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Book Ballyburren Outdoor Escapes tickets for some of the best family activities near Belfast
Ballyburren Outdoor Escapes offers a truly magical way to connect with nature - featuring Ireland’s only purpose-built alpaca trekking trail! Just 25 minutes from Belfast, this award-winning activity centre invites families, couples, and solo adventurers to explore scenic landscapes alongside gentle alpacas.
Forest School Playgroup: Muddy Tots Go Wild!
Ballyburren Outdoor Escapes offers a professionally-run forest school experience for young adventurers aged 18 months to 12 years, with a focus on blending nature play, storytelling, and hands-on learning in a safe and scenic setting.
- Duration: 2 hours
- Age Restrictions: Suitable for children aged 18 months to 7 years
- Location: Ballyburren Outdoor Escapes, 143 Dromore Road, Ballynahinch, BT24 8HZ
- Tickets Include: Guided forest school session, wild painting, hammered flower prints, elder jewellery, fire building, den building, clay making, toasted marshmallows, hot chocolate & more
Discover nature's classroom at Ballyburren Forest School
Let your little ones explore, learn, and play in the heart of nature with Ballyburren’s forest school experience!
- Each session begins at the landscaped car park
- Meet your friendly, trained forest leader before heading into the woods
- Walk approx. 10 minutes along a scenic 1.4km trail to reach the forest school
- Discover the dense beech tree woodland
- Explore two woodland tiers: a campfire zone with a short trail down to a small pond for fishing, and a large canopy-covered crafting area with sensory play spaces
- Enjoy activities like mud kitchen play, hammock swinging, storytelling, crafting, and pond wildlife spotting
- Watch your little ones express themselves as they create wild paintings, hammered flower prints and elder jewellery
- Treat yourself to toasted marshmallows around the campfire and sip hot chocolate at the coffee trailer
- Parents can relax with drinks and traybakes or join in the fun
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Location
BallyBurren Outdoor Escapes
Ballynahinch,
BT24 8HZ
How to find us
What3Words: gratitude.easy.snores
By Car:
- Sat Nav: BT24 8HZ
- Parking: On-site Parking
Facilities
- Toilets
- Wheelchair accessible
- Parking
- Baby-changing
- Coffee trailer
- Picnic tables
More Info
Are Ballyburren Outdoor Escapes wheelchair accessible?
The team at Ballyburren Outdoor Escapes are as wheelchair friendly as possible:
- The trail is stoned
- There are a couple of steeper sections
- Accessible toilets with ramp and handrails
Are dogs allowed at Ballyburren Outdoor Escapes?
Unfortunately, due to the nature of the activity, Ballyburren Outdoor Escapes do not permit dogs during the alpaca trekking.
What should I wear for my activity at Ballyburren Outdoor Escapes?
Ballyburren Outdoor Escapes recommends the following for clothing:
- Appropriate clothing for weather conditions
- Trainers and/or walking shoes/boots
- There are no muddy areas due to hard stone pathway
Is it safe to walk the alpacas at Ballyburren Outdoor Escapes near Belfast?
With any animal, there are always small risks - however, the alpacas at Ballyburren Outdoor Escapes are extremely friendly.
To ensure safety and wellbeing of all visitors, Ballyburren Outdoor Escapes requests that you don't walk directly behind the alpacas in case they kick.
They also do not allow any under 12's to hold the lead of an alpaca.