Loro Parque Tenerife: Tickets, Transport and Day Planning

Loro Parque is a major animal attraction in Puerto de la Cruz and one of Tenerife's most heavily marketed family days.

It is large enough to deserve most or all of a day, particularly if you want to see several animal presentations and move around the park without rushing.

For visitors staying in the south, the main planning question is not only whether to buy a ticket. It is whether to self-drive, use public transport or book the park's south-island bus service.

Where is Loro Parque?

Loro Parque is in Puerto de la Cruz on Tenerife's north coast.

This makes it very easy for travellers already staying in the north.

From Costa Adeje, Los Cristianos or Playa de las Américas, the journey is much longer and should be treated as a full-day excursion.

Do not combine Loro Parque with Teide or Anaga on the same day.

How much time do you need?

Allow a full day if Loro Parque is important to your group.

The official park timetable is structured around multiple animal presentations as well as exhibits, food stops and walking time.

Trying to arrive late, see everything and leave early for another attraction usually creates a rushed experience.

A family with young children may move even more slowly.

Tickets

The official Loro Parque website sells date-based admission and additional products.

It also offers combined products such as Twin Ticket with Siam Park.

Whether a combination ticket is good value depends on whether you genuinely plan to visit both parks.

Do not buy a bundle merely because it is discounted.

If Siam Park is already part of your week, compare the combined terms with buying separately.

See our Siam Park guide.

Should you book in advance?

If the park is a must-do, advance booking is sensible.

The official site recommends online ticket purchase and lets visitors choose the date.

For a flexible “maybe if the weather is poor” day, check current ticket conditions before committing.

Opening hours, presentation schedules and ticket terms can change, so use the official park information close to travel.

Getting there from Puerto de la Cruz

Loro Parque operates a free express train within Puerto de la Cruz.

For visitors staying in or near the centre, this removes the need to drive and park.

Check the current pickup point and timetable before relying on it, as operational details can change.

Walking or local taxi may also be simple depending on accommodation.

Getting there from south Tenerife

Loro Parque sells a bus service from the south.

That can be attractive if:

• you do not have a rental car;
• you want one combined transport/ticket plan;
• nobody wants to drive;
• you are staying near a pickup point.

The trade-off is fixed timing.

A rental car gives you more control but adds a long return drive and parking.

Compare the transport product with your actual hotel location rather than assuming every “south Tenerife” pickup is equally convenient.

Driving

Driving works well if Loro Parque is part of a north-coast exploration section of the trip.

It makes less sense to drive from Costa Adeje, spend the entire day inside the park and then add several evening stops on the return.

If you self-drive, let the park be the main event.

For the wider car decision, see do you need a car in Tenerife?.

Loro Parque with children

Families are a core audience for the park.

Useful planning points:

• arrive early enough to avoid rushing;
• identify the presentations the children care about most;
• schedule food and rest;
• use comfortable walking shoes;
• do not try to see every corner if the children are tired.

The park also publishes current family facilities and visitor rules.

For the complete family week, use Tenerife with kids.

Animal presentations

Loro Parque runs scheduled presentations involving several species.

Times can change, so do not copy a schedule from an old article into the holiday calendar.

Check the official day's programme on or shortly before the visit.

A practical strategy is to choose two or three priority presentations and fit exhibits around them.

Otherwise you can spend the day walking rapidly from one timetable slot to another.

Animal-welfare considerations

Some travellers are comfortable visiting zoological parks; others choose not to.

Loro Parque presents itself as an animal conservation and education organization and supports Loro Parque Fundación.

Critics of zoological parks and captive cetacean presentations take a different view of keeping large marine mammals in managed facilities.

This is a personal travel decision. If the issue matters to you, review the park's current welfare/conservation information and independent animal-welfare perspectives before buying.

Food

The park has restaurants, kiosks and cafés.

For a full-day family visit, eating inside may be the simplest choice.

If food quality is a major priority, have a good dinner in Puerto de la Cruz instead of expecting the attraction meal to be the culinary highlight of the day.

Our Tenerife food guide gives better ideas for local eating.

Loro Parque vs Siam Park

These are different days.

Choose Loro Parque for:

• animals;
• exhibits;
• presentations;
• a north-coast attraction.

Choose Siam Park for:

• water rides;
• pools;
• a high-energy southern resort day.

Families with a full week may enjoy both, but doing two attraction-heavy days means sacrificing an island nature or beach day.

Combine with Puerto de la Cruz?

Yes, but keep the combination modest.

If you finish with enough energy, add:

• dinner;
• a short seafront walk;
• a look at the town centre.

Do not try to fit a full Puerto de la Cruz sightseeing itinerary around the park.

If the town itself interests you, give it separate time.

Loro Parque in a one-week itinerary

Use it as one of the fixed bookable days, especially for a family trip.

A balanced family week might include:

• Teide;
• whale watching;
• Siam Park or Loro Parque;
• beaches;
• one north/nature day.

If you visit both major parks, keep the rest of the itinerary lighter.

For other paid experiences, compare best tours in Tenerife and best day trips in Tenerife.