Leisure Activities

Children and Teens

While all of the above activities will appeal to many children, they also have the choice of tailor-made recreation. The city is full of playgrounds and public sports fields with all manner of equipment designed to keep kids busy. Older kids can join in the spontaneous basketball and soccer games which spring up every evening and weekend.

For a somewhat educational experience there are parks and museums like the Science Museum and Space Museum (which now has and Omnimax movie theatre), Ocean Park, and Kadoorie Farm.

The latter has a huge variety of animals, wild and domestic. You must make reservations to visit (2488 1317).

There are numerous clubs and teams which kids can join. Scouting is very popular and provides an outlet on weekends. After-school activities are practically required, and include sports and cultural lessons, language instruction and charity work.

While school is out it is harder to keep older kids occupied, but there are programs like Outward Bound operating in Hong Kong, which give them a challenge and a chance to explore on their own. Younger kids can attend summer school classes, which are not as academically oriented as regular school.