Ever sit and wonder what to do with your kiddies that complain that they are bored during weekends or holidays?
We have you covered with some of the best places to take your kids for entertainment where you as the parent can also relax and join in on all the fun!
Come visit Waterworld this summer for some splashing fun! So many fun activities for the kids to do. Waterworld brings you a day of slippery slide family fun!
Activities for kids include supertubes, speed slides, kiddies pools, kids sandpit, kiddies climbing wall, mini action sport, kiddies double speed slide, zip-line, jungle gyms… and even Jacuzzi’s for Mom and dad!
Waterworld offers you the opportunity to have a lovely picnic with the family and also has a food court to purchase things to eat.
Taking your kids for surfing lessons could turn out to be a really exciting activity- especially for them to do it with friends or in a group.
Son Surf coaches has all the skills to teach your kids how to ride a wave!
They offer everything from private instructions to group classes, with surfing lessons that have been designed to teach all ages about ocean and surf safety while you learn a new skill. Bonus: Parents can also join in on the fun.
And what better way to introduce your kids to beautiful animals than bringing them to Monkey Town.
At monkey town we offer a guided tour, visit our reptile garden, swimming,super-tube,playing, picnics, braai and even a combination of all these activities together. Monkey town can also be used as a venue for parties- young and old; as well as year-end functions.
This is the best place to bring the whole family together for some summer fun and running around. From children’s parties to family gatherings!
Bring your own food, drinks, blankets and chairs and enjoy a picnic under the trees! There are several nature walks available, a Jungle gym , more than enough grass space for kids to kick around a soccer ball and an intimate restaurant that sells delicious food and drinks.
The play area is lovely, one of the best I’ve seen. They have definitely taken pride in constructing this for our little ones, all specially handcrafted with a large custom designed jungle gym, slide, swings and beautifully handcrafted wooden animals.
Safety is of top priority at Vergelegen with spongy flooring around the play area and even the small trickle of water is purified, ideal for kids to get cool in the summer heat. It really is lovely with beautiful mountains in the background it almost feels tranquil, if that’s possible with kids.
Here at the Lourensford market we offer great family fun- good food, live entertainment and activities for the kids!
Ropeyard@Lourensford is a treetop adventure course that includes obstacles high above the ground between the beautiful yellowwood trees in the forest next to the market. It has three courses that cater for small children, tweens, teens and even adventurous adults. Each course ends with a zip-line with the longest zip-line being 100meters.
The Giraffe house is the perfect place to bring your kids for a enjoyable day out!
At The Giraffe House Wildlife Awareness center we provide easy access to some of Africa’s wonderful wildlife and bird species. Focusing on African wildlife, Giraffe House aims to provide a place for people to enjoy the outdoors, whilst experiencing and learning about animals and why they are special.
The kids can feed the Giraffes as well!
We offer interactive creepy crawly encounters held at 11:00, 13:00 and 15:00 on weekends and during school holidays. It gives kids and visitors the opportunity to meet and hold some interesting creatures.
Good food, delicious drinks, lively tunes and brilliant company – we at ROOT44 know South Africans enjoy nothing more. That’s precisely why they have created the perfect all-weather setting where you, friends and family can come together rain or shine.
For the little people they have non-stop entertainment brought to you by World Of Adventure with their natural wood play park and lawn area. They have activities for galore! An undercover mini golf course, A slip n Slide and spray park, a mini zip line & much more!
This is a kids paradise!
Children can explore, run around and play on the lawns and jungle gyms; they can feed and pet the donkeys before taking a super fun spin on the go-kart track. If this is not exciting enough, go on a horse ride or put your bike skills to the test on the kids bicycle track.
First thing to do is to visit the Big Cats Park at Vredenheim – meet lion, cheetah, leopard and tiger up close and personal.
Take your kids to visit the Animal Farm at Vredenheim as well. At the Vredenheim Animal Farm, your children can play in our play park which includes a bike track, jungle gym and sandpit. They can also meet a variety of adorable farm animals and get the opportunity to feed some of them.
Spier offers a wide variety of activities for kids such as a Grape Juice Tasting. Kids are offered three grape juices and some wine gums while learning about vineyard insects on their colour-in activity sheets.
Be sure to visit the Eagle Encounter at Spier where children have the chance to see birds of prey up close and be part of a flight display at the Eagle Encounters. Enjoy up-close-and-personal interactions with eagles, hawks, falcons, owls, kites, buzzards, snakes and lizards. Take part in heart-stopping falconry displays, where we fly birds to you. Kids will also enjoy our piglets, rabbits, tortoises, chickens and unique playground.
This interactive animal attraction is the perfect family outing close to Cape Town. Walk into the lush tropical gardens at Butterfly World Zoo and be greeted by the sound of running water, birdsong and free flying butterflies, while taking care not to step on the green tree iguana lying on the path. Visitors soon realize that this is not only a butterfly park, but indeed a sanctuary for exotic animals, a bird sanctuary, a place where reptiles gets the highly specialized care they should and a whole lot more.
Take your kiddies to a magical world full of tropical butterflies, small animals and insects. There is also a coffee shop with delicious baked goods and plenty of hot & cold drinks.
The beach is the perfect outing for the family and kids!
Splashing in the water, boogie boarding, surfing… soccer and Rugby on the beach. Bring along the Beach bats and swimming trunks!
Building sand Castles and Picnic on the beach is the ideal way to spend a sunny summers day.
Saddle the kids up and go horse-riding with the Adventure Shop, situated in the Black Horse centre in Stellenbosch or go on an amazing treasure hunt through the streets of Stellenbosch (groups of 10 or more).
Lots of other joyfull activities to do for kids and adults such as hiking, bicycle trails, quad biking and much more.
This museum displays a variety of antique toys, dollhouses, scale miniatures & a train set.
Take your kids to a world of enchantment that is not to be missed. Amongst the treasured miniature houses, antique dolls, cars, cuddly toys and other things, you can see a detailed and lifelike miniature of South Africa’s famous Blue train – the only one of its kind in Africa.
Together with their working flock of more than 1 200 Indian Runner Ducks on the farm, they are one of Africa’s proud pioneers of a very unique, integrated pest management program. This waddling workforce is essential to the farm’s pest-control, consuming a startling amount of snails and bugs on their daily patrols.
Bring your kids to visit the duck pens and “breeding room” and see what duck farming “looks and feels” like.
Looking for an awesome day out with the family?
Wiesenhof Adventure park is the place to be with our full water park operating through summer, with our trampoline park and pump track open to the public year round.
Kids can come have a fun filled day in the sun swimming, sliding and all things wet!
You can also have a braai here and picnic spots are ideal.
