Cocodrilo Park Gran Canaria
Cocodrilo Park Gran Canaria
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The only animal rescue centre in the Canaries. COCODRILE PARK is home to many animals brought by individuals or seized governments. Many have terrible stories of abuse and neglect before coming here.
Duration: 1-2 hours
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- cookiebiscuit_10Cheltenham, United Kingdom499 contributionsSuch good value for moneyThis was brilliant! I couldn't get over how it was only 9.90 euros for an adult. There was so much to see and lots of feeding/animal/bird encounters included. The cafe is really cheap, which was good as it was very hot and we needed to keep buying drinks. Even the ice creams were cheaper than anywhere else. It was explained in English and Spanish about the rescue side of it, which was interesting and heartwarming. And the cactus walk was amazing.Visited November 2023Travelled as a coupleWritten 17 November 2023
- Kluke22Edinburgh, United Kingdom9 contributionsFantastic day out!This was one of my favourite animal experiences ever - you can get up so close to them! The animals seem genuinely loved by the amazing staff, they go above and beyond to treat them well. I think it helped that we visited on a fairly cloudy cool day as they all seemed alert and very keen on interaction. It’s always sad to see animals in captivity but the rescue centre has helped these animals in many different ways saving them from lives of abandonment/captivity/human entertainment and have tried to provide them with stimulation as best they can. I can’t rate this centre highly enough, if you’re in Gran Canaria you should definitely go!Visited February 2024Travelled as a coupleWritten 10 February 2024
- Kattie_meHelsinki, Finland60 contributionsNice place to visit with kidsOne of the loveliest spots we explored in Gran Canaria! The bird feeding and reptile shows were absolutely delightful. The kids were thrilled to see snakes and reptiles up close without any barriers. We stumbled upon this gem by chance and never once regretted altering our plans to spend half the day in this charming placeVisited January 2024Travelled with familyWritten 21 February 2024
- SteveandMarion1Chard, United Kingdom11 contributionsA must for all the familyLove this place, we have to go there when we visit Gran Canaria. All the animals are rescued ones and very well looked after. Only open (at the time of our stay) Friday, Saturday & Sunday. For Adults and children alike.Visited February 2024Travelled with familyWritten 28 February 2024
- Lee HambletonNorth Yorkshire, United Kingdom39 contributionsGreat dayWe had such a good time at the rescue park. I recommend you attend the talks and interactions, they are definitely worth it. Very cheap to get in and you could easily stay for hours. There's places for food and drink if you need anything.Visited April 2024Travelled with familyWritten 5 April 2024
- Simon RPlymouth, United Kingdom19 contributionsMás que cocodrilos!Loved it! Not a zoo. That's quite apparent when you begin to walk around. You're met at every turn with information about the sad origins of many of these rescued creatures. All looked in tip top condition, despite some of their origins. The keepers and staff really make an effort to explain their work. It is inevitably sad to see a great Bengal tiger in confinement, no matter how well cared for, but obviously impossible to return an animal like this to the wild, even if the wild still exists. Crocodile feeding time is a great experience. Clearly explained by the handler, in three languages. ¡Qué interesante la visita! Ustedes deberián ser múy orgullosos de sus trabajos. Muchisímas gracias.Visited April 2024Travelled as a coupleWritten 19 April 2024
- Jontarro17 contributionsGreat little parkBargain price for how great the experience was. A ton of cool talks and feeding time. I I recommend getting here around 11am and going to all the talks, it'll show you the majority of the park. This is a small activity so expect it to last about two hours. But well worth it!Visited June 2024Travelled as a coupleWritten 3 June 2024
- lauraPortsmouth, United Kingdom35 contributionsA must visit in Gran CanariaVisited as a family with 3 children 8,7 and 3! Fantastic morning out. Very interactive and knowledgable. We visited the Cocodrilo park as well as the Palmitos park and this completely whipped Palmitos park! And at a fraction of the price. Should be more expensive to go as was brilliant. Kids loved it, we loved it and the staff adore the animals.Visited June 2024Travelled with familyWritten 25 June 2024
- lazeedaydream99Leeds, United Kingdom228 contributionsGood value, variety of species, takes a couple of hours to get round, cafe in the centreVisited with my husband and 2 year old. Reasonable price to get in, friendly lady at the entry kiosk gave us a map. Cafe in middle. Not a large zoo (reflected in the entry cost) but a good variety of animals. Lots of signs in spanish and english telling you about the different animals and some about how the story of their rescue. They do a good job of rescuing animals on the island and most of the encosures were adequate although i feel some of the animals could have benefitted from more space, especially a macaw that seemed to be on its own in a fairly small enclosure. We all enjoyed our visit, especially the 2 year old.Visited September 2024Travelled with familyWritten 28 September 2024
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Maz A
49 contributions
Feb 2020
This was a hidden gem- we arranged the trip via the hotel who provided free transport admission prices reasonable at 10 euros for adults (inc children over 12). It was educational for adults and children alike. We saw various reptiles, monkeys, tigers etc.
