Splash Jungle Water Park — Attraction in Mai Khao

The park has a single ride tower from which there are 7 slides. The staff and lifeguards were friendly and maintained safety standards without removing all fun from the experience. There are plenty of negatives with this park although we did enjoy our day there. There are no particularly unique rides but they were still fun and having one tower did make it a less tiring experience and reduced waiting time as you could pick the ride with the smallest queue.

The park was relatively clean although it is definitely showing signs of age, many lockers were broken or damaged and the water wasn't the cleanest when it came to particulate matter though I am sure it was chemically treated and clean from a health point of view. The lockers cost 100thb which is reasonable and they were medium sized, as a big positive they provided luggage storage for our suitcases free of charge and they were left with a guard at the front entrance which we were impressed given the proximity to the airport this makes it a good thing to do if you have a late flight on your last day in Phuket. We bought our tickets on Klook we paid 1,200 baht per adult, the walk up price for entrance is 1,450 thb for foreign adults (12+), 700 baht for children (5-11), kids under 4 are free. You should also add 70 baht onto the price of each ticket as they do not allow you to bring your own towel and instead you must rent one!

The park offers transfers from the popular areas of Phuket for 400thb/person if you are going to the park with more than one person we recommend booking a taxi.

With Covid-19 looming at the time we had no issues with crowds or queues. However, it is a small park so it may feel a bit crowded and queues may get long in more normal circumstances. Unfortunately due to the price of the park, costing more than some of the largest and best waterparks in the world (Atlantis, Dubai; Siam Park, Tenerife; etc.) we cannot rate this park highly if the cost was halved and then it would rate much higher. Our rating overall is a 1.2 out of 10 globally as a waterparkl ALTHOUGH as it is the only waterpark in the area and you are probably on holiday then it may be worth it as it is a fun half-day out.

FACTS + FIGURES

TOP TIPS: There is a discount if staying at the Sands Resort hotel and get drinks at Happy Hour (11AM-12PM & 3PM-5PM).

Payments In Park: Cashless removable (wristwatch style) wristband system, fully refundable at the end of the day with 500 thai baht minimum top up.

Rides: 7 Adult Rides + Kids Area with 4 Slides. (Guest over 122cm are allowed on all rides. Max weight on some rides is 119kg. They weighed pairs going on some rides) None of the rides are extreme and all are good for kids.

Pools: 1 Small Wave Pool, 1 Small "cool" Pool + 1 Pool bar area and a Lazy River the water was of average cleanliness.

Flooring: The floor does get very hot best to take some thongs* (sandals, water shoes, etc.) shoe storage available in front of the ride tower.

Shade and chairs: Some chairs (no charge), some shade, shaded "cool" pool is a nice idea.

Cabanas: Available for 600thb and that included a locker rental when we were there.

Changing Rooms: Separate Men's and Women's rooms but no cabins and not the best smelling.

Lockers: One size for 100 baht. Key access with a basic lock. (L ugagge/suitcase storage is available for no extra charge!)

Towels: Rental 70thb. You may not bring you own towels into the park making rental virtually compulsory as a positive the rental towels were large.

Food: Average price (90-350thb) and ok quality. Selection of western food (Pizza, pasta, burgers, etc.) and local food. Service was fine. (No outside food or drink allowed)

Drinks: Check for the happy hours at the pool bar when it is buy one get one free. Water: 50thb Soft Drinks: 80thb Beer: Local: 120-130 thb Imported: 150-190 thb Cocktails: 150-290 thb Smoothies, Juices and Hot drinks available as well: 90-120 thb

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I am a kid and I am telling you this place ruined my whole entire life. Okay maybe not my whole life but definitely my holiday and that is basically the same thing.

We came to Phuket Splash Jungle Resort because of the waterpark. The big slides. The fun. The excitement. The reason ANYONE goes here. And then SURPRISE the waterpark was CLOSED. Not a little closed. Not fixing something. Just completely shut. The workers just acted like it was totally normal.

So they gave us 2400 baht for four people to spend on the day we arrived. Which sounds pretty good until you remember we got there late and had like five minutes to spend it. And they gave us four tiny drinks that were the size of a fingernail and we could not even choose what they were. They just handed us sad little cups like that would fix anything. It did not.

