Castellar Zoo, a different zoo in the province of Cádiz

How about a visit to Castellar Zoo, a zoo that differs from others you have seen?  This is a great day trip for all animal friends and families with children.

Castellar Zoo is in reality an animal rescue centre for exotic animals and is one of the great unknowns of Andalusia.  Partly because it does not advertise as much as other larger zoo´s, however everyone who has visited it will recommend that it is worth their time.  It is just a small zoo which opened to the public in 2002.

Castellar Zoo began as a private initiative where it took care of exotic animals that had been confiscated by the authorities or animals that have been kept as illegal pets.  The animals were cared for and given the best conditions of life possible, considering that they had already been removed from their natural habitat.   A few years after the rescue centre opened up, the owners decided to open it to the public so that people could enjoy and learn from these animals.

The big difference between Castellar Zoo and others is that, being a small zoo and born as a rescue centre, it is a very familiar zoo.  People can touch and play with the animals and even feed them – always with the guidelines from the animal keepers. This makes the experience for both children and adults, so much richer.  In the Zoo de Castellar you can amongst others see Adon (a white tiger), Sasha (a Bengal tiger), Bambina (Baby antelope) and Daniel (a white parrot).

The opening hours of the Zoo de Castellar is from 10.00 am to dusk (closing time is later in summer than in winter), and is open every day of the week.

The ticket price is 9 euros for children and 15 euros for adults (11 for pensioners).

Coming from Malaga airport, then take the A-7 and head for Estepona.  At Sotogrande take the exit 130 Guadeira/Castellar, and follow Crta. De Arenillas/A-2100.  After about 11km from this exit you will find Zoo de Castellar.

The address is Cerro del Moro s/n –  11350 Castellar de la Frontera The trip from Malaga Airport will take approximately 1hour and 40 minutes if you take the toll motorway.

Read more here about the Zoo el Castellar  and we wish you a great day out.