- Taronga Zoo

· Taronga Zoo sits on hills in Sydney's North Shore, offering spectacular views of Sydney Harbour, Opera House, and Harbour Bridge from its giraffe enclosure.
· Larger than the city zoo, it houses Australian native animals including koalas, kangaroos, wombats, platypus, dingoes, Tasmanian devils, and native birds. Other animals include chimpanzees, penguins, otters, rhinoceros, seals, raccoons, and reptiles.
· Visitors can interact with free-roaming kangaroos, but koalas are view-only. Koala photo opportunities require booking before 2:30 PM. Daily animal shows are featured.
· This hillside zoo offers two touring options: take the cable car up and walk down, or walk up and take the cable car down.

Transportation

  1. Water Transport:

  • Sydney Ferries from Circular Quay (every 30 mins, 12-min trip)

  • Zoo Express by Captain Cook (connects zoo with Circular Quay/Watsons Bay/Darling Harbour)

  • Sydney Harbour Ecohopper from Manly Wharf or Circular Quay

  • Fantasea Cruising Sydney (twice daily from Darling Harbour Wharf 8 or Circular Quay)

  1. Train:

  • Take train to Circular Quay for water transport

  • Or train to Central Station/Town Hall/Wynyard, then bus M30 (30-45 mins)

  1. Bus:

  • M30 from city center (via Harbour Bridge)

  • 257 from North Shore (transfer to M30 at Mosman Junction)

  • 238 from Balmoral Beach

  • 228 from Clifton Gardens

  • Northern beaches areas: Take bus to Spit Junction, transfer to M30

Admission
Standard tickets:

  • Adult: $45.90

  • Child (4-15): $27

  • Family 1 adult + 2 children: $88.80

  • Family 2 adults + 1 child: $105.60

  • Family 2 adults + 2 children: $129.60
    Free: Children 0-3 years

Opening Hours
09:30-16:30 (May 1 - August 31)
09:30-17:00 (September 1 - April 30)

Location
Bradleys Head Rd, Mosman NSW 2088, Australia

 

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To reach Taronga Zoo, take a ferry from Circular Quay. You can use your transit card - it's about $13? Though the daily transit cap is around $20, so a round trip will hit the limit anyway. The ferry ride offers beautiful views of Sydney.

It takes about 10 minutes to reach the zoo, which occupies an entire island. Take the cable car to the summit to start your tour. I bought tickets through Mafengwo for $94 per person, including zoo admission and cable car. Interestingly, they don't check tickets for the cable car - only at the zoo entrance do staff verify online tickets.

Check the schedule for various animal shows. We visited the elephant enclosure (there's a small pavilion for close-up views), watched the seal show (gets very crowded, go early), and the bird show (absolutely spectacular - seeing all the birds flying together was like magic). Besides these shows, there are various animals, with Australian native species being particularly worth seeing. Highly recommend the reptile house with its snakes and lizards - plus it has air conditioning! It was a perfectly clear day, but we kept getting lost in the zoo... my legs were so tired!

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