There are different shows involving these throughout the day. You also have the opportunity to interact with the animals. We stayed for 3 hours and this was sufficient time to get everything done. We didn’t eat at the restaurant but the prices were reasonable around 6 euros for a meal. Overall well worth a visit
Written 24 February 2020
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Petrosey
Coin, Spain177 contributions
Jan 2020
We managed to go wrong on the drive there so had a longer journey than necessary. There are no signs that we could see in Cruce de Arinaga so take care at roundabouts to take the correct exit.
An excellent day out here and certainly good value for money. Make sure to arrive soon after they open as the feeding shows continue one after the other and are all worth watching, especially the birds. There are lots of animals other than crocodiles, the latter being pretty much asleep at this time of year.
There are two older chimpanzees there which they said were rescued in the early 80s after being used for photos with tourists. We well remember a baby chimp being placed beside our own son at that time so we may have seen one of them before. The tigers looked well cared for although their enclosure seemed relatively small for such animals.
The close contact handling with the smaller animals was good.
Food in their café was acceptable and reasonably priced.
Well worth a visit even if you don’t have children along.
An excellent day out here and certainly good value for money. Make sure to arrive soon after they open as the feeding shows continue one after the other and are all worth watching, especially the birds. There are lots of animals other than crocodiles, the latter being pretty much asleep at this time of year.
There are two older chimpanzees there which they said were rescued in the early 80s after being used for photos with tourists. We well remember a baby chimp being placed beside our own son at that time so we may have seen one of them before. The tigers looked well cared for although their enclosure seemed relatively small for such animals.
The close contact handling with the smaller animals was good.
Food in their café was acceptable and reasonably priced.
Well worth a visit even if you don’t have children along.
Written 30 January 2020
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Faye B
13 contributions
Jan 2023 • Couples
Attended here on a Friday arrived at 10:30 and stayed til 3:00. Absolutey brilliant it was. €9 per adult so cheap and worth every penny! Soon as u enter the park theres crocodiles straight away, alligators, tiger, monkeys, leymurs,birds,iguanas,baby fox, pigs,tortoises etc literally EVERYTHING!! & huge snakes!!The staff do interactions shows were u can have your photo taken and get up close and have a good look these included Comelians, Iguana’s and baby crocs.The shows were; Bird show with them walking around your feet and watch out for the Iguana’s they was right by your feet with the birds, Ape show, reptile show, Tiger show and Crocodile show. They brought out a big tortoise and you could stroke his feet and shell!! The crocodile show was brilliant so entertaining to watch and no extra charge for the shows everything is included in the €9!
Food/drinks very cheap only €2 for chips and it was a big portion what could feed 3 people. Staff so lovely and friendly and the lady in reception was so pleasant and sorted everyone out with taxi’s and made sure everyone was in order to get there taxi’s. If i could recommend a place to go to if coming to Gran Canaria it would be here!!
