Park Natura Viva" is located on the shores of lake Garda is 18 km from Verona in the hills covered with oak trees. At the center for the breeding of animals on the verge of extinction, it is possible to see more than a thousand animals from around the world who belong to 280 species. Among them, snow leopards, Amur tigers, maned wolves, spectacled bears, Madagascan lemurs and unique Madagascan carnivores the fossa. The Park participates in various international projects, which aim at the protection of nature and rare species. On account of "Natura Viva" - a successful return to the wild European bison, Eurasian Griffon vultures and ibises.

It is in this Park from all over Northern Italy bring animals confiscated if you try transporting contraband across the border, as well as wild animals, injured by poachers or kids left without parents. Visitors to the Park, paying the entry fee, make a contribution to nature protection and thus help save many animals around the world.

In addition, the Park Natura Viva", you can see the full-sized models of some of the animals that existed in the past and disappeared through a person. For example, it exhibits the effigy of a female indricothere, the largest mammal that ever lived on earth.

The history of the Park begins in 1933, when on the shores of lake Garda on the area of 64 ha farm was created by Alberto Avesani. Then, in 1969, next door opened the zoo "Garda Zoo Park, which could be seen as a typically Italian animals, and exotic fauna. A few years later, the zoo has added a section dedicated to African mammals and birds, Safari Park which you can visit without leaving the car. Five years later, in the Park appeared Vivariums, the Tropical greenhouse and the first Italian Dinosaur Park. Finally, in 1985 was undertaken large-scale restructuring of all institutions, which resulted in the "Natura Viva" was not just an exhibition venue, but also an active participant in environmental processes. Already in 1992 the merits of the Park in this difficult case were recognized at the UN Conference on biodiversity.