Lost World of Tambun
" The Lost of Tambun, located at Sunway City Ipoh, Perak is a truly unique place. As you stand against the backdrop of limestone hills, lake, and lush tropical forest, it makes you feel like a National Geographic explorer."
This place is not just a man made water theme park with beautiful Mayan architecture, gargoyles, and water canals, but is surrounded by 400-million-year-old natural limestone hills which offers a unique, breathtaking view.
Built by Sunway Group four years ago at a cost of RM60 million, this theme park is well-designed with many unique features. It has many different "playgrounds" and is certainly an added attraction to the popular
Sunway Lagoon Theme Park in
Kuala Lumpur.
It is a perfect escapade for family and city slickers who want to have a short break away from the city and enjoy the outdoor elements from man made beaches, to hot water springs, theme park rides - both wet and dry, a tiger valley where you get to see the wild beast roam freely, and beyond that jungle trekking, caving and tunneling activities.
Start the journey at
Waterfall Beach Garden, a landscaped beach with waterfalls and white sandy beaches where you can massage your toes in the sand. Here you can have a light snack as you enjoy a broad overview of the theme park, before you decide to head off for more Lost World adventures.
For a start, why not grab a float for a single person or two, and jump into
Adventure River , Asia's longest man-made river ride with a wave generator in the water park section.
Hold onto your tube as you float along the river past ancient ruins and gargoyles with water spraying features. This bumpy water ride will give you a sense of the surrounding as you admire the beautifully landscaped garden with sculptures, and rugged limestone hills in the background.
If you think this is adventurous wait until you try out the other extreme water park rides. For instance, Tube Raiders is one of the most extreme where you climb up a flight of stairs and whizz your way down giant slides, twisting and turning around bends at breakneck speed.
There are four tubes to choose from. The most "enjoyable" ride is a black tube which gives you a sensation of falling in total darkness.
Next is
Cliff Racer, another giant slide with huge drops in the middle which drives you forward at top speed. When you think you cannot go further, you're rocked gently down to earth by the strategically risen slides ends.
To soothe your body and for a well-deserved rest, take a dip in
Tambun Hot Springs, a natural spring-fed pool with warm earth temperature - a perfect way to relax and unwind before you head off for more action ahead.
Situated next to it are the
Jungle Wave Bay, a wave pool for relaxing and just soaking in water; and Explorabay - a kids only zone with smaller slides and large interactive play area with tipping mine buckets, water cannons, spraying elephants, water curtains, and fountains.
If wet `n' wild is not your thing, or you need an extra dose of adrenaline rush, then head to the dry park section where you get to enjoy additional rides like:
The Giddy Galleon - a perfect family ride that delivers a brand new experience for fun seekers;
Dragons Flight - a thrilling swing chair ride which gives you an aerial view of the park;
Perak Parade - a children's carousel with good old fashioned fun with horse rides, and
Stormrider - an adrenaline-pumping ride with fast and furious swings.
If those rides leave you weak at the knees, it is time to catch the
Adventure Express - the Lost World Train that takes you on a big circle around the park, past majestic ruins, surging water and wild tigers!
Yes, one of the unique attractions here is the
Tiger Valley where you get to see the wild animals roam freely in their enclosure, and perform stunts during feeding time. There are a total of eight tigers, formerly circus animals abandoned by their owners, when they could not afford to fly them back, and were subsequently adopted by the theme park and now given the best possible care by experienced trainers.
But the real adventure lies beyond the periphery of theme park in the form of jungle trekking and caving activities. A short walk past the
Needle of Tambun - a unique vertical rock formation that looks like a pencil from a distance will lead you to
Gua Anak Datok. This airy cave with with stalagmites and stalactites and a high ceiling, with bats nesting in crevices, is a view to behold.
In fact there is even more to see if you have the courage and stamina to climb up further the limestone hill to reach a cave which can accommodate up to 1000 people.
Of course "the mother of all" adventure is the six-mile tunnel, a hidden secret a short distance away from the park. Here you have to swim across a small pond, making sure your electronic equipment are safe and dry as you reach the tunnel entrance - a narrow black hole with chest deep water.
The tunnel is pitch dark, so you have to be armed with powerful torch with at least three hours of battery power to get in and out of the cave which will whet the appetite of the most adventurous people.
