Family Fun

Home to the town of Hershey and Pennsylvania’s Capital City of Harrisburg, this region is synonymous with family and fun. You will find endless combinations for a multigenerational family-feature story filled with soft adventures and cool experiences. Here are some of the unique ways to find your family fun angle in the Hershey Harrisburg Region.

Hershey Resort

• Hersheypark®: One of the top amusement parks in the country with over 65 rides and 11 roller coasters.
• Hershey’s® Chocolate World®: The most visited corporate visitors center in the world. Create your own candy bar, Free Chocolate Making Tour, 3D Show, and Chocolate Tasting.
• ZooAmerica: North American Wildlife Park: 11-acre walk-through zoo, housing over 200 animals

Activities

• Adventure Sports in Hershey: Go-karts, outdoor Laser Tag, bumper boats, batting cages and mini-golf.
• Harrisburg City Island: Minor league baseball park, soccer complex, mini-golf, steam train, batting cages, boat docks and a Paddlewheel Riverboat: On a 63-acre island in the Susquehanna River.
• Roundtop Mountain Resort: Year-round activities with skiing, tubing, paintball, ropes course, chairlift rides, and a Vertical Trek canopy tour.

Experiences

• Indian Echo Caverns: 440 million year-old caverns always at 52 degrees.
• Lake Tobias Wildlife Park:  Over 150 acres of wildlife, safari tour, and petting zoo.
• Turkey Hill Experience: New corporate visitors center highlighting the dairy company’s ice cream and iced tea products.

Hands-On

• Toys On The Square: Unique toys and Paint-Your-Own Pottery studio.
• Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts: Three floors of science exhibits and interactive galleries.
• The HodgePodgery: Offering workshops on arts & crafts with focus on upcycling and repurposing materials.