Here comes the summer and with it the soaring temperatures! If you are looking for somewhere to combat the heat with the family, how about one of the water parks in Benidorm.
Aqua Natura is one of two water parks in Benidorm and is ideal for all the family with fresh water, great views and shallow areas for the children to play freely under the watchful eye of Mum and Dad.
Children will be kept occupied in the Children’s play area and with the water slides, water chutes, puppet shows, Aqua Gym and Sea Lion show, the rest of the family can relax and enjoy a Mojito or an iced Coffee.
Aqua Natura is the sister park to Terra Natura, the wild life park and is set in 40,000 square meters which have been designed to provide a good visual field so that parents can keep an eye on the kids while relaxing.
There are five areas, the wave pool, water chutes, children’s pool and the Lighthouse area with spa and sun terrace.
Aqua Natura opens daily from the end of May to middle of September with reasonable prices.
Tickets are sold individually or combined. The combined ticket allows entrance to both parks on separate days. Get up close and personal with the animals in Terra Natura one day then chill out at Aqua Natura another day.
Tickets are on sale from April from this web site with a discount.
Benidorm Excursions
Benidorm May 2013
Visit Terra Natura , one of Benidorm five theme parks, and see how family diversity occurs in the animal kingdom as well as among humans.
Proof of this can be seen by watching the behaviour and parenting roles of the different species of birds living in the park.
In the aviary there are two Maguari Stork (Ciconia Maguari) that have formed a non conventional family unit. Despite the fact that both birds are female, only one of them regularly lays unfertilised eggs. The other female has taken on the role of the male stork by watching over the nest. This behaviour is only observed in this species and is not common among the european stork.
In the case of the Blue and Gold Macaw (ara ararauna) the males proudly show off their parenting skills feeding their female mates while they are incubating the eggs in the nest. The males forage for food and feed the females "beak to beak" so she can dedicate all her time exclusively to hatching the eggs.
In contrast the Mallard, is a very independant duck, taking care of her ducklings alone even though she may have 27 eggs in her nest at one time. The differing roles can be fully appreciated at this time of year, spring time is when the birds nest and we can observe any unusual conduct and behaviour.
Staff at Terra Natura Benidorm calculate that there are approximately 100 eggs in nests around the park at this time. There are 310 birds from 64 different species in the park, the majority of which are housed in the aviary, some of them from species in danger of extinction.
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