Wet weather activities FOR THE FAMILY

If you’re visiting Jersey with the family you’ll be spoilt for choice with activities from all the activity providers mentioned over the previous few pages but there are also a few extra activities that your kids will particularly enjoy (and you too!). Many venues also organise events over half term but we don’t have full details at time of press. Be sure to give the attractions a call if you’re visiting them and ask!

Jump in some puddles

If the weather is wet, but you like to make a splash, head for the woods. Our favourite is St. Catherine’s Woods, a winding route that takes you along a great sheltered pathway next to the water. Pick a good stick, slide down a bank and, if you’re lucky, someone will have installed the rope swing for some extra ‘wheeeee’.

See page 81.

Hide in a castle!

Our castles are fun for all and kids of all ages will love playing knights and princesses. If you head to Mont Orgueil Castle, your little ones can get fully immersed and style themselves as royalty of old with the help of the free dressing-up room. There’s also a little play park within the battlements.

See page 70.

aMaizin! Adventure Park

Fun for all, indoor and outdoor

Once based around a huge maze of maize, this venue has now expanded into a full-blown children’s fun park, complete with petting zoo. There’s a sizable indoor play area too (with a café) where your little ones can run wild with the comfort of some great padding.

See page 70.

Jump Jersey

Tire out those energetic legs!

Jump Jersey is an indoor trampoline park based at Les Ormes, Jersey’s holiday village. Within the former indoor football facility, you can now find a world of bouncing wonder with trampolines, Gladiator-style challenges and climbing walls. Suitable for all ages and complete with cafe for parents who aren’t feeling their trampoline legs.

+44 (0) 1534 497000

Maritime Museum

Interactive fun of a nautical nature Based (as you would hope) near to the harbour, the Maritime Museum is a fun and educational morning or afternoon out with all manner of seafaring-baed entertainment. Learn about wave motion, pirates, knots and more. It’s a great insight into Jersey’s nautical past!

See page 69.

If the weather isn’t perfect, you can also immerse yourselves in one of the above, all of which are undercover. Pit your wits against the challenge of an escape room, head up to the brilliant Jump Jersey, where kids can trampoline and climb, or learn about all things nautical!

Walks And Tours

The following tours happen on the specific dates listed so if you’d like to join, cross reference the guide initials ( JWA) against the list on page 101 and get in touch with the guides by the method listed!

Sundays (excluding Xmas Day)

Discover St. Helier 1-2 hrs

Join our qualified guides every Sunday morning to take a walk through the fascinating history & culture of Jersey. Tours start from Liberation Square every Sunday at 10:30 and finish at 12:00. Tickets are £10 and can be booked in advance through Eventbrite or you can pay on the day (cash only, please).

10, 23, 27 Dec / 08 Jan / 05, 12, 19 Feb

Seabed Walk to Seymour Tower JWA 2-3 hrs

Walk on the seabed and explore gullies and rock pools as you walk to Seymour Tower (one mile offshore) and discover Jersey’s very own wilderness with expert local guides. Walk in Europe’s largest inter tidal rocky area during our ‘Moonwalks’ as you discover the lunar-like rock formations. Escape from the sounds and activities of everyday life as you explore a place that is neither sea nor land.

18, 20, 21, 30 Dec / 16, 17, 18 Jan / 16, 17, 18 Feb

Bioluminescence on The Beach JWA 1-2 hrs

As night descends and the ocean recedes, star-like shapes of luminous green twinkle and sparkle in a few unique spots at low tide. Experience the uniqueness of bioluminescent creatures and other marine life on this “moonwalk” across the seabed. Book online.

09 Dec Trades, Trains and

Occupation with M C Guiding

MC 1-2 hrs

Join this enjoyable stroll along the seafront of Gorey and through the picturesque Gorey village as guide Melanie tells how the once dilapidated harbour of 1815 went on to become the thriving centre for fishing; commerce and tourism on the island. Hear too of the radical effects of the Occupation of WW2 in this iconic area of the island. Please get in touch if you would like to organise a group tour on a particular date.

11, 18 Dec

Discover St. Helier – Christmas Special SHW, TB & ML 1.5 hrs

Join the island’s guided walk experts for a pre-Christmas tour to hear about some of Jersey’s customs and traditions, whilst you explore St. Helier. Discover some of the fascinating places and hear about some remarkable events that have taken place in the capital of Jersey during the Christmas seasons in the last two millennia.

22 Jan / 24 Feb

Seabed Walk to Icho Tower JWA 2-3 hrs

Discover a marine world that is hidden beneath the ocean and only appears on the lowest tides of the year as we walk one mile from shore to Icho Tower. Venture into Jersey’s very own wilderness, which is covered by some of the highest tides in the world, on a marine exploration with a local trained guide. Also called “Moonwalks”, our walks are in the daytime, and the seabed is more than just a barren lunar-like landscape.

23 Jan / 23 Feb

Seabed Walk to The End of Jersey JWA 4 hrs

Walk into a world of fantastic colours as you head almost two miles across the seabed –beyond Seymour Tower to Karame Beacon and the Violet Bank. Discover the lunar-like terrain, which has given the walk its title “Moonwalk”. On one of the lowest tides of the year, you’ll reach the edge of Jersey’s wilderness where only squawking seagulls, the sound of the ocean and stillness surround you.

24 Jan

The Two Towers: A Low Tide Exploration JWA 4 hrs

A rare opportunity to walk on the seabed between Icho and Seymour Towers on one of the lowest tides of the year. Explore Europe’s largest rocky intertidal zones, accompanied by guides who have lived on this coast for many years. Weave your way between rocks, sandbanks and huge rock pools and perhaps, meet the locals fishing for lobster and shellfish. Book online via our website.

On Demand

‘Champagne & Oyster’ Tour SO 1-2 hrs

‘Champagne & Oyster’ Tours can include as little or as much as you wish to learn about oyster production and its history. Travel to the depths of Seymour Oyster’s oyster beds and meet some of our 14 million oysters. Imagine how on a high tide there would be perhaps ten metres of water above you! This is an ever changing environment which varies from hour to hour.