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10 Family Travel Destinations to Visit in 2020

03/09/2020 By Traveling Canucks 3 Comments Categories: Alberta Aruba Beach Belize British Columbia California Canada Caribbean Islands Central America Curacao Germany Hawaii Ireland Japan Mexico National Park Travel Stories Trip Ideas Tropical Islands Vancouver Island Victoria World Heritage Site

Top Family travel destinations for 2020 Are you in need of a little travel inspiration? If so, this post is written with you in mind. This blog post highlights a few of our favourite family travel destinations. Our hope is that we plant the seed for you to visit one or two of these destinations […]

20 Photos that will inspire you to visit Tikal National Park, Guatemala

12/02/2019 By Traveling Canucks 3 Comments Categories: Adventures Central America Guatemala Jungle Trekking National Park World Heritage Site

Tikal National Park in Guatemala The ancient temples found in Tikal National Park are arguably the most impressive in all of Central America. The park is one of the largest and most impressive archaeological sites of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It’s estimated to have had a peak population of 100,000 to 200,000. Tikal National Park is one of […]

25 Photos that will inspire you to visit Curacao this winter

11/30/2019 By Traveling Canucks 8 Comments Categories: Beach Caribbean Islands Curacao Trip Ideas Tropical Islands World Heritage Site

Photos that will inspire you to visit Curaçao Are you thinking about visiting a new tropical destination this winter? If so, have you considered the island of Curaçao? Located in the Southern Caribbean, about 100 kilometers north of Venezuela, Curacao is the largest of the Netherland Antilles. It’s the ‘C’ in the trio of ABC islands. […]

Our experience at the Lions Dive and Beach Resort Curacao

11/16/2019 By Traveling Canucks 1 Comment Categories: Beach Caribbean Islands Curacao Resort Review Trip Ideas Tropical Islands

Lions Dive and Beach Resort Curacao Today, we’d like to revisit our time at the Lions Dive and Beach Resort Curacao. Curacao is a small island nation in the southern Caribbean, located approximately 65 kilometers north of the Venezuelan coast. It’s a Lesser Antilles island country that’s a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which includes the neighboring islands […]

15 Photos that will inspire you to travel to Belize

01/24/2019 By Traveling Canucks 6 Comments Categories: Beach Belize Central America Pictures Sightseeing Travel Stories Trip Ideas

15 Photos that will inspire you to travel to Belize Today we have beach on the brain. It’s still cold, grey and rainy here in Vancouver, so we thought we’d share some photos from our last trip to Belize. Belize still ranks high on our list of ‘countries we will revisit again in the future’. […]

50 Photos that tell our 2018 story

01/23/2019 By Traveling Canucks 3 Comments Categories: Beach British Columbia Mexico Ontario Photography Portugal Quebec Reflections Spain Travel Stories

Year in Review: 50 Photos from our 2018 travels Every year we have good intentions to write our ‘Year in Review’ posts before the year is complete. And, every year, we fall short of this goal. This year was no different. We had a wonderful end to the year and have spent the past week […]

Mexico through the eyes of a 6 year old boy

12/09/2018 By Traveling Canucks 1 Comment Categories: Beach Family Travel Tips Mexico Travel Stories

Braydon’s photo story from Mexico Last Christmas, Braydon got his first digital camera. It’s a durable kid’s action camera with all the accessories (here’s the model). He was excited to bring his little camera to Mexico to capture his vacation, just like Mommy and Daddy do when we travel. It was super cute. We returned […]

Here’s what you need to know before you visit Xcaret in Mexico

05/08/2018 By Traveling Canucks 29 Comments Categories: Family Travel Tips Mexico Travel Tips Trip Ideas

What you need to know before you visit Xcaret Located in Mexico’s popular Riviera Maya, Xcaret is an eco-archaeological park with over 50 attractions. Visitors come to Xcaret to snorkel with fish, explore underground rivers and caves, learn about Mayan culture, see wildlife and enjoy its tropical surroundings. It has a lot of similarities to […]