5 Fun Places for a Family Day Out in Guatemala City

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Guatemala City is something almost every traveler ignores. They all want to get to Antigua, Tikal or whatever their first destination is. But after living in Guatemala for a while I found out that it is a great place to take your kids for a fun family day out or even a weekend. There are many cheap hotels all over the city. Here my favorite things to do:

1 – Children’s Museum

This museum was created 10 years ago by the Guatemalan government as a tool to educate children in a fun environment. It is divided in 9 sections: 1) My country; 2) Natural Science; 3) Science; 4) Health, hygiene & nutrition; 5) interactive games; 6) Peace gallery; 7) Lego Room; Coffee room; 9) Games for the mind.

My 7 year old son loved this museum, he got the chance to play and learn at the same time without knowing it.

2 – La Aurora Zoo

This is Guatemala‘s national zoo. I mentioned it before in my list of favorite zoos and animal centers of Guatemala and I wrote a whole blog post on how much fun my son had in it. So you can imagine how cool this place is. What I love the most about it is that animals are not in tiny cages. They even look happy!.

3 – Xpark

This is an adventure park located in the Hincapie Avenue of Guatemala City. My husband and son are completely in love with this place. They love adventure and this place offers tons of activities for adventurous people. Among others there is a climbing wall, an obstacle course, bungee jumping, gotcha and trampolins.

4 – Avenue of Las Americas

This is the first phase of a project called Pasos y Pedales (Steps & Pedals) by the Municipal Government of the City. Now a days 5 phases have been completed with 10 streets around the city are closed on Sundays so families can go out and have some fun. In some of the streets you can find areas for biking, Tai Chi classes, open air gyms, areas where you can have some fun with your dog, and playgrounds.

5 – IRTRA Amusement Park

Mundo Petapa is part of 7 parks and 4 hotels that were created by a group of private companies for their worker’s recreation. It was recently remodeled and now it has lots of fun rides for the whole family. They even have a zoo, a swimming pool and restaurants. I can’t start to tell you how much I love that place, the rides and the service. I’s a great place for a family day out.

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