Know before you go

Group Size & Age Guide
Most of our family adventures have a maximum group size of 16 passengers, with some tours taking a maximum of 10-12 passengers. Our tours have been designed for people of almost any age to enjoy and participate in. Minimum child ages are in most cases 5 years, with some slightly more physical tours requiring a minimum age of 6. As long as you are of reasonable fitness and raring to go, we are delighted to book anyone over these ages on our adventures!

Culture Shock & Kids
You can minimise what can be a daunting first arrival into a brand new culture for kids by firing their imaginations! Show the kids movies, books and pictures of the places and people they are going to experience before their trip. Buying them special travelling gear such as binoculars, travel journals, and backpacks all contribute to their appreciation that they are about to do something different. Introduce them to the local cuisine before you travel so that it won’t be new when they arrive. In most cases, children are surprisingly adaptable, sometimes more so than adults!

Physical Fitness & Difficulty
All Family Adventures are easily within a normally healthy adult and child’s capability. Where trekking, cycling and other physical activities are involved, the pace is easy and will suit any family member of average fitness levels and with an enthusiasm to participate. Be aware that some countries enjoy higher temperatures and different weather conditions than you and your children may be used to. Refer to our online climate guide at www.kumuka.com for more details.

Rooming Arrangements
Our tour prices are per person, based on sharing a twin room. As families come in different sizes however, we are happy to accommodate you wherever possible in triple, family, single or interconnecting rooms. Camping is in shared 2-person tents. Please advise at the time of booking if such rooms are preferred but you should be aware that these are subject to availability.

We do not pair up people from different families to share rooms. So if you require a single room, or are travelling solo, then a single supplement applies.
Accommodation is carefully selected for its quality, location, efficient & friendly service and family friendly facilities. Where possible, we include hotels with swimming pools.

Tour Guides
When planning our family adventures we started with the guides. These are individuals who can transform the experience, cope with any problems, and also have the tact to leave you with some down-time when appropriate. With our many years experience of adventure travel worldwide we already knew those who were most family friendly, the best at entertaining children and those whose mindset was best adapted to enthuse the young.

Optional Excursions
With a wide choice of additional activities for your family to enjoy in their free time, you can choose as many extra activities as you wish! Most activities are booked locally on the actual day, allowing you the flexibility to make last minute decisions.

Child Prices
Many of our tours offer discounted tour prices for children below 12 years of age. This difference is mostly attributed to lower airfares and entrance fees for children and is not a reflection on any other difference in quality between adult and child rooming arrangements or meals.

Luggage
Though the temptation might be to over-pack for your family, travelling with less luggage ultimately places less stress on the family. Try to contain your luggage to one main bag per person (preferably soft bags such as backpacks) plus one daypack per person, which is great for excursions, day trips, and carrying those every day essentials to hand. For more information look out for the 'What to Pack' button on the tour information pages.

Responsibility
Your tour leader will be responsible for ensuring the trip runs as smoothly as possible and making the best possible decisions regarding the welfare of the group in certain events. Your understanding is appreciated in these circumstances. Children will be treated as young adults by tour leaders, and responsibility for your young ones must be assumed by parents at all times. If your family wish to opt out of any activities, then any alternative arrangements made, must not fall on our tour leaders or your fellow travellers.

Action & Adventure
Kumuka Family Adventures are just that - an adventure. They are suitable for families who have an active nature and interest in the more remote and diverse parts of the earth. If you and your family have a thirst for discovering new cultures, lifestyles, cuisines, histories and places, and enjoy being on the move, interacting and making friends with like-minded families in the group, and are happy with a reasonable level of comfort rather than luxury, then Kumuka Family Adventures are more than likely for you! Adventurous travel requires a degree of flexibility and open-mindedness and suits travellers who expect the unexpected and unpredictable nature of the destinations we travel to. Standards in transport, local conditions, and other experiences may be different from what you are used to at home, and sometimes there may be the need to alter the itinerary, transport or accommodation out of necessity.

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