Young Life Adult Guest Program at the Malibu Club

Adult Guests

Adult guests generally stay in the Harbour House, a floating guest accommodation comprised of 5 guest suites, a communal kitchen upstairs, and a communal lounge on the main floor. The Harbour House is adjacent to the Sequoia Club Room, and faces the Inner Harbour area of camp to provide an excellent vantage point to view the campers' free-time in full swing. Each of the five rooms has a private washroom with a shower and basic hotel amenities.  Additional rooms are available on the Suivoolot Deck and offer similar accommodations.

Adult Guest Hosts

The Adult Guest Hosts usually stay in a one-bedroom suite that has a private washroom with shower and basic hotel amenities on the Suivoolot deck, which is the third floor above Main Street. The Suivoolot deck has a communal lounge with kitchenette. 

Medical Volunteers

The medical volunteers and their immediate family will stay in one of the two bedroom suites that has a private washroom with shower and basic hotel amenities on the Suivoolot deck, the third floor above Main Street. The infirmary is located on Main Street. The Suivoolot deck has a communal lounge with kitchenette. 

Yacht Hosts

The Yacht Hosts stay in one of our original cabins called Sioux that overlooks the Inner Harbour to be able to see any boat traffic arriving at the dock for a tour. It has an ensuite washroom with shower and basic hotel amenities and a private outdoor deck.

There are two options for getting to the Malibu Club.

1. Boat

2. Float Plane

Malibu is accessible only by water and there are no roads. 

Travelling by Boat

For those arriving by boat, follow the directions of the three steps to get to Malibu. 

1. Take a ferry from Horseshoe Bay Terminal just north of Vancouver.  Take the Horseshoe Bay to Langdale/Sunshine Coast Terminal.

2. Drive Langdale to Egmont - destination Malibu Landing.

3. Board the Princess or Water Taxi which will take you to Malibu.

Your assigned vessel and departure time will be sent to you via email within 10 days prior to your arrival.

Travelling by Float Plane

Kenmore Air from Lake Washington in Seattle is the only option of an existing scheduled flight directly to Malibu Club in the Princess Louisa Inlet. You may book flights by visiting their website linked above or by calling (866) 435-9524.   They will be requiring a minimum of 4 passengers for any flights to the Malibu Club and those flights only service camp on our actual camp arrival and departure dates.

All other providers (Harbour Air, Sunshine Coast Air, Tofino Air) will be charters to reach Malibu Club in the Princess Louisa Inlet. Harbour Air has seasonal flights to the BackEddy marina (next door to the Malibu Landing) in Egmont where you could spend the night before then connect with the Princess departure the first day of camp. 

Please note the Princess departs at 1:00 PM from the Malibu Landing unless otherwise specified.  

Crossing the US - Canada Border

In order to enter Canada, you will need:

• passport, enhanced driver’s license, NEXUS, or passport card

In order to re-enter the US, you will need:

• passport, enhanced driver’s license, NEXUS, or passport card (passport book required for air travel, passport card will not suffice)

Once you have determined your main mode of travel to camp (boat or chartered float plane), please submit your travel plans so that we can arrange the correct number of vessels for the travel day.

If you are still unsure of how to go about tackling your travel plans, feel free to call the Malibu Office we'll talk you through the process as well as your best options depending on your home location.

Communication Infrastructure at Camp

Due to the remote location, communication in and out of camp is very limited. Please let us know if you will need to discuss prior to your arrival any imperative phone use needs you have. 

Activities

On a day-to-day basis, you will be given the opportunity to observe as well as participate in Young Life's unique ministry with High School students. You will have the opportunity to

• Observe evening Club meetings and participate as a judge in some of the program events

• Observe Young Life's wild and creative entertainment and program

• Participate in our many activity options, including skiing/wakeboarding

• Observe Young Life's leaders interacting with teenagers grappling with questions and searching for answers

• Interact with Young Life staff who not only verbally share but also demonstrate the message of God's love to kids

Schedule

The Young Life assigned Program team will set the daily schedule for the campers, and the rest of life in camp revolves around that program. Generally, the schedule will include 3 meals a day, an activity in the morning with camp, free time and Club at night. 

