Belantis Theme Park 2023 Review

23 August 2023

Belantis Review

Time for your next adventure at Belantis Theme Park! A perfect family day out offering a unique experience, with exciting attractions for the whole family. Hosting over 60 attractions across the 27 hectare landscape with 8 themed zones. The park is set around a lake featuring a wide range of exciting coasters, water rides and other thrilling attractions. 

Belantis Das Abenteuer Reich as it is known in Germany opened back 20 years ago in 2003. Taking around 19 months to build and having extensive research at the time due to no theme park existing in this region of Germany. You can find Belantis in Central Germany in place called Saxony. Over the years, it has had a number of investments to expand to how it is today and it promises to offer a thrilling day out for each member of the family with a range of rides, shows and food offerings. 

The parks season often runs from Spring through to Autumn, which is from April/May through to October with opening times varying throughout this time but a standard day would be 10am-5pm. Tickets can be purchased in advance and it is recommended to save money, as it can cost as little as €27.90, compared to €44.90 for a guest over 11 on the day. 

We attended in the summer season of 2023 to experience what Belantis has to offer for our first ever visit. With 4 coasters, multiple water rides and other unique attractions, it does catch your eye as a family fun location.

The Rollercoasters

Starting with the 4 rollercoasters that are offered at Belantis. We have a mixture of top thrilling coasters through to the family favourites. The highlight coaster at the park is Huracan, a Eurofighter type coaster which opened back in 2010 and stands tall and in bright red in the Kingdom of the Sun Temple area of the park. With multiple inversions and reaching speeds of 85kmh, it provides a fun yet thrilling experience for many guests. 

Moving on to the Drachenritt, a dragon coaster found in the Knights area which is a Gerstlauer Bobsled coaster which offers plenty of sharp turns and fun dips around a castle setting up high. A perfect ride for the family and was highly popular. 

Next up was a coaster found in the Egyptian / Pharoah area of the park known as Cobra des Amun Ra. A family rollercoaster also made by the German brand Gerstlauer. This one had a fun indoor queue line and was still surprisingly thrilling for adults to ride.

Last up is Huracanito, which unfortunately for adults you cannot ride. This tiny coaster is a very simple and small coaster but perfect for the younger audience.

The Water Rides

Heading onto the water rides at Belantis was such a great idea, as on our visit it was pretty warm. Thankfully with the 4 on offer, it had plenty for everyone. Starting with the stand-out thrilling attraction, this being The Curse of the Pharoah or Fluch des Pharao. A unique boat ride that takes you up Europe’s highest pyramid before rushing back down and getting you soaked. We’ve not seen a ride use inflatable boats like this before and it offered a real exciting experience for us all. 

Next up was Fahrt des Odysseus, a family boat ride which took you around the lake to see a number of sights such as Hercules, singing Sirens and even the Cyclops! 

We also took on a lovely canoe journey in the centre of the park as you can board you own kayak with your friends and family and paddle around a large lake and get some really lovely views, like we did on our sunny visit! Completely free of charge and life jackets are available for younger guests. 

The final water attraction is Gletscher-Rutscher, a multi lane giant side. It has 4 options to choose from, depending on what is open. On our visit, there was 3 out of the 4 open, where you get in your small boat and go down different routes. A simple yet fun ride which is perfect for adults and children.

Other Amazing Attractions

Outside of the rollercoasters & water attractions, Belantis is home to a number of fun, thrilling & quirky rides which can be fun for the whole family. Some of the note worthy intense rides include Götterflug, where you can spin your seat in the air using the wings as many times as you can with a great backdrop! You also have Belanitus Rache, which is a giant pendulum swing ride that spins and swings all at the same time. 

Some of the more quirky attractions include Flug des Ikarus, where you can take a short flight across the lake and then back again. Whilst looking like a simple gentle ride, which it is, it does have a moment where everyone seems to jump as it is very different to your usual rides. 

Another fun attraction we don’t see too often at theme parks across Europe is a labyrinth. This was fun to see on one side of the park and offered plenty of fun for all guests. Whilst simple, it did have its difficult moments and was just a nice attraction to pass time in the sun.

With many other attractions not listed, you can understand there is more than enough to do here at Belantis and it is worth checking out alone for everything we’ve mentioned.

@thrillnation Opening in 2015 Cobra des Amun Ra is a lot of fun with its twists and turns! #cobradesamunra #gerstlauer #rollercoaster #achterbahn #belantispark #berlin ♬ Snakes - Sikdope
@thrillnation This gerstlauer coaster has 5 inversions and a top speed of 53mph… would you take it on!? #huracan #gerstlauer #achterbahn #rollercoaster #belantispark ♬ BOOM - Tiesto

The Rest of the park

Outside the rides & attractions, Belantis is a well kept, beautifully landscaped park which had plenty to offer. We had no issues on our day with minimal queue times or the staff understanding us. Everyone was friendly and super helpful and the pricing for food and drink was reasonable too. With plenty of small side stands through to restaurants available, we were able to pick up food around lunchtime in a good timely manner. We ate in the knights area of the park, with several options being available from German speciality food through to chicken, waffles and crepes. 

The park has plenty of shows on offer too however, none that we watched or experienced in full. They did seem more on the smaller scale and for the younger audience. We did get to see the parks mascot around the park greeting guests and also one of the new puppet telling shows, which the families seemed to love. 

Overall, Belantis Theme Park was a true pleasure to spend most of our day at earlier this year. With the park now being opened over 20 years, you can see they have expanded and developed to create a wonderful experience for the whole family. The park wasn’t too busy during our visit but it was lively, and with the special events they have like Halloween, the park does get a lot busier.

The park hasn’t had any new major thrill rides in recent years but, we have heard they are always looking to expand and to keep an eye on them in the upcoming seasons.

Dean mentioned during his visit that “Belantis was a fun park and spent longer there than we anticipated experiencing the smaller weird & wonderful attractions. The highlights of the major rides definitely had to be Huracan and the one of a kind log flume raft ride.”

Austyn added “Belantis was just such a nice family park. The team was friendly, the rides were perfect for its audience and there was nothing bad to say about our visit. I am looking forward to seeing how the parks develops in years to come and will be back for sure.”

A huge thank you to the team at Belantis who allowed us to visit and take us around the park for some exclusive filming on select attractions. Usually filming is not allowed like most theme parks, so do check out our TikTok’s for a glimpse of what you can expect at Belantis. They did offer us 4 free tickets during our visit and all thoughts and opinions are our own.

Have you visited Belantis in the last 20 years? If so, please let us know over on our socials!

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