Being a family business, Tauck is all about building bridges between families and cultures as well building bridges across generations. The Tauck Bridges series of family tours offers itineraries especially for families.
Encouraging intergenerational travel for families, the Tauck Bridges tours offer options for the whole family and grandparents to travel together. The activities and experiences included in an itinerary are designed with extended families in mind. The tour directors you travel with are selected for their experience in working with families and children. Tauck welcomes children from age 3 and older at the time of travel.
Just because it’s a family tour doesn’t mean there isn’t adventure and diverse destinations to choose from. Take a look at a selection of Tauck Bridges family tours.
Take a 10 day safari in Tanzania on a Grand Family Safari. Hike the Merengu trail on Mt. Kilimanjaro to see birds, monkeys and small antelope, or opt for a game drive in Arusha National Park, to see giraffe, zebra, buffalo, baboons, and more. On the Tarangire National Park game drive look for big cats lounging under baobab trees or elephants cooling off at a watering hole. Visit a Maasai boma , a traditional hut village preserving Maasai cultural customs. Take an open-top safari vehicle for a game drive and picnic lunch in two-million-year-old Ngorongoro Crater Look out for Africa's "Big Five" - buffalo, elephant, lion, leopard and the rare black rhinoceros. Travel the vast plains of the Serengeti, to see wildebeest and large numbers of lions and cheetah. With multi day stays in wilderness lodges, it’s a family adventure for everyone.
If you are seeking to tour Europe with your family, Tauck offers different travel styles. The 8 day Castle and Kings tour takes you on a journey from London to Paris. Spend four nights in London where you will explore the Tower of London, Windsor Castle, the London Museum, a west end show and a spy walk. In Paris, experience a family fun scavenger hunt at the Louvre, explore the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame and further afield, the Chateau de Versailles.
Tauck also offer families a range of European River Cruises. Tour through 4 different countries on an 8 day family river cruise. Start your journey in Vilshofen and cruise to Budapest on the Danube. Alternatively, cruise the Sienne from Paris to Normandy or across four countries from Basal to Amsterdam.
Follow the Call of the Wild , when you tour through Alaska from Anchorage to Girdwood. Journey highlights include the train trip along the spectacular shoreline of Turnagain Arm on the Alaska Railroad before you cruise Prince William Sound past stunning glaciers. Jet boat ride in "bush" Alaska, hike around Talkeetna Lake and go on a family geocaching treasure hunt. You will meet sled dogs in training and take a scenic flight over the soaring peaks of Denali National Park. Kayak, river raft and hike in Alaska’s playground on the Kenai Peninsula.
In the USA, conquer Cowboy Country when you discover the best of the Tetons, Yellowstone National Park and the Old West on a fun-filled South Dakota and Wyoming family vacation. This tour includes horseback riding, campfire stories and a rodeo. Take a float trip on the Snake River with a guide who helps spot river otters, eagles, beaver, elk and maybe even moose! Alternatively travel The Red Rocks and Painted Canyons as you explore Wyoming, Utah and Nevada and take in the spectacular Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon and Zion national parks from classic inside-the-park lodges.
Take your family on a tour of mystical Peru. Immerse in local culture with pottery painting, a Paso horse show and bracelet making with schoolchildren in Urubamba. Absorb local knowledge with insider visits to the "Lost City of the Incas" – Machu Picchu, and the sacred site of Sacsayhuamán. Join a guided exploration of 400-year-old catacombs in Lima. Visit an alpaca and llama farm and take a private boat ride off Lima's shores to swim with sea lions. Indulge in a chocolate-making class at a chocolate museum in Cusco and learn to play the Peruvian pan flute at the farewell dinner.
The Tauck Bridges family adventures are borne out of the Tauck family tradition for travel and making memories with those closest to you.
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