My husband is terminally ill and has always wanted to pet a koala.  We live in the US and I want to plan a trip for his birthday next year.  Is your facility the best place to go in Australia to pet a koala? If we came, what tour would give him the most time with the koalas? Keeper for the day? He has plenty of physical energy and can do anything right now.  Your insight would be great- thanks!

Hi there!

We have a couple of options that might suit you- one is our 2 hr 'platinum tour', and the other is our 'keeper for a day'.

The platinum tour is an all access tour. We like to work it around what you are particularly interested in, so if you want to spend your 2 hours in with the koalas and nothing else, well that is OK with us! We can take you into their enclosures for great photos and pats. You can learn all about each one and their individual personalities, how we take care of them and what it's really like to work with them.

The keeper for a day is a bit different. It is much more hands on, and you will be participating in some of the duties that we keepers do on a daily basis. This will include a range of duties in a range of sections. This option gives you a great insight into what it is like to be a keeper. Again though, if you want this option but still want to spend more time with the koalas than any other animal, we can certainly do that for you.

We may be a little biased, but we do like to think we are the best place to go if you are into koalas.. we have around 130 of them and we are the largest koala sanctuary in the world. We know alot about koalas!

Just a little tip.. if you like the idea of seeing our joeys, the best time to visit is late March to early October.