Gorge Wildlife Park - Adelaide - Review
In July last year, we visited family in Adelaide as well as a few places along the way. One of the places we were keen to visit was the Gorge Wildlife Park in Cudlee Creek. The Gorge Wildlife Park opened in 1965 and is still operated by the same family and is situated on 14 acres of land and has among one of the largest privately owned collection of Australian and exotic animals, birds and reptiles in the country.
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Grab some animal food at the entrance so you can feed the Kangaroos and Wallabies including white wallabies as you walk around the park. Favourite Aussie animals such as Dingoes, Tasmanian Devils, Wombats, Echidnas, the unusual Fruit Bats, Ghost Bats, Bilby are onsite too.
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Say hi to Neil the Camel and his friend while you’re there and checkout the meerkats, alligators and the Capybara and Mara.
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The Gorge Wildlife Park have a big variety of monkey species including White-handed Gibbons, playful Capuchin Monkeys, the small Cotton-top Tamarins and Common Marmosets, Ring-tailed Lemurs and Spider Monkeys.
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Gorge Wildlife Park also has a Petting Zoo for kids with sheep, rabbits, guinea pigs, goats which the kids enjoyed visiting.
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How gorgeous are these guys!
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The park’s new reptile house has some intriguing displays housing both exotic and native reptiles including Common Green Iguanas, Gila Monsters and snakes like Boa Constrictors, Corn Snakes, Carpet Snakes and Children’s Python. There are many native reptiles such as Lace Monitors, Water and Bearded Dragons, Blue-tongue Lizards, Sleepy Lizards and Turtles throughout the outdoor enclosures.
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The park has over 150 species of birds including an Ostrich, Parrots, Cockatoos, Birds of prey, land birds such as the Emu, Cassowary, Peacocks and others.
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The best thing about Gorge Wildlife Park is that guests at specific times during the day (11:30am, 1:30pm and 3:30pm), can cuddle a koala. We did this at the end of our visit and this was a very special moment for little Miss. Her brother was a bit young to do this but he patted the koala while I carried it. There is no charge for this popular activity, just make sure you line up ahead of time so you don’t miss out on cuddles while you’re there. Please note that due to covid19, these sessions have been postponed until further notice.
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The kids and I enjoyed visiting the Gorge Wildlife Park and would have loved it more if some animals had a little bit more space and not in restrictive enclosures. The animals were really well cared for and the koala cuddles were priceless as well as feeding the albino wallabies. We would have enjoyed the reptile presentation and roaming keepers if we had gone on a weekend. Checkout their website for times and more details.
Our tips:
The Gorge Wildlife Park is located at 30 Redden Drive in Cudlee Creek and open 9am to 5pm every day except Christmas Day.
The wildlife park is open at various times during the school term and school holidays, check their website to check times and opening days.
Please note that due to covid19, online bookings are essential.
Admission to the park is $19 per adult, $16 per student, concession $16, children (3-15 yrs) $12, concession $16 and family (2 adults 2 kids) $54.
Grab some animal feed at reception to feed the kangaroos and wallabies around the park.
Enjoy a coffee or other treats at the café while you're there or take a picnic and sit down on the picnic tables around the park.
Toilets are located at the entrance (male and female).
Busy City Kids were invited to the Gorge Wildlife Park for the purposes of a review. All opinions & feedback are genuine & truthful. Travel and food were self funded.
For more ideas on what to do with the kids in Adelaide, head to our blog or our Adelaide daily spots lists.