Melbourne Zoo General Entry Ticket

Overview

Available languages

Chinese

English

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

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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!

Admission Included

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.

Options

General Entry

General Entry Ticket: Children under 16 receive FREE entry on weekends, Victorian public holidays and Victorian Government school holidays.

Reviews

4.10

340 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

180

First time visitors will love the Zoo
VickieH936,Apr 1, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00
After 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
5.00
Amazing 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
5.00
Great 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
5.00
Even 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
5.00
Awesome big Melbourne Zoo!!!
Wonderful Place
jude1955,Mar 13, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We 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
3.00
Many of the exhibits were open, but the animals were not in view. The platypus for instance, also the otters.
Very poor, virtually nothing to see.
charmanda2019,Jan 14, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00
Underwhelmed and overpriced for a disappointing experience. We went yesterday after I had been 20 years ago and had then an excellent visit Yesterday however was a non-event as most animals were not visible either sleeping or not there at all. A total rip off. I would not recommend wasting your time or money going.
A scam visit
Voyager42867676199,Jan 8, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00
We visited on a day of 40.c. It was like visiting a museum with no exhibits. We were ripped off. The zoo should be shut to visitors. This was a scam. Shame on you. The next page asks for photos. How can we photo nothing!
Melbourne Zoo Experience
Q2641QBmarioz,Dec 19, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Melbourne Zoo was OVER my expectations, my experience was really deep, the zoo structure was laid out really well split into organized sections, The zoo is maintained really well including spacious creative enclosers designed for animal welfare that provides perfect habitat for the animals as well as nice visibility for visitors with shades, greenery creating a calm nature habitat, staff were really cheerful and had put on the cheesiest smiles. I'm not sure about the admission fees but it must have grown due to inflation, Melbourne Zoo was located on the outer edges of Melbourne City near the city parks and the more peaceful neighbouring housing. The zoo is filled with visitors during the afternoon and parking is risky, I would recommend getting there earlier where there'll be more car parking space and the zoo would be less crowded. The zoo is maintained really well including spacious creative enclosers designed for animal welfare that provides perfect habitat for the animals as well as nice visibility for visitors with shades, greenery creating a calm nature habitat. Melbourne Zoo took us a whole day to visit usually and gets really sweaty during the hotter seasons since the zoo center is out in the open where the food stations, restrooms and resting area is located where most people would hang around. Overall, I had a really nice experience getting to see Aussie animals as well as animals from other areas, I would highly recommend visiting here when going to the outskirts of the city.

Related Experiences

Operated by Zoos Victoria

Melbourne Zoo General Entry Ticket

Overview

Available languages

Chinese

English

Mobile ticket

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

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What To Expect

Melbourne Zoo

Admission Included

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.

Options

General Entry

General Entry Ticket: Children under 16 receive FREE entry on weekends, Victorian public holidays and Victorian Government school holidays.

Reviews

4.10

340 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

180

First time visitors will love the Zoo
VickieH936,Apr 1, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00
After 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
5.00
Amazing 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
5.00
Great 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
5.00
Even 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
5.00
Awesome big Melbourne Zoo!!!
Wonderful Place
jude1955,Mar 13, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We 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
3.00
Many of the exhibits were open, but the animals were not in view. The platypus for instance, also the otters.
Very poor, virtually nothing to see.
charmanda2019,Jan 14, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00
Underwhelmed and overpriced for a disappointing experience. We went yesterday after I had been 20 years ago and had then an excellent visit Yesterday however was a non-event as most animals were not visible either sleeping or not there at all. A total rip off. I would not recommend wasting your time or money going.
A scam visit
Voyager42867676199,Jan 8, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00
We visited on a day of 40.c. It was like visiting a museum with no exhibits. We were ripped off. The zoo should be shut to visitors. This was a scam. Shame on you. The next page asks for photos. How can we photo nothing!
Melbourne Zoo Experience
Q2641QBmarioz,Dec 19, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Melbourne Zoo was OVER my expectations, my experience was really deep, the zoo structure was laid out really well split into organized sections, The zoo is maintained really well including spacious creative enclosers designed for animal welfare that provides perfect habitat for the animals as well as nice visibility for visitors with shades, greenery creating a calm nature habitat, staff were really cheerful and had put on the cheesiest smiles. I'm not sure about the admission fees but it must have grown due to inflation, Melbourne Zoo was located on the outer edges of Melbourne City near the city parks and the more peaceful neighbouring housing. The zoo is filled with visitors during the afternoon and parking is risky, I would recommend getting there earlier where there'll be more car parking space and the zoo would be less crowded. The zoo is maintained really well including spacious creative enclosers designed for animal welfare that provides perfect habitat for the animals as well as nice visibility for visitors with shades, greenery creating a calm nature habitat. Melbourne Zoo took us a whole day to visit usually and gets really sweaty during the hotter seasons since the zoo center is out in the open where the food stations, restrooms and resting area is located where most people would hang around. Overall, I had a really nice experience getting to see Aussie animals as well as animals from other areas, I would highly recommend visiting here when going to the outskirts of the city.