See the city. Together. Really.
Find “a face spraying water from its eyes” - Basel Hunt
find “a giant wheel of cheese”
-Corfu Hunt
Generic city guides weren’t made for 5 year olds.
Museum queues and kids don’t mix.
We make family travel kits that give kids a mission and parents a real experience. No museums required.
What’s in a Small Steps Explorers Kit?
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![Scavenger hunt kit with explorer badge sticker, hunt sheet and grown-ups guide — Small Steps Explorers]()
The Printed Kit
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![Small Steps Explorers grown-ups guide showing route stops and instructions for a family city and cruise port scavenger hunt]()
A welcome sheet with a link to the digital map
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![Small Steps Explorers My Stresa Hunt sheet showing five clues including a playground by the lake and a hotel fit for a Princess]()
The Clue Sheet
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![Small Steps Explorers grown-ups guide showing stop-by-stop directions for the city or curise port scavenger hunt]()
The Guide for Grown Ups
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![Stresa scavenger hunt sticker sheet showing six illustrated stops including Libreria Alberti, Salumeria Musso, and Regina Palace Hotel — Small Steps Explorers]()
A sticker for each clue
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![I Explored Stresa explorer passport badge sticker — circular illustrated reward for kids completing the Small Steps Explorers scavenger hunt]()
A big hunt completion sticker
What’s in a Small Steps Explorers Digital Download Kit?
The same welcome sheet with a link to the digital map
The same guide for grown ups
The same clue sheet
The stickers all on one sheet so you can cut them out and glue them or print them on your own large sticker sheet to cut out
Our Story.
Hello! We’re Tory, Jeff, and two little ones. We're a family based in Basel, Switzerland. We love food, walking, and finding the human version of every city we visit. Small Steps Explorers started because we couldn't find family travel resources that treated parents as travellers — so we made our own.
Our kits are researched, walked and tested by us, and we’re so happy to share them with you! See our kits here.
Greece · Cruise port edition
Three hours ashore and a child with a mission. The real Corfu — soap, cheese, spices and a playground by the sea.
Clue → "A Giant Circle of Cheese"
A soap factory that's been on the same street for over 200 years
A playground right at the edge of the sea
The route takes you through Corfu Old Town, past the Liston arcades, and into the narrow streets of the Campiello quarter. Your child leads. You still see everything.
England · City break edition
London is too big for one hunt, so we made three — each a different neighborhood, each a completely different afternoon.
South Bank Hunt — Borough Market to the London Eye along the South Bank of the Thames: street food, the Globe Theatre, Tate Modern, and the river the whole way.
Dragon Hunt — St Paul's to Tower Bridge through the Square Mile: medieval dragon marker, hidden churchyards, Leadenhall Market, and the Tower of London.
Magical London — Leicester Square to Covent Garden through Seven Dials: a cozy street of bookshops, a Victorian market, and seven streets meeting at one sundial.
London Bundle — All three hunts, three neighborhoods, one order with free shipping!
Your child leads. You still see everything.
Switzerland · City break edition
Moving machines in a fountain. A knight inside a red building. A boat with no engine that crosses a river.
Clue → "a face spraying water from its eyes"
A cathedral portal with a knight fighting a dragon
Cross the Rhine on a boat powered only by the current — ring the bell to call it
The route takes you through the Marktplatz, Basel Münster, the Pfalz terrace overlooking the Rhine, and across to Kleinbasel on the oldest cable ferry in Switzerland. Your child leads. You still see everything.
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