One of the principal problems protecting raptors is the unjustified false impression very often people have about these birds, due to lack of understanding. Encouraged by the mass media, movies, stories of terror or comments that associate birds of prey with negative behaviour gave birds of prey a bad reputation, without leaving space for reflection.

To transform this false impression about vultures (Andean Condor), owls, and birds of prey, Parque Cóndor uses falconry techniques that brings visitors in close contact with these birds. The intention is not to domesticate them to provide a mere entertainment to the spectators, but to acquire the visitors respect after seeing the impressive flight of a raptor, accompanied with explanations of the falconer.

Falconry, known as the noble art to train birds of prey and, at the same time, preserve its instinct to hunt, has his origin in the steppes of Asia a few thousand years ago. Later it extended to Arabia and Europe. There are different types of falconry, like the “didactic falconry” practised in the Condor Park. The birds do not capture real preys but lures with meat or realize flights from de fist from the trainers to the fist of a visitor.