Mazotos Camel Park, Cyprus's camel farm turned family day out

A camel ride isn’t the first thing anyone links with Cyprus, which is exactly why it goes down so well with children. The Camel Park sits in Mazotos, on the south coast of Larnaca district, and its big selling point for me is location. It’s about 15 minutes’ drive from Larnaca Airport, so it slots into the day you land or the day you fly home.

Is the Camel Park worth it?

With children aged roughly 3 to 10, yes. A family of four gets in for €26, when a single adult paid €52 at WaterWorld in 2026, it fills half a day and needs no more planning than packing swimwear in summer. Without children, I see it as a pleasant stop on the way to the airport, little more. If you like animals, set it against the two zoos I cover in Cyprus with kids and Larnaca district.

What you actually do there

The main event is a camel ride through the surrounding countryside, €7 for adults and €5 for children on top of the entry fee. There are pony and donkey rides for €5, a €3 safari train and, since 2020, a lemur encounter of around five minutes in which a keeper hands you their food to offer them. You can only feed the animals with food bought at the entrance, never your own, for health reasons.

For children there are bumper cars, a mini train, swings and a hall of mirrors, some free and some paid, plus an indoor area with coin-operated rides. From April to October the pool comes with the ticket, set among greenery with a smaller one for toddlers, and sunbeds are first come, first served.

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Opening hours, prices and house rules

From April to October it opens 9:00 to 19:00, and from November to March 9:00 to 17:00, every day including bank holidays. Its FAQ also mentions opening until sunset, so on a winter afternoon I’d arrive early. Entry is €8 for adults and €5 for children, sold only at the gate with no advance booking. Outside food and drink aren’t allowed, and nor are dogs.

The restaurant serves light dishes, salads and grills by day, and in the evening a menu of Cypriot specialities, except on Sundays and Tuesdays. Exact times for each menu are in the table above.

Schools get two packages. The budget one is €4 and covers the animals, unlimited playground time and the picnic area with food from home, the one exception to the rule. The standard one, at €12, adds a restaurant lunch with a drink, burger or nuggets with chips, or plain pasta for vegetarians.

The Camel Park at Mazotos, from farm to family park

The park says it started in 1998 as a camel farm, and the family who run it gradually took in other animals. Today it claims more than 100 of them, with ostriches, goats, deer, ponies, wallabies, llamas, alpacas, lemurs, tortoises, fish, plenty of birds and its 60 camels, every one with a name. It also bills itself as the only camel park in Cyprus and the largest in Europe, two claims of its own I couldn’t check against any official source.

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Getting to Mazotos

The address is the Kiti to Mazotos road, and OpenStreetMap places the park under 2 km from Mazotos village. The park’s own drive times are 15 minutes from Larnaca, 35 from Limassol, 40 from Nicosia, 50 from Ayia Napa and 65 from Paphos. Without a car, it points to route 407 from Larnaca’s main bus station. Nearby, Kiti is worth a stop for Panagia Angeloktisti church and its lighthouse, which heads this page since Commons has no freely licensed photo of the park.

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