Family Travel: far-flung ideas

It's what separates the family vacationers from the hard-core travelers: are you willing to endure hours and hours (and hours) on a flight with your kids? The true traveler locks focus only on the "somewhere wonderful" at the end of the ride.

Family Safaris: About's Guide for Africa for Visitors has practical advice for these peak experiences: what countries are best for families; recommended family safari tours; tips for enriching kids' pov; even advice for exploring South Africa on your own.

South Australia: family travelers love Oz for its marsupials, landscapes, aboriginal culture, not to mention the Great Barrier Reef. Remember: Australia is a vast continent! Each area is different. South Australia highlights are: Flinders range and outback; Kangaroo Island wildlife; swimming with sea-lions and dolphins on the Eyre Peninsula.

Adventure Holidays: a number of tour operators offer family trips to exotic locales -- Galapagos, Costa Rica, Vietnam with emperor's tomb, and waterpark-- will all details handled, every day a highlight.

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