Caribbean with Kids

Offers those with children guidance on the best places for families to enjoy the Caribbean. Resorts are reviewed, from lavish Club Med all-inclusives to campgrounds on St John and hotels featuring sandcastle building contests, babysitting services and arts and crafts projects.

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Husband-wife team Permenter and Bigley combine their experience as travel writers, Caribbean experts and parents to help readers discover the best places for families to enjoy island fun. An assortment of family-oriented resorts are reviewed, from lavish Club Med all-inclusives where kids can learn to scuba dive and sail, to campgrounds on St. John where children can track wild burros, to hotels featuring sandcastle building contests, extensive babysitting services, and special tropical arts and crafts projects. Plenty of activities away from the resorts are offered, from visiting children's museums to climbing waterfalls to enjoying a thrilling submarine ride at 100 feet below the azure water's surface. Special sections include travel planning for families, health and safety, packing for kids, and unique activities for kids, such as St. Croix's Buccaneer Hotel's "12 Days of Christmas" programme featuring a live visit from Santa and his reindeer, or Puerto Rico's Hyatt Regency's environmental and cultural camp programme for kids and parents.
Nearly 30 islands are covered with more than 500 resorts, attractions, restaurants and transportation details featured, all with an eye toward children and supervised activities and programmes. Also featured is a bibliography for young readers to introduce the region to them from preschool picture books of Jamaican folk tales to teen novels such as "The Cay".