Oasis Wildlife Fuerteventura

Zoo and botanical park at La Lajita, with a dromedary farm, African elephants and more than 3,000 cactus species.

Oasis Wildlife Fuerteventura, also known as Oasis Park, is a zoo and conservation centre for animals and plants at La Lajita in the municipality of Pájara. It opened in 1985 as a small plant nursery and camel farm, and its dromedary herd is now the largest camel farm in Europe. The grounds cover more than 780,000 m², including 160,000 m² of botanical gardens. The park is a member of EAZA and breeds species such as the African elephant, the scimitar oryx and Cuvier's gazelle.

Park Botanical Garden

Entrance: Paid entry; the three daily shows are included in the ticket. Camel and giraffe feeding cost extra. Cards and contactless payment accepted.
Accessibility: Wheelchair-accessible entrance and parking. The grounds are large and some paths climb, including the one up to the bird show.
Parking: Free visitor car parks on compacted ground, about 80–110 m away, with wheelchair-accessible spaces; free street parking as well.
Difficulty: No approach to speak of: you park and walk in. Inside, expect hours on foot in the heat, with some uphill stretches.
Transport: Bus stop Zoo, about 80 m away; hotel coach transfers can be booked online together with tickets.
Advance booking: Not required; tickets are sold at the entrance. Online booking is available, including coach transfers from hotels.
Hours: Daily, 9:00–18:00.
Address: Museo del Campo Majorero, Carr. Gral. Jandía, s/n, 35627 La Lajita, Las Palmas, Spain

What makes it special

You can bottle-feed a dromedary calf here, and the camels are where it all started: in 1985 this was a camel farm and plant nursery. The herd still has its own reserve. Around it now live giraffes, cheetahs, otters, a breeding group of three African elephants, lemurs in a Madagascar tunnel, flamingos on a lake and a house full of reptiles. Three shows run across the day, with sea lions, reptiles and birds of prey.

Give the gardens as much time as the enclosures. More than 3,000 species of cactus, over 3,500 palms, a dragon-tree garden, native Canary flora and an orchid greenhouse fill 160,000 m², laid out by continent. Trees and shrubs line the paths, and many of the plants carry name labels.

Good to know

The grounds are spread out and some paths climb, the one up to the bird show especially. Wear comfortable shoes.
The heat builds hard by midday. Bring a hat and carry water as you walk round.
Toilets, cafés and a restaurant sit along the walking routes; food and drink inside are on the expensive side.
Visits run from about two and a half hours to six. With all three shows, pick the animals you most want to see first.
The car park looks busier than the park feels: the paths absorb the crowd.

Getting there

Oasis Wildlife Fuerteventura sits beside the main road south towards Jandía at La Lajita. From Caleta de Fuste the drive takes about 40 minutes, most of it on a single-carriageway road where traffic keeps the average speed down. Parking is free and plentiful, on compacted ground, and loosely organised: find a gap and follow the flow. The visitor car parks lie about 80–110 m away in a straight line.

Without a car, a bus stop called Zoo is about 80 m away. Coach transfers from hotels can be booked online together with entry tickets; the return coach leaves on schedule and does not wait for latecomers.

Best time to visit

Best: right at opening time, while it is still cool.

Avoid: the middle of the day, above all in summer.

The animals are more active in the morning, and a full circuit means hours on foot that are far easier before the midday heat sets in.

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