Food/drinks very cheap only €2 for chips and it was a big portion what could feed 3 people. Staff so lovely and friendly and the lady in reception was so pleasant and sorted everyone out with taxi’s and made sure everyone was in order to get there taxi’s. If i could recommend a place to go to if coming to Gran Canaria it would be here!!
Written 6 January 2023
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Alex B
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Jun 2024 • Couples
I’ll start off by saying if your anywhere near Anfi beach or Puerto Rico I wouldn’t bother going to this zoo, it cost me £50 there and £50 back because of the distance. It’s in the middle of no where hence why the price so low for tickets . Another con was when they do shows they speak in Spanish so I couldn’t understand a thing, I’d also recommend going late. We went first thing in morning however they get you to wait hours before doing any shows ie feeding animals etc, the park only takes about an hour to complete so waiting around from 10:30 till 3pm is ridiculous. They also apparently have monkeys there, I didn’t see one. Places was okay, some big crocs but that’s the best thing there.
Written 27 July 2024
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huzzmundo
Leicester, UK2,060 contributions
Mar 2022 • Friends
An excellent day out. Went with friends. We had a hire car, the parking was very close. For the price of 9.90 euros we felt this was very good value for money. Was a great place, lots to see, explore and do.
Clean toilets also a nice place to grab some snacks, drinks and ice cream!
The weather was in our favour and was so nice walking around and seeing all the animals. Would definitely highly recommend this place and definitely visit again if in Las Palmas! We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
Clean toilets also a nice place to grab some snacks, drinks and ice cream!
The weather was in our favour and was so nice walking around and seeing all the animals. Would definitely highly recommend this place and definitely visit again if in Las Palmas! We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
Written 7 April 2022
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CraigZurich
Zurich, Switzerland25 contributions
Mar 2023
Writing a review to provide some balance to the other reviews.
Realistically you won't get to Cocodrilo by public transport as it is remote although a taxi from Playa del Ingles was about 25 Euro so not too expensive. There is a mythical free bus but I couldn't find any details of it and you could bus and taxi but from a cost/benefit viewpoint we didn't bother.
It is small and our 2 year old and 3 year old toddlers were over it after an hour and as we were at the exit anyway we left. Animals appear well cared for and there are a lot of crocs, other reptiles and snakes but not so many other animals.
We saw the bird feeding time which was very Latin. Super loud music was continually played for some reason and then the 'presenter' shouted over it into a tannoy. Was so glad we weren't locked into the cage with the birds and it felt completely unnecessary and I was concerned for the children's hearing as well as my own. Surely this isn't good for the animals either. Similar loud and incomprehensible announcements as you walk around the park.
We didn't go to the restaurant but looked like standard chicken nuggets and chips fare so I wouldn't get your hopes up there.
Perhaps with older children you could make a day of it but think about going with toddlers.
Realistically you won't get to Cocodrilo by public transport as it is remote although a taxi from Playa del Ingles was about 25 Euro so not too expensive. There is a mythical free bus but I couldn't find any details of it and you could bus and taxi but from a cost/benefit viewpoint we didn't bother.
It is small and our 2 year old and 3 year old toddlers were over it after an hour and as we were at the exit anyway we left. Animals appear well cared for and there are a lot of crocs, other reptiles and snakes but not so many other animals.
We saw the bird feeding time which was very Latin. Super loud music was continually played for some reason and then the 'presenter' shouted over it into a tannoy. Was so glad we weren't locked into the cage with the birds and it felt completely unnecessary and I was concerned for the children's hearing as well as my own. Surely this isn't good for the animals either. Similar loud and incomprehensible announcements as you walk around the park.
We didn't go to the restaurant but looked like standard chicken nuggets and chips fare so I wouldn't get your hopes up there.
Perhaps with older children you could make a day of it but think about going with toddlers.
