Think river cruises and expedition ships are off limits for kids?
Christine Chitnis reports on the growing trend of welcoming tweens and teens on these eye-opening adventures.
Most travelers would meet this moment with hushed reverence, but my then-12-year-olds wisecrack was right on the money.
Lindblad Expeditions has kid-friendly trips to places such as Port Althorp, Alaska.Credit:DAVID VARGAS/COURTESY OF LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS-NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Along the way we encountered musk oxen, walruses, and whales.
Traveling with a tween, Ive learned, is its own lesson in moderation.)
AGURTZANE CONCELLON/COURTESY OF HX (HURTIGRUTEN EXPEDITIONS)
The polar regions arent the only place to cultivate youthful curiosity.
One of a dozen family cabins on the A-Rosa Sena, a European river ship.Courtesy of A-ROSA
You have to know your child, Simpson says.
These cruises might not be a fit for kids who need peers around.
The science center aboard the HX ship Fridtjof Nansen.AGURTZANE CONCELLON/COURTESY OF HX (HURTIGRUTEN EXPEDITIONS)
A-ROSA’s Sena ship.Courtesy of A-ROSA