Family Travel Stuff

How about some jungle adventure with your family with some red poison dart frogs, small long-nosed bats doing their flying tricks amongst the trees infested by a variety of howling monkeys and brilliantly hued toucans for company? Sounds interesting? Welcome to Costa Rica where a trained guide can give your family the first breakthrough in knowledge about jungle habitat, assured to be more interesting than any wildlife television channel back home. Though you might have some one in the family who is an expert in wild life birds and the bees, but it is highly recommended that you ask for a naturalist guide who can make your hassle-free vacation more memorable. The Costa Rican jungle trip is ideal for families who want to experience natural wildlife amidst unpolluted nature while enjoying a thrilling time together.Introduced this year by Austin-Lehman, the renowned travel organizers with over 20 years of experience, this special family trip to Costa Rica is designed exclusively for families with children between 5 and 12 years of age. One of the best aspects of this organized vacation trip to Costa Rica is that Austin-Lehman has taken into several safety and other special family requirements into consideration while designing this trip. The net outcome of this pre-planning is a marvelously chalked out itinerary which works out in such a way that you are neither over-stressed with travel nor do you have loads of free time wondering what to do next. It is a unique blend of organized activities as well as adequate space-giving free time. The trained and experienced naturalist guides are an asset to your wildlife vacation. They are available at various times of the day and are capable of advising about vantage points for taking pictures and more. This saves a lot of precious time, energy and money for the traveler who is trying to make the best of a short span of family time. The Costa Rica family getaway is not just viewing wild animals in their own habitat. The holiday also includes activities like whitewater rafting, horse riding in the afternoons, kayaking through the jungle canals, visit to some awe-inspiring waterfalls, beach walks at night to see Atlantic Green sea turtles laying their eggs in the dark sand and more. The tour organizers have organized these activities in such convenient ways that even your smallest kid can participate in most of the events with ease and comfort. This holiday can also expose your family to some of the local culture as the itinerary is planned in such a way that there is time to visit the local farmers’ market, attending classrooms with grade three students of a public school, lunching at local eateries, visit to the local banana plantation and also a visit to the banana processing plant. These activities make very positive impressions in children and it leaves them happy, and most importantly aware of another way of life. Here are some tips to make your family vacation to Costa Rica more memorable: Take more than one camera with you. The disposable cameras can be given to the kids. Do not forget to take extra batteries or a battery charger, binoculars, rain gear, insect repellant, sunscreen of at least SPF 30 or higher and sunglasses. If you visit Costa Rica during turtle nesting season or plan to participate in the evening walks, dark slacks, shirts, and closed-toe shoes are also needed.