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175 Perfect Camping Captions for 2023

For many camping is a way of life and what they are always looking forward to. Or maybe this is your first time out. Or somewhere in between. Either way, you might have an amazing camping picture that you want to share. In this list of the best camping captions we have gathered you will find the perfect one for you.

If you are looking for funny camping captions, camping captions for Instagram, or camping puns we have you covered.

We even have a list of camping quotes for Instagram for those times that someone else said it best first. If quotes are what you want head to our list of Camping Quotes. Then check out our list of Adventure Captions.

We have done most of our camping in western Canada which has some amazing camping spots including in Tofino, Squamish, Lake O’Hara, Lillooet Lake, Grasslands National Park, Cypress Hills and Drumheller.

So whether you are camping in an RV park, trying out van life, tenting in a National Park or getting away from it all by heading out into the wilderness, here you will find the perfect camping Instagram captions in our list.

Jump ahead to your favourite category or just start scrolling to find your favourite caption about camping.

Camping Captions

Here are a few of our favourite camping captions.

  • Welcome to the camp
  • Camp more worry less
  • It’s all good in the woods
  • Camp is my second home
  • Good things come to those who camp
A tent on a field with trees and a camping captions that reads good things come to those who camp
  • Camping hair, don’t care
  • Make time for the great outdoors
  • Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt
  • To be whole is to be camping
  • Call in sick, turn off your phone, and go camping
  • Embracing my inner nature lover
  • What’s that sound? Silence? Oh yeah, I’m camping
  • Camping is not a luxury, it’s a necessity
  • I feel most alive in the trees
Trees silhouetted with tree captions
  • Camping we will go!
  • Got stress? Go camping
  • Weekend forecast: Camping
  • Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy a camper, which is kind of the same thing
  • What happens in the camper, stays in the camper
  • Camp more worry less
  • Life’s short – pitch the tent
  • Nothing beats birds for a wake-up call

Camping Instagram Captions

Or maybe you are looking for camping captions for Instagram. These camping Instagram captions are perfect for your next post and your followers will love them.

  • Camping is therapy
  • Home is where you park it
An RV in the trees with a camping Instagram captions that reads home is where you park it.
RV at the Wild Pacific Campground in Ucluelet, BC
  • Coffee first, adventure second
  • Real freedom lies in wilderness, not civilization
  • Good things come to those who camp
  • Let’s sleep under the stars
  • Follow me to the campground
  • Warning: Lack of camping may cause irritability and sadness
  • Work fills pockets, camping fills the soul
  • I feel big until I get to the mountains.
Woman hiking towards mountains
  • Time spent camping isn’t time spent, it’s invested
  • Living that camping life
  • Camp. Explore. Dream. Discover
  • To be whole is to be camping
  • Every season is camping season
  • It’s all good in the woods
  • Sleeping in the open air, don’t care
  • Living that camping life
  • Getting dirty in the woods cleanses my soul

Campfire Captions

Who doesn’t love sitting about the campfire when camping? These campfire captions are great for campfire pics. Head to our list of Fire Captions for more.

  • Cold air. Dark night. Warm fire. Bright stars.
  • Camp fire legend
  • Camping rules. Stare in the fire. Listen to the birds.
  • Life is better around the campfire
A campfire at sunset with a campfire captions that reads life is better around the campfire
  • There’s no sadness a good campfire story can’t fix
  • Sharing s’mores and campfire stories
  • Gather round my campfire
  • Sometimes, the embers are better than the campfire
  • I’m ready for green grass, warm days and campfire nights
  • Life’s better when you add fresh air and a warm campfire
  • Wood you please start a fire?
  • Nothing can hold a kindle to a warm campfire
  • All’s fire in love and camping
  • Every hour is golden hour around the campfire
  • Life is better around the campfire

Funny Camping Captions

A little humour is always a good idea. If you are looking for funny camping captions this section is for you. Check out our lists of Funny Hiking Captions, Funny Sunset Captions, Funny Birthday Captions, Funny Couple Captions, Funny Selfie Captions, Funny Winter Captions, Funny Spring Captions, Funny Summer Captions, Funny Fall Captions, and Funny Travel Captions.

Camping is always the answer

Where there’s smoke there’s dinner

I camp wait to sleep under the stars!

