Come face-to-face with Australia’s wild and wonderful creatures at the Healesville Sanctuary, a refuge specializing in native Aussie wildlife. With your general entry ticket valid all day, you can spend as much time as you want exploring the zoo and marveling over koalas, dingoes, wombats, wallabies and kangaroos. That’s not all: learn how Healesville was the first place in the world to breed a duck-billed platypus in captivity; watch a spectacular display of birds of prey and parrots; and peek behind-the-scenes at the animal hospital.

Entry to the beloved Healesville Sanctuary just over an hour from Melbourne in the stunning Yarra Valley wine region
Go from exhibit to exhibit learning about all of Australia’s diverse creatures and critters
Discover the intriguing world of the platypus at a riverside exhibit
Meet the real-life hospital heroes who save animals’ lives

What's Included

All keeper talks and presentations including Spirits of the Sky daily bird show!
General admission to Sanctuary

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Food and drinks

Meeting And Pickup

Start time

Opening hours

1/30/2023 - 3/12/2023
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
1/30/2023 - 3/12/2023
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
3/13/2023 - 3/13/2023
Monday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
3/14/2023 - 4/6/2023
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
3/14/2023 - 4/6/2023
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
4/7/2023 - 4/23/2023
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
4/24/2023 - 4/24/2023
Monday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
4/25/2023 - 4/25/2023
Tuesday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
4/26/2023 - 6/11/2023
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
4/26/2023 - 6/11/2023
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
6/12/2023 - 6/12/2023
Monday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
6/13/2023 - 6/23/2023
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
6/13/2023 - 6/23/2023
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
6/24/2023 - 6/30/2023
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
7/1/2023 - 7/9/2023
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
7/10/2023 - 9/15/2023
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
7/10/2023 - 9/15/2023
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
9/16/2023 - 10/1/2023
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
10/2/2023 - 11/6/2023
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
10/2/2023 - 11/6/2023
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
11/7/2023 - 11/7/2023
Tuesday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
11/8/2023 - 12/20/2023
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
11/8/2023 - 12/20/2023
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
12/21/2023 - 1/29/2024
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
1/30/2024 - 3/10/2024
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
1/30/2024 - 3/10/2024
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
3/11/2024 - 3/11/2024
Monday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
3/12/2024 - 3/28/2024
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
3/12/2024 - 3/28/2024
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
3/29/2024 - 4/14/2024
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
4/15/2024 - 4/24/2024
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
4/15/2024 - 4/24/2024
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
4/25/2024 - 4/25/2024
Thursday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
4/26/2024 - 6/9/2024
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
4/26/2024 - 6/9/2024
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
6/10/2024 - 6/10/2024
Monday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
6/11/2024 - 6/30/2024
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm
6/11/2024 - 6/30/2024
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 am - 05:00 pm

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travellers can participate

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Reviews

4.5

166 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews

Reviews by Viator travellers.

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A wonderful experience to...

Monique_P, Jan 2023

A wonderful experience to share with people from overseas. They loved the animals and getting up close to them.

Your favourite animals close to you

Kirsten_K, Jan 2023

Coala started Jawning and then ate leaves and then started making this load noise.. We also saw kangaroos started hopping across the path all at once

Healesville sanctuary is...

Alaine_B, Dec 2022

Healesville sanctuary is the best place Couldn’t recommend it highly enough Your ticketing system was terrible

Hard to down load ticket...

Sharnie_M, July 2022

Hard to down load ticket and took a really long time to get into the zoo while lady at the desk at zoo was processing.

Fun and upclose

Oakar_A, June 2022

You can get to see the kangaroos up close and they'll even jump past you if you were near enough. The koalas were a bit more slow paced and asleep so you might have to angle your cameras nicely to get a good picture!

Loved the bush setting and the talks.

John_M, Apr 2022

Are we talking about the ticketing experience or the visit to the sanctuary? The ticketing experience was messy. The sanctuary visit was wonderful.

Never again

Sonia_S, Mar 2022

Extremely boring. Most of the animals were asleep and there was 0 interactivity. In addition to this, the location was so far away to get there and it was honestly a waste of time.

A little disappointing.

Wendy_R, Mar 2022

The enclosures were very well done, some were under maintenance, but we didn’t see many animals, a little disappointing.

Excellent experience in...

Md_G, Feb 2022

Excellent experience in zoo with my children in Zoo animals. it was a informative for my children . Really recommend for young family members to visit.

Beautiful lush forest sanctuary

Angela_E, Dec 2021

Night creatures, especially the Bilby and Lyrebird aviary and lush forest setting of whole sanctuary.

Healesville Sanctuary gave us the...

Imelda A, June 2016

Healesville Sanctuary gave us the opportunity to introduce our international tour friend on her first Australian visit to the animals. We spent about 5 hours meandering around and getting a glimpse of the habitat and making new Aussie animal friends and the experience was fantastic.

Não vale a pena

Mucio_T, Mar 2023

Poucos animais, 20% do que se diz haver lá é verdadeiro. Quase não se vê nada. Vou coloca no Trip Advisor também para que outros não se frustrem