Dubai Delights: The Ultimate Guide to Active Indoor Adventures for Kids During Summer

With the arrival of warmer months and the upcoming school break, planning activities for your children becomes essential. Dubai's summer climate is intensely hot and humid. While some families may travel to cooler places, many will stay in the UAE. Fortunately, gone are the days when finding family entertainment during summer was difficult. Dubai now offers a plethora of fantastic Indoor Adventure Activities catering to diverse interests and ages.

Whether you're in search of a venue for the kids to expend their energy or a place for a memorable family evening, Dubai has several top choices that are sure to delight the entire family. Remember to check out our link for comprehensive details on the activities, including what to bring and where they are located across the UAE. This guide is especially useful if you're exploring property for sale in UAE, as it gives a glimpse into the family-friendly aspects of the community.

1. Bounce - Al Quoz

This is the OG of trampoline parks here in Dubai to be enjoyed by the entire family. They have a couple of different locations but the one in Al Quoz is where it all started.

Some of the different activities they offer are:

• Summit - a multi level free jump area. You will find trampolines, Parkour and ramps for free styling and testing out those skills.
• Cliff Jump - different height ledges to launch yourself from with a giant air bag waiting to catch you at the bottom. No skill required, but screaming is necessary!
• Dodgeball and Dodge Attack - got beef with the family? A great way to deal with those little annoyances. Take it out on the Dodgeball Court, where high energy warfare can be waged, but don’t worry the balls are soft, Game On!
• Minibounce, a safe place for the little ones to experience the ball pit, slides and active play structures. Small children are welcome from walking up to 6 years of age.

Good to know: There is a cafe. Friday night is Trick Night held 6-9 pm.

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2. TEPfactor Dubai - JBR

With multiple awards won over the past few years, TEPfactor has become one of the favorites among the City’s adventure enthusiasts. Widely renowned as the Ultimate Adventure Experience, this is an Escape Room meets The Crystal Maze style adventure. This will test adults and kids a like with 21 challenges over 4 different categories, it has been designed to test your fitness, patience, logic and skill. You’re going to need the best team of 2-6 players to solve all the puzzles and unlock the 4 bonus challenges to become the champions earning the prize and the bragging rights! Want to take your friends, no problem as there can be as many as 18 teams playing at any one time.

This game has been designed to be played in any order that you decide with a minimum playing time of 1 hour. Teams usually take between 2-4 hours to complete all of the challenges, and all children under the age of 18 will need a participating adult (18+). There is also a minimum age of 8 years old due to the complexity of the games.

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3. AirManiax, Al Quoz

This is the UAE's largest indoor Inflatable Park which is spread out over 15,000 square feet and hosting an array of crazy inflatable fun! Whether you’re an adult or kid, this place has it all so unleash the socks and get ready for plenty of running, bouncing, climbing and flying. No matter your age or physical ability be prepared to have the most fun whilst being indoors. Some of the different activities that you can hope to enjoy are;

• Lazer Frenzy - an arcade style laser tag complete with lasers, mirrors and haze effects. 
• Melt Down - get ready to jump and duck under the cushioned rotating arm. 
• Warrior Park - discover the Warrior Run and challenge your friends or family to prove that you are the fastest and strongest at conquering the different activities. 
• Multi Sports Arena - try your hand at basketball, football or volleyball and be part of a team or compete against yourself. 
• Zip Zag - get strapped in and enjoy a ride around the open air Zip Line, navigating your way around twists, turns and spins. 
• Warrior Assault - welcome to the soft play zone where you will find the foam pits, obstacles, tunnels, slides and warped wall.

Good to know: There is also a cafe and free WiFi. AirManiax socks are included in the price.

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4. Street Maniax, Al Quoz

If you’re bored of the average trampoline or inflatable park then Street Maniax is definitely for you. Welcome to an indoor arena where Parkour meets trampoline and fun-fitness meets bouncing heaven. This is somewhere where all the family can have a go and adults turn into kids.

There are lots of different activities to choose from, and they even have a flip academy, where you can safely learn how to flip, jump and tumble.
Some of the different activities you can hope to enjoy are:

• Cable Way - a fun zip line suspended in the air over an inflatable landing zone.
• Dodgeball - prepare your throwing arm as you jump around trying to avoid being taken out by the opposing team.
• Jump Tower - conquer your fear of heights whilst taking a leap of faith from 2 different levels free falling into the infliatable jump bag.
• Meltdown - use the trampolines to jump over the rotating arms and be the last person standing.
• Ninja Warrior - challenge your friends or family at this assault course that will test your upper body strength, stamina and speed.
• Trampoline Parkour - a perfect way to start learning the necessary skills for Parkour by using the various trampolines to navigate your way around the different obstacles.
• Quick Flight - step off the ledge and free fall your way to the bottom where the landing pad will break your fall.
• Walk the Wall, use the trampoline to walk the wall and see how high you can go.
• Warped Wall - sprint your way towards the wall and see if you can make it all the way to the top without sliding back down.

Good to know: There is also a cafe and free WiFi.

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