5th Day - A day in Waters of Africa

5th Day 2007-12-13 THURSDAY - A day in Waters of Africa

Sunway Lagoon Hotel entrance to Sunway Lagoon Water Park

Before noon, the taxi driver dropped us in front Sunway Lagoon Hotel and pointed to the an entrance on the right of the hotel building. The entrance is where we enter the Sunway Lagoon's Water of Africa. 
We spend the rest of the day exploring the wonders of Sunway Lagoon Water Theme Park's adventure and excitement at the Waters of Africa, Wild West & World of Adventure.

Transformed from a tin mine, Sunway Lagoon Theme Park is Kuala Lumpur recent exciting place for families recreation and fun. Sunway Lagoon Theme Park consists of the dry park and water park with a wide variety of attractions, including various rides.
This amusement park in Petaling Jaya opened to public on April 29, 1993. 

This Malaysia's Premier Theme Park of Water Rides and slides galore, this man-made attraction has won two major tourism awards in 2007
1) the first Asian Attraction Awards for Most Popular Attraction (Medium-sized) in Asia at the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) Asian Expo at Siam Paragon, Bangkok, Thailand, 
2) Malaysia's Best Man-Made Tourist Attraction Award by the Ministry of Tourism. 
Sunway Lagoon Water Park 
Located in Bandar Sunway, Selangor, 20 minutes from Kuala Lumpur

Ticket Rate 
Entrance fees to the theme park 
RM45 - Adult
RM30 - Children

Booking online will be cheaper:
RM 38.25 - Adult
RM 25.50 - Children


The entrance fee to Sunway Lagoon is a total of Rm165.00 for my family of 4. 

Sunway Lagoon

SUNWAY LAGOON Consists of two different worlds : dry world and wet world:

Surf Beach (wet) 
Waters of Africa (wet) 
Wild Life Interactive Zoo (dry)
World of Adventure (dry)
Wild Wild West (dry)

1) Waters of Africa is the ultimate water park with an African wilderness theme, where you can challenge your family and friends in the 6-laned Congo Challenge.

2) Wild, Wild West is set in the old frontier days with cowboys and Indians, where rides such as Niagara Falls Flame Ride and The Tomahawk are the favorites. 

3) World of Adventure, containing the world's largest Suspension Bridge, which offers spectacular views of the Lagoon.

4) SUNWAY WILDLIFE INTERACTIVE ZOO
Sunway Wildlife Interactive Zoo is the latest attraction at the premier Sunway Lagoon Theme Park. It  is the first and the only fully interactive animal themed attraction in Malaysia which houses more than 90 species of every possible tame animal in the world. 

5) Sunway Xtreme Park
A taste of combat with a game of paintball, show off their riding skills on a power-packed All Terrain Vehicles (ATV), enjoy the speed and sharp manoeuvers of jet boat rides or simply indulge in the serenity of the lake on a kayak. 

                     
A theme park with stomach-churning thrill like giant water slides, twin speed slides, double twister wave pool and many more.  Spanning over 80 acres, Sunway Lagoon draws fun seekers with its reputation as a theme lands each boasting their own exciting attractions. There are Adventure Park, Wild Wild West, Water Park, Surf Beach. A place where we took home more than just memories.      

Waters of Africa

Sunway Lagoon’s water park, the Waters of Africa ‘playground’, is its most popular zone. Here in Water of Africa we spend an enjoyable afternoon with the cool fresh water in an Africa environment setting.
Malaysia’s first surf simulator, the FlowRider, sees the most action; here, surfers can show off their skills and it is frequently used for competitions while surfing and body-boarding sessions are held at weekends at the wave pool.

Other popular rides include the Congo Challenge – a six-lane water slide that achieves speeds of up to 40kmph – while thrill-seekers will love to spin around in the loops of the African Pythons before they’re spat out of the gigantic tubes.

Another ride for daredevils is the Cameroon Climb. Here, two riders swoop down from a height of 15m in double tubes and shoot up and down till they come to a standstill. Kids are also well-catered for – especially noteworthy is Little Zimbabwe, an interactive water playground built to resemble an African village complete with huts and Masai warriors guarding the entrance.
  

Sunway Surf Beach

The newly refurbished attraction called Sunway Surf Beach has a rolling surf pool sandy beach made out of over 6,000 tones of sand. On top of that, there are more than 146 palm trees and Balinese huts. You will be able to build sand castles, relax under the palm trees or have a game of beach volleyball with your friends and family members. The surf pool is capable of producing 8 feet tall surf waves.

Sunway Surf Beach

Nowhere else one can find a man made beach for surfing right next to a shopping mall. Sure Beach was recently  transformed with the placement of 6000 tons of sand, palm trees and huts in the area, creating a tropical beach oasis in the middle of the city. City dwellers no longer need to travel tormenting long distances to have a fulfilling seaside experience.

This newly opened Sunway Surf Beach is one of the world's most unique entertainment venues and has been an irresistible draw to some of the world's most prestigious events like Quiksilver Revolution Tour 06, X Games Asia 2006, promotional concerts by world-renowned artists like Wang Lee Hom, Westlife, FIR, SHE and more ...
The Sunway Lagoon boasts the largest surf pool in the world, spanning 5 acres and generating 8-foot high waves that crash onto Malaysia's longest man-made beach within a city.

The Pyramid Shopping Mall (background above picture)
Adjacent to the water theme park is a huge shopping and leisure complex called 'The Pyramid', (background above picture)  which houses the hi-tech 48-lane bowling alley, Malaysia's first themed open indoor ice-skating rink, the fashionable Tang's departmental store, and the ten comfortable and professionally managed cineplexes, adding to the limitless range of activities at the Sunway Lagoon.  Sunway Pyramid is considered the best Thematic Mall in Malaysia.