10 Great Family Vacation Destinations for 2013

"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" hit theaters last year, and New Zealand, where most of the "Lord of the Rings" movies were filmed, offers the youngest J.R.R. Tolkien fans a lot to see and do. The South Island's many adventure travel activities include hiking, ziplining, kayaking and cliff-jumping. Wildlife-watching here is epic, too. In the wild, you might spot sperm whales or the korora, the world's smallest penguin; at the West Coast Wildlife Centre in Franz Josef, you might see rare kiwi birds.