The park cats
Cared for by volunteers.
Ricardo Astrauskas — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Floresenperu — CC BY-SA 3.0 · F Delventhal — CC BY 2.0 · Felipe Restrpo Acosta — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Felipe Restrpo Acosta — CC BY-SA 4.0
The heart of Lima's modern Miraflores district, a green central park in two halves, Kennedy Park and «7 June» Park, ringed by cafés, restaurants and hotels, with locals and visitors passing through all day. It is the district's best-known meeting point, a few minutes' walk from the Miraflores clifftop promenade above the ocean. Its most famous residents are its cats: dozens live in the park, sleeping on benches, among the flowers and under the trees, cared for by volunteers who feed them, treat them and look for families to adopt them. That has made the park a favourite of cat lovers from all over the world. In the evening the park comes alive: painters show their canvases, craft stalls set up, and there is sometimes music and folk dancing in the small amphitheatre. Around it, busy streets are packed with shops and restaurants of every kind. The park is fairly safe and lit at night, but watch your bag in crowds. Do not feed the cats your own food, as volunteers manage their diet.
Cared for by volunteers.
Canvases at night.
Minutes to the ocean.
Centre of the Miraflores district, between Larco and Diagonal avenues, Lima
Dozens have lived there for years, cared for by volunteers who feed and treat them and find them adoptive homes, and they have become part of the park's identity.
