Zoo de Fuengirola

45 minutes from Manilva we find the Fuengirola Zoo.

In December 1998, Rain Forest won the concession of the old park, performing a radical transformation and creating the first zoo fully designed under the pioneering concept of "zoo-immersion.

Taking advantage of the enviable climate of the Costa del Sol and taking into account the small size of available land, we chose a unique ecosystem: tropical forests. Subtropical vegetation growing in the Malaga coast served to recreate the tropical rain forests of Madagascar, Equatorial Africa and Southeast Asia. A team of architects, builders, sculptors, painters and gardeners were put to work to bring to reality the visionary designs.

It took  two years to  transform completely the face of the zoo. Billboards and buildings are gone, now there are rivers and waterfalls, caves, valleys and rocks. The small size of the field was a challenge. Stables were built underground, deep canyons and sky gardens in order to avoid the view of adjacent buildings. So the zoo grew vertically and managed to create the impression of being in a larger environment.
Subject areas: Tropical forests, equatorial Africa and Southeast Asia.

Address: C / Camilo Jose Cela 6-8 29640 Fuengirola (Málaga)
Phone: 952 666 301
Fax: 952 586 892
Web: www.zoofuengirola.com