Mundomar Benidorm is one of the most popular fauna and flora parks in Spain and Europe.

This park strives to protect the environment, respecting nature and park’s animals.

The park occupies over 60 000 square metres and is home to more than 30 different species of mammals, birds and reptiles, including flamingos, storks, turtles, owls, bats, capuchin monkeys, lemurs, toucans, seals, sea lions, suricates, penguins and dolphins.

Mundomar Benidorm offers daily shows with parrots, sea lions, seals and, of course, dolphins. Visitors can also closely observe certain animals and even interact with them.

The park has a restaurant, picnic area, gift shop and, for the little ones, a children’s playground with a great variety of swings and attractions.

The park will be open from 23 March to  3 November, 2024.

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This park, located between Elche and Santa Pola, is an animal conservation centre and part of a European network of parks that actively work to help protect endangered species.

Río Safari Elche is located in a unique environment of over 4 500 palm trees. The park is organised in different areas: African Savannah, Reptile cave, Chimpanzee Island, Orangutan Sanctuary, Australian Environment, Lion Kingdom, Aviary and Educational Farm.

It houses over 100 different animal species, including white and brown lions, bengal tigers, orangutans, chimpanzees, giraffes and sea lions.

Río Safari Elche offers children a playful yet educational environment. The entrance fee includes a walking tour, a guided visit by train through some animal enclosures and access to three exhibitions: birds of the world, curiozoo and sea lions.

The park also offers vistors the chance to interact with animals with activities such as swimming with sea lions, visiting lemurs or feeding orangutans and chimpanzees.

The park has a restaurant with a ball park, a hamburger bar, picnic areas, photo and souvenir shop, children’s area, a go-kart circuit and trampolines. In the summertime visitors can also enjoy the park’s ‘Splash Park’; a lovely water park with swimming pools and slides.

Open every day of the year.

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Aitana Safari is an animal reserve, open to the public, in Penáguila (Alicante).

The reserve occupies over 1 500 000 m² and some of the most emblematic animals from the five continents such as lions, tigers, lynx, elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, bison or llamas roam its terrain.

Visit the park as if in an authentic African safari, by car, observing the animals close up in their natural habitats. A fun way to learn more about them and take great photos.

Visitors may choose between group guided tours, free tours, private tours and VIP excursions.

To wrap up the experience the park has an authentic African restaurant, a great place to rest and recharge batteries after the day’s adventures.

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Terra Natura Benidorm is a new generation zoo in Benidorm (Alicante).

The park has been designed to offer a complete zoo-immersion, a new concept in habitat design that allows visitors to safely observe animals through barriers invisible to the human eye.

Terra Natura Benidorm occupies around 320 000 square metres, and is home to over 1 500 animals from 200 different species. The park is in turn divided into four areas: Europe, Pangea, America and Asia.

Species that stand out are hunting birds such as falcons, eagles or owls, exotic birds such as flamingos, toucans or macaws, poisonous creatures such as tarantulas, scorpions or reptiles and mammals such as monkeys, llamas, jaguars, ocelots, tigers, lions, rhinoceroses or elephants.

Terra Natura Benidorm is not just an animal park, its a lot more than that, offering not only the opportunity to see different specimens but also peculiarities of their habitat, vegetation and of each species.

Its varied educational and outdoor activities make it an idyllic place for families to enjoy nature and for young ones to learn whilst having fun.

Additional facilities such as parking areas, lockers, changing rooms, gift shops, picnic areas, kiosks, restaurants and a multi-adventure area with suspension bridges, zip lines, swings and barrels guarantee a lovely day out for all.

Open to the public over 300 days a year, with opening and closing times that vary over the course of the year.

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