Fluffy grey male Koala Joey climbing across a tree branch

Koala Experience $39

COST

$39.00 per person (excludes zoo entry)

$35.00 Zoo Members

All participants regardless of age must have a paid ticked booked for them

TIME

12:20pm
Please arrive 5 minutes early

DURATION 

15 minutes

AVAILABILITY

Every day

GROUP SIZE

Max. 6 people

RESTRICTIONS

Minimum age 6 years. Participants aged 6-13 must have accompanying adult supervision: 1 adult per 3 children or 2 adults per 4 children.

Each participant (adults and children) will require their own paid ticket to attend.

Covered shoes must be worn.

Read the full terms and conditions

Get up close and meet one of our most iconic Australian animals.

If you love Koalas, this experience is a must! You'll get a rare opportunity to explore behind the scenes at Melbourne Zoo, where you'll collect eucalypt browse or enrichment for one of our sleepiest residents. Afterward, you will enter the Koala exhibit to meet one of our koalas…. or perhaps even all of them!

This is your chance to get up close, ask questions, and learn about their adaptations, behaviours and the keeper training process based on choice and control.

Please note that, for Animal Welfare reasons, physical contact with the koalas is not permitted during this experience.

Female Koala. Close up, chewing on leaf, mouth open. Looking toward camera.