If the average beach package hols is boring for you and your family, it’s time you plumped for The Adventure Holiday Company’s Family Adventures Programme. Their 2008/09 brochure is packed full of affordable holidays around the world that are both stimulating and fun for all the family.

• Join several other families (max is usually 14 people in total) to travel with a Group Leader
  
• A perfect blend of adventure, relaxation, comfort, interest and fun
  
• Departure dates geared to coincide with school holidays
  
• Special adventure itineraries for families with teenage kids aged 12yrs or more and for those with infants 2yrs or more

Families Worldwide is the only company in the UK dedicated to arranging overseas holidays solely for families. The aim is to learn together, discover together and have fun together with tours to Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

• Holidays are arranged around the school holidays and new for this year, post-exam rejuvenation holidays
  
• Construct your holiday choosing where you stay and what you do
  
• All holidays have an ethos of adventure and learning for all the family

If you and your family have a thirst for discovery, then Explore is the travel company for you! This new brochure is tried and tested, it’s fun and it’s simply called Family Adventures, so take a delve inside and plan your trip.

• Travel is in small groups, with no more than five families to one Explore leader
  
• Itineraries are carefully planned to offer the right balance of active exploration, fun, safety and relaxation
  
• There are now no local payments, so the price you see is the total price you pay

A chance for families to embark on an adventure holiday that involves a whole lot more than a few rides in a theme park. Exodus offers ‘real life’ adventure voyages to spectacular destinations around the world that neither you nor your children will forget – full of wonder, learning, sensory overload and exhilaration.

• All trips are suitable for children eight years and over, with some right down to two years old
  
• New for this year, there are no local payments. The price quoted is the price you pay
  
• Exodus Tour leaders have an in-depth local knowledge, a passion for where they live and love of working with children

The Imaginative Family brochure appeals to any parent who has a positive outlook on life and wants an alternative to the more conventional package holiday, as the company offers family holidays to far flung destinations around the world.

• Families travel on tours together, with a max group size of 20 people. Minimum age is six years old
  
• Regionally based destination managers, tour leaders, guides and reps ensure your holiday is hassle-free
  
• Itineraries include many activities such as camel rides, wildlife safaris, snorkelling, cycling etc
  
• Flights aren’t included so you can plan your own travel arrangements

Dragoman has been taking people on authentic overland experiences for over 40 years. All trips are truck-based, with camping, hotels and homestays. The spirit of Dragoman is that it’s as much about the journey as the final destination.

• Trips are divided into styles with Family, Escape, Discover, Encounter and Ultimate, then profiles from Easy to Extreme
  
• Most travellers are between 18 and 40 – but attitude is what counts!
  
• Loads of activities included from camel rides and white water rafting to treks and cultural exploration

Holidays to Spain, Latin America and Antarctica mixing outdoor activity and relaxation in small, locally owned hotels. Small group, Inn to Inn, Self-Drive and Tailor-Made holidays.

• Surround yourself with some of the most remarkable landscapes, wildlife and people in the world.
  
• Combine active days in amazing places with nights spent in characterful hotels and lodges.
  
• Pura Aventura only offer holidays to places that they know and love, working directly with their own network of local guides, small hotels and other businesses to create an exceptional experience for you and to benefit the places you visit.

As Peru specialists, Peruvian Secrets provide the widest selection of available destinations in Peru, including the lesser-known North.

Order one of their CD-ROM brochures to help decide on your perfect trip to Peru.

Specially designed and adapted just for families, these small group tours have an excellent mix of culture, activities and relaxation, whilst remaining innovative, interactive and adventurous.

• Trips align with school holidays so it’s easy to organise a holiday with the family
  
• Tour leaders are born and raised in the region you are visiting so you benefit from their expert knowledge
  
• Maximum group size is 15, so there’s other kids to interact with and independent trips for schools and families can be arranged too