Kids can discover the adventure of Bali with family travel experiences that go beyond the sandy beaches and tropical bliss, with a luxury holiday stay too.
Bali is the ultimate paradise for holiday goers, with blue waters and white sands promising happy days for kids, day after glorious day. While Bali’s beaches are family fun hotspots, it’s also great to brush off the sand and enjoy kid-friendly activities around Bali too, exploring its rich natural landscape. Here are our top 3 suggestions.
Top 3 Kid-Friendly Adventures in Bali
Feed monkeys and find hidden treasure!
Adventure awaits as kids discover a secret world of pirates and sacred monkeys. Monkey Forest is a 27 acre nature reserve near lively Ubud; a sanctuary for the revered long tailed macaques who inhabit this beautiful, lush green jungle, with temples to discover too. Make sure you stick to the rules and the path so youngsters can safely enjoy feeding the monkeys bananas.
Photo: monkeyforestubud.com
Ahoy to a truly tropical escape at Pirates Bay in Nusa Dua, where kids can be pirates for the day, hunting for a treasure chest and experiencing the thrill of a zip line, before dining on a pirate ship on the beach or in a tree house!
Photo: thepiratesbaybali.com
Agro-tours, animal magic and Shark Island!
Give kids a breath of fresh air and enjoy the cool countryside breezes as you escape and experience nature and culture in Bali’s rural landscape. Ubud and Pelaga are perfect spots for agro tourism trips and an insight into Bali’s agricultural heritage, with guided tours and interactive experiences for kids to appreciate Bali’s pastoral history.
Set up by a conservationist, Bali Sharks lets you swim with black tip reef sharks in a specially created nursery; a thrilling marine adventure for all ages, where even kids who cannot swim can get up-close and feed the sharks for an unforgettable eco-friendly experience.
Photo: balisharks.com
For a unique safari on elephant-back head to the Bali Safari and Marine Park!
Botanical gardens and treetop adventure!
Enter 380 acres of incredibly breathtaking natural beauty in the middle of the island at Bali Botanical Gardens in Bedugul, where kids can explore rain forest scenery, with rare plants, an orchid garden and activities at Beratan Lake.
Kids can appreciate a bird’s eye view at Bali Treetop Adventure Park with tree-to-tree action including Tarzan jumps, Flying Fox zip line and circuits for little ones as young as four.
Photo: balitreetop.com
The best time to enjoy a family holiday in Bali is in the dry season when it’s wonderfully warm and sunny, between April and September.
Stay in a private pool villa at signature Club Resort Anantara Vacation Club Bali Seminyak, for a relaxing family vacation or stay at Club Escape Anantara Bali Uluwatu Resort & Spa, where family-friendly movies are screened twice a day in the resort’s mini cinema. You can also relax on comfy beanbags on the Surfari Sundeck before hitting the beach and the warm waters.
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