The best educational outings don't feel like school. These science centres, hands-on museums and guided educational experiences are chosen because children actually engage with them — each listing notes the ages it lands best with, how long a visit takes, entry fees and whether school or group rates apply.
An unusual educational outing built around one of the richest fossil sites in the world. Families can explore the museum and join guided fossil-site tours to learn about the animals that lived on the
A huge transport museum filled with historic steam locomotives, railway coaches, vintage cars, ox wagons and other vehicles. Children can get remarkably close to the exhibits and climb aboard selected
A conservation-focused wildlife centre with a dedicated EcoKidz experience designed specifically for families. Children learn about indigenous wildlife and conservation through age-appropriate activit
An award-winning San heritage centre combining storytelling, culture, archaeology and nature. Families can explore the museum independently or join a guided experience to learn about southern Africa's
A working marine-bird rehabilitation centre where families can watch endangered African penguins and other seabirds being prepared for release back into the wild. Visitors view the birds without inter
A beautifully presented collection covering more than a century of motoring history, with historic, classic, racing and luxury vehicles displayed across several halls on the L'Ormarins estate. A surpr
A very affordable museum complex exploring the maritime and cultural history of Mossel Bay and early sea voyages around southern Africa. The centrepiece is a life-sized replica of Bartolomeu Dias's ca
A guided cave outing with educational geology value for school-age children.
The DITSONG National Museum of Natural History (formerly the Transvaal Museum) is one of Pretoria's best-known educational attractions and a particularly good outing for children who are fascinated by
Sci-Enza is an interactive science centre on the University of Pretoria's Hatfield Campus, where children can explore science by touching, testing, experimenting and solving problems. The centre has m