Tired of children glued to games consoles? Then whisk them away to a desert island in the Maldives with Elegant Resorts Island Hideaway. All the rooms are located on the beach, and the children’s club includes activities like island cycle rides

, children can enjoy a host of games at the villa, from volleyball to cricket, take a bike ride to the village of Aranwella or get close to nature with whale watching. Animal lovers can also visit the Udawalawe elephant park, the Kalametiya bird sanctuary

, suitable for children from age five. From £2,275 per adult and £1,465 per child including all flights, taxes, guiding, game drives,accommodation and meals at Saruni Samburu on a full board basis. Payment to Rainforest Concern to offset flights and a

, including snorkelling, windsurfing and scuba diving.Guests can also enjoy a daily programme of activities including Spanish lessons, dance classes and painting workshops. Younger children have the opportunity to venture inside the Explorer children’s club

The feeling is familiar: you’re sitting in the departure lounge waiting to board that long-haul flight, watching your fellow travellers milling about, hoping, praying, that the two small children screaming and climbing over the seats

Tokyo may be a vibrantly cosmopolitan city, but it also offers some brilliant adventures for children. Try these ten fun activities.Visit the Mori Tower Venture to the top of the 53-storey Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills for the fantastic 360-degree

The Caribbean’s ability to enchant has never waned. Newcomers may be fooled into thinking that to see one island is to see them all – not so. They may all have knockout beaches and suitability for children in common, but each has its own unique

21 there is a special offer where up to two children under 11 can go free. Prices start at £426 per person per night, including meals and drinks, twice daily game drives and a daily walking safari with Virgin Limited (www

opening March 2012 for chilling out during the day or evening, an 18-hole championship golf course just a short stroll from the Resort, a Treehouse kid’s club, with activities for all ages of children and a kid’s spa and kid’s cafe, and one of the best

children’s clubs and all of them have beautiful white sandy beaches and offer every watersport under the sun.The whole island is encircled by a coral reef but the West coast tends to be more protected, and it’s here that you’ll find long stretches of sandy