The full week schedule will be posted in the Adult Guest Lounges. Adult Guests will be guided by their Hosts through the days' activities and will often join in. There will also be scheduled times for the adult guest program participants to experience some of the "cabin activities" that the campers do, like the Ropes Challenge Course or the Giant Swing.

Meals

The dining room volunteers serve three meals a day in the incomparable Sechelt Dining Room, cantilevered over the Malibu Rapids at the mouth of the Princess Louisa Inlet. Adult Guests eat together alongside their Hosts at the same time as the campers to be able to enjoy the energy and program provided for them.  Meals are served family style at set times and are full meals.

Any special diets to address health concerns can be reported on the Online Health Form (section below).

Stores

Throughout the day, our retail department will have some of the stores open. The schedules vary and are determined by the camper activity schedule.

• The Trader is our clothing and gift shop

• The Inn is our ice cream parlour and snack shop

• Hamilton's Standard is our coffee shop

• The Bead Hut is our crafts and beads shop

All major credit cards are accepted in all areas of camp.

Health Care

For US residents, since you will be in a different country, any US medical insurance will not be able to be direct billed at Canadian medical facilities. If something were to happen and you needed to leave Malibu for required medical assistance at a hospital or clinic in Canada, you will need to pay for the services up-front and then submit those bills to your insurance company for reimbursement. Please contact your insurance company if you have questions about what your insurance will cover outside of your home country. It is highly advisable to get travel insurance anytime you leave your home country, check with your insurance company to see if you are already covered for international travel or whether you need extra coverage.

Smoking is allowed only in one designated smoking area. All Young Life camps are dry properties and no alcoholic beverages, drugs or vapes/e-cigarettes are allowed.

You may leave the camp number and email with those who may need to contact you in the case of an emergency, (778) 331-7944 and malibuclub@malibu.younglife.org.

We suggest you bring:

• casual clothes

• a warm sweater or sweatshirt

• good rubber soled walking shoes

• a bathing suit

• a rain jacket

• one casual dress-up outfit

• theme outfit (There will be one night when the kids get dressed up in a themed outfit for a program event, your Hosts will let you know closer to your arrival what that theme will be. Adult Guests are highly encouraged to join in the fun.)

All linens and a small set of amenities are provided.  Laundry facilities are not available. 

Everyone on site at the Malibu Club must have a completed Young Life Health and Consent Release form online. The health form is extremely important and each adult guest must fill one out online as an individual. Couples may not submit one for both people as a whole, it must be completed for each person in the couple individually.

Information that will assist you in completing the form:

• You will need to click “Create an Account” if this is your first time using the Online Health Form.

• Select the "Don't have a registrant ID" button if you are asked for a registrant ID or access code. 

• If you have done an Online Health Form with Young Life before, then you will sign in with the credentials that you created for yourself the first time. Then you can click "Copy" on a form that is already completed in your "My Forms" list.

• You will need to fill one out for every member of your family who will be on property at any point. It is not one per couple. When you've completed one, you can then go to My Forms at the top right of the page and select the icon that looks like two pieces of paper to copy that completed form.

  • You can only copy completed forms. You will still need to re-input some items when you copy a form if it is for another individual. Watch the Date of Birth thing, it can be a tricky one.

• You will need your YL Area Number to complete it. Your initial acceptance email has your mission unit noted.

• Select the camp dates that mirror those indicated at the start of your acceptance email.

• Any fields that you feel are not pertinent to you, leave them blank.

  • If there is an item that is required that is left blank, it will tell you when you reach the end. Then you can go back and find all the fields that are pink and red and select or fill out the appropriate answers

  • Pro-Tip!! You can fill out the first portion with your area and guest type, then you can click Submit right away at the bottom of the left. That will make all the required fields pink and red, then you can go back and see what is required.

• Do not get a physician’s signature.

• Please select Guest Type: Adult Guest

• Do NOT print this form. Simply finish it to completion online and we will be able to access it.

• If you are having technical difficulties with the online form, you can call the Young Life Help Desk at 877-957-2435 for assistance.