, take part in specially tailored tours of nearby Victoria Falls and game drives and enjoy drumming sessions around the campfire. Bailey Robinson is offering a seven-night stay in the luxurious two-bedroom Garden Cottage from £11,550 for a family of four

can spot some more distinctive black and white creatures: the local penguin colonies who waddle across the rocks before diving into the Atlantic waters beyond Cape Point. A seven-night trip with Southern Africa Travel staying at Sanbona and Last Word

doors of the beautiful Art Deco establishment. There’s a host of children’s amenities, including games and activities for use during your stay, a smart Claridge’s tote goody bag, and a mini-size, mint-green umbrella – to be prepared for those London

and cheerful. With brightly coloured strange blobs and bubbly lights in the foyer, plus a brilliant game involving jumping on pictures of bubbles, balls, waves or roulette chips projected on the floor, which then magically responded and moved. The lifts were

parillero (barbecue-pit room) ressemble a Kandinsky-meets-Richard Rogers art installation; the games room is a Cubist fantasy; even the vegetable gardens exhibit pleasing symmetry. Your children will be adored by staff, and you will be bowled over

importantly, with a brilliant Our Space children’s club, catering for children from eight months to 13 years, and a special games area for teens, which (once the children are happily entertained) leaves parents to indulge in a Roman Bathouse-style spa

dinner date in the Park Terrace restaurant. The only trouble was that Joe was so entranced by the booty of games on offer from the concierage (Twister, Snakes & Ladders, Buckeroo) that he didn't really want to leave our room. After a few contorted moves

of the gorgeoussuites, done in shades of white, peppermint, jet black or purple andcopper, each one with a double bath at the foot of the bed. But ifyou’re travelling as a family, there are two cool cottages in thegrounds, one sleeping five and one sleeping six