Madeira has no traditional zoo. The closest experience is Ilha das Aves, a bird park near Campanário with more than 50 species of exotic birds, flamingos, and koi ponds you can feed, set among gardens with a breeding area, playground, and Atlantic-view bar and restaurant.
Visit Ilha das Aves Exotic Bird Park, a mini bird park home of tropical birds, lush gardens, ponds, and viewpoints over the Atlantic. Wander through leafy paths, see parrots, flamingos, toucans, and other species in thoughtfully designed spaces, and enjoy a relaxed break at the park’s café. The park sits at Campanário on Madeira’s south coast, laid out as a single walking route rather than a series of separate enclosures to plan between, so there is no map-reading involved once you are inside — you simply follow the path.
The visit follows a natural route through the park. It opens among a rich variety of plants and flowers, creating an immersive introduction before you reach any animals at all. From there, the path leads through a breeding area, where incubators and, depending on the season, newly hatched birds can be observed — a detail that makes each visit slightly different depending on when in the year you go. Continuing on, the landscape opens onto elegant flamingos and tranquil ponds filled with koi carp, which you can feed using food available on-site; this is one of the more hands-on moments of the visit, rather than simply observing from behind a rail. Further along, the park’s main collection unfolds: more than 50 species of exotic birds, including toucans, cranes, parrots, cockatoos and macaws, set among leafy, thoughtfully designed enclosures that aim for something closer to the birds’ natural habitat than a row of cages. At the highest point of the park, a bar and restaurant area offers a place to pause for a drink or a freshly prepared meal while taking in views over the Atlantic. Families can also use the on-site playground partway through, giving children a break from walking, and the route finishes at a souvenir shop, a natural point to pick up a memento before heading back to the car park.
Ilha das Aves is open every day of the year, with hours that shift slightly between seasons. In summer, the park runs from 10:00 to 19:00. In winter, it opens a little later and closes a little earlier, from 09:00 to 18:00. Either way, a full visit takes around three hours at a relaxed pace — long enough to walk the whole route, feed the koi and birds without rushing, and stop at the café partway through. That three-hour window is worth building into your day’s schedule if you are combining the park with anything else on the south coast, since it is easy to underestimate how much time the feeding and photo stops add on top of simply walking the path.
Entry tickets are priced by age and group. A child ticket (ages 3 to 12) costs €5, an adult ticket costs €7.50, and a family ticket covering two adults and two children costs €20 — cheaper than buying four separate tickets, so it is the better option for most families of that size. Regular visitors, or anyone staying long enough to want to come back, can instead buy a loyalty ticket at €99, which gives one year of unlimited entries for two adults and one child. Whichever ticket you choose, it covers park entry and the bird-feeding activity; meals and drinks at the park’s bar and restaurant are priced separately and are not included in the entry fee. Book your entry ticket through Eversoul ahead of your visit.
| Ticket | Price |
|---|---|
| Child (3–12) | €5 |
| Adult | €7.50 |
| Family (2 adults + 2 children) | €20 |
| Loyalty ticket, 1 year unlimited (2 adults + 1 child) | €99 |
The park is located at Estrada da Lapa, 9350-079 Campanário, on Madeira’s south coast, and this address is also the meeting point for the Eversoul experience. Plan your own route to Campanário before you set off — specific transport options, parking details and drive times from Funchal are not listed on this page, so check the road route yourself if you are driving, and treat this as a destination you build your own journey around rather than one with a fixed transfer included.
Several details make this an easy outing with children. The playground partway through the route gives younger visitors a break from walking, the bird-feeding activity at the koi ponds is included in every ticket and gives children something active to do rather than just look, and the whole route is a single, flat, well-defined path rather than a maze of enclosures to navigate. On pricing, the family ticket (two adults and two children for €20) is the straightforward choice for a single visit, while the loyalty ticket makes more sense for families staying long enough, or visiting Madeira often enough, to return more than once or twice within the year. Because the route finishes at the bar, restaurant and souvenir shop rather than a car park, it is easy to build in a snack, a drink or a small purchase without having to plan a separate stop.
With a calm atmosphere, easy walking paths, and plenty of photo moments, these zoo experiences offer a gentle and family-friendly way to connect with nature during your stay in Madeira. If you were expecting a full zoo with a wide range of land animals, it is worth resetting expectations before you book: Ilha das Aves is a bird-focused park, and its strengths are the close-up feeding, the variety of exotic species, and the relaxed, single-route layout, rather than scale.
Hours and prices as listed by the park via its Eversoul entry ticket page; last checked 2026-09-02.
Madeira does not have a large traditional zoo. The closest experience is Ilha das Aves Exotic Bird Park, a botanical park in Madeira dedicated to exotic birds, which you can visit with an entry ticket booked through Eversoul.
The park is home to exotic birds, flamingos and koi ponds set in a botanical garden environment. You can also feed the birds during your visit, with bird food provided or available to buy on site.
Plan for around 3 hours to explore the park, see the birds and enjoy the gardens at a relaxed pace.
The ticket includes park entry and the bird-feeding activity. Meals and drinks are not included. The current ticket price is shown on the ticket page.
