Ballarat Wildlife Park

Description: Meet Australia’s most famous native animals up close.
At Ballarat Wildlife Park visitors can hand-feed some of the 100 friendly free-roaming kangaroos, pat a koala, cuddle a wombat and see Crunch the 5 metre long super croc! A colony of little penguins call the park home, and there’s also giant tortoises, a pack of dingoes, Victoria’s only Komodo dragon and much more.
A daily tour and schedule of animal and conservation presentations will immerse visitors into the animal world.
Enquire about special one-on-one animal encounter experiences.

Type of operation: Wildlife park.

Location: 90 minutes from Melbourne via the Western Freeway.

Opening times: 9am-5pm daily (except Christmas Day).