Best Properties for Young Explorers

Enjoy the Freedom to Roam

The noisy modern world has the same effect on children as it does adults. They too benefit from a break from busy home life and time to relax and reconnect with you. By travelling into the wilderness and introducing our children to new cultures, environments and creatures they’d only otherwise see in books, we’ll broaden their horizons, develop their empathy and spark their innate curiosity.

Having arranged countless family holidays in the wilderness over the past 30 years, we are experts in our craft. We consider it standard practice to go above and beyond to ensure your trip runs smoothly and is filled with unforgettable moments and memories you will all treasure.

Kenya: House in the Wild

This family-run property comprises a luxury lodge and exclusive use houses that promise a home from home for all the family. Here, children are free to roam and explore the natural environment. You’ll have a private vehicle, meaning you can discover the wildlife of the Masai Mara according to your schedule, and a dedicated guide, passionate about helping children learn about the bush.

When you’re not out exploring by vehicle there is plenty to experience: guided nature walks, mountain biking, tree planting, visiting the nearby rhino sanctuary, croquet, tennis and so much more.

Kenya: House in the Wild

House in the Wild are bringing something new to the Masai Mara, combining a superb safari experience with a huge range of activities to keep younger members of the family entertained. For multi-generational families, their private villas offer some of the most exclusive accommodation in the region.

Laura Burdett-Munns, Managing Director

Kenya: Sarara Camp

This luxury tented camp in the remote Mathews Mountains is the perfect place for an authentic safari experience. There are activities galore at Sarara, making it ideal for children. Explore on foot (with a packed bush breakfast!) or on horseback with the camp’s bush ponies. Visit the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary, spend time in a local village and even experience the ancient Samburu tradition of the Singing Wells.

Kenya: Sarara Camp

The camp’s waterhole is frequented by Kenya’s iconic wildlife, including elephant, providing magical, close-up encounters on your doorstep.

Costa Rica: Playa Cativo Lodge

On the pristine shores of Costa Rica, Playa Cativo Lodge combines beach and rainforest. Here your family can immerse themselves in nature and discover the Piedras Blancas National Park, home to a staggering 140 species of mammal, nearly 400 species of bird and countless colourful reptiles.

Costa Rica: Playa Cativo Lodge

Snorkel alongside tropical fish and pristine corals or hop in a kayak and explore the peaceful mangroves. Grab your walking boots and hike through the rainforest, the chorus of birdsong surrounding you, stopping for a picnic brunch at a hidden waterfall.

Brazil: Ibitipoca

At the Ibiti Project, smaller family members can enjoy unbound freedom and connect with nature away from modern interruptions. While away the days on this private nature reserve playing in waterfalls and riding ponies, or if you’re feeling particularly adventurous, climbing into the treetops and abseiling down!

Brazil: Ibitipoca

The charismatic team welcome your family with open arms and host an endless list of activities, each providing an educational aspect in the spectacularly beautiful hills, fields and forests of the Ibitipoca.

South Africa: Pangolin Conservation Experience

The pangolin is the world’s most trafficked mammal and seeing one of these scaly creatures in its natural habitat is not only fascinating, but a privilege. At Phinda Private Game Reserve, older families can join a researcher from the specialist conservation team as they work to reintroduce pangolin to an area where they were previously extinct.

Learn more about their distinctive characteristics and adaptations, watch a health check and learn how their tags track and provide specialist data.

South Africa: Morukuru Family Madikwe

Join conservationists as they embark on collaring projects to track and protect wildlife. Fly out together in a helicopter and help collar lion, elephant and rhino as local researchers teach your family all about their exciting and important work.

South Africa: Morukuru Family Madikwe

When you return to your private house, enjoy a sumptuous meal together before spending the evening in the hide, sleeping out in the open air with the sounds of the bush lulling you all into a deep slumber.

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