FAQ

Apricous is a bespoke travel company that creates personalised parent-child adventure holidays. From survival experiences in Borneo's rainforest to treasure hunts through ancient Greece, every itinerary is designed around one thing: deepening the bond between parent and child through shared experience, challenge, and discovery.

Apricous is built for single parents and families who want more than a holiday. If you want to bond with your loved ones , a trip with us may just be what you need. If you're looking for rushed, checklist-style sightseeing, we're probably not the right fit. If you want depth, intention, and one-on-one time with your child, you're in the right place.

Unlike standard tour operators, Apricous designs every itinerary around the parent-child relationship. The focus is not on fixed group routes or souvenirs shops. Each experience is built around your child's age, interests, and curiosity and the kind of bond you want to come home with.

Each travel plan is carefully crafted and diligently worked upon to accommodate all your travel requests. This requires a lot of time and effort. The 100% adjustable** Itinerary design fee is a small effort to bring seriousness and value to your time as well as ours.

Apricous offers five core experience types: Adventure Bonds (kayaking, husky rides, rafting), Survival Bonds (wilderness and jungle challenges), Thematic Bonds (trips built around your child's passion — Percy Jackson, dinosaurs, cars), Incredible Grandmas (cultural immersion hosted by local grandmothers across Italy and India), and Bond with Your Roots (ancestral and heritage travel).

Yes. If none of our listed experiences or destinations feel right, we'll design one from scratch based on your child's interests, age, travel style, and budget. The more detail you share, share your passions, things to avoid, travel window — the better we can design around you.

Current destinations include Lapland, Norway, Borneo, Tanzania, Madagascar, Greece, and Polar Cruises to the Arctic and Antarctic. We also design fully custom itineraries to destinations not on this list, provided they offer the kind of immersive, off-the-beaten-path experience our holidays are built on. We DO NOT focus on destinations like Dubai, Vietnam etc

Absolutely, it's where Apricous began. Our itineraries are built with single parents and one child as the baseline. We also have specific experience designing trips for solo female travellers, so they can travel with confidence and safety.

Apricous designs age-aware itineraries across all childhood stages. Some experiences start from age 4 (Greece), others from 7 or 10 for more physically demanding destinations like Polar Cruises. Every itinerary adjusts its pacing, activities, and difficulty to suit your child. We'll advise on the best fit when you enquire.

Most Apricous trips are private, designed specifically for your family. Group departures are occasionally available, typically limited to 12 people. Availability varies by destination and season. Contact us to check what's currently on.

The Apricous Club is a free membership programme open to anyone who believes in spending meaningful time with their loved ones, no prior travel with us required. Members earn points through bonding tips, online family game shows, sharing travel stories, and referrals. Points convert to discounts: 1,000 points earns 5% off your next Apricous holiday, 2,000 earns 10%.

We build flexibility into every itinerary. If something isn't working for you or your child, we'll adjust where possible. Many activities are pre-arranged with local operators, so last-minute changes aren't always feasible  but reach out to your Apricous contact as soon as you know and we'll do our best.

Browse our destinations and experience types to see what resonates, then connect via the Customize page or WhatsApp us directly. We'll ask about your child's age, interests, travel window, and budget. Planning typically takes several weeks, so the earlier you start, the more we can shape around you.