Just a short drive away from the Imperial City of Hue, lies dormant an incredible place not so different from the film sets of Jumanji and Jurassic Park. In fact, I would be surprised if there weren’t any roofless jeeps cruising around this water park during its golden years.

Welcome to the Thuy Tien lake abandoned water park.

Unfortunately, John Hammond’s not here to guide us through this wonderful water park turned wasteland. Your best bet would be to rent a motorbike in Hue, and drive there. Make sure you bring some sort of GPS, since there aren’t any signs pointing the way.

When you get to the entrance, don’t park your motorbike. You can drive around the whole park, and even if you want to walk around, the park is set a bit further down the road. Also, don’t be surprised if someone comes asking for (give or take) 10.000 VND for the entrance.

Once you’re inside the park, some statues and a couple of stairs will pop out from the thick vegetation, but if you keep driving you’ll notice a fork on the road. We recommend you make a right turn and drive up a bridge that leads you into the first part of this park: an outdoor anphiteathre and a building featuring a flight simulator, cockpit and all (don’t ask).

If you keep driving along the road, you’ll eventually reach the middle point of the “tour”. This section of the park is somewhat similar to your average waterpark, with big slides and pools. Even if they’re being taken over by the dense vegetation, it’s still possible to walk around and snap some really cool photos of the slides.

After you’re done with your photoshoot, drive through the small patch of forest ahead and follow the road that turns to the right. Shortly after you’ll spot the gigantic dragon resting above the lake’s surface. It’s impossible to miss it.

This is the final part of what’s left of this park, and I might say, the most impressive. We guess it was some sort of food / shopping complex, but now it’s merely a place where graffiters reign wild and tourists step up their selfie game (climb inside the dragon’s mouth, strike a pose on his fangs, and ask someone with a tele lens to snap a photo of you).

Remember that fork on the road we spoke about earlier? If you take a left turn, you’ll end up on a parking lot right in front of the dragon. But we always enjoy leaving the best things for last.

Make sure you go during the day time, as there’s no light sources around the park (at least that we remember of).

Disclaimer: This is an abandoned park. There’s no maintenance, and the structures of the park get more and more degraded. Make sure you take all the precautions you can while sightseeing.