You have to tread carefully finding your footing amidst rocks and running water. As you walk through this tunnel, you will see natural crystal formation on the walls, and baby stalagmites. The tunnel widens as you get deeper. Disturbed by the sound of movements, occasionally bats will go berserk and fly above.
After about two hours walk to nowhere, suddenly you reach the end of the tunnel leading to a hidden paradise of lush tropical forest with plants and clear water stream. Rest here for awhile before proceeding back the same route you came from.
Back at Lost World, find a comfortable spot near the Needle of Tambun and set up tent, where you get to sleep in the great outdoors underneath the moon and stars with crickets chirping in the background, under the shadows of the limestone hills of Tambun.
Lost World of Tambun is proud to announce their new attraction, The
Lost World Petting Zoo. Covering an area of 80,000 sq ft, a unique petting zoo has been created within the natural jungle, against a backdrop of limestone hills. Here is a place for recreation and learning for visitors of all ages; a place where families can spend time together interacting with the animals. For many children, and adults too, this is a unique opportunity to appreciate animals from a closer perspective, to be at one with animals of their choice, and at the same time have an enjoyable experience. The Lost World Petting Zoo has been created at a cost of RM6 million in an area of jungle formerly called Monkey Valley. There are 4,000 animals and 55 species of animal at Lost World Petting Zoo.
The Lost World of Tambun certainly offers a unique experience beyond the thrills and spills of a theme park, with the opportunity of being in the heart of nature to witness something wonderful and irreplaceable.
Opening hours:
Mon-Fri: 11AM-6PM
Sat-Sun, school/public holidays: 10AM-6PM
Closed on Tuesdays, except school/public holidays.
Entrance fee:
RM30 - Adult
RM24 - Child below 12
Free - Child below 90cm
Sunway Lagoon Theme Park
" Sunway Lagoon is truly one of a kind. It is a unique land of play and leisure that spans over 88 acres, giving it the capability to host events of any size. From 70 to a staggering crowd of 70,000 if need be. Visitors could stay at the 1,234 rooms at Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa; or shop at the grand Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall, all within a stone’s throw of each other."
Sunway Lagoon is truly one of a kind. It is a unique land of play and leisure that spans over 88 acres, giving it the capability to host events of any size. From 70 to a staggering crowd of 70,000 if need be. Visitors could stay at the 1,234 rooms at Sunway Resort
Hotel & Spa; or shop at the grand Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall, all within a stone’s throw of each other.
Step inside and you’ll discover a magical kingdom of pure fun and excitement. Experience the wonders of over 70 attractions spread across the Water Park, Amusement Park, Wildlife Park, Extreme Park and Scream Park. This multi-park destination also boasts the World’s Largest Man-Made Sandy Surf Beach, the World’s Longest Pedestrian Suspension Bridge, Malaysia’s First Interactive Zoo, one of Asia’s Longest Flying Fox trail and also Lynton V Harris’ Scream Park, a live interactive ‘scare’ attraction that takes the senses to new heights of perception by using state-of-art audio and visual technology as well as live actors.
Not only is
Sunway Lagoon your one-stop fun destination, it is also a multi-award winning attraction. Having been the winner of the Best Tourist Attraction 2007 by
Tourism Malaysia,
Sunway Lagoon also won the Asia’s Best Attraction Award by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) from 2007-2009.
All these excitements are just within 15 minutes reach from
Kuala Lumpur city center, easily accessed through a network of expressways – the Federal Highway, Damansara-Puchong Expressway (LDP), New Pantai Expressway (NPE) and the KESAS Highway.
Additionally, Sunway Pyramid has since opened its new ramps providing access to and from the New Pantai Expressway directly into and out of Sunway Pyramid, ensuring the congestion previously caused by visitors to one of
Selangor’s most visited attractions is alleviated and traffic is smooth flowing both towards
Kuala Lumpur and Subang Jaya. In total, Sunway Pyramid’s car park will be accessible from six different entrances.
Also available is 8,000 integrated parking bays with a state-of-the-art Car Park Guiding System which has a red/green light to guide motorists to the nearest available parking bay. The car park is also equipped with traffic count signage to indicate directions where there are available parking bays.
WATER PARK · AMUSEMENT PARK · WILDLIFE PARK · EXTREME PARK · SCREAM PARK
Water Park
The Water Park has two areas to bring you double the fun!
