Walibi Belgium set Kondaa within Exotic World, a new area that added 4.5 hectares to the park. For the visitor arriving in Wavre, the work made a fresh district of paths, planting, bridges, and steel, with the coaster as its grand centrepiece. blooloop.com· compagniedesalpes.com

Intamin’s design was announced years before the first passengers rode, and the first track pieces reached the park in the summer of 2020. By November of that year, the name Kondaa had been made public, giving the rising structure its place on the park map. coasterpedia.net

On May 8, 2021, the gates opened on a ride that the park presented as the highest and fastest roller coaster in the Benelux. Its fifty-metre lift and 113 km/h running speed gave Walibi Belgium a new landmark above the trees of Walloon Brabant. walibibelgium.prezly.com· intamin.com

The undertaking was also a statement of civic ambition for the park. Trade press described Kondaa as the largest investment in Walibi Belgium’s history, while Compagnie des Alpes placed it within a wider plan to strengthen the park’s standing in the Benelux. blooloop.com· compagniedesalpes.com