Aquaworld Budapest Unveils New “Bongo Tree House” Water Play Area
The new “Bongo Tree House” water playground promises splashing fun with two slides and a large tipping bucket. // Photo: Courtesy of eleven
(eap) The Aquaworld Resort in Budapest, which opened in 2008, has breathed new life into a former surfing pool: Young visitors and their families can now enjoy the new “Bongo Tree House” water play area. Designed to complement the Southeast Asian theme of the overall water park, the newly transformed area offers a variety of attractions, including water slides, spray features and interactive water play elements.
Interactive water play features invite kids to enjoy some splash-filled fun. // Photo: eleven
The centrepiece of the new water play area, which was realised by eleven Ltd., is a large artificial tree, with tropical birds and the water park’s mascot, a monkey named “Bongo”, perched on its branches. Winding around the tree is an enclosed tube slide designed to resemble a black-and-yellow-scaled snake. The slide starts at a height of three metres and measures 18.22 metres in length. A second slide, also starting at a height of three metres, runs alongside the tree structure and is 15.17 metres long. The slide components were supplied by Polin, while eleven was also responsible for the entire planning, manufacturing and construction process.
Hidden within the tree’s leafy canopy is a tipping bucket that regularly releases a cascade of water onto the lush jungle vegetation – and the visitors below. Another feature of the new water play area, which represents an investment of approximately EUR 830,000, is a temple-inspired column equipped with water jets and spray features, interactive play elements and water cannons. The water depth in the new play area does not exceed 40 centimetres. ■
