
This overgrown abandoned waterpark in central Vietnam has become a 'must-see' for adventurous travellers after it was left to its own devices for over a decade.

Ho Thuy Tien, in Huong Thuy town of Hue, was reportedly opened in a half-finished state by a local tourism company in 2004, but it was never completed and was instead abandoned, leaving nature to take over completely.

Now, the slides are covered in leaves and palm trees grow through their spirals, while the pools are filled with murky algae-infested waters.

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Slip and slide: The Ho Thuy Tien water and amusement park in central Vietnam, was left abandoned more than ten years ago and is now an overgrown ghost park in the jungle

Gone glory: The water park's aquarium features a huge dragon, which is now covered in rust and peeling paint

The park, near Huong Thuy, Hue, was reportedly opened in a half-finished state by a local tourism company in 2004

Until recently, Ho Thuy Tien was also home to three crocodiles who lived in one of the pools, and would be fed by the locals or the occasional gap-year backpacker.

Some of these images were taken by blogger Courtney Lambert, from Florida, who said she was particularly fascinated by the water park's abandoned aquarium.

'The aquarium is the most impressive structure on the property,' she writes on her blog. 'It resembles a crashed space ship, a most extraterrestrial specimen sitting pretty in the middle of a gleaming man made lake.

No going back: Ho Thuy Tien was reportedly planned to reopen after efforts made in 2013, but nothing came of the promises

Twists and turns: One of the slides in the water park now has palm trees growing through one of it's rusty spirals

A visitor walks over dried palm leaves down one of the slides in the abandoned water park

Former inhabitants: Until recently, the water park was also home to three abandoned crocodiles who lived in one of the pools

'The guardian of the three-story aquarium is an intimidating, full bodied dragon sculpture; its scaled coils wrapped protectively around the space ship’s walls in a menacing embrace.

'A massive head and mouth gapes at the top, creating a spectacular viewing area where visitors can stare beyond the lake and park from behind fat, jagged incisors.

Ms Lambert also reveals that after she and other travellers wrote to PETA and WWF about the abandoned crocodiles, the Vietnamese government moved them to a wildlife park in Northern Vietnam.

Keep out of the pool: The shallow children's pool is overgrown and the water filled with algae and dead leaves

Guardian: The entrance to the aquarium building atr Ho Thuy Tien is protected by one of the dragon's claws

Lost opportunities: The dragon's body forms a staircase, and visitors can walk up and take in the stunning view from behind its teeth