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Family Journeys

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Riviera Maya

Riviera Maya for the Family

The Yucatán Peninsula as a natural history classroom — a cenote swim at dawn before the day's visitors, Cobá's jungle pyramid for the teenagers, the sea turtle nesting beach at Akumal for the youngest, and a Mayan village cooking lesson where the tortilla is made on a comal over wood. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in Riviera Maya, The Caribbean, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$7,200 per traveler.

Iguazú Falls

Iguazú Falls for the Family

Two hundred and seventy-five cascades explained through the eyes of the coati, the toucan and the swallow that nests behind the Devil's Throat — the family naturalist walk before the crowds, the helicopter for the teenagers, the wooden walkway to the edge for the children. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in Iguazú Falls, Latin America, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$9,800 per traveler.

Bariloche

Bariloche for the Family

The Argentine Patagonia scaled to every age — the Nahuel Huapi lake by boat, a gaucho asado on a working estancia, a junior guide for the youngest trekkers, and a Swiss-style chocolate factory that was built by immigrants in 1936 and has not changed the recipe. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in Bariloche, Latin America, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$9,800 per traveler.

Osaka

Osaka for the Family

Japan's most entertaining city explained through food — the morning ramen market with a chef, an okonomiyaki lesson at a school where the youngest in the family makes their own pancake, the Osaka Aquarium, and the castle explained as a battle story. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in Osaka, Japan, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$18,500 per traveler.

Glasgow

Glasgow for the Family

The city that surprises children the most — the Kelvingrove's stuffed elephant and the Spanish armour explained as a story, the Glasgow Science Centre, a private drive to the Glengoyne Distillery (the adults inside, the children outdoors), and fish and chips at the Loch Fyne on the way back. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in Glasgow, The United Kingdom, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$9,800 per traveler.

London

London for the Family

The Tower of London with a Yeoman Warder who stages the Ceremony of the Keys privately, the British Museum's Egyptian gallery explored with an Egyptologist who teaches the collection as a story of empire, and a West End matinée with box seats and a backstage introduction. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in London, The United Kingdom, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$18,500 per traveler.

Naxos

Naxos for the Family

Naxos explained as a treasure hunt — the 2,600-year-old unfinished Apollo statue in the quarry, the marble sculptor who still carves in the village, and the family taverna in Apeiranthos where the owner's grandmother has set the menu since 1958. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in Naxos, Greece, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$9,800 per traveler.

Paros

Paros for the Family

A Cycladic family island before the tourists claimed it — a marble sculptor's workshop for the older children, a fishing boat for the morning, a beach at Logaras where the water is clear enough to see the bottom at four metres, and a lunch at the harbour taverna where the catch is still announced by hand. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in Paros, Greece, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$12,800 per traveler.

Athens

Athens for the Family

Ancient Athens told as a detective story — the Agora explained by the finds, the Parthenon through the eyes of the builders who cut it, and an afternoon in a ceramic workshop where the family makes the same shapes as the pots in the museum. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in Athens, Greece, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$14,500 per traveler.

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