Bali for Kids

Bali is a great place to take the kids. Most hotels cater to young families and a number of resorts are explicitly child friendly. As ever, kids are primarily their parents’ responsibility and few hotel pools and none of the public beaches offer any kind of lifeguard supervision.

The Balinese simply adore children and locals will happily offer to hold your babies while you shop or swim. Even local children are very friendly with foreign children and will happily include them in games and sports. Certain hotels like the Hard Rock or any of the resorts in Nusa Dua have exceptional child care facilities and even dedicated shallow water pools and playgrounds.

Hiking or surfing in Bali can be done with children and it is up to the visiting parent to decide what they may like to do in this case. There are few locations or places in Bali that are prohibitive for people visiting with their young ones and the Monkey Forest in Ubud is one of the most enduring kid-friendly attractions in all of Southeast Asia.

24 hour emergency health care clinics operate in Kuta and the main hospital in Denpasar is well-equipped to cater to any health problems encountered by parents or their children. Care should be taken is doubling kids on the back of a motorbike and visitors should use their discretion regarding seat and safety belts in taxi cabs and mini buses.