Admire wild animals such as lions,tigers and bears from the comfort of your own car.Just remember to keep the windows up .
£¤70,students £¤45,children under 1.2m are free
Daily 8am-5pm.
South of the Badaling great Wall Cneter,Yanqing County.
Tel:69121842

Ferris wheel,water slide,looping roller coaster and teacup rides.
Daily 9am-4:30pm.
RMB 90,60(1-1.4m or with senior citizen card),Free (under 1m).
1 Zuo'anmennei Dajie,Chongwen District.
Tel:67111155

Lots of fish.Brings out the child in you.
9am-5pm.
137 Xiwai Dajie,Xicheng District.
Tel:62176655

Many animals including the famous pandas.However,animals lovers may want to stay away as the conditions leave something to be desired.
7:30am-6pm.
137 Xiwai Dajie,Xicheng District.
Tel:68314411

8am-8pm.
South Gate of Workers Stadium,Chaoyang District.
Tel:65913397

Best for tykes over 4 years old.
Daily 6am-8:30pm(ticket windows closes at 8pm).
RMB 5.
Inside Chaoyang Park,1 Nongzhanguan Nanlu,Chaoyang District.
Tel:65066339,65067723

Educational campus offering art and music classes.Also has a Science and Technology Palace.
All lessons are in Chinese Tue-Sun 8:30am-4:30pm.
43 Ping'anli Xidajie,Xicheng District.
Tel:66160122

If staff dressed up in minority costumes pretending to be Tibetans isn't kitschy enough,for a small fee yu too can don an outfit and get your photo taken.Regular live shows.Extensive expansion (a whole second park) just conpleted.
Daily 8:30am-6pm.
RMB 60(one park),45(student).
1 Minzuyuan Lu,Chaoyang District.
Tel:62063640,62063646

Kids climb in two hour sessions while adults sit above and watch the fun
£¤30/2 hours.9am-5pm,closed Mon.
Inside the Science and Technology Exhibition Hall.
Tel:62371177 ext.3100

RMB 30(kids);adults free except on weekends RMB 15.
Mon-Fri 9am-5:30pm;Sat-Sun & public holidays 9am-7pm.
Gongti Nanlu (south side of Workers' Stadium),Chaoyang District.
Tel:65004193

Offering day and weekend packages,the range has all kinds of sports activities for kids and even organises trips to the naerby Huairou resevoir.
Daily 24 hrs.
Huairou Beizhai,Huairou County.
Tel:65381691

Painting,pottery and jewelry making are some of the things on offer for your budding artists
Daily 9am-7pm.
Dongbanxinzhuang Lu,Shunyi District.(North of Capital Paradise)
Tel:80464055,13661045892

Beijing's largets amusement park with rides for the adventurous and the slightly less so .
£¤10 with each ride separately priced 8:30am-5:30pm(summer),9am-5pm(winter).
25 Shijingshan Lu,Shijingshan District.
Tel:68862547

A well equipped equestrian center,whiich also has a trampoline and water park.
£¤120/hour for horse rides
Daily 8:30am-6:30pm.
A2 Yangqiao Xili,Youwai Fengtai District.
Tel:67227339