Offering True Quality Time in Nature on Family Hiking Trips
Offering True Quality Time in Nature on Family Hiking Trips
Family hiking trips are fun for all in Mt Cook National Park, New Zealand.
Family hiking trips are a great way to spend quality time with your children or loved ones without distractions especially the technology kind. Opting for hiking trips with the family offers you the opportunity to tune in to your loved ones on another level, even when you step off the grid just for a few days.
It’s summertime and that usually means mum and dad have something planned for the whole family to get together and bond — and activity that often lends itself to grown siblings flying in from different locations around the country or world, sometimes with children in tow, to meet in unique settings which often involve eating too much and moving too little while often spending entirely too much time cooking and not enough time just having fun!
Hiking in the Southern Alps of New Zealand.
But times are changing — more and more we are seeing families looking for something a little different for their holidays. Hiking trips with family are becoming more and more popular as research has shown spending time actively in the outdoors with friends or family or peers is physically and mentally fantastic for your overall well-being. Unfortunately, children are spending less time outdoors, which is why taking your family out into the wilderness is fast becoming a more worthwhile way to spend your holiday budget.
The natural world has long been associated with health and described as a therapeutic landscape, perfect for family hiking trips.
A growing body of research demonstrates the benefits of interacting with nature for mental and physical health. However, the concern is growing that children have lost connection to the natural world. There is a concern that kids spend less time outdoors, despite the known health benefits of doing so.
Connecting through nature in Fiordland on one of our family hiking trips.
The only wireless signal to connect with on our family hiking trips is Vitamin N | Nature
The only wireless signal to connect with on our family hiking trips is Vitamin N | Nature
Actively hitting the trails and getting into the great outdoors with your siblings can be a great experience; more than you’d expect! Joining a company that specializes in guided hiking tours or adventure tours, takes the stress out of mum and dad planning and organizing all the little things that make adventure holidays awesome. It also offers the opportunity for the whole family to relax and let someone else take care of the details that you may not have experience handling. This is of special importance if you want to give your family an authentic wilderness experience — be sure you are going with a company that knows the wilderness so they can teach your family critical wilderness skills for the wilds.
Mother and son connect in Aotearoa on one of Yoho Adventures family hiking trips.
Travelling into the wilderness also helps you see family members in a new light. Participating in an activity that you as an individual or family haven’t done before, such as an active adventure tour, opens up the doors for excitement, challenge and playfulness within a safe environment for everyone. Mum and Dad can leave the stress of vacation at home while enjoying a holiday for themselves for once. Let’s be honest; would you want your dad (who’s only outdoor adventure comes from watching Naked and Afraid on reality TV) be the one organizing your wilderness adventure trip? I’d say leave it to the experts and enjoy the laugh as a family!
Family hiking trips are one way to ensure the experiences of a lifetime while creating lasting memories with the most important people in your life. So why not join one of our all-inclusive family hiking trips?
Tortilla making time!
Creating lasting memories with the most important people in your life on a family hiking trip.
Creating lasting memories with the most important people in your life on a family hiking trip.
Yoho Adventures creates a custom family hiking trip for your unique interests as a family or group, and always set within beautiful remote wilderness areas. One specialty that defines our family hiking trips is where we stage our adventure experiences. An example of this in the pristine backcountry of British Columbia’s Coast Mountains. Families can enjoy an exclusive private backcountry log cabin in the towering glaciated peaks of the Coast Mountains. We fly your family into the deep wilds in the West Chilcotin Wilderness. Along the way, you will see some of the most glaciated ice fields remaining in the world.
Exploring the remote wilderness of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia is an excellent place for family hiking trips.
A stunning scenic flight gives access to a slice of private paradise with an alpine lake all to yourselves. From here, days are spent exploring beautiful alpine meadows, nearby peaks, viewing wildlife, connecting with Canadian wilderness and one another. Family hikes vary in ease and difficulty. Not to worry when you have two private professional wilderness guides taking great care of your family.
Wilderness adventure guides are happy to share nature with people on family hiking trips.
Our wilderness guides help family members experience family hiking trips like no other in Canada’s most breathtaking wilderness. Hiking within these remote landscapes of alpine wilderness allows family members to connect with their senses in more ways than one. Not being able to plug their iPhone or laptop in, or pick up a wireless signal forces all of the family to download, unload and recharge because the only signal out here is connecting with vitamin N for Nature.
Being silly with family again on our family hiking trip.
Go Off-Grid and Plug Into Nature to Get in Touch with Your Family on our Family Hiking Trips
It may be a wilderness setting, but that doesn’t mean we’re roughing it too much. Evening meal time offers everyone a chance to relive the highlights of their day. Family adventure camaraderie happens over home-cooked delicacies made with love. Bonfires, night-time, and star gazing open the door to reflect on the expansiveness of our beautiful world. It is something we seldom do in the rush of daily life. This quality time spent with our family, especially growing children and young teens creates memories they will carry into adulthood.
Other days can be spent fishing, canoeing, doing yoga, reading or exploring the incredible terrain right outside the cabin door. The good thing about family hiking trips is the schedule depends on what everyone is feeling on the given day. You don’t need to think and plan it all through. That’s what your guides are there to do.
Evening bonfire and star gazing in the wilderness. Kids often have never seen such clear skies of so many stars before a family hiking trip.
To experience unique family hiking trips in the great Canadian wilderness contact the Yoho Adventures team with your desires and requests and they will surely create an incredible family vacation and a memorable bonding time in the great outdoors.
View more information on our unique 5 and 7-Day Remote Wilderness Adventures to get an idea of what we could offer you and your family for an unforgettable vacation together.
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