The Kids' Clubs at Club Med Bali – Our Family Review

Club Med resorts are renowned for being all-inclusive and very family-friendly. Well, our family can report back from Club Med Bali to say that all this is true. This is a review of the many Kids Clubs at Club Med Bali, with lots of photos to show you exactly what you can find there. There is also some general information about Club Med Bali too.

Let me just get this out there straight up; this was the best kids’ club we’ve tried so far.

My twins were seven when they visited and they had experienced a few kids’ clubs and had often been fairly reluctant to go, at least at the start. At Club Med Bali, they were genuinely asking to go back. Hooray!!

Pool playtime at Mini Club Med for 4-10-year-olds Play equipment at Mini Club Med

Club Med Bali is at Nusa Dua, right on the beach. This is a very large resort with 391 rooms, superior, deluxe and suites. You can ask for interconnecting rooms with all types. There are two restaurants, three bars and four pools at the resort including an adults-only Zen pool. Wifi is free and there are many included activities including lots of sports. Kids Clubs for children aged 4 – 17 years is included in the costs, for children under four child care is at an additional cost.

Baby Club Med  for babies and toddlers aged 4 – 23 months

Petit Club Med for 2 – 4 year old children

Mini Club Med for children aged 4 – 10 years

Juniors’ Club Med for children and teenagers aged 11 – 18 years

We spend four days at the resort and they were in kids’ club for three of the four, for full days.

Did I miss them?? Errr… cannot tell a lie… I loved that they were happy there. I did follow them around a fair bit taking photos, but also was freed up to check out all the facilities of the resort. Even the spa, all too briefly. I did it for my readers – honest injun.

Baby Club Med caters for children aged 4 – 23 months. They can be looked after all day with a schedule of indoor and outdoor activities. A dedicated chef provides baby-friendly meals.

Baby Club Med operates from 8.30pm – 5.00pm

There are also on-demand babysitting services for babies and very young children. Contact the resort for current information.

Petit Club is held here, underneath the restaurant

Young children also have a busy day, run to a regular timetable. They enjoy activities and craft inside and out, there’s a splash pool to keep them cool and play equipment. After lunch they can have a nap or a quiet lie down time. Children are divided into groups by age.

The hours are also 9am – 5.30pm and 6.450pm – 8.30pm. Parents need to provide nappies and milk, if required.

The flying trapeze with Mini Club Med – wow!

Mini Club Med is also open for two sessions 8.30am – 5.00pm and 6.45pm – 8.30pm. Kids clubs at other resorts we used always had a lunchtime break and it felt hard to get anything done in the short blocks. At Club Med Bali it felt good to know that the kids were busy all day. A rare sense of freedom!

It means parents can go out for the day if they’d like to do something that the children can’t do. Or just lounge around the adults only pool and suntrap. No, I didn’t this time but I will next….

At Mini Club Med, each day is tightly timetabled, here are some photos showing what is on for a couple of days.

You’ll see there’s lots of physical activity and that meals are given pretty early, which suits my two. Kids need to bring swimmers, hat and sun screen, sports shoes and extra clothes. My twins’ favourite activities were the archery and the circus skills, especially the flying trapeze.

I liked the fact that the GOs looking after the children were numerous and full of enthusiasm. Also the children were split into groups by age which was good for them.

We visited Club Med Bali during the school term, and I guess it will be much busier during the Aussie school holidays. My children wouldn’t like to wait in long queues in the heat, and I wonder whether this might happen when it’s busier?

Undercover area at Mini Club Med Trying archery, my twins loved this. Outdoor games at Mini Club at Club Med Bali

I was really impressed with the kids clubs especially with how lovely the staff are and how many were around.

Now, I didn’t have my teens with me, but had a look at the teens area and heard a bit about their Club. There are lots of activities on offer, and teens can come and go as they please. The kids are grouped by age and have a really wide range of sports and activities to learn and enjoy. These include yoga and High Intensity Training, golf, trapeze, windsurfing and zumba.

Opening hours fro Junior Club med are 9.30am – 5.00pm and then 7pm – 8.30pm.

Both my twins enjoyed all the craft they did at kids’ club. Boing! Rusty Rocket loved a bounce on this device whilst waiting for the flying trapeze. The building the Mini Club is based in, on a wet morning Kids’ can store their bags here Inside Petit Club for kids aged 2-4 years The noticeboard outside Petit Club details each day’s activities. The coconut grove beside Petit Club The play equipment outside Petit Club Toddler splash pool at Petit Club The pool at Mini Club, looking serene with no kids splashing around Rusty Rocket had the time of his life doing circus play inside the theatre one rainy day A fitness class at Club Med Bali The beach in front of the resort Pavilions by the pool, with the famous flying trapeze behind The main pool, with an aqua exercise class in action

The time difference did cause us a bit of hassle. Bali is three hours behind Sydney, so my two went to bed very early on the day we arrived.

Then Rusty Rocket woke up at 3.30am Bali time the next morning. Oh joy – not. He adjusted by the next night thank goodness.

The evening buffet meal started at 7pm Bali time (10pm Sydney time) was just too late for us for the first two nights. We ate happily mid-afternoon at the a la carte restaurant.The shows in the theatre start after dinner and the twins would love to have gone but just couldn’t stay awake long enough for the first three nights.

Next time we must stay longer!

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Have you been to Club Med Bali too?

Any kids club you can recommend to other parents?

We stayed as guests of Club Med Bali, who also paid for two of our three flights. Many thanks Club Med Bali.

PS Here are a few more photos of Club Med Bali

Morning yoga class Loved the bar by the pool The Spa – so serene Yes, adults can try the flying trapeze too!! Upside down son