The Backyard

This is a fabulous place, a very different kind of outdoor playground cum indoor play experience.

I think I've taken my 2 and a half year old daughter to practically all the indoor play areas in Kolkata and also Salt Lake and Rajarhat- somehow we were yet to try this one!

I live very close to Safari Park in Southern Avenue and my daughter goes there several times a week. This outdoor play area was also better than other outdoor parks in the city and a wholly different experience.

This is a completely differnet indoor cum outdoor experience.

The toddler room has a small tent and many wooden toys- we had a blast doing all sorts of pretend play scenarios with the wooden figures, trees and animals.

Then we went to the sand area and again my daughter enjoyed a lot. Plenty of indoor play areas also have sand play but it is just a better fit in an outdoor play area.

There's a treehouse built around a real tree with books for little ones, a child's imagination can run wild there.

I'd been to the wildlife resort Tree House Hideaway and wanted to take my daughter there someday this brought the experience to Kolkata for me!

Finally my daughter loved playing in the water.

It's expensive at Rs 1000 but well worth the price.

Would like to go again and introduce my daughter to the dogs, cats and other pets.

A word of advice: you need to ideally spend at least 2 hours there so go on time.

I didn't try the food so can't review that.

The pet section and the food are for the next visit!😃