It doesn’t take much to convince a person that Houston is a great place to live and to visit. It’s most of all known for a thriving and exciting music scene, replete with an impressive history of star performances. However, Houston does offer more than that. If you’re looking to take your kids on a new adventure in the area, here are some activities to try.
Buffalo Bayou Boat Tours
Enjoy a luxurious and exciting adventure with one of Houston’s premier boat operators, Bayou Boat Tours. The company offers a great variety of excursions. Examples include tours of a historical theme, looking back to the formation of the city; bat tours which explore the 250,000 bats living in Houston; or a journey from one port of the city to the other, along the upper channel. With an array of themes on offer, you are bound to find something your kids will enjoy. Bayou Boat Tours also offers the 2018 Run for a Reason charity. Proceeds of this race will go to Buffalo Bayou Partnership, which helps create a vibrant waterfront for residents and visitors.
Children’s Museum
What’s there to do on a rainy day in Houston? Children will feel truly at home at the Children’s Museum in Houston. Here, they can meander through visits that cover such ideas as real robots, unique, child-friendly inventions. They can explore and learn about the election process or the working world, learn about technology, and more. There are also added special events and activities, such as Thursday Free Family Nights. You can even plan a child’s birthday party at this unique place.
Brazos Bend State Park
Enjoy the Brazos Bend State Park, which is only forty miles outside of downtown.
One of the perks of the area is the nature center it offers. There, you can experience hands-on exhibits and visit the gift shop. The park offers excellent wildlife viewing opportunities. There are over three hundred different bird species, lovely flowers and butterflies, and even alligators.
Come at night to watch the stars shine or try one of their hikes. Camp out, go fishing, or go biking. This park offers a healthy activity for everyone, and the park’s terrain is fairly ancient, thus offering an educational perspective.
Dewberry Farm
If you’re seeking another healthy activity, than heading over to Dewberry Farm with your young ones might be a good choice. Activities worth exploring there include Fort DewHickey, a fun-filled creation through which kids can meander, climb, and explore. If you’re sick of sandboxes, why not let the kids play in the Dewberry Farm Corn Box? There is also a Hay Jump area, where stacks are used as an ultimate game.Plus, there’s Horse Shoo Lake, a serene body of water, the Corn Maze to explore, and so much more–a total of over forty extremely unique attractions.
When you’re in the Houston area, there is more to do than the adult fun of concerts and restaurants. Treat your kids to a never-experienced before adventure at the farm, museum, at the park or on the water.
Image “Houston Children’s Museum” by sikeri, used under CC BY 2.0
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