Top 5 Indoor Nature Activities in Dubai for Kids this Summer

Dubai Dad
DubaiDad
Published in
2 min readSep 9, 2017

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Make learning fun…

1: Dubai Butterfly Garden

Flutter by

Dubai Butterfly Garden

Description: Watch your child squish a rare species of exotic butterfly as you hide behind a shrub and cringe. This tropical indoor environment is the perfect place to teach your child about winged creatures.

Time: Daily, 9am— 6pm
Cost: From AED50, Below 2 Free
Location: Click Here
Tickets: Available at the door

2: Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo

Say cheese :)

Description: Dubai Mall’s mammoth underwater ecosystem is a great place for both adults and kids to learn about life under the sea. Check out the sharks and, my particular favorites, the stingrays, who look like the happiest creatures on the planet.

Time: Daily, 10am — 12midnight
Cost: From AED100
Location: Click Here
Tickets: Click Here

3: The Green Planet

Enter the jungle

Description: If you want to check out a tropical rain forrest without having to endure a 16 hour flight to South America with a screaming child, then this is for you. Built around a gigantic artificial tree, visitors can stroll up various levels and discover a multitude of exotic animals along the way from the larger sloths, ducks and parrots, to tiny ants.

Time: Saturday to Wednesday, 10am — 6pm. Thursday to Friday 10am — 8pm
Cost: From AED70, Below 3 Free
Location: Click Here
Tickets: Click Here

4: Dubai Dolphinarium

Splash out

Dubai Dolphinarium

Description: Check out the Dolphin and Seal show at Creek Park and get the opportunity to learn about, meet and even swim with the smartest sea dwelling mammals on the planet. You can also check out the parrots at the adjoining bird show.

Time: Click Here
Cost: From AED50, Below 2 Free
Location: Click Here
Tickets: Click Here

5: Orbi Dubai

The great outdoors, indoors

Orbi Dubai

Description: A collaborative project between BBC Earth and SEGA, Orbi allows your kids to discover the planet like never before. With a 35mt. screen and 3D sound system, you’re taken through 12 nature zones practically impossible to experience in real life, including following in the footsteps of polar explorers, soaring through the earth’s sky and being immersed in an elephant migration.

Time: Sunday to Wednesday, 10am — 10pm. Thursday to Saturday, 10am — 12am
Cost: From AED80, Below 3 Free
Location: Click Here
Tickets: Click Here

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An ex-music mag director, self professed party animal and new Dad, figuring out how to raise a child in Dubai, this sandpit we call home