Hartley's Crocodile Adventures: Wildlife Park with Boat Cruise & Reptile Display
4.8
792 Ratings
Wangetti
Experience the wonders of Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, the only wildlife park with a boat cruise included. Explore the Gallery of Living Art, witness crocodile displays, and learn about conservation efforts. Enjoy educational presentations, delicious dining, and unique gifts.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures - Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures 2010 Major Award-winning attraction is simply the best place to see crocodiles and local wildlife in Far North Queensland.

Nestled in the picturesque Wangetti Valley, in the heart of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area you will see crocodiles in a natural Melaleuca Wetland Lagoon. You will find Cassowaries in a rare riverine rainforest; kangaroos and emus in an expansive woodland; free flight predatory birds; iconic marsupials like koalas and wombats; colourful reptiles from abroad, plus our sustainable crocodile farm.

Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures is located 40 km. north of Cairns & 25 km. south of Port Douglas.

What's Included
  • Park Activities
  • General Admission to Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures
  • Boat Cruise
What's Not Included
  • Interactive Activities - additional charge
  • Snacks
  • Koala, Python & Crocodile Photos
Additional Information

Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures is the sole wildlife park locally where the entry fee covers a boat tour. Our Living Art Gallery is home to an array of Reptiles, including the astounding Komodo Dragon and colossal reticulated python. Enjoy the Cassowary walk, the newly added Cotton Top Tamarin monkeys, numerous crocodile exhibits, and gain an understanding of our crocodile farm’s contribution to preserving wild crocodiles and their habitats. Visit the free-flight aviaries, encounter koalas & wombats. Traverse the Gondwana Gateway ‘a bridge linking two realms.’ Interpretive signages explain how isolation and adaptation have molded our fauna over the years.

We offer educative wildlife shows comprising snakes, crocodile attack show, crocodile farm tour, cassowary feeding, and more.

Repose in Lilies Restaurant as you savor a tasty meal while gazing upon Hartley’s Lagoon (at your own expense), and discover the perfect souvenir in the Paperbark Gift Shop.

Location
Hartley's Crocodile Adventures
Captain Cook Highway,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Nickn2031
Apr 15, 2024
Hartleys zootastic5 - We did the zootastic 5 experience with Leah, it was one of the best wildlife encounters I have done! Leah was really knowledgeable and answered all my questions and explained lots of things about the animals. It was a truly amazing experience and I can't thank Leah and Hartleys enough for allowing me to participate.
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Tracyt312
Apr 8, 2024
Love the park - Good , enjoyable lots of animals to view. We took photos with cute koalas and love to see the kangaroos and wallabies hopping around the park.
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K7451mqjacobs
Mar 26, 2024
Best animal sanctuary ever! - Croc enclosures were awesome so close to big animals! Boat ride was amazing, funny tour operator engaging with the audience
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Warrenj770
Mar 24, 2024
Harley's Crocodile Park, the best attraction in Cairns - We purchased the tour with pickup from our hotel, driver on time, lovely to talk to, very informative on the drive and of course a very safe driver Arrived at Hartleys and greeted, the park is spectacular with every staff member great to talk to, loads of knowledge, always willing to help and answer questions. Boat tour was fantastic, very interesting and informative. Hartley's was our best day out on our short trip to Cairns and we would all highly recommend making the trip there. The park, tours and attractions were only made better by the fantastic staff, thanks for making our day out unforgettable and exciting. Highly recommended
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M3962wtlarsh
Mar 20, 2024
Must do if in the area - Great experience all around! Our kids loved it and price was very reasonable for what you get. Animals seem to have plenty of space and are well taken care of.
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Daytrip534750
Mar 13, 2024
Wonderful day out with 1st time visitors to FNQ - Fantastic day out, so much to see and do. so many animals the croc show was fantastic and walking around seeing the other animals with a lot of fun. Great place for all ages even with mobility issues.
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Wendyc1319
Mar 11, 2024
An excellent day out - Brilliant day out. The animal handlers were excellent. Knowledgeable, humourous, engaging and friendly. Loads to see and do. A full packed day of spending time with Australia’s finest wildlife. Highly recommended.
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Saki1811
Apr 19, 2024
Very good - The personnel were very nice and it was all worth it. Just be careful about coming back because transport coast a lot and there are not network (at least in my case)
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G1748ovjayc
Mar 13, 2024
Great Day Out! - Amazing day yesterday. My 2yr old had an absolute ball!!! We jumped straight on the croc cruise first at 10:30am, got up and close feeding photos and videos and was only about a 10 minute wait to get on the boat. The shows were informative and well presented giving tourists a first hand look of what the REAL north Queenslanders are like. We got amazing animal encounter photos with a black headed python (please thank that wonderful man who takes the photos - he is a true legend!). Everything was 5 star, my only constructive feedback would be to try and send those green ants in the snake/croc arena elsewhere. They were all over the seats and ground crawling on everyone, which took away from the poor snake presenter because every one was swatting away ants the whole time. All in all an amazing day, we will be back next year as we always do. TIP for travellers there is NO reception or wifi here so if you need to transfer money ect do it all before you get there :)
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1313amigo
Mar 6, 2024
Fun, interesting - Great croc adventure, half day enough but you have to hustle to see shows and attractions, sone may want to taje it easy. Do not miss attack show or boat ride.
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