Christmas is now over for another year and the worlds icon buildings including our own Sydney Harbour Bridge have been lit up to celebrate the beginning of another year so now is the time to tell the world about your best/worst/funniest family holiday experience. Having just spent 2 weeks with our 2 year old granddaughter Emily at Nanna and Poppy’s house we now appreciate how hard it is to keep children busy over the long holiday period.
Travelling with children can be fun with research and speaking to an expert. Travel With Kidz has been specialising in family travel for the past 16 years.
Here is our list of top ten things to do with the kids before they grow up:
1) Climb the steps of Angkor Wat Cambodia and view history engraved on the walls.
2) Sit with indigenous Australians at Ayers Rock and learn the art of dot painting.
3) Learn to ski and make snowmen at Thredbo Village.
4) Play volleyball with Fijians on white sand beaches.
5) Swim with dolphins at Dolphin Quest, Hawaii.
6) Walk down Broadway in New York and ride the lift to the top of the Empire State Building.
7) Visit the Pope’s home in Vatican City Rome. Climb the steps of St. Peters and view Rome from its peak.
8) Experience a magical Christmas under the Northern Lights with an unforgettable visit to Santa’s home town in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland.
9) Introduce the kids to Mickey Mouse at Disneyland– it never fails to capture their imaginations.
10) Dance with the Masai in the Masi Mara National Park Kenya and watch lions under a tree on the great plains of the Mara.
As today’s children grow up faster and spend less time with their parents than ever before, many families are structuring holidays which offer not only a break from the routine but a learning experience for everyone.
After 34 years’ experience in the travel business – more than a third of that catering to the holiday needs of families – Wendy Buckley, Managing Director of Travel With Kidz, is well placed to comment on how family holidays are changing.
“Many time-poor families are no longer content with the traditional two-week annual holiday to the coast,” she said. “They are beginning to think ‘quality not quantity’ and are demanding more active and interesting breaks.”
“Young children’s brains are more open to learning and far more impressionable than adults,” she said. “Now is the time to spend quality time with your kids before they grow up.”
What is your favourite experience with your kids? Email wendy@travelwithkidz.com.au to post your blogs and experiences.
Happy 2012 from the Travel With Kidz family
A big back pack, a nice camera and a foldable chair, these and other stuff are the reasons why a 4WD hire is the best service you could get to enjoy the beauty of nature at the most comfortable way.
Gold Coast offers visitors a variety of must see tourist attractions. Vast golf courses, wonderful theme parks, famous beaches, ancient rainforests, wildlife sanctuaries, nature reserves, a great night life and a lot of other nature adventures can all be found in one great city.
Anyone visiting Gold Coast should not miss famous wildlife events and nature destinations that you can visit using a 4WD hire. Some of these attractions are the Australian Outback Spectacular, Paradise Country Aussie Farm Tour , Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Sea World, Araucaria Lookout Track, Bellbird Circuit, Best of All Lookout, Caves Circuit, Coomera Circuit, Dave’s Creek Circuit, Dreamworld, David Fleay Wildlife Park , Gold Coast Hinterland Great Walk, Gwongoorool Track, Historic Rivermill, Illinbah Circuit, Lower Bellbird Circuit, Mount Hobwee Circuit, Mount Merino, Natural Bridge Rainforest Circuit, Purling Brook Falls Circuit, Ships Stern Circuit, Tamborine Rainforest Skywalk, Tullawallal Circuit, Wagawn and Warrie Circuit. These and a lot more sports and recreation activities await the willing traveller, the agile tourist or the active visitor.
However, capturing every moment, enjoying every minute and indulging in such experiences can only be made possible if you have all the stuff you need to experience nature. A good digital SLR camera or any other video cam, a nice umbrella or a big hat, a wide mat or a foldable bed, a foldable chair or even a laptop will definitely allow you to enjoy nature better. And yet this can only be possible when you have a a 4WD hire because with a rented car you can bring all your stuff everywhere and you get to choose whether to stay in the same place longer or pack up and go somewhere else better.
Travel With Kidz Caringbah – formerly Travel With Kidz Surry Hills has been operating under the leadership of Lisa Allan for the last 4 years.
Now situated in Caringbah under Shire Travel we have the ability and knowledge to advise on any family holiday. We love to travel ourselves with our families and tend to search for destinations that not everyone has been to so we can offer different and interesting product.
Anyone can send you to Fiji but we at Travel with Kidz Caringbah know the best camps in Africa for children, the most unique children experiences in Europe and the ski fields that operate the best ski schools for all ages.
NO matter what age your children are, where you want to travel, or at what budget we have the expertise and creativity to make this happen.
We will sit with you in our office or visit you in your home if this is more convenient – especially if you have a new born to design your perfect family holiday experience.
Contact Lisa and the team at Caringbah Travel With Kidz:
