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Two weeks on the west coast with the shallow, calm water that makes the difference with small children — a catamaran day down the leeward coast, and the turtles that gather off Paynes Bay most mornings. A private, tailored journey of 12 Days · 11 Nights in Barbados, The Caribbean, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$18,500 per traveler.
The Caribbean's most consistent sunshine, the calmest sea on the leeward coast, a villa with a pool, and the beach at Eagle Beach so shallow that the youngest member of the family stands in it — the reef a ten-minute boat ride away. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in Aruba, The Caribbean, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$8,900 per traveler.
The US Virgin Islands as a sailing family's ideal base — Magens Bay for the morning, a catamaran to St John for the reef, a snorkelling charter to the BVI for the older children, and the Saturday market in Charlotte Amalie for the adults. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in St Thomas, The Caribbean, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$12,500 per traveler.
Grace Bay's impossible clarity at a depth where the youngest can stand and see everything — a snorkelling charter to the barrier reef for the older children, a glass-bottom kayak for the rest, and a villa where the chef plans the morning around what the family wants for the day. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in Turks & Caicos, The Caribbean, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$18,500 per traveler.
The Dominican Republic's east coast designed for every age — a villa with a private pool, a catamaran for the older children, a morning horseback ride along Bávaro beach for the middle ages, and the snorkelling reef where the parrotfish are bigger than expected. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in Punta Cana, The Caribbean, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$12,800 per traveler.
December to April — the dry season when the cenotes are pellucid, the Caribbean current calm, and the jungle above Tulum accessible before the heat of February closes it. The whale sharks arrive at Isla Holbox in January, and the turtle nesting at Akumal begins in May. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 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$6,800 per traveler.
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.
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.
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.
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