I’m not much of an amusement park or water park person, but I spent yesterday at Sunway’s Lost World in Ipoh and thought I’d share a few items.

First off, the setting is breathtakingly beautiful. The park is nestled in Ipoh’s iconic limestone peaks and cliffs and the park really uses the natural surroundings to their full potential – a wonderful tea house in a side of a cliff, a cave banquet hall, and the beautiful wet-lands – richly preserved are fantastic. In fact, there is so much greenery that much of the park is hidden under its canopy – a wonderful feature.

As for the attractions, I’m not one to give much insight. I did see, however, many people enjoying the large wave pool, the impressive water slides, and the pools of the hot springs. My group especially enjoyed the petting zoo – quite a misnomer, I believe. It’s a far step up from the “petting zoos” that I took my kids to when they were growing up. This was interactive with some wonderful animals – a fun bird aviary – and raccoons, of all things, which were a treat to watch. We also enjoyed the majestic Siberian tigers roaming freely in their beautiful habitat set against the mountain.

The amusement park side was certainly the weakness of the park. No real rollercoaster other than an extremely tame one that would be in most kiddie parks in America. There were also very few other rides of appeal – especially for me since I don’t like rides.

The other drawback was the food. Actually, it’s quite a shame. Malaysia has some of the best food anywhere, but they served poor quality, poor tasting food that was completely and utterly uninspiring. The best praise for the food was from a group of teens who said, “it’s not as bad as airplane food.” Faint praise, indeed.

But overall, I enjoyed my time there and see it as a fun destination for anyone visiting Ipoh.

Here are a few photos: