Siam Park

Interesting facts

The Mai Thai River is billed as the world's longest lazy river and drops about 8 metres, more than any other lazy river.

The white sand of the park's artificial beach was brought in specially from the Algarve in Portugal.

The Tower of Power slide stands about 28 metres tall, and riders reach the aquarium tube at the bottom within seconds.

The wave machine of the Wave Palace was built by Murphys Waves, a specialist company based in Scotland.

The original plans included a roller coaster, which was dropped so the owners could concentrate on finishing the first phase of the park.

Opening was first announced for May 2007, but construction problems pushed it back by more than a year.

The Singha ride, opened in 2015 in partnership with the Thai beer brand of the same name, has over 240 metres of track and 14 changes of direction.

On The Dragon, four-person rafts drop into a funnel about 20 metres wide watched over by a large dragon sculpture.

The park covers about 18.5 hectares and welcomed around 1.2 million visitors in 2017.

Its on-site desalination plant processes roughly 700 cubic metres of sea water each day.

Why it is worth it

Siam Park is a water park in Costa Adeje, in the south of Tenerife, built around a Thai theme. It belongs to the Loro Parque group run by the Kiessling family, and was designed by Christoph Kiessling. Construction began in 2004 and cost about 52 million euros; after delays the park opened on 15 September 2008, inaugurated by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand. The family received permission from the Thai royal house to use the name and theme, and out of respect avoided copying palaces, temples or Buddha images. Its 25 Thai-style buildings form one of the largest such ensembles outside Thailand.

The park is built on a hillside, and the slides follow the slope instead of standing on tall scaffolding, which gives the site a greener, more landscaped look than most water parks. The best-known ride is the Tower of Power, a near-vertical drop that ends in a transparent tube through an aquarium with sharks and rays. The Wave Palace produces waves over three metres high, among the tallest of any wave pool, above an artificial white-sand beach, and the Mai Thai River is a lazy river of great length with its own lift and slide. More recent additions include family rafts and Saifá, a two-lane racing water coaster opened in 2023. Younger children have their own area.

The water is heated to about 25 °C, which together with Tenerife's mild climate makes it a destination outside the summer too. An on-site plant desalinates sea water, and used water goes to irrigate the gardens. Siam Park has repeatedly been voted the world's best water park in Tripadvisor's travellers' rankings.

Getting there

Siam Park lies on the edge of Costa Adeje, about 6 km from the centre of Adeje. Tenerife South Airport (TFS) is about 15 km away. The park is easy to reach by car or taxi from the southern resorts.

From the encyclopaedia

Siam Park is a water park in Costa Adeje, a coastal suburb in Tenerife, Canary Islands. Siam Park features a Siamese (Thai) theme. The park was opened by the Princess of Thailand Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. The principal owner is Loro Parque, operated by Wolfgang Kiessling and his son Christoph. A second park is planned for the neighbouring island of Gran Canaria.

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