Family holidays: 5 good reasons to make bivouac with children

Need to break the routine and take a good dose of pure air? For your next family holiday, choose a bivouac in the middle of nature!

Bivouac, what a funny word! The term originates from German biwacht which refers to open-air military guards. Nowadays, this activity, which has become peaceful, defines rather a rustic camp to spend the night at the beautiful star.

More than a way to shelter elements, this refreshing experience in the middle of nature makes it possible to rejuvenate while bringing participants out of their comfort zone. It is therefore all indicated during family holidays with children . And for cause: respect for essential values is an integral part of these extraordinary stays. Today, Génération Voyage exposes five undeniable reasons to make your entourage enjoy. So, ready to try the adventure?

1. Offering a total disconnection

Disconnect? No, reconnect, rather! A bivouac holiday in the family, it is above all the pleasure to find Lady Nature, to appreciate the wonders, the benefits and to rejuvenate in her company. To enjoy a total immersion in a wild environment but not so inhospital.

The family bivouac is also surprised to appreciate the rusticity of life in the open air and the small meteorological hazards, and leave behind professional routine, everyday stress, mental load or school pressure. The little worries of everyday life falter, leaving room for a serenity that has become uncommon but still remains essential.

In addition, this type of stay allows to bring small and large children out of their screens. For some of them, it can even be a goal in itself, and so much better! It must be said that game consoles don’t really have their place in your bivouac matos. As for power outlets, they are quite difficult to detect in the middle of nature and the 4G network is more discreet than in the city...

Whatever it is: reconnecting to real far from pixels, virtual and apps makes life beautiful. That being said, nothing prevents you from taking your smartphone to capture nice moments spent during your family holiday. Just try to leave it as hot as possible at the bottom of your bag... and, please, do not open your emails!

2. Take out the beaten paths during an unusual stay

Forget the crowded complexes, insipid tourist circuits and conventional leisure. A bivouac holiday in the family opens the field of possibilities for destinations to visit and activities to practise. They guarantee children a good time during an original stay.

In addition to adapting to a limited level of comfort, this enriching experience allows them to acquire basic reflexes and knowledge so that they can evolve serenely in an environment of first and foremost worrying. To learn to turn around, to go up your tent, to fish and make fire safely to share a friendly meal, it doesn’t happen!

This return to simple things is particularly appreciated by the smaller ones who can thus slip into the skin of an authentic adventurer. Like Guide d’Explora Project , most of which travel in the middle of nature are accompanied by fun and pedagogical micro courses provided by a seasoned attendant. Better: no need to fly to the other end of the world, it is perfectly possible to go on holiday in France with his family to benefit from it. During a bivouac under the stars of Beaufortain For example?

3. Close links, create memorable memories

You will have understood: organizing a family bivouac holiday is an enriching experience for each of its members. This also provides an opportunity to consolidate the balance and cohesion that unite them. By breaking the daily routine, discovering new spaces and sharing unusual activities with children, the tightening of family ties is done automatically.

What your stay will count on laughter, mutual assistance, contemplation, discoveries but also on the management of conflicts and protests or the appeasement of small moments of doubt are almost in a form of family therapy. In short: beneficial for everyone and fruitful for all.

This tremendous strengthening of intrafamily relations is accompanied by the creation of memorable memories. Difficult to replace family holiday experience in the middle of nature , especially when you benefit from the know-how of Explora Project . The agency punctuates its stays of unforgettable atypical activities that will be permanently printed among participants.

4. Opter for an ecological and responsible stay

Needless to fly to the other end of the planet to discover sensational landscapes! Moreover, Explora Project is an actor of responsible travel that encourages the practice of virtuous tourism.

The excursions offered among their family holidays in France simultaneously ensure total change and carbon balance. The preservation of the crossed environments is at the heart of the agency’s mission, which offers self-sustaining stays in energy and respectful of the principles of traceless and zero waste. Raising awareness of environmental issues is one of the main objectives of society.

The guides-explorers are thus trained in eco-responsible gestures to adopt during a family bivouac holiday. Your progress in the middle of nature is, for example, governed by the 7 principles of the "Free Trace Program" which was designed in the 1960s to protect American national parks. This allows visitors to increase their knowledge and encourage them to change their behaviours.

Participants will be committed to minimizing damage to natural resources, collecting waste, respecting wildlife and wildlife, and reducing the impact of fires. These simple tips, filled with good sense, are useful to everyone and especially to young children. Isn’t this ecological awareness that depends in part on their future?

5. Introducing to outdoor activities with family

A stay in the middle of nature is the perfect excuse to start with the family in outdoor activities. These allow for both aeration, sport and fair-play and competition spirit. Hiking, kayaking, biking, cani-kart or treasury hunting are all ways to challenge with the family in joy and good mood.

Home Explora Project , we propose among others stay canoë-bivouac during which you will descend a quiet river over three days. The 40 kilometers of navigation will be punctuated by two nights in tents on the river. Ideal to combine sport, learning the rudiments of the wild camp and nice moments around a campfire!

Of course, the level of activities proposed for a family bivouac holiday is suitable for children from 6 years (according to stays). The difficulty and the technicality of the experiments thus proposed allow everyone to live memorable moments safely.

The minimum age required is clearly indicated on the presentation page of each organized outdoor stay... this allows to avoid uncomfortable surprises, disappointments or true galleys to participants. A question remains, however: by what adventure are you going to be tempted during your next family holiday?