Do Peru with divas or Prague on a pittance: Travel deals & kids on the road, August 11 2013

African drumming for families at the Darebin
Music Feast, Sept 18-29, musicfeast.com.au

Forget play doh, get the kids to shake it with an African drumming session this school holidays. Otherwise, hit Perth with a budget, Peru with a bunch of divas or find a bargain in Prague's historic old town in this week's domestic and international travel deals.

GO NOW: WESTERN AUSTRALIA, PERTH

Save on stays in a four-star self-contained studio apartment at All Suites Perth, with midday checkout and free wifi included on two-night stays Friday to Sunday until early December. Normally $300, costs $256, two nights, quote “Studio Stay 2 Save 20%”. 1300 88 7979, wotif.com/hotelW4628.

GO SOONER: PERU & ARGENTINA

Get a five-star stay and half-day city tour of Lima when you book a 14-night tour of Peru & Argentina by August 30. The group will cover Macchu Pichu, fabulous Buenos Aires and Mendoza. Departs 10 November, quote ‘SHPERU’, $7699, travellingdivas.com.au.

Staré Město: Prague's evocative old town.

GO LATER: CZECH REPUBLIC

Stay four nights, pay for three in a range of Prague hotels from November 1 until December 28  including the four-star Hotel Leonardo, from $50 a night with breakfast. 1300 363 554, beyondtravel.com.au.

KIDS

Let your little musos get their groove on at the Darebin Music Feast, in Melbourne’s inner-north in the upcoming school holidays, 18-29 September. Expect pop-up performances spaces, CD launches and shows by young artists including Miss Eileen and Yorque, African drumming workshops and family go-go dance classes. Free (some require bookings), musicfeast.com.au

Source: Belinda Jackson, Sun Herald