*Current* Activities for kids on Samui

[surfdog]

was reading tripadvisor and many things are not current, for example water park in Lamai looks great! what was that like 6 years ago? website says closed and latest review says it is a dump. my daughter would have loved that.

 

Was thinking about checking the farm on the hill thing, is that really 700 baht per person!!

 

I know Samui is expensive but damn.

 

I went to a butterfly farm once, They had huge bitterflies and scorpions, pretty sure there is more than 1. Which one is best?

 

I used to live in samui 2004-2006, but I was into other activities then like drinking :)

 

thanks for any advice

 

 

 

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[evadgib]

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[PoorSucker]

Coco splash in Lamai is closed. 

Paradise Park is nice but as you said expensive. 

 

How old are the children? 

 

My son is six, he likes the hin lat waterfall, close to old immigration. 

There is a big playland at Tesco in Chaweng. 

 

If there are a couple of you, charter a boat in thong krut for a day tour to Koh Taen and Koh matsum. 

[surfdog]

daughter is 4, playground at Tesco might hit up, she liked the one at central festival, I like how they developed that area. I may remember wrong but wasn’t that whole area full of small dive bars?

I saw ad for some new water park in Maenam...


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[evadgib]

1 hour ago, surfdog said:

daughter is 4, playground at Tesco might hit up, she liked the one at central festival, I like how they developed that area. I may remember wrong but wasn’t that whole area full of small dive bars?

I saw ad for some new water park in Maenam...


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That's closed too.

[surfdog]

water parks really don’t last long here in Thailand do they? :)
my activity tomorrow morning is cleaning up trash on the beach, it’s just nonsense the hotels don’t pool resources to have dedicated trash pickers


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[PoorSucker]

5 hours ago, evadgib said:

That's closed too.

There was two water parks in Maenam, is the very overpriced pink elephant closed also 

 

[PoorSucker]

6 hours ago, surfdog said:

daughter is 4, playground at Tesco might hit up

Perfect, outside the cinema. 

[evadgib]

11 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

There was two water parks in Maenam, is the very overpriced pink elephant closed also 

 

I haven't observed any activity at either for months. The one on soi 1 has been shut for around a year.

[PoorSucker]

So in a year we went from three waterparks to none. 

 

[surfdog]

paradise park was worth it, 400 baht per adult, daughter went free. fed elephants at Nai Muong 1 waterfall about 300 baht worth of bananas

want to find same butterfly farm went to a few years back, thinking it was on road to lamai from chaweng.... but didnt see any signs


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[khunPer]

Believe the Butterfly Garden at the south is still open, the Street View position is here. It's opposite Centara Village, there's a description etc. here. 

 

It's right after the Samui Aquarium & Tiger Zoo, including a Sea Lion show, which is worth a visit for kids. Also the bird show is really great. It's a combines ticket and show, but only once a day. In case of rain the show is cancelled, so don't buy tickets in advance, they may not refund tickets. Showtime used to be 1pm, but better check.

 

Central Festival has some activities for children, among others a 4DX cinema and some other activities, and a pirate "horror house" (however, never been inside it). There also a playground for small children (free) and some tour-rides (merry go round and a train, need to buy ticket); all situated both ground floor and 2nd floor by the main entrance by Chaweng Lake, between Central Department Store and Power Buy.

 

There's a small zoo and show etc. at Namuaeng 2 Water Fall in Wildlife & Safari Park.

 

Depending of age, there's also a newer kids go-kart lane, Easy Karts, and Skydiving at the peninsula in Chaweng Lake (after Reggae Pub and Camp Beer).

 

The little zoo, Samui Crocodile Farm, close to the airport with monkeys etc. and a crocodile show, and snake show is also a good activity.

 

A long tail boat trip in the south from Thong Krut Pier to the islands  is also a fine day-trip for kids.

[evadgib]

Dual pricing might put you off some of the above. The Aquarium even applied it to my (Samui born) kids on childrens day some years back! We haven't bothered since.

HTH

[surfdog]

google saws that butterfly farm closed... maybe wrong might drive by.

central festival playground is ok,

other stuff not interested.

rather buy a truckload of bananas and go feed the elephants at na muong 1

they are hungry


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[BigC]

On 4/6/2018 at 4:43 PM, evadgib said:

That's closed too.

Doesn’t surprise me 

 

it was stupidly expensive and hence not many customers 

[BigC]

Beach republic is quite nice in the day time 

 

Tesco’s has upgraded its play area 

 

can wake the kids in there for 60 minutes and it’s more fun for them 

 

little  monkeys opposite Suport electric in Manam just after bandara

 

shooting range but expensive 

 

they have  new go kart track in reggae road with karts for kids and adults and parachuting wind tunnel 

[GLewis]

play on the beach, build sand castles, dig holes, a nice big moat, and then bury dad. Problem solved and money saved and a happy kid as the parents played with her. 

 

Do people still do this?

[khunPer]

4 hours ago, surfdog said:

google saws that butterfly farm closed... maybe wrong might drive by.

central festival playground is ok,

other stuff not interested.

rather buy a truckload of bananas and go feed the elephants at na muong 1

they are hungry


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Forgot to say it had to be free...

[evadgib]

1 hour ago, GLewis said:

Do people still do this?

No!

[surfdog]

bit rainy at the beach today for sandcastles, did that yesterday


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[sketcher]

water parks really don’t last long here in Thailand do they? :)
my activity tomorrow morning is cleaning up trash on the beach, it’s just nonsense the hotels don’t pool resources to have dedicated trash pickers


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That's not true, waterparks unfortunately don't seem to last long on Samui.

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