Overview
Available languages
Mobile ticket
Enjoy the experience seeing a variety of animals from around the world at the Melbourne Zoo. You'll find creatures from diverse habitats including the lush Asian and African rainforests and the sun-baked Australian bush. Explore open-air exhibits showcasing your favorite animals like zebras, giraffes, kangaroos, lemurs and monkeys. Watch the orangutans in their special elevated exhibit and walk the Trail of the Elephants. Spot native wildlife in the Australian Bush exhibit and get a glimpse underwater in a display that features Victoria’s penguins and seals!
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
What To Expect
Melbourne Zoo
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!
Options
General Entry
General Entry Ticket: Children under 16 receive FREE entry on weekends, Victorian public holidays and Victorian Government school holidays.
What‘s Included
General Admission to Zoo
All keeper talks and presentations
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Food and drinks
Meeting points
Melbourne Zoo
Elliott Avenue Melbourne Australia
End points
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
344 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Good for small children - not as great for seniors
Giulietta G,Jun 28, 2026
- Review from Viator
3.00I was excited to visit a zoo in Melbourne. I had enjoyed my visit near Sydney at Symbio and was ready to enjoy seeing more Aussie animals. As an older visitor, the spread out zoo made it hard to get from one exhibit to another. And so many of the animals were difficult to see because they were hiding and napping. But it would be a fun place for young children and there were lots of strollers everywhere while I was there.
A great day out
K B,Jun 6, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00My parents, sister, and I had a great day at Melbourne Zoo! It was awesome to see the snow leopards, especially the cubs. My dad and I also really liked the gorillas. The lemur walkthrough is excellent and it was cool to see the platypus! The food and coffee from the cafe by the giraffes were nice. The smell from the giraffes was STRONG though, so we moved further away from the cafe to enjoy our food and drinks. It’s a big zoo, with a good layout. Some animals had several different viewing spots, which was good and not so good. Not so good because sometimes we had to double back past several other habitats to get a different view of the same animal. We found this especially frustrating at the gorillas. We also found ourselves walking between habitats with no animals to look at. I get there’s lots of space, but there’s lots of nothing too. All in all, we enjoyed ourselves. A great zoo with a good variety of animals.
Relaxing walk around the animals and the dinosaurs!
FarAway800813,May 28, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00The zoo has a great layout that is easy to follow, with well planned gardens. The map provided suggested which way to enter a path and was easy to follow. Feeding times were provided for some of the animals. We went on a week day, where it was not so busy, except that there were quite a few school groups. The zoo also featured dinosaurs in a Jurassic setting. Food wise, there were a couple of eating locations, with limited gluten free options. If a coeliac, bring your own!
First time visitors will love the Zoo
VickieH936,Apr 1, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00After being hacked and having EFT card suspended by bank due to trying to pay for our car park - great start. Warning the parking meters are hacked. Use cash $2 for 5 hours. Also take your lunch or picnic. A can of coke $6. Paid approx $120 to get in having to use other EFT card (lucky we had another one) we were surprised on how much it had changed since our last visit. The enclosure’s are wonderful however there’s really not that many animals there. No seals, penguins, elephants and lionesses. Disappointing. Only one pigmy Hipo, and mainly one to two of anything else. Dispute all of this we did have a good 2.5 hrs there with warm weather and a slight breeze. First time visitors will love it. But do try the Werribee Zoo too
Amazing day out at the zoo! Highly recommend!
Noah William A,Mar 30, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Amazing experience, easily accessible via public transport from downtown Melbourne. The zoo is very clean, staff are friendly and most importantly — the animals are well looked after. I highly recommend making a stop at the Melbourne Zoo!
Awesome Zoo
Angela L,Mar 27, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Great zoo! Easy to get to and very clean. Many animals to look at the the gift shop is cute (with helpful staff).
Nice zoo to visit
readingteach627,Mar 24, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Even though it was raining the day we visited we really enjoyed this zoo. We were especially interested in the native Australian animals.
Wow there’s so many different animals lots to see really enjoyed walking around take photos beautiful different animals.
Manners0,Mar 17, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Awesome big Melbourne Zoo!!!
Wonderful Place
jude1955,Mar 13, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We absolutely loved the time spent there and the helpful staff. we did the reptile experience and the orangutan experience. The people at the reprile trip gave us so much time and went out of their way to engage and inform us of sooo much it was fantastic, the teens were seriusly fascinated by it too. The orangutan trip wasnt worth the money, could hardly see a thing. And the food was gross, old soggy burger really expensive.
A little disappointed
ian p,Feb 22, 2026
- Review from Viator
3.00Many of the exhibits were open, but the animals were not in view. The platypus for instance, also the otters.
Related Experiences
Operated by Zoos Victoria