James Van Der Beek Takes ‘Magical’ Family Vacation to Egypt — See Photos! ArticlePure

James Van Der Beek is filling up his summer with family bonding time.

In an Instagram post on Wednesday, June 26, the actor, 47, showcased breathtaking photos from his recent trip to Egypt with his wife, Kimberly Van Der Beek, and their six kids.

“#Egypt… With all my vocabulary, ‘Wow’ is what fell out of my mouth most of the time. We were gifted a magical experience, one I’m still processing – and might be for the rest of my life,” the actor wrote at the start of his lengthy caption.

The post begins with a photo of the family standing beside a camel, with three Egyptian pyramids in the background. Other images show the kids playing with the desert sand and sitting beside one another while taking in the picturesque sights.

“The kids were rock stars, my friends became brothers, and despite all the travel and time zone crossing and early-morning alarms, I feel recharged,” continued Van Der Beek in his caption.

“I’d anticipated a metaphysical element to the trip, but I was caught off-guard at just how deeply I felt the spiritual resonance of all these temples,” he wrote. “I mean, they are ‘temples,’ after all (duh), but whatever assumptions I had about these otherworldly structures being ‘antiquities’ faded as soon as I stepped into them.”

Van Der Beek ended his caption by sharing that he left the “holy places” with “reverence and awe” and his “eyes, heart, and soul expanded.”

Kimberly also shared photos from their experience abroad on Instagram, noting that their trip included riding camelback in the desert, a “fire with tea,” and “watching the kids run free-breaking rocks, running, sliding down sand and all while gazing at the pyramids.”

“The sun setting as the full moon rose- shining brightly. We watched as locals playfully road horses throughout the desert,” she added. “The camel ride back- walking through tiny village streets- people living simply, their windows open, the smell of Egyptian food wafting through the air. It was heaven.”

The vacation photos come days after the Dawson’s Creek alum shared a parenting travel hack with his Instagram followers.

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“Parenting hack — If you like to travel with your kid, don’t get them a nice crib that lives only in their room. Have them sleep in a travel crib full-time. That’s ours,” he said as he panned at an empty crib. “It’s beat up. It’s torn up. It’s been around the world, and there’s no adjustment period.”