Cape Town boasts a variety of outdoor and indoor family-friendly adventure parks to keep the family active and busy. These adventure parks offer many exciting activities for the whole family, including obstacle courses, jungle gyms, zip-lining, trampolines, rock climbing, slides, bouldering and more.
Here are adventure parks you need to check out in Cape Town.
Freedom Adventure Park
Freedom Adventure Park offers kids the perfect indoor play park experience with many activities, while the adults can enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner options at the restaurant. The park has a plethora of options, including a trampoline park, a dodgeball arena, a large foam pit, a 50-metre-long adrenaline-pumping hi-line rope course, multiple climbing walls, and custom build play pods.
Location: Unit 3A, 333 Main Road, Tokai
Price: From R50 upwards, and adults enter for free.
Opening Times: Tuesday to Thursday: 11am-7pm; Friday: 11am-8pm; Saturday: 9am-7pm; Sunday: 9am-6pm
Website: https://www.freedomadventurepark.co.za/
Acrobranch, Constantia
Acrobranch’s course is situated in a lush forest as you move from tree to tree – with a tight-fitted harness – using ladders, bridges, ropes, tricky walkways, and zip-lines. There are four different courses for each difficulty level, with yellow being the easiest and red being the toughest. Acrobranch is also available for kids, adults, and team-building experiences.
Location: 1 Hout Bay Main Rd, Hout Bay, Cape Town
Price: From R160 upwards
Opening Times: Wednesday – Sunday from 9am to 6pm
Website: https://acrobranch.co.za/
Battery Park
Battery Park is an urban park situated at the V&A Waterfront where you can engage in a range of outdoor recreation. Enjoy water sports activities from kayaking to stand-up paddleboarding, and for the kids, there’s a jungle gym, swings, and rocking horses. Bring your friends and enjoy mini soccer games or basketball in the multicourt. Other attractions include a scooter and skate park, niche retail shops, food and beverage spots, benches, a grass area and some scenic spots of the canal and Table Mountain.
Location: 19 Dock Rd, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, 8001
Price: Every activity is free except the water sports activities
Opening Times: 7am to 7pm
Website: https://www.waterfront.co.za/battery-park-waterfront/
Wiesenhof Adventure Park
Looking for an adventure park where you can create a splash? Wiesenhof Adventure Park has water slides with tubes, swimming pools for all ages, a trampoline park, a pump track, a climbing wall, and an air gym with an aerial obstacle course.
There are also tractor rides, braai and picnic areas, and a kid’s play area.
Location: R44 Adam Tas St, Klapmuts, north of Stellenbosch
Price: From R145 upwards
Opening Times: 9am to 6pm
Website: https://wapark.co.za/
Graceland
Graceland is the perfect place to take the kids for a fun day out in the sun. There are water slides, a splash pad, pools, and a fantasy play area for toddlers. Graceland also hosts birthday parties and school outings to make it extra special for the little ones. All you have to do is bring a picnic basket, a blanket, camping chairs, and an umbrella. You are welcome to bring your own food and refreshments.
Location: Lustigan Rd, Paarl
Price: From R70 upwards
Opening Times: 9am to 5pm
Website: https://www.graceland-venues.co.za/water-kids-playground
Blue Rock
Blue Rock is a water park with an impressive freshwater lake where you can get your adrenaline pumping with a host of water-fuelled activities. From water skiing and wakeboarding to knee-boarding, diving, and canoeing, there’s something for everyone. There are also rock jumping, zip-lining, paintballing, camping and accommodation options. Blue Rock also hosts special events, team building, school events and year-end functions.
Location: Sir Lowry’s Pass Road, Somerset West, Cape Town
Price: From R110 upwards
Opening Times: 8am to 6pm
Website: https://www.bluerock.co.za/
Bugz Playpark
Dubbed the largest playpark in the Western Cape, Bugz Playpark offers your little ones a variety of amusement park activities like mini trains, swing horses, row boats, pedal bikes, and toddler tractors. There are also free play activities from jungle gyms, a splash zone, monkey bars, slides, doll houses, and a sandpit. If it’s a little chilly outside, how about letting your kids roam free in the indoor play areas where they can slide and explore the many fun activities to their heart’s content? There is also a petting farm where the kids can interact with the animals.
Location: 56 Tarentaal Rd, Joostenberg Vlakte, Cape Town
Price: R160
Opening Times: 10am to 4pm
Website: https://www.bugzplaypark.co.za/
Oude Molen Eco Village
Oude Molen Eco Village houses multiple organisations that specialise in family-friendly adventure activities of all kinds. Oude Molen Stables offers horse riding, Oom Daan se Plaas has a swimming pool, picnic and braai facilities, while the Play Shed provides play areas and party services. The Eco Theatre teaches the kiddies about the environment in a fun and interactive way, while Yes We Can offer sporting and cultural (particularly jazz) facilities.
Location: Alexandra Rd, Pinelands, Cape Town
Price: Varies per organisation
Opening Times: 8am to 6pm
Website: https://www.oudemolenecovillage.co.za/
Be.UP Park
Be.UP Park is an indoor playpark is home to a trampoline zone (featuring different activities such as dodgeball), a kids’ maze, an obstacle challenge course called AltiGame where you’ll walk on planks and barrels, and wall climbing activities. There is also have a café to fuel up after the high energy activities.
Location: Gardener Place, Rose Innes St, Pinelands, Cape Town
Price: From R105 upwards
Opening Times: 9am to 10pm
Website: https://beuppark.co.za/location/cape-town/
