Family holidays with children in Chile - attractions and entertainment

Sooner or later, one question arises before all those traveling with kids: how to entertain small researchers? Activities for children should be fun and tireless. Therefore, one of the best places where you must take children is popular Mirador Interactive Museum in Santiago, La Granja. The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday, from 9:30 am to 6:30 pm. Its cafe opens at 11:00 am and closes at the same time as the museum. Activities of the museum entertain children, being educational in nature. Games, presentations, and exhibitions are held here. One of the most popular actions is the modeling of earthquakes and tsunamis. In the museum's fourteen halls, children learn a lot about nature, robotics, astronomy, and even oil production processes - and this is only a small part of what this museum is interesting for. There is also a 3D cinema and a theater hall. The museum houses a snack bar, as well as a gift shop selling games, books, and toys. And in the on-site garden children can play outdoors.

There are also amusement parks in Santiago. One of them, the largest in the country "Fantasilandia" in O'Higgins Park, is a place with breathtaking attractions offering a separate children's area. Children can ride one of the small trains, a rocking boat, a classic carousel, a dragon with carriages, a rotating twister and other wonderful attractions, while teenagers and adults swing on a pirate ship, rush through tunnels on inflatable boats, ride roller coasters, "Icarus", and "Kamikaze". In total, there are about 40 riders for all ages in the park.

Another place combining entertainment with education in the capital of Chile is the Planetarium of Santiago. Chilean parents often take their children to this place where school tours are regularly held. The planetarium built in the 1980s has immediately become an institution where one can get a unique experience. Educational information is projected onto its curtain dome, one of the largest in the world. With the help of images and sound, visitors are immersed in the cosmic atmosphere, and a star projector displays more than 5000 stars. Children will definitely like walking through the universe. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

"Granjaventura" is a kind of contact farm located in the foothills of the Andes in the commune of La Reina. Here children can communicate with animals such as horses, cows, sheep, donkeys, alpacas, goats, ostriches, rabbits, chickens, and ducks. The farm has its organic garden and greenhouse on site. This is where you can book an event to celebrate your child's birthday. Granjaventura is a great place where children learn to communicate with animals in the fresh air. What about going horseback riding on Easter Island? It takes 4 hours and costs about $ 100 per person, the price includes a transfer from the hotel. An amazing panoramic view from the highest point of the Easter Island is definitely worth its money. Children will be happy to ride real horses and feel like conquerors of the peaks.

You'll find many seaside resorts in the region of Norte Chico - a great place to swim in clear water and relax on the soft sand. And be sure to spend a day or two on Chiloe Island, enjoying free time and walks among dense forests, pristine beaches, wonderful historic churches, and watching the marine life - here you can even see whales. On the same island, you have great kayaking, horseback riding, and hiking opportunities.

The city of Pucon is a great place for active holidays with children full of forests and rivers. Energetic teenagers are encouraged to try crossing a river with a rope. Here you can go rafting or canoeing, admire volcanoes, forests, and lakes, watch rare wild animals like the small Pudu Deer and colocolo opossum, as well as taste delicious local cuisine. And for 72 USD you can spend 2 hours in a rural house whose hospitable hostess prepares author's dishes influenced by different cultures from fresh products growing in her garden.