An increasing number of parents travel with their kids today because they realise the educational value of travelling. Travel ignites their curiosity and expands their horizons. A travel education is so effective because kids are involved in hands-on learning where they use all of their senses. They experience a wide array of faces, languages, sounds, …
We’ve done trips in Africa before and the drives between places are always longer than you expect. So read on to find out what tips and tricks we’ve developed to cope with the long drives on Safari with Kids. Cameras Buy them their own cameras – but not just any camera. We actually made this …
So you’ve booked an African safari? But what are the unexpected costs. You’ve rightly decided to book an African Safari – it will be one of the best things you ever do. If you are still wavering take a look at our Malawi Family Holiday and our Tanzania Family Holiday. You’ve saved up to pay …
Following on from our family holiday in Rwanda in 2017 and our family holiday in Malawi in 2018, we continued our African Adventures with kids took a ten day family holiday to Tanzania at the end of the green season in May. We had an incredible time, read on to find out why. On our …
Our next stop on our Tanzania Family Holiday was Serengeti Pioneer Camp part of the Elewana Collection. Once you arrive into the Serengeti National Park you basically do a game drive in the Serengeti on your way to Serengeti Pioneer Camp as it’s around 2 hours 30 from the gate. On our way across the …
The Manor which is part of the Elewana Collection sits high in the Ngorongoro Forest. It’s past the Ngorongoro Crater if you’re driving from the Serengeti towards Arusha, and so we visited the Ngorongoro Crater before arriving at Elewana The Manor in time for dinner. Here’s what we thought. On arrival at Elewana The Manor …
Why Malawi (not South Africa) should be on your bucket list for 2020! Most people when we told them we were going to Malawi they asked ‘Why?’ And then ‘Where is it?’ Followed swiftly with ‘Is it safe?’ Strange that those questions don’t ever really get asked about a trip to South Africa, where we …
Tarangire River Camp part of the Mbali Mbali group of hotels was our first base in Tanzania. We arrived at lunchtime after an overnight flight and a 5am landing into Kilimangaro, so to say we were exhausted is understating it slightly. We were collected from the airport by Martin from Ranger Safaris and off we …
One of the most amazing things I have ever done is Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda – it was quite simply INCREDIBLE. When we decided to head out to Rwanda to take part in the Friends of Rwandan Rugby tourists tour we knew we wanted to try and see the gorillas if we possibly could! Rwanda …
During our 14 days in Rwanda we had the pleasure of staying for 2 nights at Villa Gorilla. Villa Gorilla is located at Kinigi near the headquarters of Rwanda’s famous Volcanoes National Park. It has 4 comfortable rooms, each with private bath and toilet facilities, and it also has a Family Lodge. There are many …
We spent 14 nights in Malawi over Easter and some of you asked why Malawi, or maybe why a Malawi Family Holiday? What is there in Malawi, why did you chose Malawi as your next adventure destination? Lot of questions as to why? The answer put simply was why not! When you see what a …
We spent two nights at Domwe Island which is 2 kms offshore from Cape Maclear. Domwe Island is a basic but simply stunning island with some incredible views of Lake Malawi. It’s quirky and was perhaps our favourite of the Lake Malawi Accommodation we stayed at. To be honest I didn’t really know what to …
What to wear for Gorilla Trekking??? Firstly can I just say it was amazing! It was a huge bucket list item and I can’t believe we actually did it. I also feel very lucky that we booked it when we did as they have literally just on the 6th May increased the cost from $750 …
When we decided to spend 14 days in Malawi with the kids we knew we wanted to get involved in some community projects. We had done this in Rwanda the year before and we knew how rewarding it could be. One of the best afternoons I had with the kids was watching them proudly as …