Close to Nature, The Best Scenic Areas Around Beijing for Families with Children

The Tianyi Strawberry Garden, located at the foot of Xiaotang Mountain, Chanping District, Beijing, is the largest strawberry garden in Beijing. It has an area of 3,000 acres, which allows up to 10,000 people at a time to pick strawberries. The strawberries grown in Tianyi Strawberry Garden are top-grade "red beauties", and are of the best Akihime strawberry cultivar, earning them awards from the International Strawberry Symposium. This particular cultivar is not only bright in color, but also tastes soft and juicy, rich in fragrance and is a palatable fruit that tastes both sweet and sour. Additionally, seasonal fruits such as nectarines, cherries, apricots, pears, and watermelons are also available for picking.

The China Aviation Museum is located at the foot of the Datang Mountain in Beijing's Changping District. It is China's first large aviation museum and boasts the largest collection of aircraft in Asia. If you have a boy who likes planes and the military, then this is the place where his little dreams of becoming a pilot can be fulfilled. The museum will enrich his extra-curricular knowledge and make him happy! The museum has four themed exhibition areas, namely the Pavilion, the Divine Souls Monument, the Exhibition Cave, and the Open-air Exhibition. Aircraft are classified into each division according to their age, type, and size. There are over 200 aircraft from all around the world. Furthermore, the museum features over 700 examples of weapons and equipment, including surface-to-air missiles, air defense radars, anti-aircraft guns, aviation bombs, and aviation cameras.

The Colorful Butterfly Garden, located in Beijing's Shunyi District, covers an area of over than 1,000 acres and is Asia's largest live butterfly garden. Over 30 species of beautiful butterflies are bred here, with an annual production of roughly 5 million butterflies. It is also the birthplace of the Cethosia Cyane - the butterfly that was carried into space by Chinese spacecraft. The Colorful Butterfly Garden is divided into several areas such as the butterfly viewing area, butterfly science world, butterfly culture, butterfly flying square, and a crafts area. You can watch butterflies flying up close in the butterfly valley and the ecological garden; You can observe the wonderful moment when a butterfly breaks free of its cocoon in the incubator room. A butterfly flying is held every holiday in the 10,000 square meter lawn square.

Badaling Wildlife World is located in Yanqing County, Beijing, right by the Badaling Great Wall. It is the largest mountain wildlife zoo in China. The zoo is divided into five functional areas: a wildlife viewing area, a mountain forest viewing area, a natural conservation area, a historical area, and a leisure area. Here you can see the largest prides of African lions and American white tigers in China, as well as nearly 10,000 other wild animals covering 100 species. It is a great place for children to watch animals. Notes: Close your windows and don't get out of your car when driving through the area where the predators live!

Yeyahu Wetland Park, located in Yanqing County, Beijing, is the only wetland aviary in Beijing. It is famous for the many wild ducks swimming in its lake. The ducks here are not afraid of people. Ducks will flock to visitors who come close to the lake for food and it is a good place to bring children to watch and feed the animals. Yeyahu is quite a different place in winter. Every winter, flocks of migratory birds like large swans, gray cranes, bean geese, and red ducks will make the arduous journey to Yeyahu to spend the long winter.

Located in Beijing's Shunyi District, the International Flower Port is the only professional flower industry park in Beijing. It follows the model of the Keukenhof Park in the Netherlands and displays new varieties of flowers developed both domestically and internationally. The park looks like a sea of flowers. The Flower Port has dozens of scenic areas such as the "cherry blossom avenue," the "sea of flowers," the "dreamy flower lake," and the "lovers' valley." Tens of thousands of seasonal flowers bloom, and flower festivals are held in almost every month, apart from the winter months, which is sure to satisfy family members of all ages.

Tianmo, located Zhangjiakou's Huailai County, has become a popular place to film many domestic and international movies and TV dramas thanks its unique natural scenery. Over 300 films and TV dramas were filmed here, the most famous of which being: Mummy 3, Journey to the West, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Princess Huanzhu, Moment in Peking, and Flying Swords of Dragon Gate. In addition to visiting the sites where the movies and TV dramas were filmed, you can also ride camels, go sand boarding, play football, and build a unique desert rocket with your child just like in "Where Are We Going, Dad."