Belize family vacation
Lucy | September 7, 2011
I talk to a lot of parents looking for that perfect Belize family vacation. What are parents searching for when they start to plan a vacation with their kids?
They want their kids:
1 – to be safe
2 – to learn new things
3 – to experience new cultures
4 – to have fun
5 – to make new friends
6 – And also they want some time to be on vacation themselves, so supervising their kids 24/7 might not be exactly what they are looking for.
Our Adventure Island at Glover’s Reef private island trip provides all of that, and a lot more. Because it’s a private island, your kids are safe. We know everyone on the island at all times. They still need supervision, because it IS an island surrounded by water, but adults can trade off on that, or we can help you hire a babysitter.
Because you can snorkel right off of our shore, your kids won’t be subjected to long boat rides. And when your kids feel like they are done, you can simply turn around, we don’t go very far from the island most days because all of our snorkeling is right there near the island.
Kids learn a LOT, and for that matter so do adults. Not only the sports: sea kayaking, snorkeling, scuba diving, kitesurfing, windsurfing, kayak surfing, sport fishing, kayak fishing, paddleboarding, and board surfing. But also fish identification, Mayan history, everything you ever wanted to know about coconuts, urchins and starfish at low tide walk, coral reef biology, shore birding, and hermit crab biology are just a few of the subjects that are part of daily life on our island.
And new cultures! Your kids will become best friends with our staff, and we have quite an international crew: Belizean Mayans, Belizean Garifuna, Belizean Creoles, plus Americans, Canadians, and Brits.
They will undoubtedly make new friends, everyone does on our trips. Age doesn’t matter. When you are learning to climb back up into a kayak after swimming away from it, the shared challenge creates friends for life. And boy is it fun!
Visit our all inclusive family vacation page for more info on kids on our island and hiring a babysitter.
