Is Loro Parque Worth It?

Yes, if you want to see the world's largest parrot collection. Loro Parque sits on the outskirts of Puerto de la Cruz in the north of Tenerife, Spain, and the public bus between Costa Adeje and Puerto de la Cruz takes 100 minutes. If you only have a morning, or captive orcas are a dealbreaker for you, it is not worth the trip.

What not to miss

Start with the parrots. Loro Parque keeps some 4,000 parrots of 350 species and subspecies, the largest parrot collection in the world, on a site that now covers 13.5 hectares.

Featured location Loro Parque Puerto de la Cruz, Spain VDZWAZAWAZA-WP The parent group also runs Siam Park and the Poema del Mar aquarium. Animals on show include Loros, Delfines, Gorilas, Hipopótamos and Leones.

The orcas and dolphins

The group has changed over the years. Four young orcas arrived on loan from SeaWorld in February 2006, and one of them, Keto, died on 22 November 2024.

Getting there from the south

This is what decides whether the day pays off. Loro Parque is on the outskirts of Puerto de la Cruz, in the northern part of the island. Costa Adeje, home of Siam Park, is in the south, and the public bus between Puerto de la Cruz and Costa Adeje takes 100 minutes each way.

The park's own bus

The simplest option is Loro Parque's bus from the south. The round trip with admission costs €65 per adult and €49 per child, with children up to 2 free, and those prices hold until 30 April 2027.

The bus runs every day from its zone 1 stops, starting with a 7:50 pick-up at TITSA Callao. It reaches the park at about 10:30, traffic permitting, and leaves at 16:30. Pick-ups from El Médano and the other zone 2 stops run only on Tuesdays and Fridays, so check the pick-up list and times before you book around it.

By public bus or car

TITSA line 343 links Costa Adeje and Puerto de la Cruz by way of both Tenerife airports. Once you are in Puerto de la Cruz, TITSA line 381 runs from Plaza Reyes Católicos via Loro Parque.

Best time to visit

Local school holidays are worth checking. In the 2026-27 school year, Canary Islands schools break from 23 December to 8 January and from 22 to 26 March for Holy Week, so expect those weeks to be when local families have time for a day out.

Other wildlife nearby

If a full day in the north is too much, Monkey Park is the short alternative. The park estimates a taxi from Los Cristianos at €7-10, it charges €10 for adults and €5 for children aged 5-12, and it is small enough to see in an hour. It opens every day from 9:30 to 16:00. Its interaction areas bring you close to the animals, but touching is forbidden. Its animals include ring-tailed lemurs, De Brazza's monkeys, sun conures, Cuban crocodiles and newly arrived Bennett's wallabies.

For cetaceans in the wild, look off the south-west coast. The Teno-Rasca marine strip holds more than 300 resident tropical pilot whales and became Europe's first whale sanctuary. Canary Islands rules forbid swimming with cetaceans, staying with them for more than 30 minutes, chasing them or feeding them, and every boat must carry the Barco Azul badge, so look for it before you book a trip.