10 Places You Need to Go Before You Have Kids

Travelling with kids can be stressful, but it can be done. Just ask the parents of the screaming kids next to you the next time you’re on a plane. But while some holidays are meant for families, there are others that need to be grown-ups-only vacations. Here are some of the places you need to experience before you start a family; you’ll appreciate the uniqueness all the more.

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Take a wine tour of Italy

Taking in some of the world's finest wines from local vineyards followed by what will likely be some of the best food you will eat in your lifetime and this might be our favourite on the list. It's so nice you might do it twice.

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Ride a camel through Marrakech

If you want to ride a camel like the gals of Sex and the City did in that awful movie sequel, here's your chance. You probably won't look as glam as they did in that heat though.

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Dive in Australia

The Great Barrier Reef is humungous and when you think of what's down there, from the coral reefs, shipwrecks and all the fantastic sea life, you'll be wondering how you don't already have tickets.

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Ride a helicopter in Iceland

Choose between landing on top of a live volcano or getting dropped into the magma chamber of a dormant one.

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Sleep in a treehouse in Costa Rica

OK, this one sounds like it's for kids but this is not your ordinary treehouse in a suburban backyard. With the Costa Rican jungle as your setting and monkeys as your neighbours, you have several options including towers in trees that you can find on Airbnb and the Tree House Lodge is set in a century-old sangrillo tree.

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Shiver at the Ice Hotel in Quebec City

It may seem like torture but you sleep in a room carved out of ice in a bed made of ice just to say you did.

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Ride a horse on the beach in Mexico

Watching the sunset over the Pacific Ocean in Cabo San Lucas while on horseback is like nothing else, and works whether it's during a girls' trip or with your very own Mexican Fabio.

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Do a yoga retreat in India

Find your zen and channel Julia Roberts in Eat Pray Love for the retreat you never knew you needed. India is known for its holistic therapy and the wellness and healing your body and mind will get after the destressing will have you ready to tackle anything put in front of you going forward.

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Swim with humpback whales in Tonga

Swimming with whales in all their majestic glory is the stuff dreams are made of, and Tonga is one of the few places on the planet where you can swim alongside humpbacks.

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Take on Disney World

OK, hear us out. You're probably going to tackle Disney once kids enter the picture but before they do, experience the Place Where Dreams Come True as only grown-ups can. You won't have to worry about height requirements, whether the rides are too scary and can stay for as long as you want without someone complaining that they're tired, their feet hurt and they want to go back to the resort. Though that might be you after Day 6 of a six-day pass.