Check-in took one thousand years. There were angry parents everywhere. Kids melting down. Staff looking like they wanted to disappear. We just stood there while chaos exploded all around us. Nobody had been told the park was closed. Everyone was mad. Including me. Especially me.

Then we went to check out the pools. If you can even call them that. There was one old crusty pool that looked like it had not been cleaned since the dinosaurs. And another pool that was basically the size of a bathtub. A small one. And the lifeguards were just sitting there scrolling on their phones like they were on a break from caring about safety. They were not even looking at the water, in fact facing a different direction. I could have done a backflip and they would not have noticed. Not that I know how to do a backflip but still.

We also tried to do beach soccer because it was listed as an activity. But surprise again. It does not exist. We asked the staff and they handed us a ball that was so hard it could break your foot. It was like kicking a coconut. And they expected us to play barefoot. I bruised my toes and foot so much and I’m quite annoyed because I actually value my toes so no thank you.

The food was worse than school lunch. And I like school lunch. They forgot my meal completely. My whole family got theirs and finished eating while I just sat there like a sad little potato 🥔 . When it finally came one hour later it was cold and gross and they even forgot the bacon. How do you forget bacon. Bacon is the best part.

You could not even eat outside the restaurant which made no sense. You are in Thailand. It is beautiful. And they want you to sit inside like you are at a boring airport food court. No thanks people!

The rooms were okay. Big and kind of nice. But that is not why we came here. We came for the waterpark and the fun and there was NONE of that.

Also the buggy thing. We were the first ones to call it and the first ones waiting and then a bunch of people just pushed in front of us and got on and the staff just stood there and watched like it was totally normal. We had to wait for another one while everyone else drove off into the distance like it was a race and we were the losers that lost.

Everything about this place made me want to scream into a pillow. I would not go back here if they paid me.

DO NOT come here. Unless you want to spend your holiday bored and annoyed and watching other people complain while holding a sad tiny drink and wondering...

This place is very run down and appears in need of maintenance.

We first visited this waterpark 4 years ago, and our entire family had so much fun, we stayed until closing, and wished we didn't have to leave.

A few days before this visit, we visited the new Andamanda water park. Half of its rides were closed, which was disappointing, and this is the reason we decided to go back and visit Splash Jungle again.

The place was almost empty...probably less than 100 people there. I felt really sorry for the staff who must have had cut back hours.

I do commend the waterpark that they remained fully open, with all rides operating. It was like having a private water park all to ourselves. There were absolutely zero waiting times, and we could go on any ride as many times as we wanted without waiting.

But the park is operating on a skeleton staff. Instead of 1 person operating 1 ride, one person was responsible for operating 2, sometimes 3 rides. This did sometimes mean that guests were not being guided as closely as they ordinarily would have been, though it didn't seem to matter.

On the Lazy River, there are normally lifeguards all along the length of it, but there were none. There was no one ensuring people who couldn't swim put on life jackets before entering the water, but I guess self-regulation by guests works just as well as supervision, as we didn't see anyone get into trouble.

Some rides were not functioning properly. My wife and children got stuck on the Super Bowl... there seems to be a problem with the water pressure. I also got stuck with my other child when going on it. We got stuck in the middle of the bowl and a staff member had to slide down the ride and help us get moving.

We also got stuck at the start of the Boomerango ride, again because of a lack of water pressure.

Getting stuck on these 2 rides was worrying. They are the scariest (so most fun) rides at the park, so the fact that they had operational problems was worrying. We did not ride on them again.

There appears to be water leaking from the bottom of all of the rides, which left us wondering...is the lack of water pressure on the rides caused by all the water leaks? Is this the reason for the rides not working properly?

Some water pipes have been repaired with black rubber sealant, but still leaking water. Some leaks are from large rubber seals that need replacing. Some parts have been leaking for so long, green plants are growing underneath the leaks!!

In all places there are water leaks, and there is rust on the metal it is leaking on. All around the park, there is rusting metal. Some stair railings, for example, have completely rusted away. There will be a time soon when the park will need to be closed to replace all the large rubber seals and many rusted metal structures.

The staff at the park were all friendly and very kind. The food we ate was of very good quality.

If you want to go to a waterpark and have it all to yourself, this could be a...