Rob's Description:

Cabarceno Nature Park is an amazing attraction that lies just 16 kilometres from Santander. More than a safari park, Cabarceno covers 750 hectares (1 Hectare = 10000 Square Metres!) and as such is the largest zoological park in the world. Normally when I go to a zoo, much as I enjoy watching the animals, I do feel some guilt that the animals are locked up. At Cabarceno the animals have huge enclosures and enjoy a state of at least semi-freedom. It probably explains why the zoo is so good at breeding animals.

The first stop is the reptile centre where there are some huge snakes, the biggest I have ever seen.  Same goes for a monitor lizard there that must have been over 2 metres long. After that you drive around the park stopping at small car parks to view each animal species. There are tigers, giraffes, zebras, hippos, rhinos, monkeys, an amazing enclosure for brown bears as too for the African elephants and much much more.

To end the day there is a sea-lion show back at the entrance/exit. We went twice during our stay in Santander and loved it. First time we forgot the camera unfortunately. We went for an excellent menu del dia on our first trip, which was actually pretty good and not overpriced, and second time enjoyed a picnic near the giraffes and ostriches.

The name of the park in Spanish is “Parque de la naturaleza de Cabarceno“

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