Loro Parque

Loro Parque is located in Puerto de la Cruz in Tenerife, up in the north of the island. The name Loro Parque means Parrot Park in Spanish, which is exactly what is was when it first opened back in 1972 and was home to just 150 parrots. Now, it is 10 times its original size and houses all sorts of animals including gorillas, dolphins, killer whales, tigers, giant tortoises, penguins, meerkats and of course parrots. Loro Parque's primary focus is conservation, and all of their animals were either bred in captivity and would have been unable to go back to the wild, or have been rescued from certain death. One example of this is their penguins. Loro ...  Read the complete review

The moment tourists set foot on Tenerife they get to know that Loro Parque is one, if not *the* attraction of the island, a huge poster welcomes them, all trolleys in the airport carry a small one. So that they won´t forget the message each bin on the island (more than 10 000 all in all) has a poster, too, showing a photo or a design of one of the animals of this small zoo. It´s situated in Puerto de la Cruz, the well-known resort in the north of the island, in Punta Brava to be precise near the Playa Jardin beach, there is a free mini train to the park leaving from Avenida de Colon near Hotel San Felipe (no stops in between). We certainly hadn´t ...  Read the complete review