Werribee Open Range Zoo

4.4
based on 56 reviews

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56 reviews about Werribee Open Range Zoo

verified email - 06 Nov 2021

Excellent customer service I received at the zoo today after I fell outside the entrance . I would like to say thankyou very much for helping me to Ra at the Cafe and also to Zoe and Gillian and another helper , I forgot her name . I really appreciate it very much for what you'll did for me. Thankyou very very much.

21 Feb 2021

Excellent zoo, awesome seeing the animals in a natural habitat

verified email - 11 Feb 2018

While weribee has a strange smell to it, its hardly noticed within the zoo. I really enjoy that the animals are in their more natural habitats and not stuck in small cages. Weribee staff are knowledgeable and take good care of their animals

verified email - 06 Feb 2018

This was such a great place!! The zoo itself is really good value. If you go during Vic school holidays or weekends, kids are free.

Took us approx 3 hrs to see everything at the zoo, including the safari bus tour. We didn't go around the walking trails through.

We would definitely go again to go through the trails and see more!

verified email - 12 Jul 2017

A very unique experience to be able to go on a safari bus to see animals in large open space.

The pathways are well set out so you can walk around the zoo at a leisurely pace.

My suggestion is to bring a picnic lunch as the food options in the bistro are a little pricey in my opinion.

There are parents facilities eg baby change tables in the bathrooms. However trying to maneuver in there with a pram is very tricky ... This is one complaint I do have with the design of the bathrooms I am sorry to say.

The gift shop is filled with lots of unique items including African beads, ceramic statues of animals, cuddly soft toys and heaps more.

Entry fee is expensive, but worth it for a great day out.

verified email - 13 Jun 2017

This is the epitome of zoos. Amazing set up, focused on conservation and allowing the animals to live in a natural habitat. I would highly recommend paying the extra to do the close up safari tour. The gift shop is great, selling handmade items to raise funds for less fortunate communities in African countries. I love this zoo!

verified email - 10 Nov 2016

This zoo offers a fabulously unique experience where visitors can board a bus to drive through an open range area of the zoo where the animals roam freely. It's pretty incredible!

verified email - 24 Jul 2015

This zoo is good for people who like open safari tours. I had been to this zoo thrice & could only see some camels & emus.. I find camels as the only new animal in Australian zoo. Service is good.

Approximate cost: $210

verified email - 28 Feb 2015

A great experience whether old or young, You get to see the animals up close, especially on the safari tour, and you can just wonder around all day at your own pace, and then stay for the Rhythm of Africa show if your there on a Saturday Evening during February.

Approximate cost: $varies

verified email - 09 Feb 2015

This place is fantastic! Once in the park you can go on a Safari bus tour and we saw camels, hippos, zebras, giraffes, gazelles (I think they were), rhinos etc. all roaming around ... then the rest of the park is awesome - totally catering for kids with fun and different playgrounds, a dinosaur dig, little water park/spray type area where water shoots from different things including a hippo's behind! Of course the kids loved that!

The first time we went there we didn't have enough time to see everything as the kids (and us) were so enthralled with everything so were moving around the zoo at a very slow pace.

We loved it so much we became zoo members as the membership gets you into Melbourne Zoo, Healsville Sanctuary and other Australian Zoo's like Taronga, Perth Zoo etc. Brilliant for the $88 cost. Only my husband and I bought the memberships as kids are free on weekends, school holidays and public holidays!

We ventured back 2 weeks after our first visit to see the “Rhythm of Africa” which is running Saturday's from 4.30pm from January through February (I think they do it each year). We saw African acrobats and a brilliant African band – WOW! We brought a picnic and we danced! And during the breaks the kids got involved in an African drumming workshop – the guy doing that with the kids was fantastic! During the show we also wandered around the zoo and saw the animals at dusk - magical. As part of the Rhythm of Africa there was also hair braiding, African food, drinks available, tea ceremony – all this is ‘free' as part of your admission costs … or part of our zoo membership as the case may be. We will be going back soon. Can't get enough of this place - and the work they are doing with animals and to prevent animal extinction is just fabulous! Do yourself a favour and go and if you can get to one of the Rhythm of Africa sessions do it.

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