The best Zoo I ever met in my life!!! You can touch the animals even the tigers and lions!!! It's amazing!!! It's very close to Buenos Aires. Take your own car and come early.
Despite all the discussions about this place, I will never forget the experience of holding a baby lion or fed a tiger. It was an amazing afternoon that I'll keep forever with memories and great pictures.Just don't take your kids (less than 16 y/o) there as they are not allowed to enter the cages, they might be really frustrated.
Although it's an amazing experience to pet a lion, tiger and bear, I think it's the most awful "zoo" (if I can call it like that) ever existed. Since I got there and saw the poor animals, I realized something was happening in there. It seems like this animals are drugged or sedated, because of what I've heard, they don't let people to come closer to them, not even the most "tamed" lion would (or tigers or bears). The thing that they're raised with dogs to learn "boundaries" won't actually work. It's just a matter of time until someone gets hurt, and who will be the one to blame? The animal, as always. I say no one should ever visit this zoo anymore. This cruelty has to stop.
This was by far the most interactive zoo experience we ever had. I was a little apprehensive getting in the cages with the lions at first but it was really beyond surreal. The baby lion cubs were a lot of fun to interact with. The tigers were a little scary especially since the one I got to pet was chewing on a 50 gallon drum as his toy. All the workers at the zoo were very professional and all of the animals appeared to be well treated. We even go to interact with a camel and an Elephant too. Would definitely visit again.
I can not understand how anybody can refer to this as an "amazing experience". I do not understand how this can be legal... No wild animal would tolerate the presence of various humans in such a stressful environment, they must be doped with the most disgusting substances. shame on those who support this disgusting treatment of beautiful, wild and endangered creatures!!!!
I visited lujan zoo and was absolutely disgusted in the conditions I found the animals in. Each big cat was found with 4 other big cats unconscious around it, on a concrete floor with mattered fur. There was one lion unconscious lion passed out on a picnic table. When someone arrived for a photo, water was thrown on the clearly drugged lions face and meat was dangled in front of the clearly incapacitated lion to arouse it's drugged, foggy and afraid eyes. I continued to pat a 3 month old, unconscious, tiger cub, while his mother was in a cage 10 meters away, roaring for the life of her cub being man handled by disgusting zoo keepers. If you do not enjoy animal torture, you will not enjoy a visit to lujan zoo.
This was top of my list of places to go and experience whilst in Buenos Aires. I signed up to go with a tour operator, it wasn't cheap but I was desperate to go!!And I can honestly say, it was worth every penny, the experience of saying you have been in a cage with lions and tigers, touched and fed them (I got very lucky to feed both) was absolutely thrilling!!! Totally amazing!!!You simply must visit this zoo and experience the most dangerous zoo in the world..its the best thing I have ever done!! I still can't believe I was in a cage with these animals!!! :)
I can not believe people go and then say 'it's a unique experience'... I am really shocked!!Don't you understand animals are drugged to allow unconscious people to touch wild animal, put a cap on their heads or bottle feeding !? I saw kids in the same cage with lions?! People, are you mad??Also they are locked in small cages malnourished and sad , absurd on 2014 are still places like this. Shame on those who goes and especially take their children to see this aberrant 'show', non educational at all. Then a prevedible accident happens and the animal is killed.Shame on you!
This "zoo" drugs their animals in order to attract guests. They constantly drug and chain their animals. These animals get emotional problems, such as depression or anxiety. The tight chains are very painful for them and being constantly drugged is bad for their health! Use your brains, this place ought to be shut down. This is the worst place to see animals, they have no dignity and are subject to cruelty. SAVE YOUR MONEY AND DON'T GO!!!!
Why hasn't this zoo been shut down ? No protesting ? No petitions? This zoo is a disgrace to animals. . This is a prime example of why humans have ruined this entire planet . Those animals need out of there and they need out now ! Someone step up and do something about this !!!