Traveling with kids can be the most meaningful way for a family to share memorable experiences.  Finding the best adventure tour company for your family vacation is perhaps the most important decision you will make.  Adios Adventure Travel has been organizing family adventure trips and vacations for many years.  Here is our list of tips from the best family-friendly tour company:

• kids need balance of activitiy, downtime and stimulation. This may require a customized itinerary and planning advice from a travel expert.
• a little museum, goes a long way.  Save museums for school field trips and focus on the "real" thing.  Instead of looking at relics of ceramics and artifacts under glass, take kids to the field to see the real thing.  Ceramic shards can be found all over Peru if you visit the right places and learn what to look for.
• native habitats are not zoos.  Prepare your children (and adults) to be observant, and patient, when it comes to seeing wildlife in a native jungle or rain forest habitat.  The key to success is to have a trained naturalisit guide.  Guides can help you spot wildlife in dark shadows, murky water and lush jungle growth.  
• some activities can be scaled and it may be possible to split up for short periods of time to meet varying needs and interests of all members of your family. 
• allow extra days to break up long stretches of travel between destinations.  For instance, a 1-day trip to Machu Picchu is ambitious for adults and is even more demanding for kids.  We recommend at least 2 days / 1 night.
• kids get "ruin fatigue."  Even to grownups, stone ruins can start to look alike after several days on tour.  We can help you choose those ruins you really need to visit and mix up your itinerary with other activities.  

The most popular activities and tours for families with kids are:

• service projects.  Can be 1 day or 2-3 days.  Feedback from kids is that the service projects are more interesting than destinations like Machu Picchu or Lake Titicaca.  Deliver gently-used backpacks or new soccer balls, serve snacks in local schools.  Play a passionate game of soccer with local kids!  Build stoves, walls, livestock shelters.  
• cooking classes are fun for all ages
• horseback riding & mountain biking can be done in kid-friendly destinations and may be combined with visits to historical sites.
• combine your outdoor activity with a picnic lunch.  
• add on a homestay.  This experience is often described as an "indigenous B & B."  
• budding photographers and archaeologists have multiple opportunities for authentic hands-on experiences.
• textile, weaving, musical arts are integrated into Inca civilization and kids can participate.

The bottom line is that adventure travel with kids is a growing trend, but requires special attention to details to ensure it is done properly.