I'd probably do Scotland or Ireland or Scandinavia.

Anonymous wrote:South Africa! It’ll be cool there at that time. You can do safari but also spend a good amount of time in Cape Town. I’d also recommend Grahamstown/Makhanda, which is an adorable college town. You can do the Garden Route, from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town, either driving yourself or being driven. The Wild Coast is also a very special place in South Africa that you’d have time for.

I cannot wait for my kids to be old enough for this trip— and have the time to do it properly.

We are doing SA this summer (in June) and then some of the group are going to Madagascar after for 2 weeks. Could be a good option for op.

SE Asia is hot year long. The difference between July and January is more about rainy seasons which vary by region.

I wouldn’t dismiss that part of the world so quickly with that much time available.

South Africa! It’ll be cool there at that time. You can do safari but also spend a good amount of time in Cape Town. I’d also recommend Grahamstown/Makhanda, which is an adorable college town. You can do the Garden Route, from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town, either driving yourself or being driven. The Wild Coast is also a very special place in South Africa that you’d have time for.

I cannot wait for my kids to be old enough for this trip— and have the time to do it properly.

4 weeks is a long time to spend on Madagascar, but combined with some other places it would be fun. You’d probably have to fly through South Africa, so why not spend some time there? It’s so beautiful and it’s their winter (though very mild). Mauritius is right near Madagascar for some gorgeous beach time. Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe/Zambia is not far.

Anonymous wrote:Japan is a no it is super hot and super crowded it will not be fun.

Plus Japan is now debating on how they will handle Americans coming in and out given Trump. Yes this is factual.

We are going in May. We have been before love it.

If you do go scrub your social media and take burner phones. I am not over reacting.

Citation?

Japan is a no it is super hot and super crowded it will not be fun.

Plus Japan is now debating on how they will handle Americans coming in and out given Trump. Yes this is factual.

We are going in May. We have been before love it.

If you do go scrub your social media and take burner phones. I am not over reacting.

Scandinavia - mix of cities and fjords. Weather will be so much nicer than anywhere else.

Anonymous wrote:Ecuador.

Hike the quilotoa loop. See Cuenca and Quito. Go to the Amazon. Go to Galapagos.

OP here. Thanks for this. Will definitely look into it.

OP here. We have family in Spain and have been a few times. We’ve also spent some time in Italy.

I like the idea of South America and will look into Madagascar.
Thanks for the suggestions so far.
Keep them coming!

Ecuador.

Hike the quilotoa loop. See Cuenca and Quito. Go to the Amazon. Go to Galapagos.

New Zealand. Let the language requirements drop over temp needs.

Madagascar
Finland
Argentina
Brazil

I’d rent a car and explore the various regions in Italy. A friend did this with their kids one summer and had a blast.

Spain

I need some help planning a family trip.
We’re planning to take some time off work for next year‘s summer break and take our 11 and 12-year old kids to experience a completely different environment.
We were initially thinking of either Japan or Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, or any combination of these countries.
But I’m really concerned about weather conditions in these regions in the peak of summer, as I don’t do well in heat and high humidity.

For those of you who have experience in these regions, how bad is it to be there in July-August?

Do you have any alternative ideas of where we could go where temperatures are milder but we still get an exotic non-western / non-English speaking experience?