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Wildlife Wonders: Interactive Walking Tour for Conservation in the Great Ocean Road
4.8
99 Ratings
Apollo Bay
Experience an interactive walking tour at Wildlife Wonders on the Great Ocean Road. Discover unique wildlife, support conservation research, and explore stunning bushland environments. Book now!
Duration:
1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Great Ocean Road - Your visit includes a 75-minute walk with a conservationist guide along a 1.4km all-abilities path. Your guide will lead you through environments including grassland, forests, bush land and tree fern gullies, spotting unique wildlife along the way. You will learn about the ecology of the spectacular Otways and the research protecting the Great Ocean Road’s threatened species.
During your tour, you will pause at the Conservation Ecology Centre Research Hub to learn about the conservation projects that Wildlife Wonders is supporting and see research techniques in action.
Before or after your tour, you can relax in the cafe and enjoy a light lunch and refreshments, and browse the gift shop to pick up a memento of your visit
What's Included
- Pause at the Conservation Ecology Centre Research Hub
- Headsets provided for listening to the conservationist guide
- Guided wildlife walk through varied habitats
- Binoculars provided for spotting unique wildlife
- 75-minute guided walk along a 1.4km accessible path
Additional Information
All the profits from Wildlife Wonders go directly to the Conservation Ecology Centre to support research into Australia’s endangered species. The Conservation Ecology Centre is a driving force in creating a safe and vibrant future for wildlife on the Great Ocean Road. During your guided walk, you will encounter unique wildlife living freely in a stunning bushland environment overlooking the ocean.
Your visit includes a 75-minute walk with a conservationist guide along a 1.4km all-abilities path. Your guide will lead you through environments including grassland, forests, bushland and tree fern gullies, spotting unique wildlife along the way. You will learn about the ecology of the spectacular Otways and the research protecting the Great Ocean Road’s threatened species. During your tour, you will pause at the Conservation Ecology Centre Research Hub to learn about the conservation projects that Wildlife Wonders is supporting. Family passes and Companion Card available.
Location
475 Great Ocean Rd
Great Ocean Road
All guided walks leave from the Visitor Centre at Wildlife Wonders. Wildlife Wonders is 5 minutes west of Apollo Bay, on the Great Ocean Road.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(99 Ratings)
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Annaky4670ga
May 10, 2024
Unforgettable experience without compromising on animal welfare - plan so that you can take the guided walk! - Unforgettable & highly recommended!
Worth every penny and planning the drive so that you can do the guided walk! Sasha was an extremely knowledgeable guide and a pleasure to learn from, overall it was a highly educating visit.
As they promise, it is animals first, so no promises on what you’ll see. We still saw plenty (pademelons, a bandicoot, koalas, kangaroos, various birds, ..) and were impressed by the professionalism and the work they do. Happy to support places like this.
Facilities are spotless and convenient, cafe serves great coffee and lunch seemed delicious (would have stayed if we had more time).
Do it.
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Helen
Apr 12, 2024
Great value family attraction. - The tour is fantastic. We had a great guide, Sarah, who guided us around the paths and helped us understand the animals and plants. We saw wallabies, koalas, emus, kangaroos and a pademelon which was amazing. It is so great to do with a family. The cafe was good too.
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Coolmum265
Apr 7, 2024
Interesting & informative. - Interesting & informative, Alex took a group of about 10 for our stroll along a walking track which was suitable for all fitness levels and ages. Alex spoke eloquently, with amazing excitement and enthusiasm for someone whose professionalism shone - she had probably done this before & more than once! Friendly and outgoing, she happily pointed out all sorts of intriguing things along the way and patiently answered our questions. I learned a lot - who knew that emus have a stomach called a gizzard for pebbles that they swallow, which assist the breakdown of seeds and twigs? Not me, until now!!!
We saw numerous koalas, Pademelon (who were more interested in making more Pademelons than us!), Wallabies, Bush Rats, Emus & a Bandicoot.
Time passed quickly , I’d happily do it again, anyday.
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Claren145
Mar 9, 2024
Informative and highly enjoyable walk with an opportunity for many sitings of wildlife. - Informative and enjoyable walk with an opportunity for many sitings of wildlife. The length of the walk was appropriate and we were given chance to ask questions
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Justins998
Mar 5, 2024
Great experience - do the tour! - Fantastic place, brilliant guide, really interesting and much, much better than I thought it was going to be - highly recommended.
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D7828lojohnnyv
Mar 2, 2024
Fantastic - The wall was a very enjoyable time for my partner and I, we got to see wallabies, many koalas potaroos and swamp rats. The tour guide Nicole was lovely, very knowledgeable and made the tour exciting for all.
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Eliana_cere
Feb 13, 2024
Excellent Guatemalan guide - During the walk we were able to see koalas, wallabies and kangaroos, among others.
We had a Guatemalan guide who was excellent. Not only did he explain with dedication a lot of things about the flora and fauna of the place, he also stayed with us giving us advice about other places we could visit on our vacation.
You can tell that he does his job with a lot of love and passion.
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Sophiabk3369zc
Jan 17, 2024
Great experience, would really recommend if you went to see Australian wildlife - We had a great time, saw koalas, kangaroos, Wallaby’s, bandicoots and tortoises! The tour was extremely interesting and learnt a lot, would really recommend visiting
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Kristin_s
Jan 14, 2024
Great tour - Our guide was very informative, friendly and knowledgeable. This was our best wildlife tour of this trip. You shouldn’t miss this one if you want to learn a lot and see a lot of animals in the wild.
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E560mepetrag
Feb 7, 2024
Not recommendable - There is no limit on the number of groups. We tried to track down and observe individual animals in the park with over 20 people. Under these conditions, you can save yourself the money and the experience.
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