Grandcanyon Water Park

I've learned from past experience that Jeff needs to recharge his diving batteries during long trips, and so I sought out the Grandcanyon Water Park southwest of Chiang Mai. I did some research beforehand and discovered that there are two adjacent water parks built into the same abandoned quarry: "Grand Canyon" and "Grandcanyon". The former features modern facilities, lots of activities, and proper safety protocols, but at a steep entry fee of 950 baht, which includes a zipline. Entry to the latter starts at 70 baht. We chose the latter. It cost us 150 baht each with cliff diving.

Arriving at Grandcanyon, we saw that the facility had seen better days. The equipment was rundown, and, rather worryingly, there were no water safety staff. The rock climbing wall had fallen to pieces, there was an abandoned house structure in the shallow water, there were metal pieces sticking out from the pontoon… the list goes on. But, it was reasonably priced and it met our needs.

We were the only customers in there the entire 3.5 hours we were there. Jeff had a great time jumping off various platforms and cliffs, and I enjoyed the water as well.

We could hear loud music blaring from the other water park when we started our session, but the music soon died down, which led us to believe there were no guests there either. As we were about to leave, the music there started up again.Read more