Things to Do with Kids in the Cape Winelands

Bugz Play Park

... things to Do with Kids in the Cape Winelands
Head out to the Cape Winelands which offers an amaz­ing array of activ­it­ies for kids. In Paarl you can keep the kids enter­tained at Bugz Play Park (#84) for a few hours. Here you will find a col­our­ful extra­vag­anza of sand­pits, pedal cars, jump­ing castles, row­ing boats, jungle gyms and a choo choo train, and will tire out little ones in no time. Older and more adven­tur­ous little ones can giddy up and trot around on the res­id­ent horseys or tear up the sur­rounds on the selec­tion of quad bikes. Open 7 days a week from 09h30 to 17h00, find them at 56 Tarentaal street, Joostenbergvlakte, Kraaifontein (near Paarl). Continued

Things to Do with Kids in the Cape Overberg

Greyton cyc­ling

... things to Do with Kids in the Cape Overberg
Take a drive out to Greyton and spend a fun day or two explor­ing this quaint town. Take in the beauty of Greyton at your own pace, enjoy­ing the scenery around you — by bicycle! In this won­der­fully scenic town, Greyton Bicycle Hire (#94) provides people of all ages the means with which to view Greyton and the sur­round­ing areas by bicycle or simply to have fun by rid­ing one of the ever increas­ing num­ber of tracks. And for those of you with very 'little ones', Greyton Bicycle Hire even have baby car­ri­ers for their bicycles so the whole fam­ily can join in the fun of explor­ing the coun­tryside. Continued

Kids’ Cape Town

Kids' Cape Town

It’s not always easy trav­el­ling with the kids  — they need almost con­stant enter­tain­ing, and woe betide the par­ent who takes their child on one too many ‘bor­ing’ museum tours. Luckily, Cape Town has some really excit­ing things to do and places to see for intrepid little ones. Read on for kid-friendly hol­i­day activ­it­ies in the Cape ...

The Two Oceans Aquarium at the V&A Waterfront is a fun and inter­act­ive – not to men­tion edu­ca­tional – way to spend an after­noon. Kids can wander around the fas­cin­at­ing Two Oceans gal­ler­ies, tremble at the I&J pred­ator exhibit and have hands-on fun draw­ing and paint­ing or watch­ing a pup­pet show at the AfriSam Children’s Centre. Then head to the Shoreline Cafe for a nibble on the extens­ive kid­dies’ menu ... Continued

5 top spots with kids in Cape Town

Bugz kid­dies play park

Cape Town, with its focus on the great out­doors, is sel­dom short of places to which you can take your chil­dren — beaches, walks, pic­nic spots abound — but there are times when the more formal, child-designated spot comes in handy, and a few of these are worth tak­ing note of.

The top five, in no par­tic­u­lar order (hav­ing gone through no com­pet­it­ive pro­cess to reach these pages other than to have gained my approval), are the Barnyard in Tokai, Bugz in Kraaifontein, Deer Park (also known as Rocklands Park) in Oranjezicht, Imhoff Farm in Kommetjie, and Scarecrows in Hout Bay. Most of these are out­door ven­ues, to accom­mod­ate the gor­geous sum­mer weather, and places where par­ents also get to unwind. Continued

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

There’s a secret little world of fantasy and fairy tale, which unfolds every Saturday morn­ing in Constantia, Cape Town. And if you have not treated your chil­dren to a visit to the Rainbow Puppet Theatre, at the Michael Oak Waldorf school, then you are miss­ing out! Continued

Things to Do with Kids in KwaZulu Natal

Pony Rides

Is it school hol­i­days again?  Battling to keep the kids enter­tained?  Look no fur­ther than this blog for fun filled ideas to make the hol­i­days fly by!  KwaZulu Natal may have sticky, humid sum­mers, but it also has the most won­der­ful, tem­per­ate win­ters - per­fect for spend­ing the day outdoors.

If you live in the Ballito area what about a few hours at the Flag Farm Animal Farm?  The farm is loc­ated on the N2 North and is open daily from 9am to 4.30pm.  Children will have the oppor­tun­ity to learn how to milk a cow, feed the chick­ens or have a pony ride.  There is a tea garden for light meals or pic­nic sites should Dad want to meet you after he fin­ishes work.  The farm is also pram and wheel­chair friendly. Continued

Things to Do with Kids in Cape Town

See our new series of 101 Things to Do with Kids in Cape Town, revis­it­ing many old favour­ites and includ­ing lots of new finds sure to delight chil­dren > Things to Do with Kids in Cape Town.

Visit Kirstenbosch

I’m sure lots of Moms are won­der­ing what to do with the Kids dur­ing the school hol­i­days? Well, Cape Town and sur­rounds actu­ally offers more than its fair share of things to do, even dur­ing the winter season.

For starters, see­ing as most of us are hav­ing to watch our budgets, this is the time to take advant­age of the spe­cial deals offered at some of our fam­ous touristy “hot spots”! Not only are these places less busy right now than dur­ing the high sea­son but you can also save quite a bit. Table Mountain has a “2 kids travel free with every pay­ing adult” spe­cial (see http://www.tablemountain.net/) and Robben Island’s ticket prices have been reduced to R50.00 per child under 18 for the hol­i­days. The Two Ocean Aquarium at the Waterfront is free to kids under 4 and 4–13 year olds pay R40.00 entrance fee. They are geared for chil­dren with spe­cial exhib­its that will be fun for kids. (See http://www.aquarium.co.za/kids/default.php) Continued

Family Holidays in South Africa

Family Holidays

Newly launched on SA-Venues.com is our Child-friendly Accommodation sec­tion. Catering spe­cific­ally for fam­il­ies trav­el­ling with chil­dren from birth (age 0–3 months) to teen­agers, the sec­tion fea­tures over 1,200 estab­lish­ments cater­ing for chil­dren, includ­ing fam­ily hotels, game lodges that cater for kids, guest houses, bed and break­fasts, self cater­ing hol­i­day suites and apart­ments that wel­come chil­dren of all ages.

And whilst you are look­ing for that per­fect fam­ily hol­i­day des­tin­a­tion in South Africa, visit the Family-friendly Provinces pages for some great ideas on what to do with the little ones in dif­fer­ent parts of the country.

Port Elizabeth boasts fant­astic beaches, an ocean­arium and snake park at which to enter­tain chil­dren, the Garden Route is a won­der­ful escape for fam­il­ies with chil­dren of all ages, par­tic­u­larly for those chil­dren who can join you on walks through magical forests where the elu­sive knysna loerie serves as part of an enter­tain­ing diver­sion. Continued