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What is Aqualand Costa Adeje officially?
The only combined water park and dolphinarium on the island, Aqualand Costa Adeje (also known as Aqualand Tenerife) delivers a family-friendly day out that offers much more than first meets the eye.
As you'd expect for a Tenerife water park, Aqualand has water slides, a wave pool, a lazy river, and kids' mini water parks. But this attraction also boasts a spa-inspired chill-out zone with hot tubs, hydro-massage jets, and submersed bubble baths.
According to the official Aqualand Costa Adeje site, the stars of the park are the bottlenose dolphins which put on "the best show in the world" - a title awarded to them by IMATA (International Marine Animal Trainers' Association).
The Aqualand Tenerife dolphin show takes place daily at 3.30pm and highlights the dolphins' incredible sense of balance, coordination, speed, agility, and visual capacity.
Although you can take your own nibbles into Aqualand Costa Adeje, there's a great choice of food, snacks, and drinks in the park. You'll find everything from burgers, kebabs, and pizzas to salads, smoothies, and ice creams. There's also an obligatory gift shop where you can pick up a stuffed pink dolphin to remind you of your visit.
What is Aqualand Costa Adeje really?
Aqualand Costa Adeje has been running for a long time and when Siam Park arrived on the island, most thought Aqualand would simply shut up shop and go away quietly. That wasn't the case and so began a very expensive refurbishment project which many would say was 10 years overdue.
Now, from the outside, there's a whole medieval theme going on with castle walls, portcullis, etc. It's impressive.
New water slides were installed and some of the original ones were reworked. Cleverly, they've almost done away with those painful direct contact body-to-fibreglass slides in favour of slides that use rings and mats.
Going one step further, they even have a different style and colour rubber ring for each individual ride. The children's areas are large and the Aqualand dolphin show, whether you agree with it or not, is cleverly put together.
The makings of an awesome comeback? With Siam Park quickly being titled the #1 water park in the world, Aqualand Costa Adeje had its work cut out. A few years on and it seems the water park is letting standards slip and it shows.
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Ian's Aqualand Costa Adeje review
Aqualand Costa Adeje has a Colosseum complex - it looks awesome from the outside, but inside it's not so great. Firstly, they use salt water in all the pools, which sucks. You can actually see where the salt has corroded some of the paths, making it bloody painful to walk on.
The fact that they allow people to bring in their own food to boost visitor numbers has resulted in all but one of the restaurant areas being closed down. It's so sad. All the extra buildings are staff-less.
I'm surprised they don't get the Aqualand dolphins to put in a few extra shifts. And the way they try to get people to pose with birds for photo money reeks of desperation.
The spa area looks really good, but why aren't the adults in there relaxing? Simple. 'Cos it's full of cold water, full of salt, and full of kids. How do they not see this as a problem?
There is a lazy river in Aqualand Tenerife, but it's a health hazard. I dare you to run your hands along the edge. It's disgusting. Surely the new rides were their saving grace? The first problem is you need to be 7 feet tall just to lift the rings off the storage poles.
Then every slide-goer has to go up the same staircase and there aren't any signs at the top telling you where to go.
The lifeguards spend most of their time directing traffic to the ride the rings are designed for. The newer rides are good. Just stay away from the reworked Rapids slide. That's well dodgy.
As a water park lover, I left Aqualand Costa Adeje rather disillusioned. I wouldn't recommend you go anytime soon. But I fear if you don't, you may never get the chance, as I think its days are numbered.
My overall rating is a little generous, 'cos dolphins are cute.
Overall rating: ⅗
Nicky's Aqualand Costa Adeje review
In the same way that Jungle Park is no match for Loro Parque, sadly Aqualand Costa Adeje is also no match for Siam Park.
Our last visit was the first after quite a few years and with such a new grandiose entrance, I was expecting good things. Unfortunately, good things don't always come to those who wait.
I absolutely love water slides, but a few at Aqualand Tenerife actually made me feel sick. Some people say you're meant to feel a bit of fear on a water slide. But surely it should be because you're not in control and not because you're rapidly coming to the intense realisation that safety standards just aren't standard here?
The number and variety of rides are great. But aside from one very small wave pool designed for children, there's no swimming pool, so the sun loungers are just dotted all over the place.
Sun loungers which you have to pay for. They're only €2 each. But I really don't see how Aqualand Costa Adeje couldn't have worked that into the ticket price.
One thing I did really like about Aqualand Tenerife was the lack of queues. We didn't have to wait at all for most of the rides. And the ones that we did have to wait in a queue for were for less than a minute each.
