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Halls Gap Zoo

693 Reviews

#3 of 30 things to do in Halls Gap

Features Animals

Nature & Parks, Zoos & Aquariums, Outdoor Activities

Open Now: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

4061 Ararat-Halls Gap Rd | Halls Gap, Halls Gap, Victoria 3381, Australia

Open today: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

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“Great experience at a fantastic zoo, well worth a visit!”

Great variety of animals, smaller zoo when compared to Melbourne or Toronga Zoo, but that's what... read more

Reviewed yesterday

Megan_David1510

Bendigo, Australia

“The Best Zoo”

We recently visited as a family group with two young children. This zoo is a MUST if visiting Halls... read more

Reviewed 3 days ago

chris59_12

Bendigo, Australia

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4.5 693 reviews

Excellent67%
Very good26%
Average5%
Poor1%
Terrible1%

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Halls Gap Zoo is Victoria's largest regional privately-owned zoo. View over 160 different species, including Giraffes, Cheetahs, Monkeys, Crocodiles, Kangaroos and Koalas along a 2.5Km wheelchair friendly path. Halls Gap Zoo is involved in several...more

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Suggested duration: 2-3 hours

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4061 Ararat-Halls Gap Rd | Halls Gap, Halls Gap, Victoria 3381, Australia

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Megan_David1510

Bendigo, Australia

Reviewed yesterday

Great experience at a fantastic zoo, well worth a visit!

Great variety of animals, smaller zoo when compared to Melbourne or Toronga Zoo, but that's what makes it great! You can get much closer to the animals than at the larger zoos in capital cities, because the whole zoo is set up to be more...More

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chris59_12

Bendigo, Australia

258

Reviewed 3 days ago

The Best Zoo

We recently visited as a family group with two young children. This zoo is a MUST if visiting Halls Gap. The close interaction with many of the animals is a great experience for the children and also the BIG KIDS. It is much bigger than...More

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michaelpJ3223UP

Ringwood, Australia

297

Reviewed 1 week ago

hard to fault

a very good zoo indeed! most of the animals looked happy and comfortable except for the dingoes and the sulphur crested cockatoos ,the dingoes cage was too small and they looked stressed and the cockies looked unhappy,but i loved everything else and i cant wait...More

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Hi michaelpJ3223UP Thanks for taking your time to review your visit to Halls Gap Zoo, I'm glad you enjoyed yourself and were overall happy with your visit to our zoo. The Sulphur crested Cockatoos at HGZ are all ex pets that have been handed in...More

Paul C

Adelaide South Australia

2911

Reviewed 1 week ago

Great smaller zoo with character

People obviously lose track that this is a 'regional' zoo but that doesn't make it second rate. We wondered the circular track around the zoo for a well spent few hours - which like a half an hour. The circular track is great - the...More

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Kahn V

Lara, Victoria, Australia

Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

Beaut little Zoo

We got much more than we expected at this zoo! It was a lovely, well maintained zoo. The staff were lovely & informative. A great morning spent wandering and feeding animals. Kids loved it!

Thank Kahn V

JosiphineKnows

Port Campbell, Australia

3011

Reviewed 1 week ago

Small zoo with lots of animals

We visited a few years ago and thought the zoo was great. This visit the zoo seemed to need some upkeep. The newly hatched ducklings and cygnets were swimming in stagnant muddy water and there seemed to be alot of dead branches and leaves which...More

Thank JosiphineKnows

Hi JosiphineKnows We are glad your children enjoyed themselves. The water that the cygnets and the ducklings were swimming in is a natural water course and as such is not stagnant. Most of the ponds around the zoo are actually spring fed and of course...More

Tom N

Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

Meerkat adventure

My kids absolutely loved their encounter with the Meerkats. Highly recommend great little zoo. Helpful staff who made our day very enjoyable

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Jackie B

Melbourne

4620

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

Fantastic Interactive Zoo

First visit to the zoo and it was amazing. Im not that big on caging animals however the zoo has done a wonderful job on giving the animals plenty of space and equipment to enjoy. Very friendly staff, great layout, some renos going on but...More

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Mullso

Melbourne, Australia

20634

Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

Virgin trip

Been to halls gap several times but never the zoo ! Great experience with the kids- got close to feed many of the animals- which kids loved 2 adult 4 kids $90 so not a bad few hours entertainment

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stuartw00

City of Greater Geelong, Australia

171

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

A great variety of animals!

First visit to the zoo and it was a great experience. The zoo is well laid out, easy to get around with a great variety of animals. Great animal interaction and my daughter enjoyed getting to hand feed a variety of them!

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