Tags
- Landmark Historical Place
- Amusement Theme Park
- Landmark & Historical Place
- Amusement & Theme Park
Description
Xetutul is a theme park in Guatemala. It is located in the Retalhuleu Department in the southwest of the country. Opening in 2002, Xetutul is the third largest amusement park in Latin America, after Beto Carrero World in Penha, Santa Catarina, Brazil and Six Flags México near Mexico City, Mexico. Xetutul is associated with the nearby Xocomil waterpark, which opened in 1997, and together the two parks receive over one million visitors every year, making the parks the most popular tourist attraction in the country.Xetulul and Xocomil are operated by the Institute for the Recreation of Guatemalan Private Industry Workers (IRTRA)—a private company that operates several other parks in Guatemala, as well as nearby hotels and restaurants.RidesXetutul features two roller coasters; Avalancha, a steel roller coaster with 8 inversions (as of October 2013, one of only six operating roller coasters in the world with 8 or more inversions) and Central America's largest roller coaster