I don't know whether the lack of queues was due to the popularity of Siam Park (we went there the next day and it was packed!) or if it's because we went on a very overcast October day.
Something that's unique to the Tenerife water park is its dolphin museum, which is a fancy way of saying you can walk below the show stairs and look into the bottom of the tank.
Unfortunately, Aqualand Costa Adeje's dolphin museum is only open Monday-Friday 12:30pm-4pm. As we went on a weekend, we never got to see it.
The saltwater can be a literal pain - especially when it gets in your eyes. And for a Tenerife water park that uses 100% salt water in its pools, spa, and slides, there really should be more freshwater showers.
An adult Siam Park ticket is €42 for non-residents and €22.50 for residents. An adult Aqualand Costa Adeje ticket is €34 for non-residents and €23 for residents, including the use of a sun lounger.
If you're only going to visit one Tenerife water park (and I highly recommend you do) it's got to be Siam Park. There's just no comparison.
Overall rating: ⅖
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Must-Haves For Aqualand Costa Adeje
Visiting Aqualand Costa Adeje for the first time? Here are the five must-have items locals always take with them!
- Aqualand Costa Adeje tickets
- Water shoes
- Waterproof phone pouch
- Waterproof bag (You can take this into the pools and save money on a locker!)
- GoPro (Okay, not all locals take a GoPro, but you'll come out with some really cool videos if you do!)
Insider Tips for Aqualand Costa Adeje
Buy your ticket online to save money
Not only do you get to skip the queue when you buy your Aqualand Tenerife tickets online, but you also save money. Standard adult and child Aqualand Costa Adeje tickets are €2 cheaper when you buy them online. Canarian adult and child tickets are €0.50 cheaper when you buy them online.
Use the free bus
If you don't want to drive to Aqualand Costa Adeje (there's no official parking, but there are parking spots before and after the park entrance) hop on the Aqualand free bus.
There are daily pick-ups and drop-offs in Los Cristianos, Las Americas, and Costa Adeje. The Aqualand free bus is the best way to get from Costa Adeje to Aqualand Tenerife.
If you're in Golf del Sur, Costa del Silencio, Los Gigantes, Playa Paraiso, Callao Salvaje, or La Caleta, Aqualand will put on a bus for you at the rate of €2.50 per person for a round trip. That's cheaper than catching the local bus!
You can see the shuttle bus timetable here.
Bring your own food
Aqualand Costa Adeje lets you take as much food and drink as you like into the park for free. Seriously - you can walk in there with a loaded cooler and no one bats an eyelid. Take advantage of the kindness and save yourself some money.
Come back for only €9
If you have an amazing time, you can buy another Aqualand Tenerife ticket from the gift shop for only €9 per adult and €5 per child. That's a fantastic saving! The discounted price is only valid inside the park, so make sure you grab your ticket before you leave.
Visit the dolphin museum
Aqualand Costa Adeje has a dolphin museum where you can see the dolphins in their tank in between shows. The museum is open Monday-Friday 12:30pm-4pm, so time your visit right if you want to go.
Important info about Aqualand Costa Adeje
An adult Aqualand Tenerife ticket is €34.
A youth (aged 5-10) Aqualand Tenerife ticket is €27.
Children under 5 go for free, although you still need to book a ticket online.
Aqualand Tenerife is open every day of the year, 10am - 5pm in the winter and 10am - 6pm in the summer. The rides close 30 minutes before the park.
There are quite a lot of differences between Aqualand Costa Adeje and Siam Park. Siam Park is bigger, newer, and award-winning. Aqualand Costa Adeje is cheaper, it's better for young children, and it has an outdoor spa section.
Yes, Aqualand Tenerife does have a lazy river that takes you around the park.
The dolphin show in Aqualand Costa Adeje takes place every day 3.30pm.
No, you can't swim with dolphins at Aqualand Tenerife. But there are several dolphin encounters that allow you to get to know them better and interact with them. You can only book these encounters when you're in the park. You can't book them in advance.
Yes, Aqualand Tenerife has lockers. They cost €7 each (€5 + €2 deposit which you get back when you return the key.)
You can get to Aquland Tenerife with the Aqualand free bus. There are daily pick-ups and drop-offs in Los Cristianos, Las Americas, and Costa Adeje. The Aqualand free bus is the best way to get from Costa Adeje to Aqualand Tenerife. You can see the shuttle bus timetable here.
Have you been here? What did you make of it?