Looking for a company that offers family adventures you and your kids will love? Here are several companies that offer family adventure travel chock-full of activities just for kids, plus adventures the entire family will enjoy as a group. Once you click on these websites, look for links to the family trips.
G Adventures, which National Geographic Adventure magazine has included in its “Do It All” outfitter list, offers a choice of more than 1,200 adventure travel trips to all seven continents. You can take the kids to Italy, India, Egypyt, Costa Rica, Peru and many other countries, on trips that offer a mix of family and kid-oriented experiences.
Adventures By Disney, Gene Duncan PhotographerWhile Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck won't lead one of the family vacations offered by Adventures By Disney, the guides who do are skilled in showing your children the wonders of the world during any of this travel company's adventurous trips.
In the Galapagos Islands, the family will swim with sea lions, walk among blue-footed boobies and kayak near tiny penguins. Ecoventura offers special family departures throughout the year, and a first parent and teen trip, designed to celebrate high-school graduations. Ecoventura was awarded with the Conde Nast Traveler's 3rd Annual World Savers Award in the category of Best Overall Cruise Lines.
Austin-Lehman AdventuresSome of the company’s most popular trips, which are offered year after year, include two family adventures: The Yellowstone National Park Family Adventure, and Alberta - Banff & Lake Louise Family Adventure. Adventures for travelers age 16 and older include: Alaska - Kenai Peninsula, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, and Costa Rica- Volcanoes & Jungles Multisport Adventure.
Photo courtesy of REI AdventuresREI Adventures around the world can take your family ziplining in Costa Rica, hiking in the Amazone jungle, exploring islands in Greece or on a safari in Africa.
L FriedlandThese adventure travel companies and resorts offer entertaining family vacations that are so popular these trips are repeated almost yearly. Whether you want to take the kids on a family beach vacation, an overseas trip, an all inclusive family vacation, an affordable trip or a luxury experience, you'll find a trip to entertain everyone here.
D FriedlandWould you like to photograph eagles in flight, watch wildebeest thunder across the Serengeti-Masai Mara during the annual animal migration in Africa or track wolves with your camera in Yellowstone National Park. Here's a selection of exciting natural and wildlife adventure travel trips and tours, including many that your kids will enjoy.
Intrepid TravelIntrepid Travel offers family adventures to such exotic lands as Morocco, Egypt, Turkey and Singapore.
Row AdventuresROW Adventures offers such diverse trips as Family Magic rafting trips on Idaho’s Salmon river to a Galapagos Islands multisport trip that includes hiking, snorkeling, sea kayaking and two-nights camping on an island beach.
Courtesy of CMHCanadian Mountain Holidays offers heli-hiking trips in the Canadian Rockies during the summer that are designed specifically for families.
Choosing and preparing for a family adventure trip that everyone, from your 5-year-old to your teen, will enjoy can be a family venture. Here are some tips for finding and getting ready for your family adventure travel trip.