Waters of Africa is the theme for this land of spills and thrills. Some attractions include:
• African Pythons (Half open slide)
• Cameroon Climb (Inverted double tube)
• Congo Challenge (Six lane, head first slide)
• Kalahari Kids – This specially designed area for younger children has a foot deep wading pool. It is also themed to look like an African village, with huts and a Masai warrior guarding the entrance.
• Lake Kariba
• Little Zimbabwe (Children play area)
• Tube Slides
• Victoria Falls
• Voodoo Adventure - Draped in African tribal artefacts, motifs and decorations, Voodoo Adventure will put visitors into a transition from the usual city environment to an exotic African village.
• Wave Pool
• Zambezi River
Sunway Surf Beach
Sunway Lagoon is home to one of the World’s Largest Man-Made Sandy Surf Beach, a title also recognised by the Malaysia Book of Records. Stretching over 13,000 square meters, Sunway Surf Beach is capable of churning out perfectly shaped waves up to the maximum height of 8-feet. The ability to condition the waves according to the needs of the surfers in terms of height, time and wave patterns, Sunway Surf Beach is definitely a surfer’s paradise for both professional and aspiring surfers.
Having undergone a major facelift in April 2006, the old tiled landscape of the surf pool has been transformed with the placement of 6,000 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.
As with a real beach, visitors can build sandcastles, play beach volleyball, or lounge under the shade of palm trees. The peaceful yet entertaining atmosphere serves as fuel for quality bonding time with family and friends.
Working parents will find plenty of room to stretch out and de-stress whilst the kids are kept occupied. The young and energetic teenagers can also enjoy a game of beach volleyball or beach soccer. The brave and adventurous souls could also grab a surfboard and challenge the perfectly shaped artificial waves churned from the surf pool!
Not restricted to only family or friends, Sunway Surf Beach has been the preferred choice of many Event Organizers. In the past years, International Sporting Events and Concerts have been held there.
Sunway Surf Beach is further complemented by the sight and sound of Asia’s First Man-Made Erupting Volcano. This 75-feet high volcano sits majestically in the middle of the surf beach and threatens to erupt with fumes, smoke and fire every few minutes.
Amusement Park
The Amusement Park is made up of the two following themes to wow visitors from all walks of life.
Wild Wild West brings visitors back to an old Western cowboy town. Experience the fun of the following attractions:
• Alamo (Games Arcade)
• Buffalo Bill Coaster
• Butch Cassidy Trail
• Chief Crazy Horse Carousel (for children)
• Colorado Splash
• Grand Canyon River Rapids - Malaysia Book of Records Holder as the first attraction of its kind
• Niagara Falls Flume Ride
• Vultures
World of Adventure
World of Adventure is the mysterious part of the park where adventure comes alive! The attractions here are:
• Apache Pots
• Fun Fair
• Lost City of Gold (roller-coaster)
• Pedestrian Suspension Bridge – Malaysia Book of Records Holder for 428 metres length
• Pirate’s Revenge - Malaysia’s first and only 360-degrees rotating pirate ship that will swivel you to 24-meters above ground level.
• Tiger Adventure
• Tomahawk
• Wagon Wheel
Wildlife Park
The Wildlife Park is one of the latest attractions at the premier multi-park destination,
Sunway Lagoon. It is an interactive and educational zoo featuring exotic, small and friendly animals from a range of birds, reptiles and mammals. The interactive concept behind our zoo encourages guests to not only see and learn about the animals but to get up close and personal.
This first and only fully interactive animal-themed attraction in Malaysia houses more than 150 species of every possible exotic and tame animal in the world. The collection includes Binturong, Civet Cat, Cockatoo, Cottontop Tamarin, Eagle, Gibbon, Hornbill, Kite, Leopard Cat, Macaque, Macaw, Mandrill, Mouse Deer, Ostrich, Otter, Peacock, Pheasant, Python, Spotted Deer, Squirrel Monkey, Sun Bear, Sugar Glider, Wallaby, and many other animals.
Making up the lush green space are unique attractions and learning areas such as Village, Rimba (Nature Class), Jungle Trail, Butterfly Valley, Bird Savannah, Aviary, Nature’s Walk, Tropical Enclosure and Pet Village. The interactive experience behind the attraction provides urbanized youths the opportunity to learn, handle and respect animals; dismissing myths that animals are dangerous creatures.
