Albuquerque is blessed with a variety of ecosystems and abundant natural beauty.The Park includes the Rio Grande Botanic Garden, the Rio Grande Zoo, the Albuquerque Aquarium and Tingley Beach. In the zoo you’ll find more than 250 species of exotic and native animals like jaguars and Mexican wolves. At the Botanic Garden, you’ll see how the plants differ in the Chihuahua Desert, the Mojave Desert and in desert grasslands, like Albuquerque. There are plenty of critters, concerts, demonstrations, exhibits, and activities to fill a day or two, and kids will love getting up-close and personal with weird underwater denizens.