Macau For Children

With its heavy emphasis on casinos, shopping, nightlife and history, Macau isn’t the best place to visit if you’re on the road with little ones.  There’s no Disneyland or similar type of large scale attraction designed specifically for them, so I don’t know how much they’ll like the city, if at all. 

At the same time however, the local government is working hard to make Macau a more well rounded tourist destination for people of all ages, children included. 

Here are a few places that they should enjoy visiting.

Macau Children Activities: The Cotai Strip

The biggest reason Macau is becoming much more family friendly is because of the monster hotels on the Cotai Strip. Almost every large hotel there offers a special Kids Zone play area for children aged 2 to 15. 

Qube Kingdom at Parisian Macao
Qube Kingdom at Parisian Macao

Basically one large interactive playground, activities include arcade games, racing slides, climbing facilities, air cannons, costume play, drawing and craft work.

Kids Club at Galaxy Macau
Kids Club at Galaxy Macau

Here’s a chart listing prices for both children and their parents.  Please note that the rate for the Kids Club at Galaxy is for 3 hours and not 2, while there is no time limit at the Warner Bros Fun Zone.

As for individual hotels and what they offer, the Venetian holds frequent exhibitions, some of which may appeal to children, such as Ice World, which was close to becoming an annual event. 

Across the street at the City of Dreams, the House of Dancing Water has been wowing audiences of all ages since 2010, while its sister hotel, Studio City, is party central for little ones, featuring the figure 8 Ferris Wheel Golden Reel, 4D Dark Knight Batman Ride, and cutting edge VR fun at Legend Heroes Park. 

And of course after the Parisian opened in 2016, Macau now has an Eiffel Tower too.

The best place to stay at if you have kids is one of the hotels at the Galaxy, since it allows access to the Grand Resort Deck, a 75,000 square meter water amusement park rocking river rides, wave pools, waterslides, rapids and Macau’s largest aquatic zone for children.  Guests staying across the road at Broadway can sometimes use the Grand Resort Deck too, depending on the time of year and if there’s a special on.

Macau Children Activities: Legend Heroes Park

A step up in fun from the Kids Zones by about a factor of five, Legend Heroes Park at Studio City is a new attraction that children (and adults) of all ages should enjoy.  In addition to traditional arcade style games it incorporates a heavy dose of VR, with Projection Mapping, Holograms, Motion Tracking, and Sportainment all available.

Legend Heroes Park at Studio City Macau

Prices are excellent too, especially if you come in a larger group of 3 or 4 people.  The more, the merrier!

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Legend Park is open from 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm daily, with only Mondays off.

 

Macau Children Activities: Angry Birds Play Center

Somewhat surprisingly, the only hotel on the old Peninsula with a Kids Zone is the Sofitel Macau.

Angry Birds Play Center at Sofitel Macau

Best suited for children aged 5 to 10, the Play Center features castle mazes, racing cars, ball pits, slides, and inflatable trampolines. 

Angry Birds Play Center at Sofitel Macau

Prices are very good too, especially if you go for the Day Pass.

Located on the 3rd floor, hours are from 10:30 am to 8:00 pm daily.

Macau Children Activities: The Pandas at Saec Van Park

Macau’s Giant Panda Pavilion is located inside Saec Van Park, a little ways south of the Cotai Strip. 

panda at Macau's Giant Panda Pavilion

Home to two Giant Pandas, two baby pandas, and two red pandas, the best time to go is right when it opens at 10 am, to catch them eating breakfast.  (The baby pandas can only be viewed on Sundays from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm.)

Baby Pandas at Macau's Giant Panda Pavilion

Children 12 and under and seniors 65 and above get in for free, while everyone else has to pay $10.  The money from ticket sales is used to promote panda conservation worldwide.

Several buses service Saec Van Park including the 15, 21A, 25, 26 and 26A.

Hours are from 10 am to 1 pm and from 2 pm to 5 pm.  The Giant Panda Pavilion is closed on Mondays.

For more information, please follow the link to the Giant Panda Pavilion website.

Macau Children Activities: The Science Centre

Perhaps a good two hour diversion, Macau’s Science Center is a hit with children of all ages, mixing fun with science in exhibits that include robotics, eco conservation, food science and space. 

Macau Science Center

Even younger visitors aged 3 to 8 should have a blast in the Children Science and Fun Science Galleries, two themed playgrounds made just for them.

two children playing at Macau's Science Center

The Science Center is also home to a Planetarium with a huge tilted dome screen that explores the mysteries of the cosmos in both 2D and 3D.

Located behind the Sands Macao, many buses frequent the Science Center including the 3A, 8, 10A and 12.

Hours are from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm daily except on Thursdays when it’s closed.  Tickets cost $25 for adults and $15 for children under 11.

For more information about the Science Center, please follow the link to Trip Report III.

Macau Children Activities: Communications Museum

The Communications Museum isn’t the first place I’d go to on this list, mostly because it’s so hard to get to, located up by the Reservoir and the Islamic Mosque and Cemetery.  If you make the effort however, children aged 7 to 12 should get a kick out of making their own stamps, postcards and playing with the Flight Simulator. 

Communications Museum Macau

They also might enjoy looking at all of the outdated technology and equipment that were cutting edge in the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and 00’s.

Extremely affordable, tickets are only $10 for adults and $5 for students.

For more information about the Communications Museum, please have a look at Trip Report III.

Hours: 9:30 am to 5:30 pm, Closed on Monday      How to Get There: Bus #18

Macau Children Activities: Future Bright Amusement Park

Future Bright Amusement Park is geared mostly toward local families, but if your kids love arcade games, bowling and ice skating, then it might be worth visiting for an hour or two. 

Future Bright Amusement Park Macau arcade

Only $55 to ice skate and between $22 and $30 to bowl, the price is certainly right and there’s also a McDonalds on the premises when it’s time to refuel.

ice skating rink at Future Bright Amusement Park Macau

Located around the corner from the Protestant Cemetery in the direction of Kiang Wu Hospital, just be on the lookout for the McDonald’s sign and you’re there.

Future Bright Amusement Park Macau

Address: Praca Luis de Camoes      Hours: 10:00 am to 10:30 pm (ice rink)
10:00 am to 11:00 pm (arcade)
10:00 am to 1:00 am (bowling alley)

Macau Children Activities: Macau Tower

Granted, Macau Tower is included on my list of Overrated Attractions, but it might not be a bad place to take children.  The Observation Deck on the 58th Floor is 223 meters above ground level, and affords fantastic 360 degree views of Macau, Taipa, and mainland China (at least when the weather co-operates.) 

Macau Tower

Tickets are $135 for adults and $70 for children aged 3 to 11.

A number of buses service the tower, including the 9A, 18, 23, 26, 32 and MT4.

Hours: 10:00 am to 9:00 pm (Monday to Friday)   9:00 am to 9:00 pm (Saturday and Sunday)

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