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Cairns Tropical Zoo Wildlife Encounter

Discover tropical Australia’s unique wildlife on a guided tour of Cairns Tropical Zoo. On this professionally led, interactive tour of the zoo’s top five animal encounters, you’ll get to feed and hold cuddly koalas and and pat a wombat or hand feed friendly lemurs. You’ll also have the opportunity to hold a crocodile or lizard if you’re feeling brave! The special one-hour experience includes zoo admission and a souvenir photo of your koala-cuddling encounter. Add round-trip transfers from Cairns, Palm Cove or Northern Beaches hotels for extra convenience, and enjoy personal attention from your guide on this intimate small-group tour, limited to just four people.

Meet your guide at Cairns Tropical Zoo if you self-drive, or be picked up from your hotel in Cairns, Palm Cove or Northern Beaches if you add a round-trip transfer.

Once at the zoo, your friendly guide will lead you on an intimate, unique tour of the zoo’s five most popular wildlife encounters.

One of the zoo’s star attractions is its koalas, and you’ll get to feed and hold these cute marsupials on this special hour-long tour, and have your photo taken cuddling a koala. You’ll feed exotic cassowaries and other tropical native birds and either hand-feed stripy lemurs or encounter sleepy wombats.Hold an alligator, snake or lizard if you dare and dangle dinner from a pole for a big crocodile.

Animal-lovers will adore this up-close wildlife encounter, and with just four participants on the tour, you’ll enjoy extra attention from your knowledgeable wildlife guide.

  • Admission ticket to Cairns Tropical Zoo
  • Animal encounters
  • Professional guide
  • Souvenir koala photo
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (if option selected)
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities (optional)
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