REI Family Adventures

REI Family Adventures are the perfect way to introduce your kids to the world of discovery and to active outdoor exploration.

REI Family Adventures are the perfect way to introduce your kids to the world of discovery and to active outdoor exploration. These unique itineraries have been crafted from the top down with kids in mind by choosing destinations and activities that are bound to delight and satisfy young, curious minds and high energy levels. While each day is full of guided experiences, there's also plenty of time for the serendipitous and the magic of the moment. Our carefully selected guides are dedicated to making your trip not only great fun but the most memorable of family vacations. In addition, most of our Family Adventures offer discounts to kids under 17 years old.

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Africa Trips

Classic Safari Family Adventure

Classic Safari Family Adventure

  • Days: 9
  • Price: $3,599
  • Activity Level: Activity Level 1
  • Activity: Wildlife Safari
  • Minimum Age: 6
  • Kid's Discount: $800

Imagine the thrill your family will experience when viewing lions stalking a herd of impala, a cheetah springing into action, or a baby elephant suckling its mother. In nine very full days we explore Tanzania's premier wildlife parks. View Slideshow

South Africa Family Adventure

South Africa Family Adventure

  • Days: 9
  • Price: $3,799
  • Activity Level: Activity Level 2
  • Activity: Hiking, Wildlife Viewing
  • Minimum Age: 7
  • Kid's Discount: $500+

Horseback ride on the edge of Africa, hike in the Drakensberg mountains—heart of the Zulu Kingdom—, enjoy superb wildlife viewing near Kruger and swap stories around an African campfire. This is the stuff of dreams! View Slideshow

Europe Trips

Islands and Myths Family Adventure

Islands and Myths Family Adventure

  • Days: 9
  • Price: $3,899
  • Activity Level: Activity Level 2
  • Activity: Easy Hiking, Walking, Cave Exploration, Swimming
  • Minimum Age: 8
  • Kid's Discount: $200

From Greece's ancient ruins of the Acropolis and Parthenon to the depths of the Cave of Antiparos and on to the golden beaches and turquoise waters of Naxos and Paros Islands in the Cyclades, this is the family vacation we all want to take. Fun in the sun!

Latin America Trips

Amazon Basin & Galapagos Islands Family Adventure

Amazon Basin & Galapagos Islands Family Adventure

  • Days: 10
  • Price: $2,799
  • Activity Level: Activity Level 3
  • Activity: Hiking, Rafting, Snorkeling, Sea Kayaking, Biking
  • Minimum Age: 8
  • Kid's Discount: $300

This adventure is chock-full of family fun, from rafting and hiking in the jungles of the Upper Amazon to watching the famed wildlife of the Galapagos Islands. Enjoy kayaking and swimming in turquoise waters, hiking near active volcanoes, biking through tortoise highlands and more. View Slideshow

Copper Canyon Family Adventure

Copper Canyon Family Adventure

  • Days: 9
  • Price: $2,199
  • Activity Level: Activity Level 3
  • Activity: Hiking, Mountain Biking
  • Minimum Age: 8
  • Kid's Discount: $300

Four times the size of the Grand Canyon, Mexico's remote Copper Canyon is an awesome wilderness. Explore the best of it with your family on foot, horseback and bike.

Costa Rica Family Adventure

Costa Rica Family Adventure

  • Days: 8
  • Price: $2,699
  • Activity Level: Activity Level 2
  • Activity: Hiking, Paddling, Canyoning
  • Minimum Age: 8
  • Kid's Discount: $200

A tropical paradise specially crafted for families — paddle an outrigger canoe, zip across the rainforest canopy, rappel down waterfalls, swim in volcanic hot springs. View Slideshow

North America Trips

Alaska Family Adventure

Alaska Family Adventure

  • Days: 7
  • Price: $2,799
  • Activity Level: Activity Level 3
  • Activity: Hiking, Sea Kayaking, River Drift-Boat Fishing, Wildlife Viewing
  • Minimum Age: 8
  • Kid's Discount: $300

The Kenai Peninsula is a spectacular slice of Alaska where Mother Nature shows off her stuff: glacier-draped mountain peaks, serpentine rivers, blazing sunsets, big fish jumping and brown bears grazing. Join us for an active exploration that includes the best of this magnificent natural setting.

Canadian Mountain Holidays Family Heli-Hiking

Canadian Mountain Holidays Family Heli-Hiking

  • Days: 4 or 7
  • Price: Varies
  • Activity Level: Activity Level 3
  • Activity: Hiking
  • Minimum Age: 5
  • Kid's Discount: 25% for children 14 years and under

We know how most kids feel about hiking, so our Heli-Hiking Family Adventure has removed the boring bits to heighten the lasting family memories you'll take home. While kids are busy and entertained by our Family Adventure Leader, adults can choose to participate with the younger set or challenge themselves to a Heli-Hiking day on their own.

Grand Canyon Havasu Falls Family Adventure

Grand Canyon Havasu Falls Family Adventure

  • Days: 7
  • Price: $2,399
  • Activity Level: Activity Level 3
  • Activity: Hiking
  • Minimum Age: 7
  • Kid's Discount: $200

Award Winner! A classic family vacation, the Grand Canyon is right on top of everyone's list. Spend a week in a remote and incredibly beautiful part of the Canyon near famed Havasu Falls, camping, exploring, swimming and relaxing.

Kauai Multisport Family Adventure

Kauai Multisport Family Adventure

  • Days: 6
  • Price: $2,399
  • Activity Level: Activity Level 3
  • Activity: Kayaking, Hiking, Biking, Surfing
  • Minimum Age: 8
  • Kid's Discount: $200

Looking for that great island vacation your family has long dreamed about? Discover Kauai, the "Garden Isle," as you hike, snorkel, surf, bike and kayak.

Lake Powell Family Adventure

Lake Powell Family Adventure

  • Days: 7
  • Price: $2,399
  • Activity Level: Activity Level 3
  • Activity: Kayaking, Hiking
  • Minimum Age: 8
  • Kid's Discount: $200

On our multisport adventure, kids and parents alike will delight in kayaking beneath soaring cliffs, swimming in crystal blue waters, scrambling through narrow slot canyons and hiking to huge desert vistas.

O.A.R.S. Rafting

O.A.R.S. Rafting

  • Days: 2 to 4+
  • Price: Varies
  • Activity Level: Varies
  • Activity: Rafting

REI Adventures and Outdoor Adventure River Specialists (O.A.R.S.) bring you over fifteen itineraries on nine different rivers from half-day floats to weekend and longer trips.

San Juan Islands Family Adventure

San Juan Islands Family Adventure

  • Days: 6
  • Price: $1,899
  • Activity Level: Activity Level 3
  • Activity: Sea Kayaking, Cycling, Hiking
  • Minimum Age: 8
  • Kid's Discount: $200 discount for kids 8-16

New for 2010. Washington's San Juan Islands are the ideal destination for a memorable family vacation. We'll hike, bike and paddle some of the islands' best routes, learn about amazing marine mammals first hand, interact with live sea creatures at university labs, and much more.

Tahoe Family Adventure

Tahoe Family Adventure

  • Days: 4
  • Price: $455
  • Activity Level: Activity Level 2
  • Activity: Hiking
  • Minimum Age: 8
  • Kid's Discount: $90

Explore the "quiet side" of Tahoe as we hike the hidden trails of the Tahoe National Forest on this getaway designed specifically for families with children ages 8-15.

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