A morning with the San Bushmen in Botswana
I’ve just returned from a short family trip to Botswana, where we spent a few nights at the beautiful San Camp, set on the edge of the vast Makgadikgadi Salt Pans. It’s a very different [...]
What makes a safari truly family-friendly
‘Family-friendly’ is a phrase that gets used a lot in safari lodge marketing. It might mean a family unit, a pool or a babysitter, but those things alone rarely make a safari come alive for [...]
The rise of family travel: how millennials are redefining holidays
When I was a child in the 1980s, my parents would leave my siblings and me with our grandparents and head off for an annual week's holiday (sometimes even two) in the Mediterranean together. Off [...]
Madagascar: The ultimate off-the-beaten-path family adventure
It’s getting increasingly hard to find truly beautiful places in the world that remain untouched by tourism. They’re either impossibly remote or so overdeveloped that hotels line the beaches. The joy of exploring the [...]
Family travel that matters
As many of Europe’s most popular holiday destinations groan under the weight of over-tourism, with locals protesting and cities capping visitor numbers, it’s time to ask a different kind of question: Where does your [...]
Offline is the new luxury
Lately, I’ve been feeling overwhelmed. Maybe you have too. The WhatsApps don’t stop. It feels like It feels like my brain is running a marathon while scrolling through a never-ending to-do list. Sometimes I find [...]
