Dream Trips: The Maldives, Borneo, Tanzania, Sri Lanka & The World Cup

02/24/22 • 47 min

This week’s episode is all about dream trips, those once-in-a-lifetime bucket list escapes that will have you drooling from ear-to-ear from Sri Lankan beaches and Maldives’ turtles to African safaris and a special families-eye preview of the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Episode Highlights
Behind The Page
Author Kate Wickers takes us behind the pages of her new book ‘Shape of a Boy’, sharing
details of her favourite family adventures to Borneo, Tanzania and Laos.
Don’t Take Our Word For it
9-year-old Elisa tell us why she loves Sri Lanka and how it’s especially good for kids that love
wildlife, beaches and exotic desserts.
Are We There Yet?!
The World Cup 2022 will be played in Qatar and we think it might just be the best world cup yet for families. Why? Amazing beaches, incredible desert adventures and insanely fun hotels
including one with an entire man-made canyoning adventure in the resort for the kids to enjoy.
Bedtime Story
Katie tells us a magical story of night snorkeling in the Maldives and a particularly colourful
octopus you’ll never forget.
The adventure doesn't stop when you have kids; it's just the beginning.

Brought to you by Family Traveller magazine, the global voice of authority on family travel, each episode offers in-depth expert advice and all the know-how family travellers like you need to make the most of your time away. Like travel? Have kids? You’re in the right place.
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Hosted by Katie Bowman, mum and editor of Family Traveller magazine, and Aaron Millar, award-winning travel writer and dad of two,
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This episode was sponsored by Qatar Airways, the No.1 family travel airline in the world.
Go to www.qatarairways.com and type in the code JOINEUR21 to get 3500 bonus Q-miles (valid until March 31st, 2022) and start planning that next dream trip today.

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Colorado's Wild West Adventure: In the Footsteps of Doc Holliday through Glenwood Springs

Follow travel writer Aaron Millar and his family on a Wild West adventure through one of the Colorado Rockies' most beautiful mountain towns.
Glenwood Springs is, perhaps, Colorado's best-kept secret. Located in a dramatic valley, in the heart of the Rockies, this mountain town is home to the largest hot springs pool in the world, an ancient Native American vapour cave and some of the best family adventure in the state, including a mountain-top theme park, 7,000 feet above the town.
But its true claim to fame is its heritage. Founded in 1892, Glenwood Springs was once the home of the notorious gunslinger and gambler Doc Holliday.
Those Wild West days may be long gone, but here in Glenwood Springs you can feel them still - in the red brick buildings of 7th Street where Western saloons once plied their trade, in the frontier style architecture that lines Grand Avenue with colourful facades, in the mountains that rise on all sides of this beautiful valley as they always have.
Travel now with Aaron, his wife Gillian, and two kids, Cameron, 13, and Elise, 9, for three days of outdoor adventure following in the footsteps of one of the West’s wildest characters.
Produced in a documentary style, this episode of Family Traveller is designed to immerse you in the experience and show you what it feels like to be there for real. The grown-ups loved it, but after you hear the kids' take, you’re going to want to bring your family here for sure. Saddle up, the adventure’s about to begin.
Highlights include:

· Bathing in the largest Hot Springs Pool in the world where President Teddy Roosevelt and Al Capone once soaked.

· Experiencing the towns famous Vapour Cave, filled with mineral rich steam seeping in from a super-heated subterranean river below.

· Exploring the Fairy Caves in the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park.

· Riding the Alpine Coaster on a mountain top 7,000 feet above the town

· Driving a snowmobile through the forests of the Rockies.

· Hearing the story of the notorious outlaw gambler and gunslinger Doc Holliday

· Discovering Glenwood Springs, one of Colorado’s most beautiful mountain towns.

Find out more at www.familytraveller.com, @familytraveller

This episode was brought to you by Glenwood Springs, Colorado: Where world-famous hot springs meet year-round outdoor adventures. Find out more at www.visitglenwood.com, @visitglenwood
Produced by Armchair Productions, the audio experts for the travel industry www.armchair-productions.com