Vertigo & The Fractionator
Two slides that start 76 metres up a giant tower, higher than 20 giraffes standing on each other's heads!Body slides from the 85 m Icon Tower, which has six launch levels. Guinness verified the slide height at 76.309 m (250 ft 4 in) on 6 October 2024, ending Kilimanjaro's 22-year run. Built by WhiteWater West; the park opened in late 2023 with 52 slides.
🏆Records & awards
- Tallest water slide (Guinness, 76.3 m)
📖Tell me more
The Icon Tower at Meryal Waterpark is 85 metres tall and has six different floors you can start from. Guinness World Records measured the slides at 76.309 metres in October 2024. They were built by WhiteWater West from Canada. The park has 52 slides altogether.
- Slide height
- 76.3 m
- Tower
- 85 m
- Opened
- Nov/Dec 2023
Before this tower was built, the record had belonged to a slide in Brazil for 22 years.
📏How tall is 76.3 m?
🗺️Where is it?
Meryal Waterpark, Qetaifan Island North, Lusail, Qatar. Show on the World Slide Map →
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Sources: Guinness World Records, manufacturer and park announcements, Coasterpedia, Wikipedia, Blooloop and news reports; last reviewed September 2026. Spot an error?