Seattle & Pacific Northwest - A Custom Adventure!

In partner with Colorful Cities and the Center for Wooden Boats, this fun adventure gives you the chance to explore the history, communities and parks around Seattle's Lake Union by Lime Bike.  A fun outing for kids and adults alike, we will explore Lake Union through the lens of Colorful Seattle Explore and Color, learn about the maritime history, and enjoy an optional boat ride around the lake!  

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Experience a customized private guided hike into Olympic National Park’s temperate rain forest and wilderness coast. Led by a local hiking guide, this multi-destination tour features a 2-3 mile morning guided hike within one of Olympic’s moss-laden rain forests, followed by an afternoon of coastal explorations amongst towering seastacks and massive driftwood logs on Olympic’s Pacific Coastline. This is an all-inclusive guided tour experience with roundtrip transportation from Port Angeles, picnic lunches, and Olympic National Park entrance fees included.

 

Looking to maximize your time on the trails on a more challenging day hike adventure? Consider a private guided moderate day hike within the Olympic Mountains! Led by a local hiking guide, this guided hiking experience focuses on a single destination to allow more time for hiking mileage, elevation gain, and enjoying more off the beaten path mountainous viewpoints. This is an all-inclusive guided tour experience with roundtrip transportation from Port Angeles, picnic lunches, and Olympic National Park entrance fees included.

On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in a mushroom shaped column of ash that rose thousands of feet skyward, turning day in tonight. In 1982, Congress created the 110,000 acre National Volcanic Monument for research, recreation and education. The Monument, which left to respond naturally to disturbance, is a one of a kind destination for mountain climbing, hiking, fishing and exploration. Located in the heart of the Blast Zone, Johnston Ridge Observatory offers a wide-screen theater presentation, interactive displays, photos and artifacts from the 1980 eruption, and stunning views into the steaming volcano including the growing lava dome and the world’s youngest glacier.

On this private naturalist guided tour you’ll learn how volcanoes are monitored and discover how Mt. St. Helens has taught us new answers to old mysteries from other volcanoes around the globe. While hiking on one of the many trails you can see first hand how nature has sprung back from the devastation and is now flourishing once again. Your guide will be on the lookout for wildlife, including deer, elk, beavers, otters, and a diverse array of bird species as you explore this young landscape. On the South side of the mountain is Ape Cave, the largest continuous lava tube in the continental United States. Here you can enjoy hiking in old growth forest and spelunking in caves that once contained rivers of molten rock. If you want a closer look at the crater, consider a thrilling helicopter tour of the mountain and Blast Zone (additional costs apply).

Global Family Travels invites you on a guided journey of the well-groomed hiking trails in Newcastle’s Coal Creek area, which was once home to three coal mining towns in King County Washington, established in the mid-1800s after coal was discovered.  

A fun outing for kids and adults alike, we will walk the 4 mile trail along a beautiful wooded creek bordered by thick native foliage to search for treasures from the past. As we hike, we'll learn about the area's coal mining history and seek out remnants of the past hidden from those unaware of the fascinating stories that haunt this urban outpost.

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Global Family Travels is excited to bring you this enriching and collaborative experience in partnership with First Nature Tours, the North Olympic Salmon Coalition, and the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe!   This three-day adventure gives participants the chance to learn about salmon habitat recovery and engage with the tribe.  Participants will partake in culturally immersive experiences, including a salmon bake, blessings and native storytelling, a totem tour, and carving experiences at the House of Myths, as well as take in the beauty of the Olympic Peninsula while on a guided hike and volunteering with the salmon coalition.  

We have a selection of hotels to choose from that are family-friendly and conveniently located for your visit to Seattle:

• Warwick Hotel: Less than a ten-minute walk from Pike Place Market, this downtown hotel has an indoor pool and kids under 12 stay for free!
• Maxwell Hotel: Part of the Pineapple Hotel collection, and located in Lower Queen Anne, this fun hotel is near the Seattle Center where guests can ride the unique monorail to downtown.
• Hotel Max: An art-inspired hotel very close to downtown with a selection of different room layouts to choose from, some of which have bunk beds!
• Westin Seattle: Take in Seattle's magnificent water and city views and enjoy an indoor rooftop pool at this advantageous location
• Hyatt House: Considered the closest hotel to Seattle's infamous Space Needle, the spacious kitchen suite room layouts are perfect for a family or group of friends.

Global Family Travels invites you on this exciting Urban Street Art experience in partnership with 206 Zulu, a Seattle-based community organization that uses Hip Hop culture and the arts as platforms for community service, education and empowerment, and Urbanists, an organization that is committed to serving community through art and public engagement.  

Seattle boasts a vibrant culture of street art, from the powerful pieces done in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests, to the world’s longest mural display along the light rail corridor in SODO, to ever changing murals on buildings and in alleys brimming with the brilliant work of local artists. Join a small, COVID-safe group to explore the street art in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. We will travel by foot and streetcar to examine tremendously varied street art, from graffiti, tags, and “sticker bombs” to elaborate spray paint, brush work, and stencil pieces. Become the proud “public” in public art as we celebrate local artists and explore topics such as ownership, power, and identity in street art. 

At a colossal 14,400ft (4,390 meters) Mt. Rainier is the largest peak in the Cascade Range. Its majestic peak is encased in more than 35 square miles of snow and ice, and surrounded by old-growth forests, alpine meadows, lakes, and waterfalls. Experience a private tour of this amazing National Park with an expert naturalist tour guide on a Mt. Rainier tour from either Portland or Seattle (located 2.5 hours from both Portland and Seattle). Your guide will reveal the natural and cultural history of Mt. Rainier as you wind through the Park to the Paradise area (weather-permitting), and embark on a scenic hike or snowshoe (depending on the season).

Learn about the geology behind this active volcano, watch for elk, bears, and other wildlife, and take in stunning mountain views and moments of solitude. On East side of the Mountain a short hike into the Grove of the Patriarchs leads to some of the oldest and largest trees in Pacific Northwest, and sitting at an elevation of 6,400-feet in the parkland meadows of Yakima Park, Sunrise is Mount Rainier’s highest visitor center, offering close-up views of the massive Emmons Glacier above hundreds of acres of meadows bursting with wildflowers. Sunrise rivals the more popular Paradise when it comes to scenic splendor and like it’s name implies, it's one of the first places in the park to capture morning’s early light. First Nature Tours will work with you to design a custom itinerary based on the season and your group’s interest for a one-of-a-kind experience in this treasured National Park.