AMUSEMENT PARKS IN GRAN CANARIA |
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AQUALAND In Maspalomas lies Canaries largest water park with over 40 slides and attractions. The waterpark is loved by the whole family and allows adults to become children again. It is perfect as a full-day excursion, you can spend several hours of going on all the different water slides and constantly finding new ones. |
COCODRILO PARK Cocodrilo Park started with the Balser family after they were asked to take care of a few crocodiles. They accepted, and after time they now have the largest collection of crocodiles in Europe. Cocodrilo Park have been asked over the years by the environmental protection agency to take care of other species as well. So besides the Crocodiles, at Cocodrilo Park you will see an array of other animal species including monkeys, chimpanzees and various birds, usually arriving in a condition of very bad health. |
PUEBLO CANARIO Pueblo Canario museum is a complex of traditionally built island houses that are laid out to form a typical Canarian village with gates, an atrium and turrets. Pueblo Canario was designed in the 1930's by two brothers, Néstor and Miguel Fernández de la Torre. |
CACTUALDEA PARK Cactualdea park offers a wide variety of cacti. At least 1200 different species of cactus can be found in the island and the others have been brought here, from other countries such as Madagascar, Bolivia, Mexico, and Guatemala and all are set amongst Dragon trees, a variety of Palm trees and Aloes. Cactualdea park also contains a model of a Guanche cave and also has a splendid restaurant offering typically Canarian dishes and a wide range of international foods. |
REPTILANDIA PARK This park has crocodiles over 12ft long, giant snakes, venomous snakes, an a wide range of spiders, including Tarantulas. Reptilandia houses over 150 different species over a space of 10,000 square metres. It also has a collection of some of the world's tiniest monkeys including Pigmy Marmosets, Madagascan Lemurs and Golden Lion Tamarinds. |
PALMITOS PARK Palmitos Park is a sub-tropical oasis, situated in a lush valley planted with palm trees where you will be able to admire over 200 species of exotic birds, including toucans, humming birds, peacocks, ibis, flamingos, hornbills and parrots as well as an aquarium, a butterfly house, a cactus garden and an orchid house. The botanical gardens and zoo are among the most important of their kind worldwide with hundreds of birds, dozens of mammals, reptiles and thousands of fish as well as thousands of palm trees, cacti and other plants and are one of the major attractions on Gran Canaria. |
HOLIDAY WORLD Holiday World is located in the area of Campo International, Maspalomas. Holiday World is not just an attraction but more an area of attractions. Holiday World is especially busy during the weekends, it has a small funfair including a Ferris wheel, a gyro loop, a pirates ship, a roller coaster, shooting stalls and many other attractions for kids including seal and parrot shows. |