Are you and your family in the Klang Valley and looking for a way to spend quality time during the school holidays? Well, good news – Selangor offers a range of exciting destinations for folks of all ages!
Here are three categories of engaging locations that parents can bring their children to, so they can be physically active and unplug from their devices for a few good hours. Check back in tomorrow for even more recommendations.
Water theme parks
1. Sunway Lagoon
With over 90 attractions across 36ha, Sunway Lagoon in Subang Jaya is the ultimate water theme park. Choose from six adventure zones – the Water, Amusement, Wildlife, Extreme, and Scream parks, as well as Nickelodeon Lost Lagoon, Asia’s first themed land by the children’s television network.
Find out more by visiting its website.
2. Bangi Wonderland
Spend a day at Bangi Wonderland and experience all 14 attractions. Whether you want to kick back and relax, or prefer to get your adrenaline going on a high-speed water slide such as the Insane Racer – the park’s longest – this is the place to be!
Learn more about Bangi Wonderland by clicking here.
3. Wet World Shah Alam
Wet World Water Park Shah Alam promises a fun time for all the family at affordable prices. Highlights here include the Monsoon Buster ride, a 225m-long water slide, as well as tube rides and pirate-themed splash pools.
Visit the Wet World website for further information.
4. WaterWorld i-City, Shah Alam
WaterWorld offers daytime activities to complement the nighttime tourist attraction that is i-City, the city of digital lights. Enjoy the Giant Jacuzzi and Rainbow water slide, and get your pulse racing with the Tornado spiral slide!
Get your tickets here.
Outdoor and indoor theme parks
1. KidZania
Welcome to KidZania, an indoor family-themed learning centre where young ones can experience adult life in the model of a city, through a variety of roleplaying exercises specifically designed to help their physical and intellectual development.
Find out more by clicking here.
2. Escape Challenge Adventure Park
Escape Challenge Adventure Park recreates exhilarating rides and games from the outdoors in a modern setting at Paradigm Mall in Kelana Jaya.
With activities catering to a range of age groups, talents, and energy level, the goal of this establishment is to counter the problem of underdeveloped life skills among kids caused by a lack of play.
Visit Escape Challenge’s website for further information.
3. District 21
Spend an adrenaline-pumping day as a family at this 6,500-sq-m indoor park nestled in IOI City Mall in Putrajaya. This post-apocalypse-themed destination features 10 attractions, eight party rooms, and much more.
With activities that include climbing, sliding, riding, jumping, free falling, and flying, play and rest whenever you choose with a multi-entry ticket.
Learn more about District 21 here.
Sports and recreation
1. Skytrex Adventure Sungai Congkak
Malaysia’s first “flying fox” park, Skytrex Adventure offers tree-to-tree “sky-trekking” adventures, where you can soar, swing, glide, and dangle from the various aerial facilities suspended above the lush tropical rainforest of the Congkak Park and Resort in Hulu Langat.
For more details, click here.
2. JumpStreet Asia
JumpStreet in Section 13, Petaling Jaya, promises “wall to wall” aerial action such as jumping, bouncing, rolling, or any other anti-gravity activity.
With close to 100 trampolines forming a large court, as well as basketball and dodgeball sections, this is a bouncy playground for all ages – including those as young as three years old!
Find out more about JumpStreet Asia via its website.
3. Camp5 @ 1 Utama
Camp5 at 1 Utama shopping centre is home to Malaysia’s tallest indoor climbing wall, making it a popular destination for top-rope and lead climbers.
If you’re new to the world of climbing, fret not – give it a try with Camp5’s hourlong testing sessions!
Click here for more details, and find out more about other sporty activities at 1Utama, including Morac Go Kart racing, WindLab indoor skydiving, and the FlowRider stream-riding simulator.
This article was produced by Tourism Selangor, Selangor state’s official tourism agency, which works to promote the state in the eyes of travellers near and far. Log on to Tourism Selangor’s official website to plan your future travels.