Slide Through The Malaysian Rainforest Down The Worlds Longest Water Slide

The 1,111m (3,645ft) slide in Penang’s ESCAPE theme park starts from a 70m-high (230ft) hilltop and offers a four-minute descent.

You’re launched down its yellow-and-blue length on an inflatable mini-raft – which two people can ride at once – rushing along straight sections and around sinuous loops as water splashes around you and green leaves flash past your face.

The Longest runs through 1,111m (3,645ft) of Malaysian rainforest

The ride is called the Longest, and it comes with some impressive statistics. The slide itself took eight months to build and uses 66 tonnes (145,505 pounds) of steel – unlike many water slides, it’s a permanent structure. You’re transported to the top by Malaysia’s only chairlift. And when it comes to size, it has no rivals – the former record holder, at New Jersey’s Action Park, runs for a relatively puny 600m (1,969ft), meaning the Longest offers almost double the ride.

Malaysia’s ESCAPE theme park

Exploring Penang

ESCAPE is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10am to 6pm. It’s on Malaysia’s Penang Island, about 45 minutes from Georgetown, the appealing, cosmopolitan state capital. Georgetown itself has temples, boutique cafés, art, festivals and some of the world’s finest street food. Elsewhere in Penang, you’ll find wildlife-packed national parks, good trekking routes and long beaches.

Base yourself at ESCAPE’s own BASE CAMP accommodation, in Georgetown or in the resorts, guesthouses and homestays of the coast and interior.

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