-9960 for more details.

Camp T shirts $25Bds ($12.50 US)  

Time: 9 am to 2.30 pm (drop off from 8.30 am)

Ages: 4 to 12 years old

Interested in signing up your child? Simply fill out the contact form found below!

School & Nature Programme

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School & Nature Programme 〰️

Four schoolchildren in uniforms standing outdoors near a log, engaging in a conversation.
Group of children sitting at a table outdoors, engaged in reading and writing activities in a lush, green environment.
Group of children and adults walking along a trail in a dense, green jungle.

Educational School Tours and Nature Programme

In the summer of 2008, the Educational School Tours and Nature Programme was launched. It was part-funded by a kind donation from Dieter Mennekes, a Germany businessman. He paid for a gazebo (open air class room) and nursery for native plant restoration. The response was great from the schools that participated.

The students are given a guided tour through the gully, followed by a hands on nature based activity. Most of the students stay on for lunch to relax and enjoy their surroundings.

Welchman Hall Gully offers children the perfect environment to explore and discover nature. Today the environment is often portrayed as needing protecting, or a dangerous place, or as some far off distant place. In all those cases, it does nothing for children to love and appreciate nature, something many adults just did naturally growing up. The Nature Programme at the Gully puts the fun and enjoyment back into nature by letting children explore and discover the world around before they start worrying about protecting it.


Schools

An educational tour is provided by Welchman Hall Gully for 45 minutes followed by a 30-minute nature activity designed to coincide with what the students are learning in the classroom.

For more information email welchmanhallgully@gmail.com.



Birthday Parties

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Birthday Parties 〰️

Two young boys smiling and holding a red plate with a birthday cake on it, at an outdoor gathering with children and adults.
Young girl with blonde hair wearing a bright yellow dress with a cartoon cat face, sitting on a swing in a wooded area with green foliage.
Three children, two girls and one boy, in a dense forest environment standing on a muddy path surrounded by green foliage.
A young boy with brown hair smiling, giving a thumbs up, and holding onto a tree in a forest setting with dense green foliage.

Birthday Parties at the Gully

  • Party groups up to 50 people including adults and children is $150Bds. This includes use of the gazebo, chairs and table, the adventure park and access to Welchman Hall Gully.

  • Extra activities are off-trail hiking, camp fire for roasting marshmallows and hot dogs and a treasure hunt.

  • Each additional activity is $50Bds

To find out more about birthday parties at the Gully contact Debra Branker on 234 9960, email: welchmanhallgully@gmail.com or simply use our Contact button below!

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Adventure Park

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Adventure Park 〰️

Children playing outside near a wooden shelter in a forested area with trees and plants.
Three children playing on a rope balance beam in a lush, tropical forest with green foliage.
Young girl with blonde hair in a pink long-sleeve shirt and blue polka dot pants sliding down a rope in a lush forest.
A young boy sitting on a swing tied to a tree in a forest, smiling and giving a thumbs-up.

The Adventure Park was installed in the summer of 2016. It makes the Gully an even more exciting place for children to visit!

We have a kid friendly zip line which is about 80 feet long, a swing rope, tight rope and a tree house to chill out in.

There is a picnic table in the centre of the Adventure Park so adults can watch the children play while they relax, try some of our lovely fish cakes and enjoy a cold beer.

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Domestic Animals

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Domestic Animals 〰️

A person in a black shirt and jeans is feeding chickens and ducks on a forest pathway, with lush greenery around.
Three guinea fowl standing on a dirt surface near a puddle, with green foliage in the background.
A flock of ducks and geese gathered on the ground outdoors at night, with some water and rocks visible.
Two dogs sitting outdoors near a tree in a wooded area.

Domestic & Farm Animals at the Gully

All the birds love to be fed by hand as it seems their life work is food.

Chickens

There is no shortage of chickens or “yard fowls” as they are known in Barbados. Yard fowls are now becoming a thing of the past.

Once common in households for eggs, commercial chickens are becoming the norm now days.

These birds are quite smart, opportunists and a bit destructive, but fun to have around.

Guinea Fowl

Originally from Africa and not very common here, or once were on the sugar plantation, they are now part of the Gully family of birds. The species mating for life, or are serially monogamas. Here we have one male and 3 females. They are considered great watch dogs, by making a racket when strangers are around. You will often see the male guinea fowl pecking at chrome bumpers as if telling off his image.

Ducks

Not sure the origin of these ducks as they originally just wondered in and decided to make here their home.

Dogs

This is KD and Dusty, sisters and pets of the director of Welchman Hall Gully. If you see them, she is not far way.

Teddy Bear is the newest dog to join the family. All of the dogs come home everyday with the director.