This is a GREAT place ! Loved it ! Big enough with lots to see and small enough to get around in a day. Lovely picnicking areas. Definitely worth a visit and enjoyed it more than the bigger well known one !
Been to a range of large and small zoos but this one completely surpassed expectations. The staff are funny and down to earth, very easy to get around, great displays and animals look happy and healthy which makes a big difference. Much better than the zoos in inner Sydney.
We had a great time at the park. The boys, ages 4 and 15 months loved it! The shows were fun and the presenter at the shows were really good and funny. They had two huge dinosaurs that came out during the show and they also grazed around later, the kids loved it! Its well set up to take some picnic food and have lunch with the kids. The kids play area caters for all ages and even-tough the park was busy it never felt crowded. It is very well planned and well maintained. We had a lot of fun and will definitely recommend it and go there again! :-)
It's not a full day out but you can spend a lot of time at the Australian Reptile Park.We managed to walk the park in just over an hour and when you add to that family, a show, feeding the crocidiles and then a photo with a cudly animal (I don't consider snakes cudley) and if you can a pinic lunch then you have a wonderful day.Want to Smile - check out the koala's in thier enclosure or better still have a photo taken in the main show area. You may see and touch a possum in a pouch held by one of the animal attendants. Photograph the echidna up close or even an Emu.Want to Shiver - touch a snake on arrival or enter the Snake & Liizard house. While the lizards are many and varied, some even cute, the snakes are both large and small and as I said above not cudley. The spider house was interesting with many types of 8 legged hairy & scary creepy crawley little things ( my favourite was the bird eating spider).Finish it up watching the crocidiles being feed.mwhilst you are some distance away, you still cannot held but imagine what those jaws could do to oneself.You can also start or finish your day with some great memories by taking some photos with your head in the jaws of the wooden crocidile in the main entrence right new the souvenir shop.Oh, you can also cut the costs of the day by downloading entry tickets from Scoupon as we did.This is a great family day.
The Reptile Park was our first stop on a day-long wine tour actually. We got there fairly early, around 8am, so our group had the place to ourselves. It was my first up-close experience with a Koala and I almost fainted with delight. One of the rangers had a baby koala for us to touch and take pics of. (Actually holding a koala is illegal in Australia except in Queensland. ) I was still beside myself!!They also have a large area of free-roaming kangaroos and joeys. They are very accustomed to humans and with the trail food we got, they are quite happy to eat out of your hands. It was delightful!We only stayed about 1hr or so and had to move on so I can't speak for any of the shows, etc. The grounds are not that big but are well kept with lovely amazing creatures.
This place is big enough to give you a good day but not too big that you race around to see everything and then tire. Kids were afraid of things and squealed with delight and fell in love with things and found tadpole eggs in the pond out front.Great palce to spend a day. We really had a ball!
We were on our way back from Coffs Harbour to Sydney and decided to stop in. Didn't have much time to spend. Just as we entered the park one of the staff told us they will feed the crocs in just a short while. That was a pretty interesting thing to see! We made our way to the photo booth area and low and behold they had a baby wombat! It is on my bucket list to hold a baby wombat so we paid the small fee and had our picture taken with Kenny the baby wombat! What an amazing moment! If you have time to spend, there are bbq facilities and it will be a great way to spend the day with the family. Take the time and go!! Make sure to pick your time, we went in December in it is HOLIDAY season, so it was pretty busy!
Second time time in the area and couldn't miss it. Excellent day out on all levels. 2 adults and 2 children, 4 and 9 were completely entertained. The talks / shows were both entertaining and informative. An excellent resource.
What a great day. It's hard sometimes hard to find an activity to keep the attention of under 5 year olds for any length of time, but the rangers and staff at the Park keeping everyone entertained, even a few jokes to keep the adults laughing.The park had a great range of exhibits and is not too big for little people to walk around.Lovely picnic and play areas.Only comment is some areas are difficult to access with a pram, but there was always someone around to help negotiate through.