We’ve got your school holidays sorted!
We have a jam-packed daily agenda of activities to go wild for including a jumping castle, face painting, lawn games on the Concert Lawns. A new Animals Alive show in Centenary Theatre. Six new baby animals ready to steal your heart and our wonderful keeper talks and daily presentations.
April is also Red Energy Zoo Month so pick up your kid’s map & pencil and follow the trail to discover some electrifying monotremes. Complete the trail to go in the draw to win a wild Taronga overnight stay.
What's on
Check out the kid's activity hub with a jumping castle, inflatable obstacle courses, face painting and lawn games down on the concert lawns – all FREE. Running every day of the school holidays, including weekends, from 10.30am - 3.00pm.
Meet some of our new baby animal arrivals and hear from our dedicated keepers about how they are growing and exploring their habitats. Watch Chimp babies Lemba and Cekiri play amongst the community and see Lololi, the Pygmy Hippo calf, swimming around her pond.
Catch the Seals for the Wild presentation, powered by Red Energy. Meet our talented seals and if you’re lucky Kobe, the one-year-old pup, might make a guest appearance and steal your heart. Running every day of the school holidays, including weekends, at 11.00am, 1.00pm and 2.00pm daily.
This Easter long weekend and school holidays, come face-to-face with some of the world’s most unique creatures. Plus uncover the critical mission to protect them at Taronga’s new STAYING ALIVE ANIMAL SHOW. On twice every day at 11:45am and 2.30pm in the Centenary Theatre across the Easter Long Weekend and during the school holidays.
It’s almost here! A brand-new Amphibian and Reptile experience is coming to Taronga Zoo this July. Get up close to over 42 species that jump, slither and crawl at Taronga’s newest animal habitat. Journey through six immersive zones that will transport you from the frosty alpine ranges to the scorching desert, to tropical rainforests and then right back to your own backyard here in Sydney. We’ll be offering you, our Zoo Friends, the opportunity to have a sneak peak before we open this habitat to all. Keep an eye on your emails towards the end of June for details of how to register
Our third Zoo Friends Early Opening is coming up on Friday 3 May 2024 at Taronga Zoo Sydney. This is a unique opportunity exclusively for you, our Zoo Friends, to enter the zoo early and see how our animals and humans start the day before we open the gates to everyone. Grab a coffee on us and head to our special keeper talk, a different talk for every Early Opening. We’ll send you an email the week before the Early Opening with details on how to register.
Breeding success in first-ever Platypus translocation
Scientists and researchers have discovered a juvenile Platypus in the Royal National Park, less than a year after ten Platypuses were returned to the park where they had been locally extinct for more than 50 years.
Over three nights, researchers from UNSW Sydney, Taronga Conservation Society Australia and WWF Australia with the support of NSW National Parks and Wildlife laid nets in ‘hot spots’ along the waterways of the Royal National Park. Multiple healthy Platypuses were captured during the survey indicating habitat, food availability and water quality is suitable for supporting healthy populations of Platypuses.
The breeding success is a significant milestone for the program and testament to the health of the park. Further reintroductions are planned over the coming years.
Zoo Friends exclusive offer – Save 20% at the Wildlife Retreat
Attention all young explorers and families! Get ready to make your Zoo visit even more unforgettable with a stay at the Wildlife Retreat at Taronga PLUS book now to double your discount and save 20%*.
Stay over the school holidays and you can take advantage of extra special kids activities like Retreat Rangers, a 2-hour kids only scavenger hunt through the zoo or Enrichment Engineers where kids help our team prepare some tasty treats and tidbits for the animals for the day ahead.
Use code ZF20 before 30 April to save.
*Valid for stays until 31 July 2024
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Animal Corner
Regent Honeyeater!
- Their nests are constructed of strips of eucalypt bark, dried grasses and other plant materials.
- Their eggs are an unusual red-buff colour and are speckled with small purple-red and violet-grey markings.
- While the female incubates the eggs the loyal male always close in nearby trees. He even helps the female with the feeding of the young once they hatch
- Eats he flowers of four eucalypt species for its nectar supply and will also eat fruit, insects, manna gum and lerps which are a small bug that lives on gum leaves
- They make a beautiful quiet, flute-like, metallic ringing call
- They help maintain healthy populations of our iconic eucalyptus trees through pollination, providing important food and habitat for many other native animals.
- The regent honeyeater is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List
Kids Corner
Have a great time with this month’s colouring in download!
This month we continue our 2024 colouring adventures with Regent Honeyeaters! Colour in at home and get creative.
Member hub
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You'll be able to:
- View the details of your membership group
- Quickly register a visit to Taronga Zoo Sydney or Taronga Western Plains Zoo Dubbo
- Renew your membership in just a few clicks
- PLUS, have first access to exclusive member-only Taronga Experiences - coming soon!
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