Klub Kalamalka water park and docks on Kalamalka Lake

Private Family Resort · Est. 1964

Klub Kalamalka Family Resort

A private family resort on one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. Family-owned and operated since 1964. Tennis court, volleyball nets, the Sandi Beach, and an extensive water park. Six-month leases. Not a campground. No overnight stays.

Request a summer Read the story

The clear turquoise calcite water of Kalamalka Lake beside a dock — Kalamalka Lake — the calcite turns it gin-clear over the pebbles, then jade, then deep turquoise.

Right on the Okanagan Rail Trail

Our gate opens directly onto the Okanagan Rail Trail — walk, run, or bike from your door along the lake, all the way to Vernon or Kelowna.

See the amenities →

Type

Private family resort

Since

1964, family-owned

Lakefront

1,300 ft, peninsula

Season

April – October

Availability

Waitlist only

Leases

Six-month leases only

The Feature

A whole peninsula.
A whole summer.

Klub Kalamalka is a private family resort — not a campground, not a hotel. It's a piece of land that juts out into clear turquoise water, shifting gold and deep blue under the sun. Ringed by dock lines, a tennis court, volleyball nets, the Sandi Beach, and an extensive water park. Six-month leases. Not a campground. No overnight stays.

Kids count down the year until they get back. Parents time their entire calendar around the special events. Grandparents point at the beach and say, "that's where your mother learned to swim." Adventure and summer fun for the whole family.

Docks and floating water park on Kalamalka Lake at Klub Kalamalka — Docks galore — 1,300 feet of lakefront.Photograph No. 01

Amenities

A boater's paradise,
and everything around it.

Buoys line the shoreline end to end — swimming buoys close in, boating buoys beyond them — so there's room for every kind of water sport and a safe place to swim while it happens.

Sandi Beach with soft sand and turquoise water at Klub Kalamalka — Sandi Beach
Imported soft sand running right down to clear turquoise water, with the clubhouse and the water park a few steps away.

The historic blue clubhouse on the lawn beside Kalamalka Lake — The clubhouse
Standing since 1894 — the original house of the Thomson family when the property was first purchased and it was all farmland. Downstairs: ping pong, air hockey, and a lounge for kids and adults. Upstairs: an extensive costume shop and a yoga / meditation studio. But nowadays it's remembered for the last 60-plus years by the multigenerational families who have been part of our community.

Floating inflatable water park, diving board and slide dock on the lake — The water park
Inflatable climbers, a trampoline, a diving board, and the teal slide dock anchored just off the beach. Kids disappear into it for entire days.

Docks reaching into turquoise water under a willow tree — Docks galore
Willows leaning over the shoreline and dock after dock reaching into the lake for swimming, tying up, and jumping off.

Waterfront playground with slides at sunrise — The playground
A sunrise playground right on the waterfront, set on soft pea gravel, bikes stacked against it, and the lake a few steps away.

Clear turquoise Kalamalka Lake water beside a blue dock — The colour of Kalamalka
Calcite in the water turns the lake gin-clear over the pebbles, then jade, then deep turquoise — and it only gets better as the summer warms.

Tennis court with Kalamalka Lake and hills in the background — Tennis & volleyball
A full court with the lake behind it, plus sand volleyball nets that fill up every evening in July.

The gated Klub Kalamalka entrance beside the Okanagan Rail Trail — Gated & private
One gate, one road in — and the Okanagan Rail Trail running right past it.

The Kalamalka Glow treatment room, its door open to a private dock and the turquoise lake beyond — Kalamalka Glow Skin Studio
A private regenerative skin studio. Opening soon. Located within Klub Kalamalka and welcoming both the public and resort guests by appointment.
Learn More

The Thomson family at Halfway House Resort on Kalamalka Lake, 1977 — Family photo — 1977

Heritage

Sandi started building in 1964 with her parents, Harold and Dot Thomson, and her siblings. In the early days it was a beach, docks, and a campground — which is why some old signs still say camping. It is not a campground now. Sandi and David bought the place from her parents in the '70s.

Sandi and David's children grew up here, and have taken over much of the building — but Sandi still works on everything. At 80 years old she's going strong, still very involved in the admin and the day-to-day. The family brings their artistry to the property, tile, and stone, building the docks and diving to maintain every anchor and buoy.

Sandi's late husband, David, was a surgeon who subsidized the club for many years so the family could keep it. After he left the operating room, he spent summers doing every humble job the place needed. His work kept the peninsula going.

Sixty years, one family, one peninsula.

"The kids can't wait to get back here all year, from wherever they live. It's the summer everyone measures other summers against."
— A returning family, summer 2025

Availability

Honestly? There isn't any.

The families who come back have been coming back for decades. We keep a waitlist for the rare week that opens up, and we work through it in the order it arrived.

What to expect

Tennis court & volleyball netsIncluded
Imported sand beachSandy shore
Extensive water parkAll day
Docks, canoes, turquoise waterAll day

Join the waitlist

Leave your name.
We'll leave the porch light on.

Openings are rare. When one appears, we work through the list in order. Tell us who you'd bring — we like to know.

Klub Kalamalka Family Resort

A whole peninsula.A whole summer.

A boater's paradise,and everything around it.

Honestly? There isn't any.

Leave your name.We'll leave the porch light on.

A whole peninsula.
A whole summer.

A boater's paradise,
and everything around it.

Leave your name.
We'll leave the porch light on.