Extreme Park
Discover another side of fun of
Sunway Lagoon on an
All Terrain Vehicle, or more affectionately referred to as the ATV. Follow your guide on a unique tour that allows you to explore the lush greenery of the rainforest along the strategically designed tracks of
Sunway Lagoon away from the crowds. If you’re up for more heart pumping action, hop onto a Mountain Bike and hit the tracks!
Shoot or get shot – that’s the rule of paintball. Practice your shooting skills at the
Paintball Shooting Range before charging into the Paintball War Game with your air gun. Every second is crucial at war; communicate with your team members, shoot to eliminate your foes and grab your team’s flag to win!
With the exciting introduction of
Paintball 3x3, players get to experience the adrenalin rush as they battle it out to secure the opponents’ flag amidst dodging paintball bullets to win the game.
To satisfy thrill-seekers even more, Extreme Park is equipped with a vertical
Wall Climbing facility and
Flying Fox for those who would like view the world from alternate viewpoints. Then, jump to your heart’s content with the all-new Power Jump, the multi-player bungee trampoline that brings fun to a whole new height.
For a real extreme shot, try
AJ Hackett’s G-FORCE-X, the ultimate anti-gravity machine that takes you from 0 to 120 kmph in 2 seconds, up to 65 metres in height! The last thing you see is the sky above you, as you gulp in your next breath, you’re slingshot upwards, before rolling and tumbling as you make your way down to level ground.
Now you can feel the wind whiz through your hair and also satisfy your need for speed and with the all-new
Go-Kart track. Race against your mates on the single seater or double seater Go-Karts as you try to beat the top racers of Extreme Park.
Scream Park
Sunway Lagoon always keeps the entertainment fresh by adding new attractions; with that in mind, Scream Park was created to provide an intense, exhilarating and LIVE! interactive ‘scare’ experience.
Scream Park provides an intense, exhilarating and LIVE! interactive ‘scare’ experience. Spreading over 2 floors, Scream Park personifies the LIVE! version of Hollywood Blockbuster movies and the only Terminator attractions in South East Asia – TERMINATOR ALIVE! & TERMINATOR X : A LASER BATTLE FOR SALVATION.
To really set the mood, the foreboding Pontianak Theater of Fear will send chills down your spine before you find relief in Night At The Museum : Alive & Scary. As you relax and take the museum tour, you suddenly find yourself heading towards the creepy Rumah Hantu in 3DX where terrifying and familiar Pocongs, Orang Minyak and Jinsawait you. Escape that only to find yourself surrounded by flying heads in The Tunnel of
Penanggal in 3D!
Survive the supernatural and you will have to find your way out in TERMINATOR ALIVE! a maze of traps, gunfire and carnage. Soon, the sun sets, lights go out andTERMINATOR X : A LASER BATTLE FOR SALVATION (exclusively for Nite Park) comes to life. Two teams are pitted against each other in the interactive laser battle arena whilst battling with elite squads of the SkyNET Artificial Intelligence.
With different elements of creative set ups such as disorientating maze of chain-link fencing, plasma screen presentations, state-of-the-art audio and visual special effects and the introduction of actors integrated into Scream Park, it will certainly set apart the brave and faint hearted.
Scream Park is the brainchild of the The Sudden Impact! Entertainment Company Chairman and CEO, Mr Lynton V. Harris. The New York based company has enjoyed significant success with the unique scare attraction format around the world. Scream Park is a joint venture between
Sunway Lagoon and The Sudden Impact! Entertainment Company.
Nite Park
The fun now rolls into the night with the all-new Nite Park! Set in a rockin’ Country & Western theme, the Amusement Park is brought to live at dusk with bright carnival lights and a newly refurbished Fun Fair complete with games, activities and the prized giant teddy bear.
Guests will be able to experience the dips and curves of wholesome family rides under the grand night carnival atmosphere and adrenaline seekers will enjoy the thrilling rides in the night. Brave hearts will be tested when they enter Scream Park as a different side of it comes alive – be warned!
In addition to the nightscape of rides and attractions, delicious delicacies and live street performers complete the ambiance. Nite Park @
Sunway Lagoon is open on Fridays, Saturdays and every night during Malaysian School Holidays from 7pm-10.30pm. Entry is with a minimum purchase of RM10 Nite Park vouchers per person, which can then be used to enjoy the rides, attractions and games available.