What happens at camp stays at camp

Born to camp. Forced to work.

person standing behind tent at sunset with a funny camping captions that reads - born to camp forced to work
  • I don’t need therapy, I just need to go camping
  • I googled my symptoms. Turns out, I need to go camping
  • What happens at the campsite, stays at the campsite
  • Going camping, be back never if I can help it
  • Weekend forecast: camping, with a side of drinking
  • I love camping. And by camping, I mean drinking outside
  • Weekend forecast: camping, with a side of drinking
  • Camping hair, don’t care
  • Always hike with someone in worse shape than you. The bears out there will know.
Three people hiking in front of a lake with a funny hiking quote that reads always hike with someone in worse shape than you, the bears out there will know.
  • What happens at the campsite, stays at the campsite.
  • Going camping, be back never if I can help it.
  • I don’t need therapy – I have a tent
  • Weekend forecast: Camping
  • I need my alone pine
  • Camping is the answer. Who cares what the question is!
  • What happens in the tent, stays in the tent
  • Coffee drinker with a camping problem

Camping Puns Captions

Or maybe you are looking for a good pun. This list has some great camping pun captions.

  • Camping is In-tents
  • The s’more the merrier
  • Campers have s’more fun
Marshmellow on a stick over a fire with a funny camping captions that reads campers have s'more fun
  • Let’s go camping — try not to s’more
  • Relax! You’re too tents.
  • Camping? Alpaca my tent!
  • Our camping trips get a little in-tents
  • I could go camping forest of my life!
  • Camping: like many of the best things in life, it’s tree
  • RV there yet?
  • I’m trying to mount-ain my distance
Woman hiking down steep hill to lake with funny hiking puns
  • For all in-tents and purposes, camping is just sleeping outside!
  • I camp believe you’ve never slept in a tent!
  • Relax! You’re too tents
  • It camp get any better than this
  • Let’s go camping, just for the hill of it

Short Captions for Camping

Sometimes short and sweet is the way to go. Find your favourite short captions for camping here.

  • Happy campers
  • Stay wild
  • Camp life
  • Camping vibes
Tent and night sky with short captions for camping
  • Happy camping
  • Gone campin’
  • Happy campers!!
  • Feelin’ wild
  • Camping > Home
  • Take me camping
  • Lost in the woods
  • I’m most alive among the tall trees
man walking on path through tall trees with short caption about trees saying I am most alive among the tall trees on top
  • Camping time y’all
  • Born to camp
  • Let’s get toasted!
  • Addicted to adventures
  • Camping = therapy

Cute Captions for the Next Time You Camp

These are our favourite cute camping captions. Check out our list of Cute Captions.

  • Let’s sleep under the stars
  • Camping is my favorite season
  • Making memories one campsite at a time
  • Coffee drinker with a camping problem
  • Living that camping life
A tent in the trees with a cute camping captions that reads living that camping life
  • There’s no wi-fi in the mountains, but you’ll find no better connections
  • Camp. Explore. Dream. Discover
  • Getting used to falling asleep with the stars
  • Live, laugh, love, camp
  • Camp, rinse, repeat
  • Work fills pockets, camping fills the soul
  • The lake is calling. I must go.
Trees reflecting on a lake at sunset with a Lake Captions for Instagram that reads The lake is calling. I must go.
  • I camp to burn off the crazy!
  • Camp is my second home
  • Checked into the 5 billion star hotel
  • You make me a happy camper
  • Life s’more fun in the woods

Camping with Friends or Family Captions

If you and your friends have been out camping these captions on camping with friends will be perfect for you. Check out our other quotes about friends including Short Friendship Quotes, True Friendship Quotes, and Best Friend Quotes. If you are looking for camping with family captions you might also like our lists of Funny Family Captions, Funny Sister Captions and Funny Brother Captions.

  • Welcome to our campsite, where friends and marshmallows get toasted
  • Friends that camp together last forever
  • Campfire. Friends. Smores. Night sky
People around a campfire at sunset with a captions on camping with friends that reads - campfire, friends, smores, night sky
  • With friends like these, who needs Wi-Fi?
  • Some of the best memories are made around a campfire with friends and family
  • The s’more the merrier
  • All I need is a campsite and good company

Camping at the Lake Captions

A campsite with a view of the lake is my favourite way to camp. We also have a list of the Best Lake Captions that you should check out.

