Rotating a multi-colored globe, it often seems that there are no blank spots on our planet. There are no points where a person's foot has not passed. And I really want to find them. High mountains, ocean waves, ringing with the strange music of life, hidden from our eyes, draw people for impressions to any remote corner of the earth. One of these places is the equator. A trip to the southernmost point of Asia, the country of Singapore, helps to get closer, to plunge into its atmosphere.
A small dot on the map, Sentosa Island, a tropical paradise located 130 km from the equator, has long been a favorite destination for travelers. Here the roads end, the eternal forces of the water element of the Indian Ocean are born. Perhaps his energy was reflected in the special conditions of active recreation created on the island. Traditions of peoples, ancient legends with the help of modern technologies, unusual fantasy have turned into places that fill a person with adrenaline, joy, fun. Here you can fly like a bird over an amazing landscape, swim with dolphins, dive, crawl, go to a holiday to the orangutans. The amusement park offers the whole family extraordinary attractions, comparable to a fairy tale.
History and description
The history of the park is associated with the pace of development of Singapore as a new, super-rich state. In it, along with numerous types of industry, the infrastructure of tourism and resort recreation was actively developing. Sentosa Island (peace, tranquility in the language of the Malays) or Pulau Blakang Mati since 1972 began to turn into a modern resort area, consisting not only of green recreation areas, sunny beaches. In many parts of the world, parks with various attractions are increasingly appearing, pleasing lovers of active recreation.
The Singapore Adventure Park has a huge range of extreme-themed proposals, borrowed from numerous games, competitions held in antiquity, as well as ideas implemented in different countries. By the way, the history of creating amusement parks began in 1583 in Denmark with the Bakken park, which is still in operation. The first attraction in Russia, equipped in the 18th century on Officerskaya (Decembrists) Street in St. Petersburg, looked like a mechanical roller coaster.
He was at Luna Park. Many years later the attraction became the prototype of the famous "roller coaster". The word attraction is associated with French origin in the sense of "attract, attract". The meaning of the word has fully justified itself since the appearance of the first Disneyles. Family vacation among extreme, fantastic adventures has conquered the entire civilized world.
There are many reasons for a person's desire for thrill. Craving for knowledge, curiosity, getting rid of harmful complexes, getting adrenaline. A little stress in the body revives its defenses, which is useful to carry out during outdoor activities. The number, types of offers with extreme entertainment are constantly increasing. Well thought out, safe devices use mountain, air, ground, underground extreme sports.
Try your hand at refreshing the reserves of internal energy in the extreme amusement park on the island. Here, among the beautiful nature, zones have been thought out with the optimal location of modern attractions, designed for a specific age, degree of physical fitness.
Extreme zones
The arrangement of the five zones of the park is based on the creation of a single logical connection between the complex of attractions, inscribed in the landscape. During their construction, experience was used, scientific research on methods of ascent, movement in height, descent, admission for participation of a specific age of people:
Zone No. 1. The attraction is known as MegaZip (Flying fo). Zip is a steel rope that can be used to descend from any height. It is impossible to fly over trees, water, gorge without the appearance of extraordinary sensations. The route starts at a height of about 80 m. On three cables, 450 m long, several people descend simultaneously from the highest point of the Imbiah hill to the Siloso beach. The flight speed reaches 60 km / h. For participants, weight and height restrictions have been introduced. The smallest weight is 30 kg, the maximum is 140 kg. Height cannot be less than 90 cm. The cost of one flight simulating a free fall is 45 SGD.
Zone 2. Rope park (taipark) Mega Climb. Three levels of space between huge eucalyptus trees are filled with numerous ropes. While moving along them, a person must overcome 36 obstacles equipped at a height of 5 to 15 m. Physically prepared people do this. Their minimum height is 120 cm, weight is from 25 to 120 kg. Participation in overcoming 24 obstacles costs 45 SGD. Trained personnel monitor safety, help if necessary.
The roots of the birth of rope parks go back to the ancient Greeks using airborne kits to train soldiers. Many opportunities for such trainings are borrowed from the rope systems of ships, designed to strengthen the fortitude, will of warriors, sailors. Nowadays, rope parks are popular among people of all fitness levels. They host sports competitions, classes with schoolchildren, corporate events, trainings, and recreation.
Zone number 3. The most adrenaline-filled type of attraction in the park At the height of Parajump you freeze from the views of the ocean, jungle, palm trees, white beaches. Before you have time to come to your senses from the pristine beauty of the nature of the island, a free fall into the unknown begins. Leap of faith, the famous "bungee", bungee - jumping is a flight to the ground on an elastic rope. By the way, the safe equipment for the amusement ride in the park was developed in the UK by a special order. It provides for a secure fixation of the jumper's entire body.
There are no restrictions on the growth of participants. The weight range is from 30 to 120 kg. The jump price is 25 SGD. In the development of extreme sports, calculations, methods of selecting bungees, carried out by Jay Hackett from New Zealand, are of great importance. The ritual entertainment of the natives in the Pacific islands in the form of jumping on vines from bamboo towers has taken on a modern form. The popularity, world fame of bungee jumping came after Hackett's jump from the Eiffel Tower in 1987. The height of 114 m was safely conquered, and entertainment became a massive kind of extreme.
Zone number 4. Climbing wall MegaWall, located under the dome of the sky at a height of 16 m. The highest climbing wall in the country is equipped with three routes, designed for varying degrees of difficulty. Go down the steep track from the top of the hill to the Siloso beach, go karting, sleigh rides. The main routes are the Dragon's Path, the Jungle Path. Specially designed equipment that allows you to control the speed of the movement with a unique combination of steering and braking system allows you to control the speed. You can descend smoothly or fly swiftly when you catch your breath. There are no height restrictions, the range of the participant's allowable weight for the attraction is from 25 to 120 kg. The price of the descent is 15 SGD.
Zone number 5. Modern trampolines with rope belays of the attraction Nowadays, jumping on trampolines is not only a fun, useful form of entertainment invented by the Eskimos of the distant past, but an Olympic sport. And it is no longer walrus skins that are pulled on stakes, but modern materials, framed by controlled spring systems, allow you to make fantastic jumps. Almost 8 m high, participants jump on a park trampoline. The minimum weight is 10 kg, the maximum weight is 90 kg. The duration of the jumps is about 5 minutes. Payment for this time is 15 SGD.
When visiting any zone of the park, you must remember that clothing is chosen as loosely as possible, closed shoes, for example, sneakers, boots. Skirts and dresses should be replaced with a comfortable, athletic uniform.
Opening hours and ticket prices
The park's rides are open every day from 11 am to 7 pm. Rest on the island, participation, acquaintance with numerous types of entertainment is considered an expensive pleasure. It doesn't make much sense to go here without money, for example, with a tent on the beach. Everyone wants to try everything while traveling, especially children. In order to keep within the existing financial possibilities, you need to know that there are different forms of combo tickets in the park, which save certain funds.
The Combo ticket contains a list of attractions for which a group payment is made with a large discount. There are several options, for example, a Dacon ticket (4 types of entertainment) costs 90 SGD. For tickets Tiger, Leo pay 75 SGD etc. Complete information on this issue is always available, analyzed in advance, taking into account the age composition of the family, group.
How to get there
Megazip Amusement Park is located at Megazip Adventure Park, Imbiah Hill Road, Sentosa Island, Singapore. They come here by funicular, walk to Imbian Hill Road, rise to a height of about 100 m. Here is the entrance to the park. It is also visited by a buggy transfer from Siloso beach. Flying over the surroundings, looking far into the ocean from a fantastic island, I want to joyfully shout "I see you, the mysterious equator."
