Canberra National Zoo & Aquarium, Australia Review

A fantastic day out. Teachers have a special discount. Even with a full carpark it doesn't feel busy. Make sure you leave enough time for kids to play in the new play ground. Just needs more water stations.

My favourite place in Canberra! It's on the small side, but it's really manageable to do a full circuit in a reasonable amount of time because of that. And you can get fairly close to many of the animals, which really adds to the experience!

Great location near the heart of Canberra. If you want to show the kids some animals this will do the job but don't promise them anything. Some of the layout makes seeing animals difficult and the free guide map adds little value.

Very peaceful, with a sufficient variety of animals. You can really tell that the zoo is continually improving and expanding.

What a fantastic zoo where the animals are kept in spacious, clean and attractive enclosures. Loved seeing so many up close. Was told it was a small zoo but there is definitely enough to see over a few hours.

Wow wow wow everybody go support enjoy laugh help be apart of this magic place helping animals. Brilliant set up and upkeep. Staff amazing !!!

Rhino Bistro is a Rip off, my 13 year old son ordered a serve of wedges with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce for $9.50 and came back out with a handful of wedges and the rest of the serve were another hand full of chips, have no idea why you would send out chips in the first place.

We are members of the National Zoo & Aquarium and were also charged the full price as we are intitled to a diacount, not sure what is going on but maybe teach the staff how to do there job properly.

Although I kinda feel bad for the animals in cages this zoo is lovely

Well organised and easy day out. Kids rated zoo highly

Small nice zoo, totally recommend the guided tours.

Nice but small zoo and is expanding. The white lions were awesome!

Fantastic, we loved everything
Animals have lots of open space to roam,
See them in a natural environment Thankyou
Great to see the zoo taking a part in conservation and promoting international
Action too

Amazing place and all privately owned. All the money you spend the goes back into the animals. Loved it. Should be on your bucket list to stay a night with the animals

While a bit pricey, the zoo and grounds are immaculately presented and have plenty of open space and areas to stop, rest and picnic (no problems for BYO food and drink). High quality displays and enclosures for the animals, who are obviously we'll cared for. A must see for any visitor to Canberra.

Loved the place needs more shade areas in hot weather and water bottle refill points

Still think this is the best Zoo in Australia (of those we've seen). Lot's of changes since we were last there, all of the good.Very large grounds so be prepared for a walk . If you're keen you can even sleep over in the lodges they have on the grounds.

Always good day at the zoo especially the Adventure Playground

I haven't been to a zoo in years and I am glad to have gone. The entire facility was well maintained and the exhibits were worth spending the day checking out.

Loved the zoo!! Reasonable pricing for entry & food. Easy to navigate & lots to see.

The new Adventure Land playground is excellent. Love all the extensions that have been made over recent years. The grounds are really well maintained and the staff are super friendly. Great variety of animals in nicely kept enclosures.

Spent the most amazing night next to the giraffe enclosure.

Nice Zoo... Aquarium not so much but the Zoo made up for it..

Excellent service, Brillant experience. What to go back one day. it

Had a wonderful stay, did the lodge, staff couldnt be more wecolming, and informative about the animals, the whole experience was wonderful

Love the National Zoo and Aquarium. It is one of my favourite days out while in Canberra. Excellent opportunities to engage and interact with the animals. They have large enclosures and appear to be well looked after. The extension to the zoo have really opened things up. The facilities are well designed for parents with strollers and wheelchair accessible. Highly recommended activity.

It's totally different from what I imagine. I just love the place and the all animals are so adorable and they also care the animals and give them free space for walking and sleeping.

Bit of a sell-out. Was great but the addition of Jamala lodgings has meant further walking between exhibits, and reducing animal visibility.

Not the largest zoo in Australia, even with the extensions, but it's a good half a day out with young kids.

Large, lots of animals, we'll maintained, fantastic new kids playground.

Absolutely beautiful ~ Easy access for those that have disabilities or elderly. Shaded areas to walk through. Can get up close to the animals and staff happy to help with any questions. Highly recommend a visit.
Can take own food and drinks as there are shaded eating area's throughout.

The zoo is a lovely experience, we had a good time and the grand-daughters loved it. But it's an expensive outing. Means we can't go as often as we'd like to.

We thoroughly enjoyed the zoo. We spent about 3 hours here. Exhibits were well designed with great viewing stations. Glad they gave us a map and exhibits are numbered so that you don't miss anything. Great barbecue areas and well as a lovely cafe half way round the park. Wide walkways making people using mobility devices able to access 99% of the zoo. Wear your walking shoes. Aquarium is only small, but a great add onto the park.