Written 10 March 2023
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julbadger
Stow Maries, UK139 contributions
Mar 2020 • Family
My Grandson and I caught the free bus from San Agustin, it took about 20 mind to get there. We arrived about 11 and the bus would be leaving at 2.15,plenty of time.
The admission was reasonable, especially as it is a rescue centre for various types of animals.
There are lots of crocodiles, alligators, porcupines, tortoise, birds, snakes and many others.
The restaurant was brilliant, great food for a reasonable price, the food itself was very good.
I did mention to one member of staff that there should be more signs in English and Germans around the park and exhibits, although they seem to have plenty when it comes to selling to the visiting customers. Prime example, and I’m sure they must have lots of people making this mistake, walking into the walk in bird aviary through the exit. I did mention this to a member of staff, a couple of extra signs would make the staff and customers lives a lot easier.
Definitely worth a visit.
The admission was reasonable, especially as it is a rescue centre for various types of animals.
There are lots of crocodiles, alligators, porcupines, tortoise, birds, snakes and many others.
The restaurant was brilliant, great food for a reasonable price, the food itself was very good.
I did mention to one member of staff that there should be more signs in English and Germans around the park and exhibits, although they seem to have plenty when it comes to selling to the visiting customers. Prime example, and I’m sure they must have lots of people making this mistake, walking into the walk in bird aviary through the exit. I did mention this to a member of staff, a couple of extra signs would make the staff and customers lives a lot easier.
Definitely worth a visit.
Written 7 March 2020
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robscott03
Sidmouth, UK13 contributions
Jan 2020
This park is about saving animals that have been trafficked as well as being on the endangered list, so it is well worth supporting. for 9.90 euros, at lunchtimes you even get to see feeding of various animals. This is a small park but offers a range of species from the animal kingdom and is very focused on the children having a good experience.
Written 25 January 2020
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Oli M
Trier, Germany7 contributions
Apr 2022 • Friends
Park itself was nice. It clearly advised that the park is not a zoo but a shelter for tropical animals who have been either mistreated and/or hold, rescued due to illegal traffic.
In general animals have spaces to move, only the horses and goats have not much space.
There was no tiger at all.
Price of €9.99 is really reasonable.
Negative: some animal area could be refreshed/renovated; paints are gone.
Some food look not so fresh: salad looks like little old but maybe are quickly dry due to geographic situation (sunny, dry).
Overall, nice place.
In general animals have spaces to move, only the horses and goats have not much space.
There was no tiger at all.
Price of €9.99 is really reasonable.
Negative: some animal area could be refreshed/renovated; paints are gone.
Some food look not so fresh: salad looks like little old but maybe are quickly dry due to geographic situation (sunny, dry).
Overall, nice place.
Written 2 April 2022
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Jasiu K
6 contributions
Mar 2022 • Couples
The park was quite small but the activities and feeding are fun, and the animals look well cared for. The aviary is very funny and lots of different birds live together. Good value for money.
Written 20 March 2022
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Does anyone know if they have wheelchair hire?
Written 14 July 2023
Is there a shuttle bus or easy way to travel to this market? I have checked Google maps and it’s not even showing a public bus route :(
Written 21 May 2023
Salve quanto dista da masapalmas? Grazie
Written 3 December 2019
There are coaches / busses that go there from various places
Written 12 August 2020
Hallo, die vor Ort Parkplätze sind kostenlos! Mfg Alexander Horcher
Written 1 December 2019
How much in a taxi from the yumba shopping centre
Written 29 September 2019
Staying at abora Catarina does anybody know where you catch the bus please it says on the website hotel Ray karlos but then on website shows a different bus stop thank you in advance
Written 25 September 2019
You can just go in there pay ticket in front gate and go in, there is a parking place where you can park car, it is recommend if you check opening times before..
Written 5 October 2019
Hi - is there a free bus to and from Jardin del Atlantico to par
Written 24 July 2019
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