Ramayana Water Park: Thailand's Biggest Water Park, in the Hills South of Pattaya
Ramayana Water Park: Thailand's Biggest Water Park, in the Hills South of Pattaya Most people picture Pattaya's water as the sea — a bay, a beach road, a ferry to Koh Larn. But about twenty kilometres south of the city, inland from Na Jomtien, there is another kind of water altogether: more than eighteen hectares of slides, pools and rivers built into a green valley, with a lake on one side and low mountains on the other, and the golden Buddha of Khao Chi Chan looking on from its cliff a short drive away. Ramayana Water Park, which opened on 5 May 2016, calls itself Thailand's biggest water park, and standing on the path at the entrance with the slide towers rising over the lawns, it is hard to argue. This is not a hotel pool with a slide bolted on. It is a full day out that has to be planned like a small expedition — tickets, transport, shade, food and timing all matter — and for families, and for anyone who has done the beach and the malls and wants a different Pattaya, ...