Wonderful set up and only getting better. Fantastic staff, great family holiday

Overall an okay experience. The Aquarium was run down, smelly and lacked signage on what was in the tanks. The rest of the zoo was okay but many exhibits were closed for 'refurbishment'. The friendly monkeys and the too cute penguins made the trip worthwhile. Worth visiting once.

Although the price can seem a little daunting and the maps/signage are quite confusing the zoo is amazing. Take a packed lunch or use the bbqs and picnic area. If you have young children the playground at the southern end is fantastic.

Absolutely brilliant zoo. Best I have been to and great for the family. Excellent play area for the kids as well.

Really nice faculty compared with other zoos around. Enclosures are large and animals seemed really content. A lovely place to walk around and learn. The aquarium part seemed a little old but still held some interesting specimens. Food at the Cafe near the main entrance was quite expensive. The staff that we interacted with were very friendly and helpful. An excellent place to put on your Canberra tourist itinerary.

What a waste of $45 spent on this boring zoo. The zoo lacks atmosphere and excitement. Even the animals look bored locked up in those small cages by themselves. Not worth driving 20 minutes to get there or spending more than 1 hour there. I spent 20 minutes trying to find the track back to entrance. I was going crazy as I needed to leave that dull place immediately. If you want to see a real zoo visit Taronga Zoo in Sydney 5/5.

This is an excellent zoo with just the right amount of exhibits nestled in a large parkland.

The enclosures are lovely, but much less animals than there used to be.

Great Zoo. Easy to get around with a pram. Keepers talks were interesting and relatable.

We did the Zooventure tour the other day, and it was brilliant. The group was small and casual and the tour leader, Tsensing, did a great job.

The zoo itself is fantastic, just letting far too many people in at the moment, with everyone grouping around where the animals are and no social distancing. Was very upset with the lack of corporate responsibility.

Had a great time with 3yo granddaughter who recognises all the animals and knows what she wants to see. Now she's learning geography and more about the environment and conservation through our visits.

This is a beautiful place .I liked it better than Taronga Zoo Sydney..

Great family zoo. Visited whilst in Canberra thanks to sister in law and it rxceeded expectations. Great layout, clean, animals and lots of places to sit and relax along the way. Highly recommend

Beautiful place, gets better each time we come! Definately takes a full day to do og you want to see it all without rushing! The new playground is incredible!

Great little zoo with excellent vantage points for the little ones. Wide range of animals and well laid out.

Great!!! I'm very impressed with the zoo, it was very clean and tidy and love for the animals is very apparent in the staff and in atmosphere. We have had an amazing day out... Highly recommended!!!

Awesome playground & heaps of space for running the kids energy off

A great place in CBR to escape the everyday hustle and bustle and reconnect with nature.

Seriously anyone who puts anything other than 5 stars here I just don t know what they were expecting!

Kids loved it. Lots of animals on display. Staffs friendly. Nicely laid out.

Love some fun facts for each animals too which was a nice touch.

The food could have been much better but hey I didn t go to the zoo for the food.

All in all, a great day.

I can imagine it can be extremely packed though. We went during covid and it was already quite difficult for prams to navigate.

So pro tip. Bring a small pram.
Extra pro tip. Bring food to bbq there! With some picnic blankets!

The zoo is so good, the recent expansion has really made the place a lot of fun for a whole day out for the family.

$47 to get in is to much for what it is. The aquarium is not what you could hope for.

It is facinating as my daughter says and it is a good place to visit with family.

It seems caring to animals, if they have no alternative for animals but the aquarium is cruel and should be shut down. Reptiles in tiny area with glass front is heartbreaking.

Very nice place to spend ur day with family around all those beautiful creatures

Had an amazing time with my kids and my sister and niece who had come from the UK. The place seems small from the outside but keeps going and going when you go in.

Great zoo, the rhinos loved the old tummy rub, could confirm 100% for male ones

I can't recommend this enough. The staff really care about the animals and know their stuff. The animals are well looked after. Plenty to do and see.

The new section is excellent. Toilet facilities well situated. I think in the summer more water stations for visitors would be good.

Amazing zoo. Beautiful enclosures. Clean. Great facilities. Did the white lion & tiger feeding. Best day of my life. Visit Canberra just for the zoo, it's worth it.

Grear zoi. Not cheap but worth it. Spend the whole day here if you can!

The new enclosures are awesome. Well worth a look if you haven't been for a while.