Terra Natura Murcia wildlife and water park

Terra Natura Murcia, water and wildlife park

Terra Natura Murcia is one of the most important animal and nature parks in Spain. It is one of a new generation of wildlife parks, in which visitors can discover the concept of what is known as "Zooinmersión."

The aim of this is recreate a habitat which gives an experience of being at one with the wildlife viewed in the park, so to this end more than 500 examples of 50 species of plant have been planted in the animal habitats, spread across an area occupying more than 165,000 square metres.

As the park has now been open for many years the planting has matured to create a comfortable and interesting environment which enhances the interaction between visitors and animals.The planting not only softens the landscape, but also enables visitors to be closer to the animals and have direct human contact rather than the traditional forms of wildlife park where the animals are at a distance between visible physical barriers.

The park contains over 500 animals from 50 different species, including some of them in grave danger of extinction alonside giraffes, lions, hippopotamus, lemurs, brown bears, Iberian Lynx, Oryx, White African Rhinoceros and Iberian Wolves.

Throughout the year, Terra Natura Murcia offers different educational talks along the visit of their facilities: giraffes, brown bears and otters.

Falconry zone

One of the zones which is most popular with both adults and children is the falconry zone. The flight of the bird of prey displays enable visitors to discover the beauty and skill of a great variety of birds such as the majestic peregrine falcon, which reaches speeds of over 300 km an hour, the eagle owl, various species of hawk, the griffon vulture and the buzzard eagle. One of the main aims of the park is to encourage contact and engage in interaction between animals and humans, and falconry is a popular means of achieving this goal.

Aqua Natura water park

During the summer the park opens its Aqua Natura water park, the only water park in the Region of Murcia.

This is a refreshing and enjoyable way to cool down in the heat of summer, with swimming pools for adults and children, slides and shoots, kamikazes, lazy river, entertainment and games for youngsters, all within just a short distance of the centre of the city of Murcia, with its range of hotels, restaurants and cultural activities for the warm summer evenings and winter breaks.

Opening hours

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How to get there

Terra Natura Murcia is located in the outskirts of thje city of Murcia in the district of Espinardo, accessed via the A-7 autovia.

Address: Calle Regidor Cayetano Gago, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia

From the A-7 Murcia to Alicante, exit 136, Universidad de Murcia
From the A-7 Alicante to Murcia, exit 762b, Murcia centro
From the A-30 Albacete to Murcia, direccion Murcia centro

See map below

By bus

From the centre of Murcia bus number 31 leaves from Plaza Cruz Roja via Gran Via and passes by the park from Monday to Saturday every half hour and on Sunday every hour.

Line 39A leaves from the railway station from Monday to Friday every 15 minutes

Line 39C leaves from Infante Juan Manuel (Pio Baroja) from Monday to Friday every 30 minutes.

For more information, go to the park's website, murcia.terranatura.com, or for more information regarding news, what's on and visiting, go to the city of Murcia section of Murcia Today.