Costa Rica has everything you crave in a family vacation – exotic flora and fauna, awesome multisport options, luxurious and kid-friendly lodges, year round weather. The real challenge when you take your family is how to pare it down to size. I’ve had 25 years of curating Costa Rica for families, and here are five essential moments that ring everybody’s bell every time!
Read more…Guest post: Now is the time to visit South Africa!
South Africa is one of the most exciting and memorable family adventure destinations anywhere in the world. There are many reasons why this is such a magical place to travel as a family. And there’s never been a better time to visit than now!
Read more…New children’s books: Endangered animals & natural wonders
New children’s books that celebrate natural wonders – extraordinary animal migrations, “gray ghost of the mountains,” protecting endangered species, a look inside our planet, water in all its forms, how the natural world fits together, a desert flower that blooms once a year.
Read more…World of Ice Cream: San Francisco
Why is ice cream green? What flavor is purple ice cream? Why is strawberry sorbetto so red?
Here’s Travel for Kids list of favorite San Francisco ice cream shops, organized by neighborhoods – have fun tasting familiar and international flavors of ice cream!
Nihonmachi Street Fair SF
This weekend – Nihonmachi Street Fair in San Francisco Japantown. A neighborhood event with since 1973, the fair welcomes and showcases diversity, “For the Community, Embracing All Communities.”
Read more…Travel through Africa, with books
We are eager to travel more in Africa, but in the meantime, here are new and favorite children’s books. Read inspiring and original stories of contemporary life in Gambia, Malawi, Cameroon, South Sudan, Kenya, Botswana, South Africa.
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