Comments on: What Are Small Group Adventure Holidays Like?

By: alyson@worldtravelfamily

alyson@worldtravelfamily — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 10:51:18 +0000

In reply to Victoria@ The British Berliner. Yes we had fun on them too. I have a friend ( we met on a Thailand trekking trip with Explore) who did a full 12 month RTW of mixing group tours with independent travel I hate it when people get all snobby about how we choose to see the world, it's a personal choice and nobody has to prove anything.

By: Victoria@ The British Berliner

Victoria@ The British Berliner — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 10:13:57 +0000

I like small adventure travel from time-to-time too. I’ve tended to mix and match. I’ve been with Intrepid, Imaginative Traveller, and Contiki (a very long time ago!). I start my own individual travel, meet them along the way, make some friends, get some ideas, then take off again. Sometimes with another person, sometimes not. I did that for Vietnam. I flew to Hanoi via Moscow and then made my own way to Ho Chi Minh or Siagon, to meet up with the group. After we finished our trip which was great by the way, I then made my own way to Bangkok before flying back to Berlin.
It wasn’t that expensive when you think of the time saved and the experiences had. As a family, it’s different as the cost is, in my case, x3!
However, there’s nothing wrong in making your own mini-trip perhaps with a local company, and for a few days so that you can adjust to your time and needs.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 09:14:01 +0000

I love small group adventure tours – I have travelled with Intrepid, Imaginative Traveller, Gap Adventures and Toucan! Which must make it seem like I have barely travelled without group tours, but they were only small parts of bigger adventures. I actually have liked mixing them into bigger trips in the past to give us a bit of a break – both from all the organisation of travel and between me and my travelling companion! They make everything smooth and easy. I will always prefer travel without a tour company, but I do like what they offer from time to time.

I would love to try a family one when the kids are old enough to be allowed except they seem a crazy high price for a family of 4 – for $400+ a day in Asia, I’d rather travel in luxury without one!!

By: alyson@worldtravelfamily

alyson@worldtravelfamily — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:31:03 +0000

In reply to Cristina Alt. I'm very happy to help Christina! The company we have always used is Explore Worldwide. For their more adventurous family group holidays the minimum age is 6, although that does vary from tour to tour. They have a limited selection of Families with Toddlers tours, the minimum age is 2. These tours are very much catered to the children, lots of free time and opportunities to enjoy beaches and swimming pools. If you pop along to the Explore Worldwide website they will send you their family travel brochure for free. Most of these trips can be booked as land only, so you could arrange your own flights and just use the 7 day tour as part of your larger trip. We will be in India for 3 months, so I'm very tempted to use one of the Explore family holidays as a small part of it to take the pressure of organisation off my shoulders for a while, India can be hard going. Exodus are another big name in small group adventure holidays, I haven't used them myself but I've heard great things about them, they also do family trips.

By: Cristina Alt

Cristina Alt — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:24:10 +0000

Hi there! Just wondering if you can please recommend some small family travel groups? I have no idea where to start having never done anything like this, but my husband and I have decided that we’d love to see the world with our daughter (3 in April) .. is she too young for something like this?

Thank you!