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+ cultural appreciation, difficulty of activities and route
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  • 9+ difficulty of activities and route
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  • 6+ several long adult dinners; parent may not be able to pull a Burley and/or there may be multiple activity restrictions
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  • 3+ riding is on bike paths, making it great for young kids; Burley and Piccolos are available; there are few or no activity restrictions; and no long dinners (or we offer alternatives)

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

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.




Age Recommendations & Restrictions

Europe Italy Family Trips:
  Recommended Minium Age Required Age to
Ride Own Bike		 Other Age Req./Restrictions
arrow Dolomites Multisport, Premiere 9+9+ No Burleys or Piccolos
arrow Tuscany Biking, Casual 9+9+n/a
arrow Tuscany Insider, Premiere 9+n/an/a
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Europe France Family Trips:
  Recommended Minium Age Required Age to
Ride Own Bike		 Other Age Req./Restrictions
arrow Brittany & Normandy Biking, Premiere 9+7+ horseback riding & kart sailing 7+
arrow Brittany & Normandy Biking, Casual 9+7+ horseback riding & kart sailing 7+
arrow Dordogne & Bordeaux Biking, Premiere 9+9+n/a
arrow Loire Valley Biking, Premiere 9+7+n/a
arrow Loire Valley Biking, Casual 6+7+n/a
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Europe at Large Family Trips:
  Recommended Minium Age Required Age to
Ride Own Bike		 Other Age Req./Restrictions
arrow France & Germany 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 Spain Biking, Premiere 9+9+n/a
arrow Swiss Alps Multisport, Premiere 9+7+n/a
arrow Swiss Alps Multisport, Premiere 6+7+n/a
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United States Family Trips:
  Recommended Minium Age Required Age to
Ride Own Bike		 Other Age Req./Restrictions
arrow Alaska Multisport, Casual 6+7+ rafting: 5+
kayaking: 6+
arrow Alaska Multisport, Camping 6+7+ rafting: 10+
kayaking: 8+
arrow Arizona Multisport, Premiere 6+9+n/a
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 Crater Lake Multisport, Casual 6+9+rafting: 6+
arrow Death Valley Multisport, Premiere 6+9+n/a
arrow Glacier Multisport, Casual 6+9+rafting & horseback riding: 5+
arrow Glacier Multisport, Camping 6+9+rafting & horseback riding: 5+
arrow Maine Multisport, Premiere 6+7+kayaking: 5+
arrow Maine Multisport, Camping 6+7+kayaking: 5+
arrow Redwood National Park Multisport, Camping 6+9+No Burleys
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+horseback
riding: 7+
canyoneering: 6+
arrow Yosemite Multisport, Camping 6+7+horseback
riding: 7+
canyoneering: 6+
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Canada Family Trips:
  Recommended Minium Age Required Age to
Ride Own Bike		 Other Age Req./Restrictions
arrow Canadian Rockies Multisport, Premiere 6+9+ rafting, climbing & icewalk: 6+
arrow Canadian Rockies Multisport, Camping 6+9+ rafting, climbing & icewalk: 6+
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Latin America Family Trips:
  Recommended Minium Age Required Age to
Ride Own Bike		 Other Age Req./Restrictions
arrow Baja Multisport, Casual 9+9+ No Burleys
arrow Costa Rica Multisport Pacific Coast, Premiere 9+9+ rafting & horseback riding: 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+kayaking: 5+
No Burleys
arrow Costa Rica Insider, Premiere age restriction for trip: 8+
(due to hotel req.)		n/an/a
arrow Ecuador & Galápagos Multisport, Premiere 9+9+No Burleys or Piccolos
arrow Peru Multisport, Premiere 12+9+No Burleys or Piccolos
arrow Peru Insider, Premiere 12+n/an/a
arrow Yucatán Multisport, Premiere 6+7+No Burleys
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Asia/Pacific Family Trips:

  Recommended Minium Age Required Age to
Ride Own Bike		 Other Age Req./Restrictions
arrow Hawaii's Big Island Multisport, Premiere 6+9+kayaking & surfing: 5+
arrow New Zealand Multisport, Premiere 6+9+rafting: 10+
No Burleys
arrow Thailand Biking, Premiere 9+9+ride elephants: 8+
No Burleys
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Africa Family Trips:
  Recommended Minium Age Required Age to
Ride Own Bike		 Other Age Req./Restrictions
arrow Morocco Multisport, Premiere 9+9+ No Burleys or Piccolos
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