November 13, 2026 — Kalahari Resorts & Conventions opened its $900 million resort in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, on November 12. It is the brand’s fifth U.S. location and its first in Virginia, joining resorts in Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas.
The resort sits just off I-95 between Washington, D.C., and Richmond. It has 907 guest rooms, a 175,000-square-foot indoor waterpark (the largest in Virginia), a 10-acre outdoor waterpark and about 150,000 square feet of convention space. Day and season passes for the waterpark are offered alongside overnight stays.
What it means for non-revs
- Closest major airports are Washington Dulles (IAD), Reagan National (DCA) and Richmond (RIC), each roughly an hour or more by car depending on I-95 traffic. Easy to reach on a pass to any of them.
- No airline-employee or travel-industry rate was mentioned in the opening announcements.
Sources
- Virginia Business — Virginia welcomes new hotels: Kalahari Resorts opens long-awaited Spotsylvania location
- Northern Virginia Magazine — Kalahari Resort opening details
- RVA Magazine — Virginia's Largest Indoor Waterpark Opens This Fall an Hour From Richmond
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