Sights / Acivities For Kids In Bkk Around December Time

[robbiq8]

Bringing an 8-y-o to BKK around Xmas time. Have been many times before but never with a child. Just wondered if anyone had any tips for general kids stuff to see and do or specifically Xmas things - many thanks in advance for your help.

[tonititan]

Well, I don't know about anything Christmas-y except maybe ice skating. People seem to get a kick out of hearing that you can ice skate when it's still hot in Bangkok!

I've had kids visit before, and here were some of the things they really enjoyed:

Siam Ocean World - The 4-D movie is great, but the glass-bottom boat was kind of a bust.

Ancient City (they liked driving around in golf carts)

Riding the khlong boats/river boats/longtail boats - The faster, the better!

Dream World (amusement park)

Safari World (amusement park/zoo)

Suan Lum Night Bazaar (Lumphini Night Market) - My 6 & 10 year old visitors thought it was really fun to each get a small amount of money (~200 baht) to spend on whatever they wanted. They had fun trying to negotiate, and of course the vendors always said yes because the kids were so cute!

Dusit Zoo - I don't think they were TOO impressed by this zoo as compared to the zoos back home, but they still had fun walking around and looking at animals.

Waterparks - If this child is coming from a place that's cold in December, he will probably think it's great to be able to go to a waterpark at Christmastime! There's several around Bangkok.

Children's Discovery Museum - We didn't actually make it there, but I've heard it's great.

The beach!!! - If you have time to head out of Bangkok for a couple days, what kid doesn't love the beach?

Snake Farm - I didn't actually go to this one with my visitors, but the kids came back raving about how "awesome" it was.

Good luck!

[honey2000]

Close to the Discovery Museum (Chatuchak) is the "Butterfly and Insect Park" Bikes to hire (it's an old golf course.) play areas and fresh air. BTS or MRT to Morchit