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
Book Forest School tickets today and have them delivered instantly via email & SMS!