Fancy the Far East but worried your children won’t cope with the journey? Then try a cruise like Star Cruises’ SuperStar Gemini, which sails to Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Offering a mix of beach, shopping and culture, there’s a children

Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam – with deals for families. Prices from around £750 for a week in Asia and £549 for four nights in Dubai.Tel: 0141 955 4000

by Malaysia Experiences. Families journey through one of Malaysia’s most wildlife-rich provinces, Sabah in northern Borneo, ending in a visit to Sepilok Orang-utan Sanctuary to become the adoptive parent of an endangered species. Along the way you get

of four stay, with two children under 12 in a superior junior room (which is interconnected), the more expensive room receives a 50 
per cent discount, making the total cost £1,473 per night for a superior room and £5,500 for a suite duplex per night. Tel

, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Options for families include a stay at Kamu Lodge in Laos, where guests can plant rice in a paddy field and visit the Sepilok Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre in Borneo.Tel: 020 7483 6555 or visit www

in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, activities include pastry-making, kite-flying, garland-making and pitch-and-putt; the Rasa Ria also has an orang-utan orphanage where children can be a ranger for the day and help tend for the baby orang-utans; while the Rasa