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BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA // A FOCUS ON FIRST NATIONS IN THE WEST With an Indigenous history spanning 10,000 years, British Columbia is an ideal place to embark on a travel experience hosted by First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities. The provincial capital, Victoria, is a great base from which to explore the cultures of Vancouver Island. Hire an RV to explore this wild island’s ocean-front indigenous-owned campsites, prime spots for whale- spotting. Look out for orcas, grey, humpback, and minke whales, plus dolphins, otters and sea lions. Vancouver itself offers child-
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friendly options, including Talaysay Tours’ Talking Trees Tour: a 90-minute forest ramble through Stanley Park, where Squamish and Shíshálh cultural ambassadors explain how First Nations people across southern British Columbia have used the land for food, medicine, and technology for countless generations.
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JAPAN // CINEMATIC SIGHTS AND OLYMPIC EXCITEMENT With its mash-up of pop culture and ancient tradition, Japan is irresistible for families. The UK ranked among the top 10 spending nations here in 2019, among which were a growing number of lucky children. Head to Japan in 2021, not only for the summer Olympics in Tokyo, but also for the opening of Super Nintendo World in Osaka’s Universal Studios. For fi lm fans, Studio Ghibli,
whose animated classics like Spirited Away and Ponyo were released on Netfl ix over lockdown, is found in suburban Tokyo, where tours include an exclusive short fi lm. New for 2021, Studio Ghibli- inspired campsite Hygge Circles Ugakei is a Nordic-Japanese, sustainability-focused nature park with glamping cabins, an hour’s bullet train ride from the city of Nagoya. Or go off-grid: the new Treeful
Treehouse EcoResort, four private treehouses in the forest canopy, is the newest reason to beat a retreat to the beach-blessed Okinawa peninsula.
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MONTENEGRO // BIKES, HIKES AND ZIP-WIRE ADVENTURES The Balkan state looks set for breakthrough year. Five national parks protect over 60 peaks and a glittering slice of Adriatic coast, where hiking, biking, canyoning and rafting are options on offer from the likes of Responsible Travel, Families Worldwide, and Utracks; while Tailormade Rail’s new trip puts all this within train access.
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FLORIDA, USA // LAUNCHPAD FOR INSPIRATIONAL JOURNEYS With the new era of US launches upon us, Florida’s sunny Space Coast has never been more of a blast. Its 72 miles encompass Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, home to SpaceX launches and 100ft-high rockets that stand like mighty monuments. New for 2021 is Planet Play, an out-of-this-world interactive area where kids can ‘walk’ on the sun and slide through an asteroid fi eld. visitfl
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HORTOBÁGY NATIONAL PARK, HUNGARY // COWBOYS AND CRANES ON OPEN PLAINS Home to Europe’s largest native grassland, Hortobágy provides a critical habitat for around 340 bird species, making it a top birding spot. A few hundred shepherds and cowboys, called csikós, also roam the grassland, seen on horse-drawn carriage tours, where riders show off their rodeo skills by standing on the backs of two galloping horses.
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TRANSYLVANIA, ROMANIA // FINDING REALITY IN A LAND OF GOTHIC FANTASY Bram Stoker’s novel transformed Transylvania into Dracula’s gothic realm but what the author missed is Transylvania’s pastoral, old- Europe reality, with wildfl ower meadows, storybook castles, and cobbled-lane villages. A farm stay here offers families the chance to unplug, with hiking in Carpathian Mountain forests, collecting eggs, milking sheep, and piling haystacks.
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