Plan Your Family Fun Getaway to Schlitterbahn South Padre Island Beach Resort Near Bentsen Palm

 Bentsen Palm is the ideal family, new home community with three distinctive neighborhoods to choose from and endless amenities including parks, pools, miles of hike and bike trails and more. Ideally located in the beautiful Rio Grande Valley and surrounded by the area’s lush ecosystem, Bentsen Palm is also just 90 miles from the Texas coastline white sand beaches of South Padre Island and Schlitterbahn Beach Resort. Discover all the fun you’ll have here when you plan your next family getaway to Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark.  

Open nearly year-round, including weekends in October through early January, Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark and Resort offers fun for everyone with a 25-acre water park paradise. The park has nearly two dozen world-class attractions, including 13 indoor and outdoor water slides, multiple river systems and beaches.

Designed for all ages, families will find something for everyone here. Explore the park by floating on the Rio Aventura to find your favorite beach. There are a number of beautiful Schlitterbahn Beaches along the Gulf Coast, including the Copacabana, Ipanema, Flamengo and Bonita beaches. If the weather is cooler and it’s time for some relaxing indoor fun, check out Palm Beach or Playa Beach.

Thrill seekers will love the exciting water slides: outdoor slides include Gale Force, Sea Blaster, and Storm Chaser; and indoor slides include Blackbeard’s Twister and Lafitte’s Cyclone. For those that want the thrill of a water slide, but in smaller doses, Wizard’s Waterways, Pirate’s Plunge and Agua Blanca Tube Chute are perfect for more laid back fun.

Families with small children will enjoy visiting the Sandcastle Tower, with it’s enormous, interactive, five-story-tall water fun house for kids and their parents. This signature landmark is located in the middle of a large family water playground filled with hundreds of hands-on water play elements, giant dumping sand pails, and slippery slides.

If you love to watch marine life and want to experience the thrill of getting up close and personal with your favorite sea creatures, you’ll want to plan a visit to Sea Trek. You’ll be able to explore marine life in a controlled environment in this underwater, helmet-diving experience. You can also snorkel at Sea Trek as well.

Whether you plan to stay for a day or several, the resort offers several packages for lodging with a range of room types and views. Guests can also pack a picnic to bring with them or sample a variety of food and drinks available throughout the park, including the Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark Shrimp Haus restaurant.

Plan your tour of the amazing Bentsen Palm family new home community and make plans to visit one of the Rio Grande Valley’s top attractions just a short drive away, Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark.