Fuengirola Zoo Marbella

About Fuengirola Zoo

Fuengirola Zoo has been around for a while. Originally built in the 1970´s the zoo was not a pleasant place for the animals. In 1998 Rain Forest took over the zoo and set out to completely redesign and expand the zoo aiming to create the latest “full-immersion zoo” concept recreating the tropical forests of Madagascar, Equatorial Africa and Southeast Asia. The new Fuengirola Zoo was opened in 2001 and has set new standards for other zoos in Europe to follow.

The zoo is now flourishing, with over 140 species represented, and a total of over 1300 individual animals, seemingly happy in their newly created environments. The variety of animals is huge including birds, mammals such as the gorilla, hippopotamus, leopard and tiger, reptiles such as the crocodile and python and fish species.

The zoo aims not only to fascinate but also to teach and provides educational tours for adults and children. There is of course a restaurant on site and a huge playground next door to keep the young ones entertained. Also in the months of July and August the zoo stays open till midnight allowing people to explore the zoo and its resident at night time, the perfect way to end an evening.

Open all year round from 10am.

Fuengirola Zoo Photos (click an image to enlarge)