Pilikula Nisargadhama is picnic spot / hangout at Vamanjoor near Mangalore in Karnataka.

About Pilikula Lake
Ducks wandering the garden around the lake
Wolves in the theme park

Pilikula literally means Tiger's lake. In olden days, tigers used to come to this lake to drink water. Henceforth, this lake came to be known as Pilikula.

The Mangalore City Corporation has developed this area and it has now become the hot spot for people who are looking for scenic beauty & peace. Pilikula has a huge lake & beautifully laid gardens encircling the entire lake. One can see swans & ducks moving around in the lake & sometimes they even move into the gardens. Boating facilities are available in the lake. One can either use pedaling boats (mostly preferred by couples) or bigger boats carry about 10 to 15 persons.

Botanical Garden, Zoo & Theme park

On the other side of the road, there is a huge botanical garden comprised of a variety of trees & a zoo featuring several wild animals. The speciality of this zoo is that the wild animals are not kept in cages. They are in the open. However, there are partitions like wide trenches or wire mesh, in order to avoid direct contact with visitors.

There is also a variety of snakes & birds in the zoo

Manasa Water Park

Adjacent to this, there is a Manasa Water Park which is similar to the Water Kingdom in Mumbai.

Manasa Amusement & Water Park is an ideal picnic spot, place rather a heaven on earth, nestled in the scintillating and amusing with cool, calm, serene and lush green is just 12Kms from Mangalore  city and also just 12Kms from Mangalore International Airport, situated within 450 acres Tourism project of Dakshina Kannada administration “Pilikula Nisarga Dhama”, Eco-Educational Tourist Park with Zoo, Botanical Garden, Heritage Village, Science Centre, Lake, Garden, Boating, Golf course.

Rides - Landing Pool   

Typhoon Tunnel (54" black hole) also called Tubular Slide swirls you in a black enclosed tunnel from a height of 30 feet with twists and turns. Take a ride down the black hole on a single of double tube as you try and hold black screams of excitement through every mysterious twist and turn. Here people can experience the maximum thrill.

Open Slide (72" yellow coloured slide) makes you sit on a twin or single raft down gushing water for a giggling experience.

Crazy Cruise (27" red coloured slides) comes at an unimaginable speed an unimaginable height straight into the pool with splashing water all over.

In each of these slides, people will be coming from a height of 35 feet and 65 feet and will be landing in the landing pool in 1 minute time with a splash in the pool.

Rides - Family Pool  

 

Manasa Amusement & Water Park is an exotic vibrant and fun loving destination for the young and not so young alike. To complete family entertainment section of the Manasa Amusement & Water Park, is unique in its style and design. The family pool has many other water rides attached to the pool for an endless fun and entertainment for the family visiting Manasa Amusement & Water Park. This pool is the right place for adults to shed their inhibitions and feel young again.

Here your little ones will have the rides and slides on the Play Pan.

Open Kids Slide, a red coloured slide at Family pool gives sheer thrill and excitement as body sweeps from a height down to a fun pool for kids.

Kids Closed Slide, a red coloured body slide at this pool gives thrill to your kids.

Mushroom Waterfall is there for kids and women. Here you can just relax under the mushroom and let showers enhance your enthusiasm for more fun.

Family Slide, a yellow coloured slide at this pool promises lots of fun and laughter. Here kids can take ride down in groups with each other… or their parents can share in fun.

Rides - Multi Play System   

Manasa Amusement & Water Park’s star attraction is the Multi play system zone, an exciting arrangement, where you can have endless possibilities in recreation. Designed to give you a ‘surprise experience’, the multi play system is a large fun-zone, where the type of thrill you experience is entirely dependent on your movement in the designated area. Here children experience all types of thrill that adults can have on other slides, at this complex play stem within 4 mall slides give fun with water splash.

You’ll never know what strikes you next; it can be a cool sprinkle or a tight splash that would send you reeling for cover. All in the name of fun and in absolute safety.

Don’t miss this play zone…….

Rides - Dry Landing    

White and Blue Multilane Slide slides hurling down head on rubber mats with an action oriented thrilling ride for adults and children for above 10 years. This is the prestigious ride in Manasa Amusement & Water Park and is slide the longest slide in South India. This is a unique slide in which the entire family can feel the excitement of racing down the incline.

Ride the high thrills of the Harakiri – a water slide- while sitting in a raft. Skim across a thin sheet of water and exit safely… easily… on to a dry surface without getting wet.

Rides – Amusements   

 

Take a relaxing ride on the Giant Wheel (Ferris wheel) for spectacular birds-eye view of Manasa Amusement & Water Park. This wheel contains 18 gondolas and can accommodate upto 48 people at a time.  So take your entire family and have a great view of Manasa Amusement & Water Park.

Dhoom Bike Ride is an absolutely joy ride for kids. It is a 6 seater game for children aged between 5 -10 years. It is a kind if merry-go-round.