Excursions with children in Latvia by region
11 excursions in 3 regions, by area and place.
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You know the feeling: the tent is up, the weather isn't playing along and the children want to do something fun. So we've put together, region by region, what there is to do nearby in Latvia.
Looking for things to do near your campsite? Pick your region below. For each place you'll find the excursions, each with its official website. We picked them for children of around 7 and 9, and we only list places whose own website we checked on 14 October 2026. Opening hours, age limits and prices change, so take a quick look at the website before you go.
Compiled and checked by Arjan (Zuidlaren) · Sources are in the text · updated 20 October 2026 · About this page
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11 Excursions
Riga and Jūrmala · 4 excursions
📍 Jūrmala (1)
Līvu Akvaparks
Līvu Akvaparks in Jūrmala on the coast near Riga is a large indoor water park with an outdoor area in summer. According to the website, there are slides and attractions, a family spa and a hotel. The water is about 25 to 32 degrees. Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
🎟️ Booking tickets → Official website
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📍 Riga (3)
Rīga ZOO
Rīga ZOO is located in the forested Mežaparks. According to the website, you will meet tigers, giraffes, lynxes and much more, with a focus on conservation and education. There is a tropical house, and during school holidays thematic workshops for children.
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Photo: Trogain · CC BY-SA 4.0 · all photo credits
Adventica Riga
Indoor family park in the Olimpia shopping centre in Riga, with trampolines, obstacle courses and electric karts on a track with road signs. According to the website, there is also a ball pit, a basketball simulator and one of the largest building rooms in the Baltics.
🎟️ Tickets and Prices → Official website
Illustrative photo · Photo: Niaz Abbas · Public domain · all photo credits
Ethnographic open-air museum
The Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum lies on a lake near Riga, with farmsteads and mills from all regions of Latvia. According to the website, there are seasonal festivals, a fair and programmes where children discover how farm children used to live.
🎟️ Tickets and Prices → Official website
Photo: Pudelek · CC BY-SA 3.0 · all photo credits
Livonia (Sigulda) · 5 excursions
📍 Sigulda (4)
Piedzīvojumu Parks Tarzāns
According to its own website, the largest adventure park in the Baltic States. In Sigulda there are 11 courses with 140 obstacles and a 1.1 kilometre long zipline. And a toboggan run. Tarzāns has other parks in Liepāja, Tērvete, Jūrmala and Daugavpils.
🎟️ Tickets and Prices → Official website
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Summer bobsleigh on the bobsleigh track
In Sigulda, you whirl down the real Olympic bobsleigh track with a summer bob on wheels, combined with a track tour. According to the website, the summer bob drives on weekends from spring to autumn in good weather. A quick, happy experience.
🎟️ Tickets and Info → Official website
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KLIKK
According to its own website, this is Latvia’s largest indoor family leisure park, in Sigulda. There’s an electric go-kart track, a trampoline zone, a special skate park and sports classes for children, while parents relax in KLIKK KAFE. It combines well with the summer bobsleigh track and Tarzāns adventure park.
🎟️ Booking tickets → Official website
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Turaida-Museumsreservat
The Turaida Museum Reserve is located in the Gauja Valley near Sigulda, with medieval stone castle and tower. According to the website, there is also the folk song park on Dainu hill, the wooden church, the manor house and forest paths. There is also a virtual Turaida.
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📍 Cēsis (1)
Castle and Museum Cēsis
The medieval castle of Cēsis was once one of the largest in the Baltics. At the entrance everyone gets a candle lamp, handy on the narrow, dark staircase of the west tower; at the top you look over the city. In summer there are medieval games for children in the castle garden at the weekend.
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Semgallen · 2 excursions
📍 Rundāle (1)
Schloss Rundāle
Rundāle Castle is called 'the Baroque pearl of the Latvian countryside' on the site. You will visit the state halls, the duke’s and duchess’s chambers and the castle kitchen. Outside is a large French garden with a rose garden to walk around.
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📍 Tērvete (1)
Tērvete Nature Park
The Tērvete Nature Park is one of the most family-friendly places in Latvia, about 1200 hectares in size. A 35 km long network of paths leads over bridges and stairs into the fairytale world of the writer Anna Brigadere, with fairytale figures and wooden play equipment.
🎟️ Tickets and Prices → Official website
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Day trips from Riga
Do you want to travel from the capital for a day without driving yourself? Here you will find online bookable day trips.
- Day trips from Riga at GetYourGuide →
- Viator: Private Trip to Sigulda and Turaida from Riga →
- Viator: Full Day Private Tour to Cesis and Sigulda from Riga →
- Viator: Full Day Tour Hill of Crosses Rundale Palace and Bauska Castle →
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