Blessed with year-long good weather and pristine beaches, the Indonesian island of Bali is a world-renown holiday retreat attracting thousands of visitors to its shores each year. Located near Intercontinental Bali Resort, is Waterbom Amusement Park, Bali’s hidden treasure that is fast gaining popularity.
Situated near many luxury hotel Bali in the island’s tourist capital of Kuta, Waterbom Park allows guests to enjoy some of its world-class water rides scattered across the park’s sprawling 3.8 hectare garden. Voted Asia’s Best Water Park in 2013 and ranking 5th place among Water Parks across the world, Waterbom prides itself on its wide array of enjoyable water rides that cater to both children and adults. The colorful water rides, water cannons and slides in the children’s play area ‘Funtastic’, is bound to keep the park’s young visitors happy while adults can enjoy dip in the ‘Pleasure Pool’ or a relaxing ride on an inflated tube raft along the Park’s 250 meter-long river through foliage and waterfalls.
For the Park’s more adventurous visitors, rides such as ‘Constrictor’ (a 230 kilometer water slide and the longest water slide in the world), ‘Python’ and ‘Superbowl’ take riders through long water tubes which end the fast-tracked journey in a Splash Pool. The park’s fastest rides include ‘Green Vipers’, ‘Race Track’, ‘Climax’, ‘Boomerang’ and ‘Pipeline’ which promise heart-pounding excitement due to its many unexpected twists, turns and bumps.
Visitors can take a rest from the excitement induced by the water rides by sitting under the cool shade of a thatch-roof cabana, taking a soothing massage or a special Fish Spa treatment. The pre-paid wristbands worn by the Waterbom Park’s guests provide not merely access the state-of-the-art locker room but can also be used for all purchases at the Park’s souvenir shops, food stalls serving traditional Balinese and international cuisines and to buy refreshing beverages served at the Sunken Pool Bar and the Park’s latest addition, The Shack.
Thanuja Silva is a travel writer who writes under the pen name Auburn Silver. She has a passion for fashion and a deep interest in admiring new and exotic attractions around the world.