Promoting physical activity through adventure holidays

Adventure holidays are a great way to have a healthy holiday abroad with activity and outdoors exercise to promote activity among a group of children. Kids adventure holiday activities are wide ranging and perfect for large groups such as schools to take part in.

Taking a school group to an outdoors adventure holiday can be one of the best choices you could make when planning a school trip. It combines the healthy aspects of being outdoors in the sunshine as well as promoting physical activity, with the fun and enjoyment that children often find in taking part in group activities with friends.

There are a whole host of various adventure holiday types available, with activities ranging vastly from watersports such as sailing and windsurfing, to rock climbing and mountain biking.

Watersports activities include:

Sailing

An ever popular activity, sailing involves a boat that is propelled by wind power, with a sail that draws the boat along the water. This is a great group activity, with various team members tending to specific and essential aspects of sailing a boat.

Windsurfing

This is similar to sailing, except instead of sitting in a boat, you are standing on a surf board type device. Due to its nature it is more of a solo activity, and can be great for promoting healthy competition between groups.

Kayaking

Similar to canoeing, but with an open top to the boat style vehicle, meaning that it is perhaps more enjoyable in the summer – the kayak being propelled by an oar that you propel through the water in order to gain traction.

Raft building

A perfect team building exercise, as participants must work as a team in order to successfully build a raft that will not only look good as a raft, but will actually float properly. In addition to this, the raft will also have to be able to sail in calm waters without falling apart. This is in fact harder than it looks, as the pressure of the water below and passengers on top will push the raft pieces apart. As alluded to, the raft will also have to be able to support passengers in its short voyage into a shallow lake, and so must be made to a high standard if you don’t want to end up in the water.

Other activities include:

Nature trails

Perfect for the afternoon or day after one of the more physically strenuous activities, these nature trail walks involve a gentle stroll along pre planned nature walks that will educate as well as providing a pleasant gentle activity for tired students.

Cycling

Along similar lines to the nature trails, cycling is a more physically strenuous alternative that allows students to travel through scenic countryside with the added fun of bike transport.