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KIDS LEARN TO LOVE TRAVEL AND LOVE LEARNING
WHILE THEY TRAVEL ON A WILDLAND FAMILY ADVENTURE
September 23, 2002
Seattle, WA > On a Wildland
Family Adventure, it’s about personal experience.
Delivering much needed clothing to orphanages in Thailand,
going on a bush walk with Masaai warriors at the base of
Mt. Kilimanjaro, transporting school supplies to children
in the mountains of Panama or sharing stories and laughter
over dinner in the home of a Turkish family. These deeply
personal experiences are what set a Wildland Family Adventure
apart.
On a Wildland Family Adventure, parents share the joy of
discovery with their children, while kids learn to love
travel and love learning while they travel. Each trip is
carefully designed with families in mind based on the first-hand
knowledge of Wildland Adventures owners, Kurt and Anne Kutay.
Kurt and Anne have traveled the world with their own children
and have conducted trips for hundreds of families. Each
trip is designed so participants are immersed in their personal
experience, while always secure in their health, safety
and comfort.
Families can plan their own private, custom itinerary or
Wildland Adventures will match families with other kids
of common age and interests on a scheduled Wildland Family
Adventure. Depending on the ages of children and the interests
and abilities of parents and grandparents, multi-generational
itineraries are possible to any of Wildland Adventures’
worldwide destinations. From toddlers to teens, the most
popular family destinations offered by Wildland Adventures
are Costa Rica, Belize, Panama, Peru, Galapagos Islands,
Alaska, Canada, New Zealand, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Botswana,
Zimbabwe, Zambia, Morocco, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan. Prices
range anywhere from $595 up to $4,795, depending on age,
destination and date of travel. All land costs are included
and most itineraries also include local airfare. In addition,
children qualify for discounted prices when sharing a room
with parents and usually receive an additional discount
on international airfare according to individual airline
policies.
Families are hosted in distinctive family-style accommodations
such as locally-operated B & Bs, boutique hotels, and
comfortable native-style lodges that typically include a
swimming pool and suites with two or three bedrooms, a living
room and kitchenette.
Compared to Wildland Adventures’ regular trips, Wildland
Family Adventures meet the special interests and needs of
young people. Family Adventures offer parents fun, safety,
comfort and much more. The company is dedicated to offering
opportunities for kids and parents to have the most authentic,
in-depth and meaningful life enhancing experiences. Local
guides are often teachers who combine a mastery of their
profession with personal parenting experience. They often
introduce Wildland families to their families, make archaeology
come alive through fun interpretive skills, and share amazing
treasures of the living world. They often bring their own
children in tow to enhance the fun and cross-cultural experiences.
“We know by our own experience, if the kids are stimulated,
having fun and feel safe, then parents are usually having
a good time too,” notes Wildland president, Kurt Kutay.
“The better prepared, the more participants will enjoy
their trip, so we provide thorough pre-departure information
for parents and send personalized packets to children including
posters, diaries, language and geography primers.”
For example on rain forest trips and African safaris, pre-departure
packets for kids include colorful posters, laminated animal
identification guides, booklets about rain forests and wildlife
and young reader references.
Since its founding in 1986, the company has been recognized
as a leader in ecotourism including a recommendation by
Conde Nast Traveler Magazine as one of the world’s
best eco-travel outfitters. “Although our customers
continue to choose Wildland Adventures because of our commitment
to conservation and local cultures, today’s active,
educated and experienced travelers, particularly when traveling
with children, want authenticity balanced with the amenities
of charming hostelry, nourishing local cuisine, reliable
transportation, and exceptional indigenous guides,”
notes Kutay. “A personal Wildland experience delivers
a real world without artifice; a world that craves our understanding
and compassion rather than our judgment; a world that seeks
to welcome us rather than entertain us.”
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Since its inception in 1986, ecotourism
has been the cornerstone of Wildland Adventures’
trips, offering cultural and natural history
explorations as a means to protect natural
environments, preserve cultural heritage
and bring direct economic benefits to
local communities through projects such
as the company’s non-profit Travelers
Conservation Trust. Always practicing
what it preaches, Wildland Adventures
keeps its trips to very small groups in
order to limit any impact on the environment.
Owner Kurt Kutay is a founding member
of the Board of Directors of The Ecotourism
Society and the International Galapagos
Tour Operators Association. The company
is also a member of the Center for Responsible
Tourism, a worldwide network of individuals
and organizations working for more socially
and environmentally responsible tourism
and supports the work of Cultural Survival,
which serves to inform the general public
and policy makers about self-determination
of tribal people and ethnic minorities.
Other destinations offered by Wildland
Adventures include Costa Rica, Belize,
the Andes and the Amazon, Patagonia, Alaska,
British Columbia, Africa, New Zealand
and more. For reservations or more information
call 1-800-345-4453, email info@wildland.com,
write to 3516 NE 155th Street, Seattle,
WA 98155 or visit www.wildland.com.
Media Contact:
info@wildland.com
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