Healesville Sanctuary General Entry Ticket

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Melbourne, Australia

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3 hours (approx.)
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Come face-to-face with Australia’s wonderful wildlife at the Healesville Sanctuary. With your general entry ticket valid all day, spend as much time as you want exploring the zoo and admiring koalas, dingoes, wombats, wallabies, and kangaroos. Learn how Healesville was the first place in the world to breed a platypus in captivity, watch a spectacular display of birds of prey and parrots, and enjoy other talks and presentations.

See many Australian birds and animals in one easy location
Discover the intriguing world of the platypus at a riverside exhibit
Meet the real-life hospital heroes who save animals’ lives
Make your own way to the sanctuary in Healesville, Australia

What's Included

All keeper talks and presentations including Spirits of the Sky daily bird show!
General admission to Sanctuary

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Food and drinks

Meeting and Pickup

Operating hours

04/03/2026 - 04/19/2026
Monday - Sunday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
04/20/2026 - 06/07/2026
Monday - Sunday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
04/20/2026 - 06/07/2026
Monday - Sunday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
06/08/2026 - 06/08/2026
Monday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
06/09/2026 - 06/26/2026
Monday - Sunday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
06/09/2026 - 06/26/2026
Monday - Sunday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
06/27/2026 - 07/12/2026
Monday - Sunday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Departure Point

Healesville Sanctuary, Glen Eadie Ave, Healesville, Victoria 3777 Australia

What To Expect

Healesville Sanctuary

Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.4

based on 221 reviews

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Great Experience

Margaret_S, Mar 2026

Although it rained the day we went, our overseas visitors were able to see all the uniquely Australian animals and birds up close. The bird show was particularly worthwhile.

Just book it today!

Kristine_S, Feb 2026

Great sanctuary! Uber got us there with no problems! Spend 2-4 hours and see so many animals specific to Australia!

Healsville

Thep_S, Dec 2025

Very good enjoyable and lots of fun and lots of beautiful scenery Our friends from Thailand were very happy n excited

It’s a good long ride...

laurie_w, Nov 2025

It’s a good long ride from the cruise terminal. But you see a bit of the city and the countryside. The animals have lots of space and natural surroundings to live in.

Healesville Sanctuary- flight expo

Dianne_H, Jun 2025

The flight expo was amazing 🤩 highly recommend this place - the trainers the birds of flight so good!

The ticket was not the...

Cristina_M, Mar 2025

The ticket was not the original but that was not a problem, they took a photo of my ticket and let me in. The spirits of the sky was a little bit disappointing, you couldn't enjoy the show with the amount of wasps that were there. Anyways, I recomend this place if you want to see animals more lively with more space for them, not like other zoos where the place is very small.

Terrific experience

Joan_B, Jan 2025

Family day enjoyed very much, pity it rained. Well worth the money, thanks to all the great staff. Not many people there due to weather so all exhibits easily viewed and appreciated.

Beautiful surrounds.

Fiona_W, Jun 2024

My most memorable part of my family's visit was actually seeing the Platypus. Oh my god, it was incredible. The cutie was rolling around under the water. It was gorgeous to see. Such a treat to see a Platypus at any time. This was very special. I actually adopted a Platypus from Melbourne zoo which is an ongoing donation. Healesville sanctuary is gorgeous.

Amazing day

Patrizia_P, Mar 2024

What a great way to spend a day! Not far from the city Healesville is a beautiful place where you can view animals in their own natural habitats. The most memorable part of the day were the two experiences we booked. Up close & personal with a koala & feeding a kangaroo, definitely a ticket list item

Make sure to see the bird show!

Alita_B, Dec 2023

We had so much fun! We especially loved the bird show! Hearing the lyrebird up close was incredible as well. Everything was awesome. 10/10 experience!

Nice time!

Halley_A, Oct 2023

Lovely afternoon with lots of animals about. Staff was friendly, volunteers helpful, facilities were clean.

Highly recommend.

Linda_C, Mar 2023

It was a wonderful experience. Beautiful place, with a great way to see the animals. We enjoyed watching the children have a fun time in play areas ! We loved it.

A wonderful experience to...

Monique_P, Jan 2023

A wonderful experience to share with people from overseas. They loved the animals and getting up close to them.

Your favourite animals close to you

Kirsten_K, Jan 2023

Coala started Jawning and then ate leaves and then started making this load noise.. We also saw kangaroos started hopping across the path all at once

Healesville sanctuary is...

Alaine_B, Dec 2022

Healesville sanctuary is the best place Couldn’t recommend it highly enough Your ticketing system was terrible

Hard to down load ticket...

Sharnie_M, Jul 2022

Hard to down load ticket and took a really long time to get into the zoo while lady at the desk at zoo was processing.

Fun and upclose

Oakar_A, Jun 2022

You can get to see the kangaroos up close and they'll even jump past you if you were near enough. The koalas were a bit more slow paced and asleep so you might have to angle your cameras nicely to get a good picture!

Loved the bush setting and the talks.

John_M, Apr 2022

Are we talking about the ticketing experience or the visit to the sanctuary? The ticketing experience was messy. The sanctuary visit was wonderful.

Never again

Sonia_S, Mar 2022

Extremely boring. Most of the animals were asleep and there was 0 interactivity. In addition to this, the location was so far away to get there and it was honestly a waste of time.

A little disappointing.

Wendy_R, Mar 2022

The enclosures were very well done, some were under maintenance, but we didn’t see many animals, a little disappointing.

Excellent experience in...

Md_G, Feb 2022

Excellent experience in zoo with my children in Zoo animals. it was a informative for my children . Really recommend for young family members to visit.

Beautiful lush forest sanctuary

Angela_E, Dec 2021

Night creatures, especially the Bilby and Lyrebird aviary and lush forest setting of whole sanctuary.

Healesville Sanctuary gave us the...

Imelda A, Jun 2016

Healesville Sanctuary gave us the opportunity to introduce our international tour friend on her first Australian visit to the animals. We spent about 5 hours meandering around and getting a glimpse of the habitat and making new Aussie animal friends and the experience was fantastic.