Spend a day immersed in the amazing animal kingdom at the Melbourne Zoo. Encounter native land species like koalas, wombats and kangaroos at the Australian Bush exhibit, and watch Victoria’s indigenous penguins and seals splash around at the Wild Sea. Admire creatures from around the globe, such as mighty Asian pachyderms at the Trail of Elephants and elegant African zebras and giraffes in open-air habitats. Don’t miss the energetic primates at Lemur Island and an elevated orangutan exhibit!

Admission to Melbourne Zoo, conveniently located close to Melbourne's city center
Get close views of animals from more than 320 species around the world
Encounter Australian wildlife including koalas, kangaroos, wombats and penguins
Watch the antics of ring-tailed lemurs in the Lemur Island exhibit
See Asian elephants and learn about efforts to preserve the elephants in their native habitats
Discover kid zones with interactive exhibits specially designed for youngsters

What's Included

All keeper talks and presentations
General Admission to Zoo

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Food and drinks

Meeting And Pickup

Start time

Opening hours

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 - Sunday : 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

The Melbourne Zoo is the oldest zoo in Australia and home to more than 320 species. Take a walk on the wild side while exploring at your own pace with this general admission ticket.

See Victoria’s marine life at the Wild Sea exhibit, featuring penguins, fur seals, sharks and seahorses. Journey around the globe to the African savanna and watch graceful giraffes and zebras graze among their open-air enclosures. Throughout your visit, learn how the zoo’s conservation efforts are working to protect endangered species worldwide

Monkey around as you observe orangutans from an elevated walkway that crisscrosses their treetop hangouts, and watch ringtail lemurs at play on Lemur Island. Be in awe of magnificent gorillas at a special rain forest exhibit that also futures other tropical species like the fascinating pygmy hippopotamus.

Feel the flutter of tiny wings on your skin at the enchanting Butterfly House, where butterflies may land right on you as you make your way through the lush greenhouse enclosure. At some of the zoo’s many play spaces, kids can learn what it’s like to be a zookeeper or burrow through giant tunnels to mimic the life of a meerkat.

Take a break from your exploration with a stop at one of many restaurants and cafés (own expense). Your day at the zoo is sure to leave you with a renewed appreciation of Earth’s amazing animals.

Melbourne Zoo

Please note: Tickets need to be booked with a minimum of 48 hours notice. Confirmation is subject to availability. Enjoy a full day to explore Australia's oldest zoo at your own pace with your admission ticket to the Melbourne Zoo. As you wander through the open-air exhibits, you’ll get to observe some of the world's most fascinating creatures. Snap pics of your favourites and discover new ones!

Admission Ticket Included

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.

Traveller Photos

Traveller Tips

animals well cared for big enclosures make time for a day to spend there well worth it

Reviews

4.0

233 reviews

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

Reviews by Viator travellers.

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Great atmosphere

Zelda_T, Mar 2023

Great place to get steps in while spending quality time with the kids. Parents room was a life saver! very clean and accessable to change my infant comfortably. Thanks team!

Melbourne zoo

Sherri_C, Feb 2023

The baby elephants. The tigars and the geraffees.. the staff were very friendly and the food hall were well organised

BETTER TIMES

Marilou_O, Feb 2023

all good, staff were very nice, but not worth the money when animals are hiding...times should be advertised on what time is BEST for people to be there! Didnt see kangaroos etc

amazing 😄

victoria_v, Feb 2023

animals and the size of the zoo were amazing although the food was not really good and was lacking variety

Very limited zoo .

Juan_T, Feb 2023

Not to international city standards . 1 Koala not even visible , No Kangaroos due to renovation. Poor value for money Staff friendly and helpful

Zoo2023

Errin_L, Jan 2023

All the animals were out and about, zoo staff were very knowledgeable and happy to have a chat and the grounds were very well looked after.

Summer tour at Melbourne zoo

Kushal_K, Jan 2023

It was super experience. I highly recommend others to use this service. It was good time spent with family and kids

Wonderful space to play

Sharon_S, Nov 2022

The zoo was a wonderful experience for the kids aged 3 and twenty months. Plenty of space ,wonderful gardens and all sorts of environments to run,crawl,climb and play. Oh and active ,mostly healthy looking animals who were active in the cool of the morning. The only sad bit was the pacing tiger who looked agitated.

Melbourne zoo trip

Judy_R, Nov 2022

Seeing the tiger and the butterflies and spending time with our daughter and grandchildren . Love the whole time with the family

Beautiful Solo Zoo Experience

Felecia_B, Nov 2022

This is my first time here in Melbourne and was so excited to go to a zoo where I didn't feel bad because the animals didn't seemed to be stressed out. They were free to roam around naturally and not feel restrained in any way. It was rewarding to see this throughout the zoo.

A great way to spend 4 hours

Paul_W, Oct 2022

A lovely clean place lots of space for both humans and animals. Staff happy and helpful. Well laid out and an easy to follow map helped navigate us total strangers to the place around almost all of it. Having time for food and a drink in the time we had available which was about 4 hours. We didn't stop and wait for any of the arranged talks knowing we were on a tight time limited visit. Yes we will return at some point hopefully as were are visitors from the UK and our son now works out here. Had the zoo been closer to home it would have been a definite yes.

Great fun! Professional...

Solomon_D, Aug 2022

Great fun! Professional and easy going. Highly recommended to others! Don’t hesitate when you making a booking

Plenty to see

Leanne_B, July 2022

Vast Zoo with plenty of space for both humans and animals. It's spread out with plenty of places to sit, eat & drink or rest. Highlights for us were the elephants, giraffes and penguins, my daughter also loved the playful platypus. It was easy enough to get there via tram. Well priced experience, probably our cheapest in Melbourne since kids are free. No issues with the mobile ticket at the gate, we used the back entrance off the tram and walked straight in (wasn't expecting this in the midst of school holidays) Great day out.

The most memorable part...

Evelyn_T, May 2022

The most memorable part of my experience is being with my family and having a lovely time. The children wanted to see all the animals.

Amazing

Elva_N, May 2022

Amazing zoo, loved it all the animals looked well cared for had a great time will come again very soon

Do not recommend

Grace_F, Apr 2022

Poorly managed zoo. We spent money to see empty spaces. Most animals are either moved, or there’s only one of them. There’s only one tiger, one lion, one hippo. Tapirs, Snow leopard, koalas are no where to be found. The most disappointing will be the platypus. All we can see are shrimps. Only remembered seeing giraffes, zebra, gorillas, baboons, kangaroos, wombats, lemus, snakes, turtles, orangutans, tasmanian devils. If you’ve seen those animals already, i do not recommend going to the zoo. Tiger seemed extremely bored and have been pacing for hours.

Just use the zoo website

Gordon_S, Apr 2022

Vlator tickets were really annoying and held us up at the gate for 5+ minutes, I wouldn't recommend them, just go to the zoo website and purchase directly.

Spectacular Zoo Trip

Susan_W, Apr 2022

We loved the funny sounds the Lemur’s made, the Tiger was really cool- loved hearing him roar 🐯 , and the gorillas are facilitating to watch; can’t believe they just eat leaves 🌿

There was no crowd...

Craig_W, Apr 2022

There was no crowd control, to many people that you couldnt see any animals. Understand it was school holidays but that was money grabbing only

Amazing

Rana_K, Mar 2022

Butterfly part Birds Giraffe Elephant part Wide range of beautiful animals Really interested to come again

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