This charming country-style restaurant is set in a small farmyard - striking just the right balance between a petting zoo and an outdoor eaterie.

A large indoor play gym, Bizzy Bodies offers an active playtime for children aged from one to 12 years. The area is geared around getting the kids to run,...

Cape Town's biggest penguin colony makes its home here in a protected cove, with visitors getting the rare opportunity of swimming alongside them. There are...

South Africa's biggest free-flying butterfly park doesn't just have butterflies - there are also marmoset monkeys, iguanas and spiders - but they are the...

Let the children loose on the jungle-gym or trotting around on the big-bellied ponies while you tuck into one of the killer brekkies - the eggs benedict and...

It may not be as impressive as Oudtshoorn, but at least it's just 45 minutes drive from the city. The ranch encourages visitors to interact with the...

A City Bowl eaterie that opens on to a safe public park (Rocklands Park), the Deer Park Café is great for breakfasts and lunches. The menu is good (it...

Imhoff Farm is an all-in-one farmyard/snake park/petting zoo, situated on the south peninsula, near Cape Point. It provides pretty much everything from...

The sky is perpetually clear in the domed auditorium of the Iziko Museum's Planetarium. Features vary from live interactive lectures on how to go about...

It's like paintball… only indoors, in the dark, and with painless laser beams instead of little paintball bullets. Games are timed and are well regulated,...

Le Bonheur is home to about 1,000 crocodiles and, if you're in the area, it's a recommended detour for families, particularly those with young boys. The...

About 40km (25 miles) out of the city, Monkey Town is worth popping into: the park is home to 230 primates of 27 different species, ranging from hamadryas...

This promenade is about as family-friendly as they come, with its putt-putt course, miniature train and maze all vying for your little ones' attention....

This large (we're talking 2,000sq m or 22,000 sq ft) indoor venue provides a variety of play facilities, with descriptive names such as the Magnetic...