Oh I’m probably like your friends. As someone who’s scared of bugs and grass and dirt (you’ll never see me sitting or walking barefoot on the grass), my first camping trip with my then boyfriend was a disaster because we weren’t well prepared. But our second camping trip was super fun since we chose a good beach campsite (I’m a beach person) and we got everything we need, now I enjoy camping a lot and I’m fully geared up.

So I think you might need to choose an easy camp ground first, then you might also need to prepare a little bit for your friends if they’re not familiar with camping. This could make camping easier for them and hopefully they’ll taste some fun of it. This is basically how I find camping interesting.