OVERVIEW
Hot Park is mostly a family theme park sort of like Busch Gardens in Florida but they do have one fun attraction that appeals to bird lovers – Bird Land. Bird Land is a large walk-in aviary that you pay extra to enter. There are lots of different Brazilian parrots flying freely and they will land on you. You aren’t allowed to take your own camera inside, you have to pay for their photographer to take a photo of you with the birds. I couldn’t resist a shot with a friendly Golden Conure.
HOW DO YOU GET THERE?
Goiania is a few hours drive from Brasilia or you can fly in on Gol or Tam. Once in Goiania, you need to rent a car to get to the Hot Park.
HOW MUCH IS IT?
- Online – – – R$ 110,00
- Ticket Office – – – – – – R$ 140,00
HOW LONG SHOULD YOU SPEND THERE AND WHAT SHOULD YOU SEE?
Allow around 1 hour for the aviary so you can get a good look at some very nice parrots up close. You will probably also want to relax in the hot pools and walk around the rest of the park having come this far.
VALUE TO CONSERVATION
No affiliations that I can see. It’s a nice place to take kids as there is lots for them to do and getting close to the parrots can foster an interest in seeing them in the wild.
WHERE TO STAY NEARBY ON POINTS
No points hotels. Hot Park has a resort attached to it. We ended up staying at a hotel of dubious reputation as it was almost midnight and I was so tired from driving and we didn’t have anywhere booked. We just stopped at the first place we saw that had a safe car park. Looking back, the “safety” is probably intended more to conceal the cars from passers-by than to protect the cars from thieves!
We stopped here for breakfast, it’s near the Hot Park.
PHOTOS
The entrance to the park. While waiting in line, we saw some Peach-fronted Parakeets flying overhead and in the trees near the ticket office.
There are maps and information boards all over the park – you won’t get lost!
I’m not sure what this bus is for.
Hot pools
Bird Land Walk-in Aviary
It was a very pleasant day and I really enjoyed seeing the birds up close as I usually see them darting rapidly overhead!