In June or July I am going to visit Lima with my girlfriend before visiting Ecuador. Our idea is to spend about 3 days in the Peruvian capital and I would like to visit all those parks (zoos, aquariums or similar that I can), in addition to doing normal tourism in the city. Any advice on this?
From ZTL Huachipa seems to have some particularly nice species - hairy armadillo, cabassou [naked-tailed armadillo], hog-nosed skunk, red uakari, pacarana, giant otter, marine otter [not as in sea otter], silky anteater...
As far as I know, the museum doesn't have live animals According to ZTL, mammals at the Parque de Las Leyandas and Parque Zoologico Huachipo include: Neotropical otter (26 ZTL collections) Venezuelan red howler (23 ZTL collections) Spix's saddle-back tamarin (15 ZTL collections) White-fronted spider monkey (12 ZTL collections) Brown-throated sloth (11 ZTL collections) Culpeo fox (10 ZTL collections) Spix's moustached tamarin (6 ZTL collections) Pacarana, Guayaquil squirrel (5 ZTL collections) Black-headed night monkey, monk saki,, North Andean huemal (4 ZTL collections) Andean hairy armadillo, Sechuaran fox (3 ZTL collections) Weddell's saddle-back tamarin (2 ZTL collections) According to ZTL, mammals at the Parque de Las Leyandas include Oncilla (17 ZTL collections) Black agouti (9 ZTL collections) Black-faced spider monkey (7 ZTL collections) Brazilian white-eared opossum, pampas cat (5 ZTL collections) Nancy Ma's night monkey (4 ZTL collections) Large-headed capuchin, red-crowned titi (3 ZTL collections) Brown-eared woolly opossum, northern mountain viscacha, South American red brocket (2 ZTL collections) According to ZTL, mammals at the Parque Zoologico Huachipo include: Black-horned capuchin, little grison (10 ZTL collections) Red-mantled saddle-back tamarin (8 ZTL collections) Red uakari (4 ZTL collections) Molina's hog-nosed skunk, northern olingo, Peruvian white-tailed deer, southern naked-tailed armadillo (3 ZTL collections) Marine otter (2 ZTL collections) Brazilian margay, northern colocolo, northern vicuna, silky anteater (1 ZTL collection)
Lima has also the Nautilus aquarium, but I have never visited the place. There are some smaller local zoos, like La Granja Villa, and if you are lucky they just received some interesting (confiscated) species. I have seen there woolly and titi monkeys, and several bird species.
The aquarium is a little far away and I don't have much time, so I'm going to focus on the Huachipa Zoo and stuff. I think I'll be able to see some rare species if I'm a little lucky. Anyway, I really appreciate the advice. Do you know what's the best way to get around Lima?
Best way to travel is to take a taxi. Is rather cheap, and the area around Huachipa is not know for its safety!
The visit to Peru and Ecuador is still a few months away, but I am starting to plan the trip in detail, after returning a few days ago from Singapore, and with a couple of trips to Budapest and Germany in between. Therefore, I would like to ask how much time you consider necessary to visit each of the city's zoos, Huachipa and the Parque de las Leyendas. I'm going to have three whole days in Lima. Of them, I have thought about dedicating half a day to Huachipa (in the afternoon I have a birthday party in Lima) and another practically entire day to Parque de las Leyendas. Since I also want to get to know Lima and do some sightseeing around the city, I would like to spend as little time as possible in the zoos, but since there are so many rare species there, I want to see them well. Do you think the time I said is correct? Do you think these parks can be visited in fewer hours? I await your opinions and advice, as always.
