Loro Parque
You’re at Loro Parque—literally the “parrot park”—and it all starts with the sheer scale of the place. The zoo covers 135,000 m² (13.5 hectares) on the outskirts of Puerto de la Cruz, and it began life on 17 December 1972, founded by Wolfgang Kiessling. Back then it opened on 1.3 hectares with 150 parrots—a small promise that grew fast. Today, the park is home to about 4,000 parrots representing 350 species and sub-species, and that collection is often described as the largest in the world. It’s not only birds, either: you’ll also find animals ranging from penguins and dolphins to western lowland gorillas and chimpanzees. A wild footnote came in February 2006, when Loro Parque received four young orcas—two males and two females—on loan from SeaWorld. And if you’re curious how the same minds kept building: the owners later launched Siam Park, which opened in 2008.
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