Loro Parque, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Well since I dissapeared from here recently for almost two weeks forgive me for giving you an explaination before I continue this review, my OH was home on leave for the two weeks so we headed out to my Mums apartment in Tenerife. After a week of eating, drinking and arguing we decided to sober up and hire a car. Our intention was to drive to the peak to Teide but with a 1.1 C2 we decided that the car may not have been up to the challenge of the mountain roads so instead headed up the TF1 and TF5 motorways to Puerto de la Cruz and Loro Parque. The journey from the Village took just over and ... more

Loro Parque Review Recently I went away to Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife for the third time for nearly two weeks which would explain my absence from reviewing. Now I am back and you are probably going to see a few Tenerife reviews! I have been to the Loro Parque all three times I have been in Tenerife and think it is a brilliant tourist attraction and that if you are visiting you must go and visit it! Loro Parque is a cross between a massive fancy zoo, a conservation place and basically a brilliant tourist attraction (and it is advertised everywhere on the island!) My favourite part of the park ... more

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 ... more

Loro Parque is an amazing animal park. Quite simply I do not know where to start - there is so much that can be said. I am going to concentrate on the highlights of the day as there is too much to put in a single review. I hope I cover the main attractions and that you may decide to visit after reading. We visited as part of an organised excursion with our holiday company. The visit was expensive. But, after a day at Loro Parque we decided the entry fee was more than worth it. There is a land train that takes visitors who are either staying in or visiting Santa Cruz to the park. When we were ... more

I went on a day trip to Loro Park in June 2006, although the translation is Parrot Park, the main reason for my visit was the Dolphin Show and the new Orca Show that openned at the begining of June. I was travelling to Tenerife alone so it was also a solo trip to the park which I found suited me. Although there were lots of families on days out, I am not sure that I would have had such a good time if I'd had to consider other people, as I found that the park was poorly laid out and the the show times were poorly planned, this meant lots and lots of walking and back tracking to get to see the ... more