Family holidays with children in Ukraine - attractions and entertainment

Taking children with you on a trip would be a good idea, because Ukraine can offer young travelers and their parents a lot of entertainment and equally educational programs. In Kiev, in the “Skymall” shopping center, is located “Igroland”, which will entertain both children and teenagers for a whole day. For kids, there is a zone with slides, scooters and a pool with balls. You can leave your child here and sit in a cafe located right there, from where you will see your child perfectly. Older children will enjoy the carousel with horses, camels and other animals, trampolines, bowling, the maze, video games and much more. Visitors of Odessa can find something similar to “Igroland” in the shopping and entertainment complex “City-Center”. Here you will find constructors, a rock for climbing, a sandbox, a rope town and other safe entertainments.

In Mykolaiv, there is a wonderful amusement park “Skazka” (“the fairytale”). A real fairy tale awaits the little guests on every square centimeter: here you can swim, ride, climb, swing, and delve in the sand. In the evening, the darkening park is enlivened with truly fabulous lighting. You can simply take a walk here, eating cotton candy and admiring the wonders that are in this park at every step. There are paid as well as free amusement rides in “Skazka”. The cleanliness of the territory is closely monitored, likewise the safety of visitors. The theme park “Kievan Rus” in Kopachev is a place for entertainment and education, where there are exact copies of ancient Russian buildings. Festivals with equestrian theater, battles, dances and other performances, are also held here. You can ride horses, participate in archery, fly by zipline, go in the historical museum, take a break and have a snack in the café, all in the park. The park is open on weekends and public holidays.

Those who like playing in water can go with the whole family to the Kiev aqua park “Dream Island”, located in the shopping center “Dream Town”. The aqua park is decorated in the theme of “Jurassic period”, which means that it would be especially joyful for both young and adult lovers of dinosaurs. Open daily from 11am to 10pm, the aqua park offers many slides, five pools, among which is a pool with artificial waves, as well as a Jacuzzi, lots of attractions, a lagoon, rest areas, and of course, dinosaurs here and there. Akvapark “Terminal” in Brovary is not large, but it has everything necessary so as to have a good time: artificial waves, excellent slides, pleasant water and a bar. There is a huge aqua park in Kirillovka called “Treasure Island”, with a large number of attractions, a pirate ship, a cafe, a restaurant and a pizzeria, a first-aid post and a souvenir shop. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Kiev has a museum which should not be missed by guests of the capital who came to have a pleasant getaway with children. This is an interactive “Experimentarium”, full of illusions and puzzles, mechanisms and mirrors, magnets and lasers, musical instruments and much more. Here children learn amazing facts about the human body and the laws of physics. They will also get acquainted with chemical reactions and the work of machines, be able to express themselves, and communicate with other children – science, communication, creativity and entertainment go side by side, and this is the best way to learn. Another wonderful museum in Kiev is the Museum of Water, in which group excursions are held for children in different languages. In some parts, the museum is interactive; there is an aquarium with big fish, exhibits that demonstrate the water purification system. The mission of the museum is to teach children to appreciate water and not waste it.

A visit to such an informative place as the Museum of Nature in Kharkiv cannot be missed. Here guided tours are conducted for groups, during which visitors will see many exhibits, including stuffed animals and skeletons of extinct animals – what a wonder it would be to see a mammoth’s skeleton. There is the National Museum of Natural History in Kiev. Five of its floors are filled with animals, birds, insects, and inhabitants of the deep sea. There is also a paleontological hall.

Communication with animals is always beneficial to both children and adults. Therefore, an excellent key would be to visit the “Feldman EcoPark” in Lesnoy. This is a wonderful place where it is good to walk in winter, and in summer, the park is transformed among the lush greenery. There are bike trails laid in the park, a variety of activities are organized on its territory, and guided tours are held too. The main thing here however, is that under the care of professionals who love nature, live turtles, snakes, eagle owls, parrots, lamas, deer, jaguars, bears, chimpanzees, hamadryas baboons and other animals. Active and fearless teens would probably like to try themselves in a rather young kind of sport – wakeboarding. You can learn to perform tricks on the water with the help of a wakeboard. Jumping like a dolphin is much more fun and cool than any other water sport. It is easy to find places in Kiev, where wakeboarding is taught, and the Park of Peoples Friendship is one of such places.