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2025-26 Gift Guide for Families Who Love to Travel
Our gift guide for families who travel – a list of everything you need to keep your kids happy and you sane while you explore the world.
A different kind of travel site
for families who think differently
Feel at ease with our community of BIPOC families who share first-hand travel experiences and how to explore the world with intention.
You love your kids, but let's face it - traveling with them is not easy.
Taking your family on a trip, especially to a place that is new to you, can take a lot of preparation. Sometimes that lift is too much, so you opt to just stay home.
Few parents have time to plan an adventure that keeps in consideration the needs and interests of each of your family members, determined by age, ensuring you are supporting local businesses, and respecting the local culture and community, all while being a parent.
But don’t worry – Beautiful Brown Adventures offers a seamless solution for planning and executing diverse outdoor adventures that cater to the entire family’s needs and preferences, prioritizing antiracist travel choices, while fostering memorable and stress-free experiences.
Hi! We're Angel & Angelica
We are two mama friends-of-color intent on journeying around the world with our beautiful brown familias. We invite you to come along for the adventure! More about us.
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Beautiful Brown Adventures has everything you need to get your family outdoors today.
Get inspired
With travel inspiration and itineraries
Reduce stress
With practical tips to make traveling with little kids a little easier
Be connected
Build community with other families using antiracism to change how they travel
Travel as unique as your family
There are many travel blogs overflowing with content. Here’s what makes us different:
- Acknowledging the Indigenous communities whose land we are on in every travel post
- Providing history and context to the places we have visited
- Visiting and recommending family-friendly BIPOC-owned restaurants and businesses
- Sharing our travel experiences as BIPOC families including who we see, how we feel, and how we’re treated
- Brainstorming and experimenting with what it means to apply an ‘antiracist framework’ to our travel and planning with our children.
Where in the world is Beautiful Brown Adventures?
Family Bike Rides
How to Choose the Best Balance Bike – woom 1 vs. Strider vs. Hornit AIRO
Your guide to finding the best balance bike for your child (and your wallet)
Ages 2-5
Hornit AIRO 12″ Balance Bike Review – A Great First Bike for Toddlers
AIRO Balance Bike 12” review – safe, lightweight, and perfect for toddlers.
Ages 2-5
A Sweet Winter Day-trip to Arashiyama with Kids: Monkey Park, Bamboo Forests, and Cute Cafes
We had one short day in Arashiyama but our family made the most of it!
Outdoors
Visiting Chena Hot Springs with Kids in Fairbanks, Alaska
Chena Hot Springs has kid-safe hot springs in freezing outdoor temperatures.
Choose Your Own Adventure
Click on any of the bubbles below or on our Travel Ideas page for some kid-friendly travel inspo!
