Family Travel

Have fun!  Learn!  Experience!  Share!  Grow! 

See the world through the eyes of your children.  Take in their wonder!  They are only young once – participate in their joy as they discover new worlds. Enrich your children’s lives as they interact with children of other cultures and lifestyles.  Explore new lands.  Learn new activities.  Step back in history.

Ask us to create an inter-generational family vacation with age appropriate activities.  Perhaps you may wish to travel with other families.  These family group tours are so popular they often sell out several months in advance.  Many cruise lines offer organized children’s programs:  ask us to suggest and book your family cruise based on your lifestyle, where you wish to visit, and the ages of your children.

For over 25 years we’ve been designing memorable life-changing family vacations.

A sampling of the most sought after family group tours include visits to Egypt, China, South Africa, Peru, the Galapagos.

We will be pleased to create a customized vacation for your family or assist you in selecting and book the appropriate organized family tour.

A sampling of often requested family experiences:

Australia – Australia is a veritable playground for children, a cornucopia of experiences.

Surfing Lesson at Bondi Tourism Australia

Sydney

• Visit the Powerhouse Museum – a hands on experience especially for kids
   
• Take a Taronga Zoo Behind the Scenes tour
   
• Rent bikes, hop on board a ferry, and peddle by the beach
   
• Learn to surf
   

Melbourne

• Be an aquarist for a day at the Melbourne Aquarium
   
• Visit Queen Victoria Market
   
• Hop on board the Puffing Billy
   
• Pan for gold at Sovereign Hill
  

  Sea Lions on Kangaroo Island Tourism South Australia

South Australia

• Watch the seals converse at Seal Bay
   
• Explore the German town of Hahndorf
   
• Visit the colourful Adelaide Central Market
   
• Marvel at the speed of the kangaroos
  
   

Cradle Mountain Tourism Tasmania

Tassie (Tasmania)

• Hike Cradle Mountain
   
• Take a Port Arthur Ghost Tour
   
• Hold a wombat at the Trowunna Wildlife Park
   
• ATV near Sheffield
   
• Nibble samples at Willie Wonka’s Chocolate Factory (Cadbury’s Chocolate Factory)
   

Red Centre

Take your camel to dinner Learn to make a didgeridoo  (Anagu) Frontier Camel Riding at Uluru Tourism Northern Territory Anagu Tours

New Zealand – the “adventure capital of the world” appeals to children of all ages but especially teenagers seeking that adrenalin rush.

Auckland

• Join the crew on an “America’s cup” yacht match race
   
• Stay dry as you are surrounded by denizens of the sea as you stroll through
  Auckland’s Aquarium

Rotorua

• Farmstay:  bring in the eggs, milk the cows
   
• Learn the hongi and the haka at a hangi
   
• Try your hand at twirling Maori Poi

Kaikoura

• Listen to the whales, watch them cavort
   
• Assist with chores on a sheep farm

Queenstown

• Feel the wind in your hair on an exhilarating luge ride
   
• Tumble and bounce in a zorb
   
• Ride the original Shotover jet boat
   
• Take the TSS Earnslaw to Walter Peak Station – marvel at the skill of sheep dogs in action
   

Fiji - Fijian hospitality stems from tribal custom.  Fijians believe that family and friends are life’s greatest gifts.  Your children will be treated well in Fiji. 

• Meet new friends
   
• Discover exciting games at the Bula Club
   
• Learn to scuba dive

Pony riding at Grootbos

South Africa – Share your children’s excitement as they learn about creepy crawlers, watch giraffes stretch their necks to feed off the treetops, watch in fascination as young lion cubs frolic, and learn to listen to identify the animal by its call.

Ask us about children friendly Africa safaris and programs designed specifically for children.

Londolozi Bush School

Londolozi Bush School was made famous in 1984 with the launch of a 52 part bush school film  series by Disney worldwide. This exciting program is relived “live” in the “Cubs Den” when young adventurers visit Londolozi.

Londolozi has now added a mini game ranger training course including guiding and tracking skills taught “real time” on the Londolozi Game Reserve by a fully qualified specialist guide.

Each course is adapted to match the age and ability of the individual. Children are encouraged to realise their full potential gently guided by the instructors who ensure at all times that it is an uplifting and rewarding experience.

In the history of indigenous cultures who live in the wilderness, the role of the child is clearly defined and responsibilities come at an early age in the community. The Londolozi Bush School we subscribe to this belief and we continue to be amazed by the ability of young people to retain information and to assume responsibility during the programs.

Londolozi Cubs – The Bush School Mini Game Rangers Curriculum includes:

How to:

• read the bush and know the sounds around you (squirrel alarm calls, what the birds are telling you, animal behavior)
• work out the direction of animal tracks
• survive in the bush
• make a fire
• find water
• gather food in the African bush
• make a Bush medicine chest
• make a rope, build a trap & traditional fishing
• drive a 4x4 & change a tyre
• approach a wild animal and when to do so

Boobies in Galapogos

South America – South America is rich in bio-diversity, culture, and participatory activities for both children and adults.

Ecuador

• Get up close and personal with the boobies in Galapagos
   
• Swim with the sea lions
   
• Ride on the roof of the Chivas Express
  
   

Children in the Amazon

Peru

• Enjoy a local festival
   
• Visit a llama farm
   
• Visit a local Indian Village School
   
• Horseback ride in the Sacred Valley
   

Delfin II on Amazon Cruise

Amazon

• Take an “African Queen” style Amazon family cruise
   
• Get acquainted with the wildlife
   
• Learn how to blow a dart gun
   
• Visit a shaman

Ecuadorian Shaman

Be sure to include some exciting “can do” activities in your customized family holiday:
enroll your children in their own cooking class; encourage them to toss a boomerang on an Outback tour; applaud as they perform in a children’s talent show.

Join other families :  tour Australia, New Zealand, Egypt, China, Thailand, South Africa, Peru, the Galapagos.  Meet your counterparts abroad. 

Give your children an opportunity to learn about other cultures and to give back what they have so generously been given.  Ask us about opportunities for volunteering or contributing to humanitarian and environmentally focused organizations.