Discover the Worlds Largest Indoor Rainforest
Why are bananas bent? Only the Rainforest knows! The Tropical Islands Rainforest has around 50,000 trees, bushes and groundcover plants. Jungle creepers twist their way up 18-meter-high trees. Exotic plants peek out from between the leaves. There's so much to discover!
Carnivorous plants and coffee bushes
A kilometre-long path takes you through the sights of the forest – carnivorous plants, banana trees, coffee bushes and more. Some of the best views are from the bridge over the mangrove swamp.
The Rainforest – a natural biotope
The Tropical Islands Rainforest is a natural biotope. We maintain its equilibrium without the use of chemicals. To keep pests such as the banana moth under control, we use beneficial organisms. These useful insects also help keep the soil from becoming overly compacted.
One of the useful insects you might come across is pycnoscelus surinamensis – also known as the Surinam cockroach. The Surinam cockroach has nothing in common with our domestic cockroaches (you won't find any of them at Tropical Islands!). Its natural habitat is warm, moist soil. It is very unhappy in other environments, so if it wanders away from its home by mistake, it will try to return to it as quickly as possible.
The cockroaches and beetles found in the Tropical Rainforest are in no way harmful or dangerous. In fact, they're essential for sustaining the natural ecological environment. For example, they help turn the leaves falling onto the ground into top soil. We control their numbers in a natural way, too: the eye-catching gold pheasant, blue-breasted quail, peacocks and geckoes you're sure to meet on your tour of the Rainforest ensure a natural balance is maintained.
Please note: All the animals living at Tropical Islands are wild. Touching or feeding them is not allowed!