  • A bad day camping at the lake is better than a good day not camping
  • Life is better when you are camping at the lake
Tent in trees by lake
  • Lake reflections, campfire, setting sun – life is good
  • A glimpse of the lake from my tent is icing on the cake
  • Sleeping on the ground with a view of the lake is where it’s at
  • My shower is a swim in the lake
  • Life’s short – pitch a tent by the lake

Captions About Camping and Hiking

Some of our best camping experiences have been when we hiked in. We also have a list of the best hiking captions for those days.

  • The view from the tent makes the hike worth it
  • Backcountry camping – where you carry your home on your back
  • Hiking and camping is my muse
  • Life is best when you’re hiking to your campsite
Tent in barren hills
  • Adventure is out there
  • DEET is nature’s cologne
  • There’s no such thing as ‘too much fresh air’
  • Needed a change of altitude
  • I don’t get it. The trail looked so flat on the map.
  • Netflix and chill? More like Trailmix and Hill
  • May the forest be with you
  • Hike more, worry less
Woman hiking down ridge with funny hiking Instagram captions
  • Hoping this trail leads somewhere
  • I think if I stop I’ll never start again
  • I’m not lost. I’m exploring.
  • So many trails, so little time
  • Sticking to the backcountry rivers, because they’re less mainstream

Short Camping Quotes for Instagram

You might also want to use a short quote for your next caption. Here are some great short camping quotes for Instagram to choose from or you can look at our whole list of the Best Camping Quotes. Find your favorite camping Instagram quotes now!

“And at the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling.” – Shanti

“Light a campfire and everyone’s a storyteller.” – John Geddes

“The glories of a mountain campfire are far greater than may be guessed.” – John Muir

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” — Anne Lamott

Camping spot with short camping quotes for Instagram by Lamott

“Sometimes the embers are better than the campfire.” – Stephen King

“Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.” – Charles Lindbergh

“You may be a little cold some nights on mountain tops above the timber-line, but you will see the stars.” – John Muir

Tent above the clouds with camping quotes by John Muir

“The farther one gets into the wilderness, the greater is the attraction of its lonely freedom.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“Going to the mountains is going home.” – John Muir

“You need to be outdoors. Away from here. You need a holiday.” – Fennel Hudson

“The outside is the only place we can truly be inside the world.” – Daniel J. Rice

Funny Camping Instagram Quotes

Check out these funny camping Instagram quotes.

“Camping is nature’s way of promoting the motel business. ” – Dave Barry

“How is it that one match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box of matches to start a campfire?” — Christy Whitehead

“It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent.” – Dave Barry

“Camping is not a date; it’s an endurance test. If you can survive camping with someone, you should marry them on the way home.” – Yvonne Prinz

Tent above the ocean at sunset with a funny camping quotes by Yvonne Prinz

“What on earth would I do if four bears came into my camp? Why, I would die of course. Literally shit myself lifeless.” – ― Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

“A crude meal, no doubt, but the best of all sauces is hunger.” – Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire

“Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.” — George Carlin

“My fear of camping: I’m convinced bugs will crawl up my vagina and lay eggs. Isn’t everyone?” – Kathy Griffin

“The stars were better company anyway. They were very beautiful, and they almost never snored.” – David Eddings

Row of tents at night with a quotes about camping with friends by David Eddings

“Campgrounds are never comfortable. They are merely less awful than other options. In normal circumstances, if told that the nearest available toilet was half a mile away, up a dirt path frequented by animals in gastric distress, one would lock the doors and speed to civilization. When a tent or camper is involved, one is jubilant. At least this site had flush toilets!” – Thomm Quackenbush

“Somebody told me it was frightening how much topsoil we are losing every year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared.” — Jack Handey

We hope you found the perfect Camping Instagram Caption for your next post or camping pic caption.

We also have other lists of quotes and captions about nature including the sun, waterfalls, sunsets , forests, rivers, lakes, trees, mountains, the sea, sunshine and sunrise.

You may like our list of Funny Hiking Captions and Funny Golf Captions.

Let us know in the comments below if we missed any that should be added.

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Tent at sunset

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