Our next day in Tenerife we decided to go to Siam Park. On Tripadvisor, this waterpark is listed as the #1 waterpark in the world for the past 5 years! I'm not a big fan of waterparks, but it seemed we would regret being this close to the best one in the world and not going, right?
This was the "splashpad" and our first stop in the morning. We had the whole place to ourselves. Rob and I took turns taking kids from here on the lazy river ride. It was the longest lazy river I have ever been on, taking about 30 minutes, and had a waterslide at the end which was NOT lazy! The kids who went with Rob first chose not to mention this fact to Amelie and I, but I knew we were in trouble when the lifeguard told me to remove my glasses.
The wave pool was our next stop. The periodic waves are up to 3 meters high (nearly 10 feet.) One thing that I really did love about this place though was that there were lifeguards absolutely everywhere, and it was so, so clean! There was a person walking the perimeter of this "beach" just sweeping the sand off the pathways and back into the sand area. So crazy tidy.
The food wasn't bad either. The prices weren't as steep as somewhere like Disney, and while they had all the kid staples- hot dogs, pizza, juice boxes...
They also had a few varieties of Thai curry, fresh fruit, pulled pork, and other yummy things for grown-ups. And the flatware was wooden instead of plastic, yay!
The lush garden vibe was also really impressive. There were beautiful flowers along all of the paths and between that and all of the sun umbrellas, it wasn't hard to find a shady spot to get out of the sun.
We didn't go on some of the most extreme water-slides! But Rob and the kids did go on quite a lot of them that I wouldn't dare attempt. Amelie and I rode the lazy river 3 times, but even she went on some of the big inter-tube (4 seater) rides with Rob and the big kids that she was just barely tall enough for, and she loved it.
I loved soaking up the sun and watching the kiddos play.
(This is the smaller kiddie wave pool.)
This was a pricey day out for sure, but a fun one that the kids will remember. We stayed from open to close, and they never stopped loving it.
On our way out, I even bought the souvenir photo!
Thanks for the memories Siam Park.
We went back to the apartment and cleaned up and changed and then went out for a late dinner at a nice Italian restaurant nearby. Spanish people tend to eat dinner LATE, like 9-10 pm is not unusual, but it is unusual for us especially after a very full long day. Toby ate this entire pizza.
And Rob and Jacob split a risotto dish for two (this is Jake's half) with sausage and mushrooms. Jacob ate all of that, plus some of Amelie's pizza.
And Charlotte decided on this trip, that whenever possible she is a steak and fries kind of girl. She was very happy with her meal as well. After dinner we all went right to bed!
The next day we went back to our favorite black sand beach.
We rented a couple of chairs and an umbrella this day (though we did still have our beach blanket with us) so that we could have a little bit of shade. We also bought a half watermelon from a beach vendor, and that was a great beach day snack.
We were definitely loving this beach holiday, but it wasn't over yet!
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