Experience the ultimate Australian Reptile Park tour!

Go behind the scenes at the Australian Reptile Park and see what it takes to be a zookeeper. During this unforgettable experience, you’ll be able to meet some of our star residents here at the Park, including some fluffy koalas, the famous Hugo, the Galapagos tortoise, and have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to enter our deadly venom rooms. During your tour, you’ll also have the amazing chance to feed some of our animals and learn all about how we care for them.

What’s Included?

  • Meet and pat some of our star residents at the Park
  • Explore our off-display reptile room and meet some scaly friends up close
  • Enter our venom rooms and witness Funnel-web spider and snake milking

Behind the Scenes Encounter Details

  • Price: $160 (does not include park admission)
  • Session time: Daily at 1:30pm
  • Duration: 80 minutes
  • Age limit: For ages 4 years+
  • Group limit: Max. 8 people per session

Frequently Asked Questions

No, our animal encounter prices do not include general admission to the Park. Admissions tickets can be purchased in your checkout.

Our Animal Encounters can be booked for people ages 4+. Please note that participants under 18 years must be accompanied by a parent/guardian who has also paid for the experience and purchased entry tickets.

Suitable and comfortable clothing and footwear must be worn on the day. We recommend long pants to avoid any scatches.

If at the time of your encounter there is extreme weather or other conditions, the encounter will be cancelled to ensure the wellbeing of our animals.

Bookings for Animal Encounters are non-refundable. In the event that you cannot attend your booked time, we will endeavour to arrange another time, subject to availability.

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“Fantastic wildlife park. Had a great day here and the keepers are really friendly and informative. Highly recommend doing the behind the scenes tour as you get to see snake milking! Amongst other great animal interactions.”

Raptstlz

“Really good shows and the VIP your behind the scenes for the kids was amazing. Well done!”

Paul M