Activities Abroad offers adventure activity holidays for families to beautiful rural locations across the world. The holidays are designed to cater for families of all abilities from absolute beginners to experienced enthusiasts. A different activity or adventure sport is offered each day so that each member of the family can pick and choose the activities they prefer. The minimum age for the holidays starts at 8 years but this varies by holiday destination. Younger children are still able to travel. Activities Abroad also offer winter activity holidays in Finnish Lapland.

A different adventure activity is offered each day and the activities on offer vary by destination. A typical week might include the activity options of canadian canoeing, adventure walk and caving, canyoning, high ropes course and rock climbing and canoeing (example options are from the Ardeche holiday). Other activities available include mountain biking, tubing and whitewater rafting.

A choice of properties is available to suit individual requirements. The accommodation ranges from the luxury catered Chalet des Montagnes, the luxury Chalet Madeleine available on a catered or self-catered basis, two self catered apartments and the traditional, family run Chalet-Hotel la Chaumiere. All catered properties have either outdoor jacuzzi, sauna or swimming pool. The properties are all located in quiet areas with no through traffic and have pleasant gardens with outdoor games e.g. table tennis, boules, badminton etc. A range of baby equipment is also available including cots, baby linen, stairgates, child car seats, booster seats, plastic crockery and cutlery. There are also indoor and outdoor games, videos and DVDs.

Simply Morzine offers a flexible itinerary of activities for your holiday which you can choose to suit your individual requirements and budget. There are a range of alpine sports and other activities to choose from, as well as sightseeing excursions.

Alpine sports: Trekking and mountaineering, white-water rafting, white-water hot-dogging, white-water hydrospeeding, canyoning, wakeboarding and waterskiing, mountain biking, via ferrata, rock climbing, paragliding, bungee jumping, fantasticable, quad biking, hot air ballooning, caving.

Other Activities: Walking, swimming in water parks & lakes, tennis, golf, toboggan run/luge, adventure park & Indiana park, ice-skating, mountainboarding, horse riding, mini-golf, fishing, devil-karting, elastic-fly (bungee swing), mountain donkey rambles, mini-electric cars, pony rides, skateboard park.

The local, ‘not-for-profit’ crèche “l’Outa” is just a 5-minute walk from the Simply Morzine properties. Two excellent private nanny services are also available. Simply Morzine can offer an evening babysitting service.

There is no minimum age for the holidays. Some of the individual activities have minimum height, weight and/or age restrictions.

Undiscovered Alps is a family business specialising in walking and activity holidays in a beautiful and little known part of the Southern French Alps. The region is rarely visited by the Brits and is a quiet, friendly, family destination with plenty of culture and French charm and a wide range of activities to suit all ages and abilities. You can do something different each day, learn a skill like kayaking for the week, or just relax in the stunning scenery and fresh mountain air. Undiscovered Alps will tailor make your perfect family activity holiday. Some activities, like paragliding and rafting have a minimum age limit but there are plenty of other activities for younger children. Undiscovered Alps have crèche facilities and babysitting services available. Undiscovered Alps also offer skiing holidays - see our Skiing & Boarding section for details.

Undiscovered Alps have a full range of accommodation including camping, self catering apartments and chalets, bed and breakfasts, hotels, chalets and even two converted french chateaux. Most places have family rooms and facilities.

Some of the alpine sports available include walking (there’s a network of child friendly mountain refuges if you want to experience a real alpine walk in the mountains), tree climbing (with an option to spend the night in a hammock), mountain biking, caving, paragliding, white water sports, kayaking, canyoning, ropes adventure courses, pony trekking, via ferrata, rock climbing, quad biking, trampolining and water sports on the lake. All the activity providers used are fully qualified to French and European standards. They speak English and are friendly and helpful with local knowledge and experience.

There is an excellent ‘maison de l’enfant’ offering half-day or full-day care (with lunch) for children aged between 3 months and 6 years. It’s open four days a week in the summer and 7 days a week in winter. The centre has several light indoor areas, sleeping and dining rooms, outdoor play areas and they do a variety of activities with the children including arts and crafts, games and nature trails. There are also crèche facilities, available every week day in most villages and a babysitting service at any time.

360 Sun and Ski provides summer family catered holidays to the French alpine village of Les Carroz d'Araches. Les Carroz is 40 minutes from Geneva on the road to Chamonix. It has a welcoming and friendly atmosphere. Over recent years it has evolved from a small Savoyard hamlet to a year-round resort, but without losing its character and warmth. The holidays are designed for families with children but without you paying for the privilege: children under the age of 16 stay free of charge - you only pay for their food and there is also just one price for adults all year round. 360 Sun and Ski also offer family ski holidays.

Traditional French alpine chalet with 5 family suites. The chalet is child-friendly and equipped with toys, videos and books All the equipment you need from baby cots to bibs and buggies - even sterilisers and listening devices, is provided free of charge. .

Creche: A chalet-based creche is available for babies and young children. Childcare is flexible with hourly, half day or full day care for as many days as you wish.