Family holidays with children in Antigua - attractions and entertainment

Antigua and Barbuda have kilometers of beaches with fine sand, a gentle dip in the water, colorful fish, and the sun almost all year round. There is no winter here. There is a drier and wetter season. It is not recommended to go here on the calendar summer because of the high possibility of hurricanes. The best time to travel is from mid-December to mid-April.

You should make sure that the child has all the necessary vaccinations. You should also take out health insurance. As a rule, it is inexpensive. It allows you to save energy, time, and money. It is better to take with you a good repellent. Cases of the mosquito-borne virus have been recorded on the Islands.

If you choose Barbuda as a holiday destination you should give preference to the West coast of the island. Sandy beaches are clean here. The entrance to the water is flat. You can watch the fish even without a mask. The beaches are much less suitable for children on the Eastern side of the island. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

There are many hotels in the country. Many of them are all-inclusive. There are all the necessary infrastructures for children's recreation here. St. James's Club is equipped with six swimming pools, a cinema, and a children's club. There are several restaurants with different food in the hotel. The villas are equipped with a private kitchen. The Verandah Resort & Spa offers playgrounds, kids' club, and a club for teenagers. There are also villas for families. Jumby Bay Resort-Spa offers treatments for children, a cool kids' club with excursions and kitchen workshops, and the opportunity to watch baby turtles. Jolly Beach Resort & Spa is an excellent animation with fire shows, water sports, and a children's club.

There are things to do with children in the country. Betty's Hope is a former renovated sugar plantation. There is a museum and two restored old mills here. A museum containing items and artifacts that belonged to the famous Admiral is located at the Nelson Street Shipyard. Nelson first visited the Islands in the 1700s. The Museum of Antigua and Barbuda is probably the most attractive and cozy museum of its kind in the world. It is located in an old mansion. The museum is dedicated to the main milestones of the country's history.

Stingray City is a tour during which you can interact closely with ocean life forms. Participants of the tour are taken to a sandbar with a reef located in the ocean. You can feed and even pet some animals under the guidance of a guide, of course. There are a gift shop and a cafe with talking parrots and mischievous monkeys on the sandbar.

You can take your children to Wadadli Animal Nature Park to see the animals and even communicate with them. It is a 15-minute drive from the capital. You can watch animals in the wild, play with monkeys, and fend off Intrusive birds demanding treats. Valley Church Beach is a great place for children to go snorkeling and watch the sea life. A child can pet, communicate, and ride a donkey on a donkey farm in the town of Bethesda in Antigua. You'll even be able to "shelter" the donkey. That is, to pay for its maintenance for a year. The attentive staff loves their wards and talks about them in detail.

Some natural attractions are so impressive that they will be interesting to children. Devil's Bridge is a natural stone bridge. Giant Ocean waves crash under it. It was formed as a result of water erosion. According to legend, the place was named because of the mass death of slaves brought from Africa to work on plantations. The waters are never calm here. There are Pillars of Hercules (not to be confused with those that guard the Strait of Gibraltar) on Antigua. The pillars on Antigua are sheer rocks of bizarre shapes. They were formed as a result of marine erosion. Hell's Gate can only be seen from a boat. This is a giant natural stone arch located directly in the sea. It stands on a small shoal where you can land. You can pass through the arch and climb into the caves. This can be a really exciting adventure.

There are many caves in the Islands. They will be interesting for children. Interesting representatives of the local fauna live in coastal caves on Two Foot Bay. These are blind shrimps, iguanas, and bats. Indian rock paintings were preserved in one of the caves. It is better to explore the caves with a guide. Darby’s Cave is a huge caldera overgrown with tropical vegetation. There is an underground lake in Dark Cave. But you should visit it with a guide. There is a possibility to get lost there.

Great Bird is a small island with virgin nature. Thousands of birds live here. In addition to unique birds, reptiles live on the island. These are snakes and lizards. Griswold's ameiva is the most interesting from them.