Family Travel Ideas

World Wandering Kiwi tips for family travel and ideas for travel with kids. Inspiration for holidays and vacations with children. Real holidays not resorts! Family travel ideas that have been tested by the Wandering Kiwi family.

The Great Alpine Road, Australia
Australia, Family Travel Ideas, Hiking Travel Ideas, Oceania

Australia: Driving the Great Alpine Road

The Australian state of Victoria is home to some of Australia’s best high country and alpine scenery. Along what is known as the Great Alpine Road from Wangaratta to Bairnsdale there are national parks, ski resorts and alpine villages; vineyards and gourmet eats. It is one of Australia’s well-known touring […]

Lundy Island, UK
England, Europe, Family Travel Ideas, Hiking Travel Ideas, United Kingdom

Britain: In the kingdom of Heaven on Lundy Island

I’ve always wanted to stay in a lighthouse. There is something deeply romantic about these lonely towers of rock; symbols of man’s attempts to even out the balance in the struggle against the forces of nature. The Old Light fit the bill perfectly. At the crest of Beacon Hill on Lundy […]

Wineglass Bay, Tasmania, Australia
Australia, Family Travel Ideas, Foodie Travel Ideas, Oceania, Tasmania

Australia: Wandering on Tasmania’s beautiful east coast

The east coast of Tasmania is one of Australia’s most beautiful and here are few ideas on things to see and do (and eat and drink) while touring in Tasmania: When we arrived on Tasmania’s east coast (driving from Hobart), we made a bee-line for the famous Wineglass Bay. After all it […]

Walking holiday in Mallorca
Adventure Travel Ideas, Balearic Islands, Europe, Family Travel Ideas, Hiking Travel Ideas, Spain, Unesco World Heritage Sites

A walking holiday in Mallorca, Spain

Ascending through the steeply terraced olive groves we couldn’t help looking back again and again at the magnificent vistas – back down the thickly wooded valley and across to the mountains. My hiking holidays in the Mallorca mountains were off to a great start! This perennially popular Balearic island is […]