Our (Aussie) boys were 9 and 11 on their first camino and 11 and 14 on their second. I agree with Kiwi-family - probably most important question is 'do they want to walk'. This was a fabulous experience for everyone as well as for us as a...
We walked with our 13 year old grandson; in 2 years we'll take another grandson (who will be 13 too)
I made the decision to do this after meeting an Alaskan couple with 2 kids aged 8 and 12 who walked from Le Puy - we met them in Rabanal.
We did...
The youngest pilgrim I have ever seen was about 2-3 months old. I have seen a few other very young minigrinos over the years, and more than usual this year. Most are about 6 to 7 years old or more.
I'm a bit embarrassed that I often get tagged in threads like this as if I'm the forum authority on walking with kids - but it is true I have walked the Camino with eight of them from six to 18 years years (and hiked at home with all of them from...
Click on the tag "children" that has been placed under the title of this thread, and you will find lots of relevant posts.
Also read the posts here on the forum by @Kiwi-family.
Hello
In the future sometime, we would like to take our 2 Aussie teenage grandchildren with us to walk the Camino from SJPdP to SdC. We think it would be a wonderful life experience if they are in their early to mid teens , maybe 12-15 yrs old...
When I walked with my teenage son in 2016 there was a Korean family who were walking with a 5 year old daughter and a 7 year old son. They were walking the same distances we were, and the kids had more energy than us at the end of the day. I...
I agree with most of the comments provided by others above.
If your plan-of-walk (i.e. each day's planned start-location, distance, and planned end-location) will situate you overnight in places not able to provide acceptable lodgings, consider...
Oh this is good to know! All advice until recently said no need to book too far in advance. Hopefully we won’t be too late since it sounds like it will be busy when we are there. Thanks!
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