MAKE THE GREAT WALKS WORK FOR YOUR FAMILY
Family tramping trips can be fun, and fraught. Sure, they are all about bonding and building resilience and introducing children to the country's beautiful backcountry. But children also get tired, they get blisters, and bee stings.
It’s worth thinking about what you really want to achieve on a trip. And to make sure your children’s gear is the right fit.
Yes, there are families that achieve impressive trips, like Te Araroa. And then there is the rest of us.
One stifling hot January afternoon on the Abel Tasman Coast Track, somewhere between Marahau and Anchorage, I came across a young boy lying on the track. He was about four, very red-faced. His dad, a huge pack towering above his head, was pleading with him, and
