And so finally, my World Captive orca tour that I have been wanting to do for years is here. My aim is to visit every orca park this year (except Moscow and the not really known Chinese parks), and I have kicked it off with a re-visit to Loro Parque to check in on how baby boy Teno is doing..
Monday 9th February 2026
As always, I arrived in the park in the morning and killed time seeing the other animals until it was time for the first orca show! I came in at the right side of the stadium. Morgan and Teno were in the showpool with Adan, whilst Tekoa was in the back left. I went over to the far left side of the stadium was thats where Teno and Morgan were hanging out. Teno was doing lots of head tapping on Morgan's mammary glands. Teno then went and followed one of the trainers around who was playing with him at the glass. So cute! Teno did a few slide outs too, bless him. Over at the left side of the pool he was then just goofing at the glass and being really cute. Morgan was just chilling. Before the show started that briefly put all 4 orcas in the back pool together.
So the show started with Tekoa and Adan, but they took Tekoa out pretty quickly. So the first half was mainly Adan. Then the second half was Morgan and Teno. Teno was cute doing a few froggies, spins and pec waves. No breaching yet. At the end of the show, Morgan and Teno remained in the showpool with the boys in the back. Teno resumed bumping Morgan's mammary glands again, but then they started their showpool laps - swimming underwater upside down across the pool, and them Morgan's high tail dive at the left of the pool.
After the show I got lunch and looked at the other animals - chimps, penguins and gorillas. Then I went back for the second orca show. Teno was being soo cute at the glass again - poking his tongue out. I felt like he was doing it for me lol. He looked like he was watching a mother and her baby too, so sweet. The second show was very much the same. However Tekoa wasn't in it at all, he was in the med pool. Hope he's okay. After the show, Teno was bumping Morgan again and then I left the park.
Tuesday 10th February 2026
This morning I bought my VIP pass for the 1pm slot. Again, I went to see the other animals first - I felt like the baby sloth was the real star of the show. And I found the black panther, white tiger, red panda and baby capybaras today. There were pretty cute too. Then I went in for the first orcas show. Tekoa and Adan were in the showpool, and Morgan and Teno were in the right back pool. Morgan and Teno were doing their own thing - Morgan was spyhopping. Tekoa was following a trainer around and squeaking. Adan was just lapping. Morgan and Teno synched up their lapping but then Teno swam into the back left pool by himself.
We had all 4 orcas in the show. At the end Teno was being cute and wagging his tail when he was supposed to be pec waving, n'awww. After the show, a trainer kept throwing lots of jelly to Morgan and Teno. Then they were left to swim between showpool and the back right pool, whilst the boys were in the left pool.
I had my lunch then went for the VIP tour. It was such a big group compared to when I did it in 2024. The guide showed us the alligators, animal embassy and chimps. Then we went to the underwater orcas. We had Teno being the cutest baby at the glass. There were a few kids with their dad in our group, and Teno was keenly checking them out. It was super adorable - worth the money just to see that! I left the tour early to get to the second orca show. Morgan and Teno were in the show pool and Teno was being his super cute self as always. He was wagging his tongue and spraying water too. Such a cutie. However Morgan and Teno weren't used in the show at all, it was just the boys. Morgan and Teno were in the back, sliding out and doing target practice instead. That was too bad to not see them before I left.
But it was a great two days, and I'm so happy to see what a sweet boy Teno is. Hopefully I will make it for another visit later in the year when Wikie and Keijo are finally moved here...Fingers crossed!
