Anonymous wrote:We are looking for something similar. Does anyone know Planet Hollywood resort in Costa Rica? Would this fit the criteria assuming some off property excursions.

I stayed at PH with my daughter and it was wonderful! I booked through Costco Travel and everything was perfect. The resort has lots to do, is gorgeous, and they have tons of excursions available. Highly recommend.

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Anonymous wrote:Dude ranch is perfect for this. Horseback riding and tons of other activities (archery, clay shooting, hiking, biking, kayaking, fishing, etc.). Great for multiple generations.

Any suggestions for Dude ranches ? This is a bit harder to google than you think.

Tanque verde guest ranch is one that is often recommended. But it is Tucson so would not br a good choice for summer break. Colorado or Wyoming is better for summer.

Awasi resorts in South America are all inclusive with individualized activities included. I stayed in the one in Mendoza before it was owned by Awasi and it operated on the same concept and was amazing!

We did a hiking/biking tour though the Dolomites that was amazing! We used Butterfield & Robinson, FWIW.

Mohonk is nice, if you like hiking. The rock scrambles are really fun and difficult enough to keep teens interested.

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Anonymous wrote:We rented a catamaran for a week and sailed the coastline of Belize. It came with a private chef and we got to choose the activities (scuba, snorkeling, kayaking, island hopping, fishing, etc).

Not OP, but wondering how much this was. I have looked into it for the BVI and it was about $17-20k for 6 of us. Curious if Belize is cheaper.

It was approx 30k for 10 people, but this was a few years ago.

Would you share the vendor you used? I think we would do this.

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Inkaterra lodge in Peru. We did nature hikes and boat rides in the jungle.it was a lot of fun. There were a few kids there, around age 10 and up.

African safari lodge. We went in South Africa. There is a minimum age for the safari drives.

Alaska cruise. You do have to book excursions separately but it’s easy to do and there’s lots to see.

Rafiki Superlekker Safari in Costa Rica included an activity every day. One of our all time favorite vacations (but not luxury). The wildlife was incredible, the rafting was so wild and fun, and the people were just lovely.

We stayed at Drowsy Water Ranch many years ago for our dude ranch experience and it was amazing. I think I found it on this site. Very expensive though--it was a one and done for us. It is every 9 year old horse crazy kid's dream, but the rest of us also loved it. I think we rode 4 days, rafted one day, pool time, some hiking, nighttime campy entertainment--all was included until the last day when you pay your (gulp) tip!

For super high end, my spouse and I went to a 3 night heli-hiking place in Canada that was amazing and all inclusive for the days (except that tip at the end!). CMH Summer Adventures if you want to look at it. There were some teens there, but it is not geared towards kids at all. Mine would not have liked the food.

Anonymous wrote:Dude ranch is perfect for this. Horseback riding and tons of other activities (archery, clay shooting, hiking, biking, kayaking, fishing, etc.). Great for multiple generations.

Any suggestions for Dude ranches ? This is a bit harder to google than you think.

Some of the higher end cruises are like this. We did the celebrity cruise in Galapagos and it was all inclusive and fit for various age levels. (Each day there was a choice of 3 activities, with different fitness levels.).

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Anonymous wrote:We rented a catamaran for a week and sailed the coastline of Belize. It came with a private chef and we got to choose the activities (scuba, snorkeling, kayaking, island hopping, fishing, etc).

Not OP, but wondering how much this was. I have looked into it for the BVI and it was about $17-20k for 6 of us. Curious if Belize is cheaper.

It was approx 30k for 10 people, but this was a few years ago.

Would you share the vendor you used? I think we would do this.

We are looking for something similar. Does anyone know Planet Hollywood resort in Costa Rica? Would this fit the criteria assuming some off property excursions.

Anonymous wrote:Dude ranch is perfect for this. Horseback riding and tons of other activities (archery, clay shooting, hiking, biking, kayaking, fishing, etc.). Great for multiple generations.

We did this and didn’t love it. We aren’t huge riders so after one or two rides we were like okay….. and the other activities often did cost extra or weren’t really that great. Also, they didn’t let you take the best rides unless you could pass a test showing your skills, which none of us could pass.

Anonymous wrote:Check out jungle lodges in Belize. We stayed at Ian Anderson’s Caves Branch Lodge and enjoyed it but there are any number of other similar properties.

Np here - this was also my first thought. Plenty of included excursions. The guides were truly fantastic there.

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Anonymous wrote:We rented a catamaran for a week and sailed the coastline of Belize. It came with a private chef and we got to choose the activities (scuba, snorkeling, kayaking, island hopping, fishing, etc).

Not OP, but wondering how much this was. I have looked into it for the BVI and it was about $17-20k for 6 of us. Curious if Belize is cheaper.

It was approx 30k for 10 people, but this was a few years ago.