Children's Tour - Pirate Leni and the Dragon Cave Porto Cristo

Children's tour "Leni and the Dragon's Cave"
Location: Porto Cristo – Cuevas del Drach
Duration: approx. 4 hours
Recommended age: 6–12 years
Number of participants: ideal for 6–20 children plus accompanying adults
Tour itinerary

1. Arrival & Welcome (15–20 min)

• Meeting point: Cuevas del Drach car park
• Welcome by guide as “Captain” – each child receives a paper logbook or “Explorer Passport”
• Brief introduction: What are stalactites? Who discovered the cave? What is real and what is fantasy?

2. Guided cave tour (approx. 1 hour) (11.50€ entrance fee included)

• Entrance to the stalactite cave (official tour, separate group recommended)
  On the way: Playful impulses in whispers:
  “Do you see that eye up there?”
  “This is where Leni the pirate must have hidden her treasure!”
  Explanation: Stalactites, stalagmites, stalactite formation
  Highlight: Boat trip on the underground lake

3. Debriefing & Fantasy Game (30 min)

• Outside in the shade:
  Short break with a picnic or snacks you brought along
  Answer questions from the logbook:
  “How do stalactites form?”
  “Why is it so cold down there?”
  “What would you hide in a cave?”
• Creative game (optional):
  “Dragon Eye Painting” on black paper with chalk
  Secret note like Leni the Pirate
  “Whispering the Rock” – Children invent a short cave legend together

4. Final game & farewell (15 min)

• Little Pirate Test:
  “What color is a stalactite when you shine a light on it?”
  “What do you do if you get lost in a cave?”
  Awarding of the “Cave Pirate Diploma”
  Group photo (e.g. with a homemade cardboard sextant or treasure map)

What to bring?

• Comfortable shoes, light jacket (the cave is cold!)
• Water bottle, possibly a small snack
• Curiosity, a little courage – and imagination!

Learning content explained in a child-friendly way:

• Stalactite formation: 1 cm in 100 years – patience like a sleeping dragon
• Cave climate: Why the temperature is always the same
• Echo & Acoustics: Why Music Sounds So Special Underground