PLAYTIME FOR YOUNG AND OLD

Pair learning and fun at the new Curiosity Cove, work it out at Airzone and snap photos with Baby Shark and Mickey Mouse

- Elisa Chia Correspondent

The Microscopic Canopy offers an immersive experience, projecting animations that spotlight tiny and often unnoticed creatures from the forest floor up to the canopy. ST PHOTOS: CHONG JUN LIANG

(ST PHOTOS: CHONG JUN LIANG)

The school year is wrapping up just as the festive season kicks off, making this an exciting time for families. Whether your children are bursting with energy, curious about wildlife or longing to meet their favourite characters, there is an activity for them, some of which parents can also enjoy.

CURIOSITY COVE AT MANDAI WILDLIFE RESERVE

Explore the wonders of the underwater world with your children - no swimming skills or diving equipment needed. Or journey to the African savannah to learn about the challenges of animals in an arid land where food, water and shelter are scarce.

If these adventures sound like travel plans for the year-end school holidays, they are not. You will not even need to leave Singapore.

They are just some of the highlights at Curiosity Cove, which is promoted as Singapore's largest indoor nature-themed playscape.

The 4,600 sq m attraction is set to open on Nov 21, in the eastern cluster of the Mandai Wildlife Reserve, next to the Singapore Zoo.

Kids aged three to 12 can explore four themed zones, each offering opportunities for discoveries about wildlife through reimagined environments. At every turn, there are multi-sensory elements that invite children to climb, crawl, touch and explore.

Grabbing their attention as they step in is the Forestlands zone, fashioned after the Southeast Asian rainforest.