Kumali

Kumali arrived in 2006 as Vekoma’s Suspended Looping Coaster for Flamingo Land Theme Park & Zoo, set at Malton in the North Yorkshire countryside. It was a continental piece of steel engineering brought to a Yorkshire holiday park with broad ambitions. vekoma.com

The ride was named for the leader of Flamingo Land’s own lion pride, giving the coaster a title rooted in the park as well as in machinery. The park describes it as a looping suspended coaster with a custom layout and four inversions. flamingoland.co.uk

From the chain lift, the train climbs to 35.9 metres before the course gathers itself for the loop, the lake-crossing cobra roll, the zero-g roll, and the final helix. For the visitor in the queue on a fair afternoon, the lake is not background scenery; it is part of the route. coasterpedia.net· flamingoland.co.uk

Kumali is recorded as the second of two Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster installations using the Shenlin form, following Snow Mountain Flying Dragon in China. In that small company, Flamingo Land’s ride remains a distinctive entry in Britain’s steel coaster landscape. coasterpedia.net