BUTTERFLY ARC
The Butterfly Arc, or La Casa delle Farfalle, is a butterfly house in the small beautiful town of Montegrotto Terme, located just a few kilometres south of Padua. The Butterfly House was founded in Italy in 1988, as an effort to create a natural space where visitors can admire beautiful butterflies from all over the world. The Butterfly House consists of a lushly vegetated hall with a pond and a bridge where, in addition to tropical butterflies, parrots also fly. In the butterfly house you can admire three kinds of exotic gardens where more than 400 species of butterflies fly. All stages of the butterfly from egg, caterpillar, chrysalis to the butterfly itself are also on display. Visitors can learn the differences between the night and day life of these animals. The plants found in the butterfly house are chosen to create a natural space, affect the environment in terms of light, shade, humidity and produce substances and nutrients, minerals important for the life of butterflies.
PARCO NATURA VIVA
Parco Natura Viva, formerly Garda Zoo, is located between the towns of Bussolengo and Pastrengo near Verona. This park is divided into two parts - the classic zoo and the safari. The park is home to animals from five different continents. The zoo is a modern facility with lots of interesting animals. There are also very rare and little-known animals. In cooperation with leading European associations, Parco natura Viva is working to preserve species threatened with extinction. Among the most important representatives of endangered species are the spectacled bear, the Usurian tiger, the snow leopard and lemurs.the bear pavilion, the red panda enclosure, and the monkey enclosures are certainly worth a visit. Very impressive is the terrarium pavilion with a tropical hall, where turtles, wild birds and iguanas are kept.
The safari is separate from the zoo. It is quite a large area where you can see herds of herbivores, giraffes, zebras, lions, cheetahs, hippos, rhinos, chimpanzees and several enclosures of waterfowl.
AREA FAUNISTICA ORSO BRUNO
The Brown Bear Natural Area is located in the alpine town of Spormaggiore and was inaugurated in the summer of 1994. It is located in the Adamello Brenta National Park and the enclosure is accompanied by video projections and educational boards. The creation of this area was proposed in 1991 and was intended to save the brown bear from extinction. The natural area is an ideal place to walk in the natural environment and observe some of the brown bears in their typical habitat. The park covers an area of 7000 m2 and is also equipped with four artificial dens, which are used by the bears for their daily life, but especially for wintering. The bears have access to various pools, a small stream and waterfalls.
PARCO DELLA PREISTORIA
The Prehistoric Park is located near Milan in the town of Rivolta d'Adda and covers an area of more than 100 hectares. Concrete sculptures of prehistoric animals and people are the main feature, but there are also a few live animals. At the beginning of the path through the park there is a pond with turtles, peacocks, and cherubs, then a path through the forest, around which prehistoric animals can be seen in chronological order according to the period in which they lived. About a third of the way through the park you can see sheep, horses, ponies or goats. Then the statues of prehistoric animals follow again. You can see 27 replicas of prehistoric animals and 3 replicas of prehistoric people.
PARCO FAUNISTICO LE CORNELLE
Le Cornelle Zoo is located in the tiny town of Valbrembo, near Bergamo. This zoo has been operating for 26 years. Visitors can enjoy exhibitions of several species of ungulates, gibbons, felines andelephants, cheetahs, white tigers, sea lions, elephants, hippos, white kangaroos, penguins and many more. The attraction of this zoo is the breathtaking walk-through giant aviary. The stream is lined with artificial rock walls with a waterfall and lots of trees, shrubs and other plants. Various birds fly around and pelicans, alligators, kookaburras and flamingos are scattered around the visitor footbridge.
