The best family-friendly happenings around town in Dubai 7-9 January
1 of 10 TRY OUT THE NEW CAVING EXPERIENCE AT TRAMPO, NAKHEEL MALL: The UAE’s largest indoor caving experience has just opened at Trampo Extreme children’s play park in Nakheel Mall, The Palm Dubai. Intrepid adventurers can explore nine different routes through 100m of tunnels, discovering secret chambers, clambering up rock-climbing walls and speeding down slippery slides along the way. On top of this brand-new experience, Trampo also offers a large trampolining area, skytrail, foam pit and obstacle course, as well as a soft play and toddlers-only area. DETAILS: One hour of caving alone from Dh55 (10% discount when booked in advance online), combo passes also available, Trampo-uae.com.
Fabulous family-friendly fun that s easy on the wallet
1 of 10 OTB MARKET’S KID-FRIENDLY FUN: Taking place at Burj Park, Downtown Dubai, the kids’ area at this year’s Etisalat Market OTB has a ‘Candy and Slime Park’ theme, and features inflatable play, a bungee trampoline for children, a dedicated ‘Glitterati – Crafts Station’ for decorating, as well as colouring and slime-making workshops. There are also regular basketball workshops and competitions at the Slam Dunk Court, led by players from the Phases Basketball Academy, which are open to kids aged 14-16 and are free to attend. Other highlights to look forward to include regular movie nights, talent shows, live performers and creative fashion and accessory stalls to browse, all hinged around the concept of this year’s ‘Newtro’ theme, combining eclectic elements of new and retro pop culture from Korea and Japan. DETAILS: Until 2 January, open Thursday from 4pm to 12am and on Friday and Sat
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1 of 21 From snow fights to gamer-battles, and magic shows to macramé and Mad Hatter’s Tea Parties, there’s so much to delight the little ones this weekend… Image Credit: Supplied
2 of 21 STEP INTO A SNOW GLOBE AT WAFI MALL’s DECEMBER TO REMEMBER: The Wafi Santa is always one of the favourites, and this year they have an entire Santa’s workshop to explore, as well as the usual traditional festive market, full of tasty treats and lovely present ideas. Tickets grant you access to the workshop – which is full of arts and crafts activities to enjoy - as well as a framed photo with Santa and a gift. Every few hours Santa will read stories to the children in English and in Arabic, and there’s even a life-sized snow globe, which kids can go inside to take pictures and videos. Every ticket purchase includes a booklet of promotions and discounts which can be