Kalahari revisited: 20 years later, massive Sandusky waterpark resort still thrills

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Kalahari revisited: 20 years later, massive Sandusky waterpark resort still thrills

SANDUSKY, Ohio – My daughter was 6 when I first took her to Kalahari, the massive water park resort in Sandusky. Twenty years later, she’s grown and evolved. And so has Kalahari. The resort, celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025, has become a major player in the region’s tourism economy, drawing hundreds of thousands of overnight guests to Northern Ohio every year. Over the past two decades, Kalahari has added slides, pools and other attracti…