6 Best Family Things to Do in Kuala Lumpur

Petrosains, The Discovery Center is a 7,000-square-metre interactive venue on the 4th floor of Suria KLCC. Good for hours of fun, the spacious complex is largely dedicated to the field of petroleum science and presents science and technology in a fun and entertaining way. 

Petrosains, The Discovery Center has 11 main interactive showcases that are arranged in an easy to navigate ‘museum-style’ concept. Its collection ranges from space-age exhibits to fossils. Since opening in 1999, this hands-on interactive science museum has been popular among schoolchildren, who get to learn more about global scientific issues.

Sunway Lagoon is a massive theme park with an extensive range of fun rides for the whole family. It includes dizzying and thrilling water slides, a tranquil ‘river’ ride, surf beach, wave pool, and a revolving pirate ship. 

Built on the site of a former tin mine and quarry, Sunway Lagoon encompasses different zones – the Water Park, Scream Park, Amusement Park, and Extreme Park and Wildlife Park. The theme park is in Bandar Sunway, around a 30-minute drive from Kuala Lumpur City Center.  

Kidzania Kuala Lumpur is an edutainment center designed to prepare kids for the workplace. Resembling a mini-city, with child-sized replicas of office buildings and automobiles, kids get to take turns ‘working’ in over 90 different types of jobs, including pretending to be a surgeon, pilot, secret agent, lawyer, news anchor, and firefighter. 

Kids at the simulated News Straits Times Press office are given the task of roaming the ‘city’ to find news to write and publish or deliver copies of the paper around the city or collect them for recycling. Chika's Locker Fashion Boutique gives kids a chance to pose and model on a fashion parade catwalk.

Berjaya Times Square Theme Park is the largest indoor theme park in Kuala Lumpur. It's laid out in classic amusement park-style and divided into 2 zones: one for adults and one for kids. If you are in the mood for a hair-raising roller coaster experience, thrilling rides such as the 800-metre-long Supersonic Odyssey rollercoaster and DNA Mixer come highly recommended. 

This popular family attraction in Kuala Lumpur is on the 5th and 7th floors of the Berjaya Times Square shopping mall.

The i-City Theme Park, also known as the City of Digital Lights, is an amusement park in Shah Alam. It's best known for hosting a nightly display of colorful LED-lit attractions. You can also enjoy a range of exciting and family-friendly activities, such as a waterpark, 3D museum, and snow park. 

One of i-City Theme Park’s major highlights is a ‘forest’ of artificial maple and pine trees with branches illuminated with LED lights. The park also has a massive Ferris wheel, a 2-tiered carousel, carnivalesque game booths, and snack stalls. Besides the ‘forest’, other displays at the park include quirky, plastic figures such as peacocks, flamingos, giraffes and swans fitted with LED lights.

District 21 is an adventure park within IOI City Mall Putrajaya. It's a great place for visitors of all ages to enjoy a variety of challenging obstacle courses. The 6,500-square-metre complex features a post-apocalyptic setting, with plenty of metal beams, steel walls and colorful graffiti, as well as suspended ropes, chains, and platforms.

You first pass through a 2-step decontamination chamber, where you are provided with protective gloves and non-slip socks (shoes are not permitted for certain rides). Staff brief you on the theme park’s rules and safety precautions. Fitted with LED-lit climbing walls, high-speed slides, trampolines, and aerial obstacle courses, District 21 in Kuala Lumpur has 11 attractions with varying difficulty levels.