Family Trips: Recommended Ages

We strongly encourage families to join our Family Trips, designed with kid– and adult–friendly features. While we don’t see many families with very young children, we do have a minimum age requirement of 1 year for all Inn trips and 2 years for all Camping trips. Other than that, we do not restrict trips to a minimum age except in the rare case of a hotel age restriction.


We do, however, recommend minimum ages based on the following criteria:

  • 12+ amount of cultural appreciation, difficulty of activities, routes
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  • 9+ difficulty of activities/activity age restrictions, routes
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  • 6+ several longer dinners; routes are difficult for pulling a Burley and therefore not appropriate for younger children; difficulty of activities/activity age restrictions

Please note that a trip may feature an activity with an older age requirement than the minimum age recommendation for the trip. For example, Glacier Multisport trip has a recommended age of 6+ yet kids must be 8 to raft. Kids under 8 are still welcome on the trip and while they will not be able to raft, the leaders will suggest an alternate.

For safety reasons, children under 7 may not ride their own bikes and are required to ride on a Piccolo or in a Burley. For certain destinations, children must be 9 or older to ride their own bikes. See below for details on each trip.

Our Trip Consultants will gladly answer any questions you may have.
Call us at 800-462-2848 to discuss your trip of interest today.




Age Recommendations & Restrictions

Italy Family Trips:
  Recommended Minimum Age Required Age to
Ride Own Bike		 Other Age Req./Restrictions
arrow Dolomites Multisport, Premiere 9+9+ rock climb: 7+
zip-line: height of 4.5 feet/140cm
No Burleys or Piccolos
arrow Sicily Biking, Premiere 9+9+No Burleys
arrow Tuscany Biking, Casual 9+9+n/a


France Family Trips:
  Recommended Minimum Age Required Age to
Ride Own Bike		 Other Age Req./Restrictions
arrow Brittany & Normandy Biking, Premiere 9+7+ horseback riding: 7+
arrow Dordogne Biking, Casual 9+9+ canoeing: 7+
No Burleys or Piccolos
arrow Loire Valley Biking, Premiere 9+7+n/a
arrow Loire Valley Biking, Casual 6+7+n/a


Europe at Large Family Trips:
  Recommended Minimum Age Required Age to
Ride Own Bike		 Other Age Req./Restrictions
arrow Alsace & Black Forest Biking, Premiere 9+9+ No Burleys or Piccolos
arrow Czech Republic & Austria Biking, Casual 9+9+ No Burleys
arrow Dalmatian Coast Multisport, Premiere 9+9+No Burleys or Piccolos
arrow Greece Biking, Premiere 9+9+ horseback riding: 8+
No Burleys
arrow Holland & Belgium Biking, Premiere 6+7+n/a
arrow Iceland Multisport, Premiere 9+9+horseback riding &
rafting: 9+
arrow Ireland Biking, Premiere 9+9+No Burleys or Piccolos
arrow Spain Biking, Premiere 9+9+No Burleys
arrow Swiss Alps Multisport, Premiere 9+7+n/a


United States Family Trips:
  Recommended Minimum Age Required Age to
Ride Own Bike		 Other Age Req./Restrictions
arrow Alaska Multisport, Casual 6+9+ rafting: 5+
kayaking: 6+
arrow Bryce, Zion & Grand Canyon Multisport, Casual 6+7+canyoneering: 6+
mule rides: 7+
arrow Bryce, Zion & Grand Canyon Multisport, Camping 6+7+canyoneering: 6+
mule rides: 7+
arrow Death Valley Multisport, Premiere 6+9+horseback riding: 6+
arrow Glacier Multisport, Casual 6+9+horseback riding: 5+
rafting: 5+
arrow Glacier Multisport, Camping 6+9+horseback riding: 5+
rafting: 5+
arrow Maine Multisport, Premiere 6+7+hotel minimum age restriction: 5+
kayaking & rock climbing: 5+
arrow San Juan Islands Multisport, Casual 6+9+kayaking: 6+
arrow San Juan Islands Multisport, Camping 6+9+kayaking: 6+
arrow Yellowstone & Tetons Multisport, Casual 6+7+kayaking & rafting: 6+
arrow Yellowstone & Tetons Multisport, Camping 6+7+kayaking: 6+
arrow Yosemite Multisport, Premiere 6+7+mule/horseback riding: 7+
canyoneering: 6+


Canada Family Trips:
  Recommended Minimum Age Required Age to
Ride Own Bike		 Other Age Req./Restrictions
arrow Canadian Rockies Multisport Banff & Yoho, Premiere 6+9+ rafting &
climbing: 6+
arrow Canadian Rockies Multisport, Casual 6+9+ rafting, climbing & icewalk: 6+
arrow Canadian Rockies Multisport, Camping 6+9+ rafting, climbing & icewalk: 6+


Latin America Family Trips:
  Recommended Minimum Age Required Age to
Ride Own Bike		 Other Age Req./Restrictions
arrow Costa Rica Multisport Pacific Coast, Premiere 9+9+ rafting: 8+
surfing: 7+
No Burleys
arrow Costa Rica Multisport Pacific Coast & Nicoya, Premiere 9+9+ rafting & horseback riding: 8+
surfing: 7+
No Burleys
arrow Costa Rica Multisport, Casual 9+9+sea-kayaking: 5+
No Burleys
arrow Ecuador & Galápagos Multisport Haciendas & Charter Yacht, Premiere 9+9+No Burleys or Piccolos
arrow Ecuador & Galápagos Multisport Haciendas & Adventure Lodges, Premiere 9+9+No Burleys or Piccolos
arrow Peru Multisport, Premiere 12+9+No Burleys or Piccolos


Asia/Pacific Family Trips:

  Recommended Minimum Age Required Age to
Ride Own Bike		 Other Age Req./Restrictions
arrow Hawaii's Big Island Multisport, Casual 6+9+kayaking & surfing: 5+
arrow New Zealand Multisport, Premiere 6+9+rafting: 10+
float trip: 5+
No Burleys
arrow Thailand Biking, Premiere 9+9+ride elephants: 8+
No Burleys


Africa Family Trips:
  Recommended Minimum Age Required Age to
Ride Own Bike		 Other Age Req./Restrictions
arrow Morocco Multisport, Premiere 9+9+ ride camel: 9+
No Burleys or Piccolos
Our Trip Consultants will gladly answer any questions you may have.
Call us at 800-462-2848 to discuss your trip of interest today.

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