Kids will yell “yeehah” at the chance of a day out at Rancho Texas. This Wild West-themed fun park is 60,000 square metres of desert and gardens bristling with adventure. There are waterslides, pony rides and kayaks, plus a whole line-up of shows sure to keep your cowboys and cowgirls smiling.

See the gorgeous white tigers and majestic lynxes. Peer at armour-plated armadillos, plodding tortoises and sleepy iguanas. There's also a petting farm, a medicine man's cave and an Indian Village where the kids can play in wigwams, paddle kayaks and even pan for gold at a working wooden waterwheel.

But the biggest draws are the shows. They include breathtaking birds-of-prey displays where eagles and hawks fly inches above your head, funny parrot tricks and a sea lion show. And at the Pool & Splash Zone, you can laze by the pool, compete in water games or race down slides set within rocks and lava typical of Lanzarote.