Taronga Zoo: Tours & Tickets

The guided tour of the Australian wildlife area was excellent, but a little rushed. Might improve it by adding on another 30 minutes in length. The highlight was getting to see and photograph a koala baby peeking out from its mother's pouch, which just happened to be noticed by one of our group. Tour leaders really should have been made aware of it being there. The rest of the zoo was pretty blah. The spider talk was pretty interesting, and the ferry was a good way to get back to the city.

We boarded at Darling Harbour. Staff were very nice, explained the history and development of Darling Harbour in details. The ferry took around 20 minutes to reach the zoo. Good scenery along the way which provided fantastic photo opportunities with the opera house and the harbour bridge as the background. The only thing is that tickets sold in the ticket office at the harbour were actually cheaper by $8 per ticket ($55 vs $63 on this website) which is quite puzzling to me.

I really enjoyed this trip. The water taxi is very quick and organized. The gentleman driving was very jolly and got me there and back very timely. The zoo was also a great choice! The location was excellent, with views of the Sydney waterfront, and the variety of animals was really a joy to watch. The highlight were the Australian animals and the Sumatran tigers. I'm thankful this activity was available from GYG, as it made the trip very easy.

This was a great experience. Sam was an excellent guide, sharing general facts and inside information about the individual animals. Getting to be upclose to the koalas was especially exciting. We would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Sydney.

Cheryl and Linda were great guides. They were very knowledgeable about the animals. They explained their habits and the environment they live in. Seeing the Australian animals up close and interacting with some is an experience that shouldn’t be missed.